The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-10
OFFICIAL COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS

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1t was moved by Commissioner
Hickey and seconded by Commits
sioner Hemmy:
Resolution No. s32.
be 1t Resolved, By the City Coun-
Gil OF the City of Keokuk:
That the Mayor, Ed S. Lotion, be,
and he is hereby, authorized to enter
INTO, make and execute a contract
with the American-La France Fire
Engine Company of Elmira, New
YORK, for the purchase of Type 40
combination hose and chemical car.
or automobile, for the sum of
$4,000, delivered at Keokuk, Iowa,
same to be paid for in installments,
all to be as provided in the proposal
and specifications of the said Ameri-
CAMILLA France Fire Engine Com
pany. dated June 10, 1919, and in the
proposed contract, now on file in the
office Of the City Clerk.
Dated Keokuk, Iowa, June 10, 1919.
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Hemmy, Hickey.
ED S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor
0. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
1t was ordered that Resolution No.
S32 remain on file in the office OF
the City Clerk for a period of one
week, as required by law, and same
shall be considered for. final passage
on June 81, 1919.
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Hemmy, Hickey.
ED S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
There being no further business,
Council took recess until June 81,
1918, a. m.
ED S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
O. W. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
June 81, 1919, 9 a. m.
Council convened after recess with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding.
Resolution No. 833.
Be 1t Resolved, By the City Coun-
Gil of the City Of Keokuk, That pur-
suant to a resolution Of necessity
proposed at meeting of this Coun-
Gil on the fifth day of June, 1919, and
duly passed by this Council at a
meeting held on the fifth day of
June, 1919, 1t is hereby ordered, upon
motion of this Council, without petit
ton Of property owners, that the fol-
lowing named street aud parts Of
street, to-wit: Timea street, from
west line of Eighteenth to east line
Of Twenty-first street, be improved
in the manner specified in the said
resolution of necessity, as passed, by
grading, paving with concrete and
curbing with cement, 80 feet wide
between curbs, about $500 square
yards of paving and 1.0S0 lineal feet
Of curbing, more or less and
Be 1t Further Resolved, That the
City Clerk be, and he is hereby, in
structed to advertise for proposals
for construction of the improvement
above designated, as required by
law; the improvement to be con-
structed in accordance with the
plans and specifications therefor pre-
pared by the City Engineer, and ap-
proved by this Council on the twelfth
day of June, 1919; the work to be
commenced on or before the thirtieth
day Of July, 1919, and fully completed
on or before the thirtieth day Of Sep
tember. 1919, payment therefor to be
made In special assessment certifi-
Gates bearing interest at the rate or
six per cent per annum, issued In
accordance with the provisions OF
law, to the extent that the cost Of
the same is assessable by law against
the privately owned property abut-
ting on and adjacent to said improve
ment, according to area, SO as to In
clude one-half Of the privately owned
property between the street i'm
proved and the next street, whether
such privately owned property abut
upon said street or not, but in no
case shall privately owned property
situated more than three hundred
(3OO) feet from the street so I'M
proved be so assessed (and against
the real estate and personal property
Of the railway and street railway
companies whose tracks are located
thereon, if any there be); said GER
tificates to be issued and delivered
to the contractor after the work is
completed and accepted by this
Council; any deficiency between the
amount of the contract price and the
amount of said certificates to be paid
in warrants on the City Improvement
Fund available for the fiscal year
beginning with April 1, 1919.
Be It Further Resolved, That pro
posals received for the construction
of the said improvement will be acted
upon by this Council ON the twelfth
day Of July, 1919.
All bids must be accompanied, IN a
separate envelope, with certified
check. payable to the order of the
City Treasurer, in the sum Of nino
hundred dollars, as security that the
bidder will enter into contract Tor
the doing Of the work and will give
a bond in the sum Of four thousand
eight hundred dollars, conditioned
upon the proper carrying out Of the
terms Of his contract and the faithful
performance thereof; and the con
tract will contain a provision requir'
ing the contractor and his bondsmen
to keep said improvement in good re
pair for a period Of two years from
and after the completion thereof, and
the bond will be SO conditioned.
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