HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1916-06-16 MinutesAIgOURNED )2EETING OF` COUNCIL FRIDAY tint 17
HEFTY 4 P.M.
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biemners present: F. G. Erfert, F. kT* i9haxton,AP. P.
man, C. Hefty=, (Councilman H 0 Ralston abeeet from•. this ea:*y'):
Chairman: Mr. K,yoe, have you tabulated the bide reoeiveed, off" the. °p1 •
night? .,
Mr. Klyce: There are two bide on the permanent paving, the Wm. P. "3at7•Onald 0o. bid
4126,789.32 and F. G. Proudfoot bid 4131,091.84, McDonald Co. speoifyi.76 days
and Proudfoot 90 days, but that doesn't mean that either of them wou1d'take•that tmioh
time to oomplote the work.
dr. Romfh: How much higher is that Mr. Klyoe than the last paving oontracts3 we let?
Mr. Klyoe: Twenty two cents per square yard higher than our'last oontraot. The great
er part of that is due to the higher price of raw material.
Mr. Hifehleyar;an : I would like to hear what the oontraotors have to say in regard to .
these prioee being so•muoh higher than heretofore.
Mr. MoDonald: The price of aephalt has ad.venoet about 49.00 per ton over the price we
had a year ago. and the price of cement has advanoed forty to fifty oents per barrel, -
your local de.lere will confirm that statement.
.:r. Proudfoot: Our prise last yeses on asphalt was 15 per ton and to day it runs $21.
to ,:23. At that time, also, we had our equipment in Miami and my brother was here,
and we had quite ai nue.ber of men on straight time and had no other work; freight on
our plaint in and out amounts to 5¢ per yard,- divide it up in three parts - labor,
our being on the ground and having no expense for men last year; material, and we
took the work at a very low prioe in view of those conditions. The prioe now is
practically the some with the exception of those extra oharges. If we had received
the work in .'enuary there would have been no differenoe in the price except on the
asphalt end the sand. There is not a thing that goes into the paving that has not
advenoed.
:.:r. Weynesboroueh, representing the Barber Asphalt Co. The people I thought would bid
here threw,me down; my price on aephalt is the same.
r. Proudfoot: Udine is 431. delivered here.
.r. eeyneeboroueh: If you hette a signed contract with the Barber Asphalt C. you oan
get your asphalt for thy; saa.me ;price you did last year.
Ir. Proudfoot: That applies to a pa:"ticu..ar job
Jr. :.:ai.oneld: You oa.n't ooapare the price of asphalt in dollars and cents,- Trinidad
(s.rber Aephelt o.) lays 68 yards per ton and .Sexioen lays 100. The Barber people
want to tie you up body and soul and prohibit you from buying material of any
naatur2 while under ocntract with them.
:r. Hiehieyeen: This c
of ouch a lar:e amount
chance in throwing the
to do that. It may not
council a..ni the en-rine
• be.lower. it will not
our storm sewers ene i
another shot «.t thia3.
ontract amounts to around 4130,000. and it seems to me in view
, with only two bidders on it, that we would not take much
bid.: out and advertising again. I believe it would look better
be we would be moresucoeesful but I was talking to members of
er and the chances are it would not be much higher and it might
delay the paving any to read.vertise for we oan go ahead with
t seeaii to me it would be the better part of oesution to take
Th.- price or .;e;l,ent for this part iul.ar work has advanced loO over
h.t we figia,re.a this prlent contract.
r. 1_n. y:,ten: ihen we haJ better put the work off another year
.r. yne cur.0 h: I don't think you would have any bids at all in another year as
Florida is oin_ ao much work.
'r. ,"h.rton: I -aas very much disappointed in not getting more bids, at the same time
I ra` ;,ter doubt the ..iddom of putting this off much longer. We need the streets and I',,
don't know thatNit would save enythine, if I thought so I would say readvertise and
take e .hence, but it is s question in my mind. However, I leave it for disoussion
but ee as ii'.tics afraid of it. We can start the storm sewer work and it would not
hold ua up to rea.dvertise for the paving.
Ir. Hefty: ^•retofore the paving people have been handicapped by not having the sewers
in place end I don't know but it would be as well to rea.dvertise.
r. nomfh: I don't feel entirely satisfied with the bids we have here. The speoifioaatnis
...re open I believe. The Na+.tural Lake people (Barber) wanted a party to bid and they fell
io. n at the last hour. Personally I would not pay any more for Natura.l Lake than I would
for Standard or Aztec, but he is talking $21. per ton and if he oan do so mucks better we
ahul.i :ive him ar. chance. So far as the coat being so much more for raw material, I don'
think ao but believe, as on our bridge proposition where we readge tiled and saved
1`,000 to .;ri,,000. I would suggest that the engineer, in addition to the legal notice,
mail cosies to all contractors that he knows and we might get more oempetitian. This
is quite a contra,.t for us and I don't believe prices will advance much more ifs we re-
eevertiee send we haavi at least satisfied ourselves and done the best we can. I don't
sa ho-4 they figure the aa,dvenoe of 23¢ per yard,- I would not have thought so much
aoout an increase of say 10¢.
,.r. Hefty: I think we o.7.ht to reaadvertise for bids. I am not quite satisfied to let a
;;130,000 contract with only two bids.
:r. 1c;:.on41 .: If the cdntrect is .Nwa.rded to -day I can move my plant within a week and if
not I. don't hank 1 will be able to make another bid, as I expect to bid on three job
betwe.,n now and July 3rd.
:r. Erfert: I think it is as sort of an open and .shut of ai , onty two, b):
sot good silences to sett better freight ate egon,i,with'�ou•z w'
te
don't believe there is any oeoaaasion for actixsg. �q'<�► h`r
to r.. ject t . _ bids; I think,mre should have. u«
Ac 'o�xx'Y1 ci 'fl : t
r. Filer: There is
advertise.
last year+ s primts '' 4110
Moved by E. C. Romfh, seconded by L. T. Highleyman that the bids redeived on-patmtimalt
paving districts 48 to 51 inc. be rejected and readvertised, bids to be reoeived on July
10, 1916. Motion curried.
STORM SEWER DISTRICTS 1 •and 2 (SECTIOIJS)
A r. Klyoe: We have fiv- bide on the storm sewers, ranging from $29,163.05, the bid of
J. R. Little, up to $36,533.20. The next lowest bid is by Duval and Ashworth and is
about 01100. higher
;4r. Romfh: Do you know ..r. Little?
-r. Klyce: Yes, sir, he was formerly with Pxoudfoot.
.r. Little: I am thoroughly able to haandie it anti to finance it.
,oved by E. C. Romfh, seconded by F. H. Whaurton, that the contract for the storm sewers
be awarded to J. R. Little, subject to the approval of the bond issue by Caldwell and
'.asslioh. .lotion carried.
WAGONS FJR STRUT Dt PART'•IT NT
On motion duly ma:e .nd-carried, the Street Coma,itteeman and City Auditor were authorize
to buy four drop bottom wagons, with four sets of double harness for the Street Departure
On motion duly male and earci:: , the ,pity Au,xitor v•aa,s authorized to close a contract for
the pity's sun_ly of disinfectant, the auditor reportin;: a price of 600 per gallon
fob .,.iaami for Stre- t Und Sewer Dept. disinfectant and 75¢ for that used by the sanitary
a,. artment and it was th ;u ht the 60it stuff w..uld answer for the sanitary department.
ii motion iuly :mat ,end ca:rier, council a. l j urneci to meat at 7 30 P.g., June 2a,1918.