Resolution 401
RESOLUTION NO.401
RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY ACCEPTING
BID AND AWARDING CONTRACT IN STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Gilroy has heretofore
and on October 1,1956,adopted Resolution No.397 entitled "RESOLUTION
ORDERING IMPROVEMENT CONSISTING OF STREET LIGHTING TO BE MADE,
ADOPTING REPORT OF CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR, CONFIRMING PROPOSED
ASSESSMENT,AND CALLING FOR BIDS",ordering the improvement consisting
of street lighting to be made, adopting report of the City Building
Inspector,confirming proposed assessment,amd calling for bids in
connection with an improvement for a street lighting system in the
City of Gilroy,which resolution directe~ that the City Clerk adver-
tise for bids for the said street lighting system, which street
lighting system is more particularly described in the report of the
City Building Inspector of the City of Gilroy entitled "REPORT OF THE
CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR OF THE CITY OF GILROY IN THE MATEER OF
FURNISHING AND INSTALLATION OF STEEL LIGHTING POLES AND STREET LIGHTS
FOR A STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR AN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COMPRISING
TRACT NO.239,RENZ ADDITION TO THE CITY OF GILROY, AND PORTIONS OF
TRACTS NO.l046,WAYLAND LANE TRACT,AND LOUPE NORTHERN ADDITION TO THE
CITY OF GILROY,IN ACCORDANCE WITH "STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1919" OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA",and in said resolution did fix the 5th day
of November,1956, at the hour of 8:00 o'clock as the time when the
bids would be publicly opened and examined, and as the time up to
which bids will be received for the said street lighting system;and,
WHEREAS, the said City Clerk did cause to be published in accordance
with said Resolution No.397 by two insertions in the Gilroy Evening
Dispatch,a daily newspaper published and circulatedin the City of
Gilroy,a notice inviting sealed bids for furnishing and installing
said street lighting system in said District;and,
WHEREAS, the said Common Council of the City of Gilroy did proceed
at the hour of 8:00 o'clock p.m.on November 5,1956, to publicly
opeq and examine the said bids for the said work, and the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company,a corporation, submitted the bid of $3360.00
for furnishing the steel lighting poles,street lights, conduits and
all other equipment and material described in the plaps and spec-
ifications for the said work,as set forth in- the said Report of the
City Building Inspector of the City of Gilroy,and said bid was the
only bid submitted, and
WHEREAS, the said Common Council finds that the amount of said bid is
reasonable and that the contract sho~d be awar~ed to said Pacific
Gas and Electric Company upon its said bid, and
WHEREAS, the said Pacific Gas and Electric Company is one of the
strongest corporations financially in the United States and no
performance or other bond should be required of it in connection with
the said work.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GILROY:
That the said bid of $3,360.00 of the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company be, and the same is,hereby accepted, and that a contract
be entered into with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in
accordance with its bid, and that said contract contain, among
other things,a provision that the contractor must provide that
the work shall be done strictly in accordance with the plans and
specifications above referred to.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That upon the execution of the contract, the certified check of
ten percent of the amount of the bid, accompanying the said bid,
be returned to the said bidder.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th day of November,1956, by the follow-
ing vote:at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the City
of Gilroy:
AYES: Councilmen
NOES: Councilmen
ABSENT: Councilmen
Attest:
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Pate, Sanchez,Gallo, Petersen, Rush, Wentworth
None
None.
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Mayor