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At a. regala~ meeting of ~he Olty 0ouncil, held June lOth, 1942, at 7:00
<br />there were present:
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<br />Joh~..P~?:.Leigh, Leslie T~ FoX, George L. Grimes, Russell M. Hall,
<br />James N. Howard, Frs_-nk~D. Lawrence, O. E. ~arren, Pearls J. Wilson
<br />and Arthur S~ Owens-, 0ity Manager.
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<br />in the quest~on..of
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<br />called on Admiral Gygax. I would like to read you a copy of his letter to Dr.
<br />Office of Price Administration.w
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<br />Minutes of regular meeting held May 26th were read and approved.
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<br />The following com~.~unicatYons from the Olty Manager were read:
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<br />1st - "At your last meeting, I was requested to represent the 0ity o fficis~
<br />additional sugar~allOmtment.
<br /> X eonferred with Mr. 0. 0. H~I, representing the bakers amd we
<br /> Harold~owe,
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<br /> Onmotion ordered filed.
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<br /> 2nd -The Manager presented the following letter from the O!ty Engineer:
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<br /> "In response t~ the advertisement for bids for ad~itions to the Sanitary
<br />Sewerage system in the Oity of PQrtsmouth, for the above identified project, on Tuesday, June
<br />2nd, 19~2, only oneproposal was smbmitted,- that being, by Meade 0onstru~t~ion 0ompany, 6101
<br />Pennsylvakia Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa~, for Division "A" Sewers. Nc nronos~Xs '~e~
<br />Division WB" Donglas Ave. Suction Line Extensions nor for Divlsio~ "~" Race
<br />Extensions. .
<br /> .. ~ ~ T~e bidfrom~eadeOonst~ctlon Oompamy for Division "A" amounts ~o a totall
<br />of $~22,7~O, based on the number of units shown in the schedule 9f quantities and the unit
<br />prices bid;T~e Engineer's estimate amounts to a total of $431,769.~0, the Oontraetor's B~d
<br />~'herefore is $8999.50 below the engineer's estimate. In general, t~e uni~ o~ic~ b~d~
<br />ba~.a~ed amain ~aso~n~.bl? cgnfo.rma~ce with~.the estimated costs. T~ ~type~ ~es of
<br />an~ -~e engineer s es~mase are znc±osed herewith..-
<br /> A proposal bond in the ameu~ of $21,150.0Oby the New York Amsterdam Oas-
<br />ualty 0ompany, 22~ St, Paul:St., Baltimore, Md..was, submitted, with the bid.
<br /> ~he eaginee~'sestimated cost for Divisions "B" and "0" and the bid price
<br />for Division WA" are as follows:
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<br />Division"A"
<br />Division "B"
<br />Division
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<br />lActualbld)
<br />(Estimated)-
<br /> Total
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<br />$ 22,7 P.oo
<br /> y3,5 .oe
<br /> 16g,O~O;O0
<br />$ b59,s .oo
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<br /> On this basis, there will not be sufficient funds under the Docket to cover
<br />the cost of all three Divisions. It will be necessary to omit a part of the work or obtain ad-
<br />ditio~__~ funds
<br /> If the construction cOStS are to be. kept within the funds now available, it
<br />i~ suggested that~'D~vielon "C" be omitted from the present construction program. The bid price
<br />for Division "Aw and the estimated cost of Division "B" amounts to a total of $~95,834. OO which
<br />is comfortably within the funds available.
<br /> The suction line extensions called for under Division "B" are necessary to
<br />provide an outlet for a par~ of the vitrified olay sewers included under Dlvisi~u "A". The
<br />length of the lines under Division "A" whlchdepends on the suction lines of Division "B" for
<br />an outlet amours to about 40% the total lengths under Division "A".
<br /> We conferred with F.~.A. officials in Richmond yesterday and they approved
<br />the award pending the arrival of the PreferenCe Rating which was referred to in the Meade Oon -
<br />struction Oompany's letter. They immediately wired the War Production Board, Washington, re -
<br />questing quick action on this and they are expecting a favorable reply in a few days.
<br /> Your approval is requested of the award~of contract for Division "A" Sewers
<br />to Meade Oonstruction Oompany, in accordance-with their bid of June 2nd, !~2.
<br /> Hereto attached are copies of ~we letters from Meade ~onstruetion Company
<br />to the City. of Portsmouth, which~were submitted with their bid."
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<br /> The .Ms~ager recommended that ~he ~eade Gonstruction Company be awarded the
<br />contract for Division A, in the amount of $422,yy0.00, as per their bid.
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<br /> Notion of Mr. Fox to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was adopted,
<br />and by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes~ Lelgh, Fox, G~lmes, l~-ll, Howard, Lawrence, Warren, ~ileon
<br /> Nays: None
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<br /> 3rd - wOn June ~th, 1942, I opened~ bids for fire equipment. The Peter
<br />Pirsch Company of Kenosha, Wlsconson, was the only bidder on the 85~ two-plecewood~ladder.
<br />Their bid was $20,500. less two per eent, and I respectfully recommend that we purchase this
<br />aerial immediately, subject to F.~.A. approval,w
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Grimes to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was adopte~
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<br /> -' ~th - "The bids for the two i~OOO gallon pumpers were made by the Mack In~
<br />tern~ttonal Truck Company and the Peter PirSch Oo~panyt. The Mace qompany's bid was $20,922~60
<br />net for the two and the Pirsch Oompany~s bid was $~2,26~.OO less 2~, or a net ~rice.of
<br />$21,818.00.
<br /> Not being familiar with fire equipment, I called in an advisory
<br />committee consisting of Charles U. Freund, Supt. of the Ferries, Jo~-~lan G~ant, retired Mechanic
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