HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD.2996.04-15-2002BILL NO. 02-67 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE REAFFIRMING THE ACTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL DECLARING IT NECESSARY TO
IMPROVE, PROVIDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT,
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT TO DO THE WORK, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
MANNER OF PAYMENT OF THE WORK, OF MAKING
CERTAIN SEWER IMPROVEMENTS IN SEWER DISTRICT
14-1-G-1 BY CONSTRUCTING SANITARY SEWERS TO
SERVE CERTAIN PROPERTIES ALONG KINGSWAY DRIVE,
IN THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1. That the City Council of the City of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, has by an ordinance in writing duly adopted at
a regular meeting of said Council held on April 5, 1999, found and
declared it to be necessary to make certain sewer improvements in
Sewer District 14-1-G-1 by constructing certain sanitary sewers to
serve certain properties along Kingsway Drive, in the City of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri. Said ordinance further provided that the said
work of the improvement should be done by contract as provided by
law and ordinance and further provided that the cost of the
proposed work, not to exceed $0.517 per square foot shall be
charged against the lots and tracts of land embraced by the plans
and specifications for the construction of said system of sanitary
sewers in Sewer District No. 14-1-G-1 in and for which said sewer
system shall have been constructed in the proportion which the
respective areas of said lots or tracts of land bear to the area of
the whole district, exclusive of public highways, streets, alleys
and public property, by the issuance of special tax bills and the
balance shall be charged to the City and any cost in excess of
$0.517 per square foot shall be borne by the general revenue fund
of the City and only $0.517 per square foot shall be charged
against said property, all in accordance with Chapter 88, RSMo
1978, and such ordinances as may be hereafter enacted to carry out
said work.
ARTICLE 2. That the Council finds and declares that the
required notices have been published in the Southeast Missourian,
a daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, for seven (7) consecutive issues.
ARTICLE 3. That the Council further finds that all
requirements imposed by law and ordinance for the improvements have
been complied with and that it thereby acquired authority to order
the improvement and now hereby deems and declares it necessary to
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make certain sewer improvements Sewer District No. 14-1-G-1 in
order that the sanitary conditions existing in said territory may
be improved, all in accordance with the plans and specifications
for the improvement hereby adopted and on file in the Office of the
City Clerk, which are hereby adopted for said improvement, and it
hereby further finds and declares that all of the land lying within
the said Sewer District No. 14-1-G-1 as described in the plans,
specifications and estimate of cost prepared by the City Engineer
and previously submitted to the Council, will, exclusive of public
highways, streets and alleys not designated by said plans,
specifications and estimate of cost as benefitted thereby, be
benefitted by the construction of such sewers as hereafter provided
for in Sewer District No. 14-1-G-1.
ARTICLE 4. That the Prevailing Hourly Wage Rate is determined
by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for the public
works project in Missouri Annual Wage Rate No. 8, April 9, 2001.
The City of Cape Girardeau is authorized to contract for this
public works project with a contractor who will pay his workmen the
prevailing hourly rate of wages for each type of workman as
determined in Missouri Annual Wage Rate No. 8, April 9, 2001, who
will agree to comply with all provisions of the Prevailing Wage
Law, and who is not prohibited by the provisions of the Prevailing
Wage Law from contracting with the City on a public works project.
That prior to final payment to be made to the Contractor, the City
of Cape Girardeau will require that the Contractor file an
affidavit stating that the contractor and all his subcontractors
have fully complied with the provisions and requirements of the
Prevailing Wage Law.
ARTICLE 5. The Council further orders and directs that the
work of making certain sewer improvements in Sewer District No. 14-
1-G-1, be done by contract, and that it be done so that it will in
all respects comply with the said plans and specifications
therefor, and that the cost thereof will not exceed the estimate of
cost for said work prepared by the City Engineer and on file in the
Office of the City Clerk and heretofore approved by the council,
except such items of work necessary to the proper construction of
the improvements and unforeseen and not included in the estimate of
cost, and said work of improvement shall be done in such manner as
to comply with all applicable statutes and ordinances. The
contract entered into shall not be in excess of the estimates of
the whole cost of the improvement previously made by the City
Engineer and above referred to. The Council further finds and
declares that the condition of the general revenue fund of the City
is such that the portion of the cost of the work in excess of
$0.517 per square foot shall ultimately be paid therefrom.
ARTICLE 6. That the work to be done under this ordinance shall
be done under the supervision of the City Engineer. The work to be
done shall be done by contract let by the City of Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, to the lowest and best bidder therefor within the City
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Engineer's estimate of the costs, after advertisement for bids for
said work to be done shall have been published by at least seven
(7) consecutive insertions in a daily newspaper in the City of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri. The City reserves the right to reject any or
all bids.
ARTICLE 7. That the successful bidder for said work shall
enter into a contract with the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
after the same is awarded and give bond with good and sufficient
sureties for the faithful performance thereof in a sum at least
equal to the contract price.
ARTICLE 8. The contract shall provide that the payment to the
Contractor shall be made from the general revenue fund of the City
with monthly estimates to be paid to the contractor for work
completed, less ten per cent (10%) retainage. Final payment is to
be made within ten (10) days of final acceptance of the work by the
City. When the work of improvement has been completed as herein
provided and has further been approved by the City Engineer in a
written report thereof, and when said report has been approved and
adopted by the City Council, and the cost of the work shall
initially have been paid for by the City, special tax bills in an
amount not to exceed $0.517 per square foot shall be issued in
favor of the City of Cape Girardeau against the lots and tracts of
land embraced by the plans and specifications for the construction
of said system of sanitary sewers in Sewer District No. 14-1-G-1 in
and for which said sewer system shall have been constructed in the
proportion which the respective areas of said lots or tracts of
land bear to the area of the whole district, exclusive of public
highways, streets, alleys and public property, and which said
special tax bills shall be delivered to the City of Cape Girardeau.
Such special tax bills shall bear interest from sixty (60) days
after their date at four and eighty-eight one hundredths per cent
(4.88%) per annum.
ARTICLE 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after ten days after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS DAY OF ;'; 2 0 (� .
ATTEST:
Gayle L Conrad
City Clerk
Jay B. Knudt ,
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