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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-14-1997 Regular Meeting2049 STATE OF ALABAMA )( COUNTY OF BALDWIN )( THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF FAIRHOPE, MET IN REGULAR SESSION AT 5:30 P.M.; FAIRHOPE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBER; 1 6 I NORTH SECTION STREET; FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA 36532; ON MONDAY, 14 JULY 1 997. PRESENT WERE MAYOR JAMES P. Nix; COUNCILMEMBERS JOHN V. DUCK, MICHAEL A. FORD, DEBBIE W. QUINN, JEANETTE PUCKETT, AND WILLIAM H. JONES; CITY ATTORNEY MARION E. WYNNE AND CITY CLERK EVELYN P. PHILLIPS. NO ONE WAS ABSENT. A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, MAYOR NIX CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. COUNCILMEMBER DUCK MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 23 JUNE 1997 REGULAR SESSION. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER QUINN, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MAYOR NIX ADVISED THAT AGENDA ITEMS 4, 5, AND 6 HAD BEEN ADDED AND ASKED IF ANYONE HAD AN OBJECTION TO TAKING CARE OF THIS BUSINESS AT THIS TIME. AFTER DISCUSSION, COUNCILMEMBER FORD MOVED TO HEAR THE ADDED ITEMS. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PUCKETT, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MAYOR NIX PRESENTED PLAQUES TO COUNCILMEMBERS FORD AND PUCKETT ON THEIR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL COURSE. (MAYOR Nix IS ALSO A CMO, HAVING GRADUATED EARLIER THIS YEAR.) COUNCIL TOOK THE FOLLOWING ACTION ON BIDS: 050 1 4 JULY 1 997 Identification: "DIRECT BORING MACHINE" Bids opened on: June 25, 1997 at: 2:00 p.m. Machine to be used for boring underground for the installation of services such as pipe, cable, nnnduit VENDOR: COST EACH: DELIVERY: VERMEER $69,898.00 Pensacola, FL 5-7 Days STOCK NO: D7X11A DITCH WITCH OF MOBILE $72,343.98 Mobile, AL 15-Days STOCK NO: JT920 TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO. Mobile, AL NO BID COWIN EQUIPMENT NO BID Mobile, AL M&I FORD NO BID Da hne, AL BI-STATE EQUIPMENT NO RESPONSE Birmingham, AL COASTAL MACHINERY NO RESPONSE Theodore, AL THOMPSON TRACTOR NO RESPONSE Mobile, AL BEARD EQUIPMENT CO. NO RESPONSE Pensacola, FL McKINNON TRACTOR NO RESPONSE Mobile, AL It is recommended to accept the bid of VERMEER, Pensacola, FL for the price of$69,898.00 with all specifications being met. Steve Seay, Wayne Smith, Supt. Gas Department Purchasing Agent COUNCILMEMBER PUCKETT- MOVED TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID BY VERMEER, PROVIDED ALL SPECIFICATIONS ARE MET. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 2 05 1 1 4 JULY 1997 MAYOR NIX OPENED THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS TO COMPLETE AN UNEXPIRED TERM ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. THE TERM WILL EXPIRE IN APRIL, 1 998. COUNCILMEMBER JONES NOMINATED DR. HOLLIS WISEMAN. COUNCILMEMBER QUINN NOMINATED SUZANNE BARNHILL. UPON A VOTE, COUNCIL CHOSE WISEMAN. COUNCILMEMBER QUINN MOVED TO APPOINT DR. HOLLIS WISEMAN FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FORD, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMEMBER JONES NOMINATED SAM PITKIN FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM ON THE HARBOR BOARD. THERE BEING NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, COUNCILMEMBER DUCK MOVED TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS AND APPOINT MR. PITKIN BY ACCLAMATION. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PUCKETT, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMEMBER DUCK INTRODUCED IN WRITING, AND MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JONES, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY: RESOLUTION NO. 567-97 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE THAT MAYOR JAMES P. Nix IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CfTY AND J & P CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $ I , 162,000.00 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PHASE IV UPGRADE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY . ADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF JULY, 1 997. 02,1,66, AA4 AME NIX, MAYOR Arr�,ST /� 1/OG (�/�j,/�4JL EVELYN .PHILLIPS COUNCILMEMBER JONES INTRODUCED IN WRITING, AND MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FORD, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY: 2052 1 4 JULY 1997 RESOLUTION NO. 568-97 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE THAT MAYOR JAMES P. Nix IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND KOSSEN EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC., SARALAND, ALABAMA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 1 4 1,98 1 .00 FOR THE GENERATORS OF THE PHASE IV UPGRADE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY . WE FURTHER APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NO. I ON THIS CONRACT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $42,902.00 DECREASE, WHICH CHANGES THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT TO $99,079.00 ADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF JULY, 1997. ATT I� 1 V" EVELYN P. HILLIPS4CITY ERK COUNCILMEMBER PUCKETT MOVED TO PAY BILLS AS PRESENTED. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DUCK, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MEETING WAS DULY ADJOURNED AT 5:45 P.M. /V JAM s P. Nix, MAYOR (::� EVELY . PHILLIPS, CITY C RK