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#077 10-11-54 Approve Advertisement for BidsResolution No. 77 October 11; 1954 Member Stark introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION APPROVING FLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND ORDERING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution passed by the Council on September 27, 1954s the G. M. Orr Engineering Company, consulting engineers retained for the purpose, have prepared plans and specifications for the construction of a water main improvement in the Village and have presented such plans and specifications to the Council for approval, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Village Council of Golden Valley, Minnesota: 1. Ruch plans and specifications, a copy of which are hereto attached and made a part hereof, are hereby approved. 2. The Village Clerk shall prepare and cause to be inser- ted in the official newspaper and in the Construction Bulletin, an advertisement for bids upon the making of such improvement under such approved plans and specifications. The advertise- ment shall be published once, shall specify work to be done, shall state that until 12:00 o'clock Noon on the. 26th day of October, 1954, sealed proposals will be received by the Village Council of the Village _of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, at the Village Clerkta Office, and will then and there be publicly opened and read in the presence of the Village Clerk, the Village Attorney, the Village Administrator, and the Village Engineer,,and all other persons who may wish to attend said opening and reading, and that the Village Council in the Council Chambers of the Golden Valley Village Hall will consider all proposals submitted and read as set forth above at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 26th day of October, 1954s and that no bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the Clerk and accompanied by a cash deposit, cashier's check, bid bond, or certified check, payable to the VillageofGolden Valley for 5% of the amount bid. .ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR WATERMA.IN IMPROVEMENT FOR VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, at the Golden Valley Village Clerk's office, until 12:00 o'clock Noon on the 26th day of October, 1954s, and will then and there be publicly opened and read in the presence of the Village Clerk, the 140 Village Attorneys the Village administrator, the Village Engineer, and all other persons who may wish to -attend said opening and reading, and that the Village Council in the Council Chambers of the Golden Valley Village Hall will consider all proposals submitted and read as set forth above at 7:30 o*clock P.M. on the 26th day of October, 1954s for the construction, furnishing labor and materials complete in place for the construction of a water main improvement consisting of approximately 5,000 lineal feet of twelve inch cast iron pipe and appurtenant items. Proposals arriving after the designated time will be returned unopened. Each proposal and all papers bound and attached thereto, together with proposal guaranty, shall be placed in an envelope and securely sealed therein. The envelope shall be so marked as to indicate, (1) the name of bidder, (2) type of construction and shall be addressed 'to the Village Clerk, Village of Golden Valley, Village Hall, 7830 Sixth Avenue North, Golden Valley (Minneapolis 22), Minnesota. It may be either mailed s delivered by messenger or submitted in person. Proposal forms, contract documents, plans and specifica- tions as prepared by G. M. Orr Engineering Company,_ 1004 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis 2, Minnesota, are on TI -le and may be seen at the office of the Village Clerk, Golden Valley, Minnesota, or the Consulting Engineers. Copies of Proposal Forms, Plans and Specifications for use by contractors submitted a bid ma be obtained from the Consulting Engineers upon deposit of 9,Q0, This deposit will be returned to contractors who sub`t a bona fide bid and who return the plans and specifications in good condition within fifteen (15) days after the opening of the bids. One- half of the amount of the deposit will be refunded for each of all other sets of documents so returned. This work will be paid for in cash. Partial payments will be made monthly equal to 85 per cent of the value of the work, including the value of the materials on the ground required in the construction which have been delivered to the site or adjacent thereto. Such payments will be based upon estimates submitted by the contractor, monthly showing work completed to date and approved by the Engineer and the Village Council. The Village of Golden Valley will make final pay- ment within thirty days after acceptance of the work in con- formance with the general requirements and covenants of the contract. 1 No bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the Village Clerk of Golden Valley and accompanied by a cash deposit, cashiers check, bid bond or certified check payable to the Village of Golden Valley for 5 per cent of the amount bid (to be forfeited as liquidated damages in the event that the bid be accepted and the bidder shall fail to enter prompt- ly into a written contract and furnish the required bond.) The Village of Golden Valley reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dated: October 11, 1954• Atte 1 BY ORDER OF THE VILLAGECOUNCIL H W. RAHN Vi ae Clerk ,, Administrative Assistant -759 The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Rahn and upon vote being taken thereon, the following members.voted in favor thereof: Bies, Foss, Huebsch, Rahn and Stark, and the following voted against the same: None, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, signed by the Mayor and his signature attested by the Clerk. 1