MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORD

(~II4 ~)t" .~ )MINUTE BOOK No. 17, CITY OF OXFORDPursuant to an advertisement in the Oxford Eagel for bids on street repairs to be opened at7:30 P. M. June 3, 1958,bids were received from the following firmsrOxford Asphalt Company $24,000.00Blount-Moore Clinic, Philadelphia, Miss. $25,995.00After the bids were opened and read motion was made b.r Alderman Sisk and seconded by AldermanRoberts and passed that all bids be rejected.A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OFTHE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, "'JITH REFERENCE TOTHAT PART OF THE SEV~RAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM CONSTRUCTEDAND INSTALLED BY VOLTZ CONSTR.UCTION COMPANY, AND WITHREFERENCE TO ITS INEFFICIENCY, AND WITH REFERENCE TOITS FAILURE TO PERFORM THE WORK ACCORDING TO THE PLANSAND SPECIFlCA'rIONS, AND "'lITH REFERt'NCE TO ITS COLLECTINJSAND AND DIRT INSIDE THE SJ1WERAGE PIPES, AND "'JITH REFERENCETO THE JOINTS OF THE PIPES NOT BEING PROPERLY SEALED, ANDWITH REFERENCE TO ITS FAILURE TO OPERATE AS R1!.'"'PRESENTEDBY THE CONTRACTOR, AND THAT THE BONDING COMPANY OF VOLTZCONSTRUCTION OOMPANY, AS HELL AS SAID CONSTRUCTION OOMPANY,AND THE CONTRAcrOR "'lliICH INSTALLED THE SAME, BE PT'T ON NOTICEBE IT RESOLVED b.r the mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, thatit is the finding of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen that the pipes and the pipelines of thesewerage disposal system, being the part constructed by Voltz Construction Company, is not working~roperly, that the joints of the pipes were~'not properly sealed according to the plans andspecifications for the installation of said pipes, and according to the representations of thecontractor, and that the contractor, and that the contractor has not put said system which heconstructed in good working condition, and that the bonding compa~ of said contractor, Fidelityand Deposit Company of Maryland of Baltimore, Maryland, should be put on notice and demand madethat said work of Voltz Construction Company of the sewerage disposal system in the 6ity ofOxford, Mississippi, be put in proper working condition according to the plans and specificationsand representations of contractor.The above and foregoing Resolution having been first reduced to writing and read by the Clerkof said Mayor and Board of Aldermen, WaS considered section by section, and then as a whole, and onmotion of Alderman Roberts and seconded by Alderman Lovelady, it WaS adopted section by section,and then as a whole, and the vote of the Aldermen on the passage thereof was as follows!Alderman James Roberts •••••••••• YeaAlderman William Lovelady ••••••• YeaAlderman Will Hickman ••••••••••• leaAlderman F. "1. Belk, Jr ••••••••• YeaAlderman Harry Sisk ••••••••••••• YeaBe it resolved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Oxford, Mississippi, thatthe City of Oxford desires to have its motor vehicle advalorum taxes collected by the TaxCollector of Lafayette County, Mississippi, at t.he same time and in the same manner provided b.rHouse Bill Number Three of the Regular 1958 Session of the MiSSissippi Legislature, for collectionof county and state advalorum taxes on motor vehicles, for the ensuing fiscal year, including thecollection of such taxes on such property located in tihe Municipal Separate School district ofthe City of Oxford, Mississippi,Be it resolved further that the Clerk of the Cit,:r of Oxford, Mississippi, be, and he ishereby, authorized and directed to furnish a certified copy of the official tax levy of said Cityof Oxford, to the officials as provided in said House Bill Number Three, on or before September15, 1958, and to do any and all other things necessary or incident to the collection of said taxeson said property for said year by the Sheriff of Lafayette County, Mississippi.The above resolution having been first reduced to writing was read by the Clerk of the Cityof Oxford, section b.Y section, and then as a whole; and on motion of Alderman Belk and secondedby Alderman Hickman, the vote on the final passage thereof was as follows:Alderman Sisk---YeaAlderman Hickman---YeaAlderman Roberts---YeaAlderman Be1k------YeaAlderman Lovelady--Yea