4 - City of Oxford

97768- MCIII118-111.16
MINUTE BOOK No. 4, CITY OF OXFORD
A RESOLUTION MAKING FINAL A RESOLUTION OF
INTENTION PASSED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF
MARCH 4, 1969 OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF
ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI
TO ACCEPT BIDS ON 12 MONTHS SUPPLY GRADED
AGGREGATE FOR STREET DEPARTMENT.
At the March 4, 1969 regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of Oxford, Mississippi it was resolved by said Mayor and Board that it was the
intention of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take bids on 12 months supply
graded aggregate for Street Department and that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Oxford would take final action on said resolution at 7:30 p. m.
April 1, 1969 in the office of the Mayor of the said City.
Said resolution adopted at the March 4, 1969 meeting as aforesaid, having
remained on file on the minutes of said Mayor and Board of Aldermen for more
than two weeks for public inspection , and there having been no objections to
or protest against said resolution of the final passage thereof.
BE IT, THEREFORE, finally resolved that the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Oxford, Mississippi accept bids on 12 months supply graded aggre
gate for the Street Department according to the plans and specifications on file
in the office of the Mayor of said City.
The above and foregoing resolution having been reduced to writing was read
by the Clerk of said. Mayor and Board of Aldermen, was considered section by
section, and then as a whole, and on motion made by Alderman Owens, seconded
by Alderman Hannaford it was adopted section by section, and then as a whole,
and the vote of the Aldermen of passage thereof was as follows:
ALDERMAN BILL A. HANNAFORD YEA
ALDERMAN J. P. McLAURIN, JR YEA
ALDERMAN LINDER OWENS YFA
ALDERMAN HARRY S. SISK YEA
ALDERMAN JAMES N. KING YEA
Pursuant to an advertisement in the O x ford Eagle for bids on 12 months
supply cutback & emulsified asphalt, to he opened at the regular meeting of
April 1, 1969, bids were received from the following firms:
Columbia Slag Company
Birmingham, Alabama $4.03 NT
Mississippi Aggregate Company
Jackson, Mississippi
Miss. Type I Cover Slag $4.18 per ton
Miss. Type VI Cover Slag 4.28 per ton
Miss. Type VII Cover Slag 4.28 per ton
Miss. Type I Stone $3.79 per ton
Miss. Type VI Stone 3.79 per ton
After the bids were opened and read, motion was made by Alderman Owens,
seconded by Alderman Hannaford and passed unanimously, to accept the hid Miss-
issippi Aggregate Company because it was the best bid. Columbia Slag Company's
bid of $4.03 per ton was not accepted because the City Engineer reported that
their products do not meet with specifications, since it is not blast furnace
slag but is electric furnace slag and tends to glaze.