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Office of the Board of Works
City of Richmond, Indiana,
Wednesday June 17, 1936.
The Board of Public ,`forks and Safety of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, met in the office of said Board,
Wednesday June 17 , 1936, at 9 :00 o ' clock A.M. Messrs.
Jaseph M. Walterman;d. Simeon Hodgin being present
the following proceedings were had, to'Iwit :
The Board adopted the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 5 - 1936.
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond, Indiana , by and through
its Board of Public Works and Safety, under date of
April 1, 1935, entered into a contract with Max Irmscher
& Sons, Inc . of Fort-,Wayne, Indiana, for the construction
of Division 1 of the Sewage Treatment Works for the City
of Richmond ; and
WHEREAS, said contract is subject to the provisions of a
contract , dated August 16, 1934, entered into between
the City of Richmond and the United States of America,
by and through the Federal Emergency Administrator of
Public Works, whereby the Goverment agrees by grant to ,
aid the City of Richmond in financing said project ,
under the condition that said work shall be carried on
under the regulations of the Federal Emergency
Administration of Public Works ; and
WHEREAS, the work under said construction contract has
been prosecuted by said Contractor in a satisfactory
manner and under the . conditions set out in said contract
and in the specifications, which are a part thereof ; and
WHEREAS, said regulations of the Federal Emergency
Administration of Public Works permit the payment of the
retained percentages to contractors after Fifty (50%)
per cent of the work has been carried on in a satisfactory
manner ; and
WHEREAS, there is now retained under said contract Forty
One Thousand Six Hundred Ten Dollars and Sixty Five Cents
( 41,610. 65) , which is Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Thirty
Seven Dollars and Twenty Four Cents (%20,237.24) , in excess
of the amount required under the said regulations of the
Federal .Emergency Administration of Public Works
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
Section=1. That this Board approves payment to said
Contractor of Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Thirty Seven
Dollars and Twenty Four Cents ($20, 237 .24) of such
retained percentage, subject to the consent of the
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Contractor' s Surety under his bond, which is attached
to said contract and made a part thereof and to the
approval of the State Director, P.W.A. ; it being under
stood and agreed, as witnessed by the endorsement on
the voucher for such payment that such payment will
in no way change or nullify any other provisions of
said contract between Max Irmscher & Sons, Inc , and the
City of Richmond.
Section 2. That the City Controller of the City of
Richmond be and is hereby authorized and instructed,
upon receipt of consent of the surety company and the
approval of the State Director, P.W.A. , as set out in
Section 1 of this Resolution, to make payment to said
Contractor in the amount of Twenty Thousand Two
Hundred Thirty Seven Dollars and Twenty Four Cents
($20,237.24) , with the endorsement on the payment
voucher as stipulated in Section 1 above.
The Board also approved Change Order Number 15 on
Division 1 of the Sewage Treatment Works.
The Board then adjourned.
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Attest :
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City Clerk.