HomeMy Public PortalAbout00223 O R D I N A N C E NO. 223
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Executive Director to
negotiate a contract for emergency repairs to the River des Peres
storm channel, with an emergency clause.
WHEREAS, there has been extensive damage to the channel
of the River des Peres by ground slides, and immediate steps must
be taken to prevent further damage, and protect the public safety,
and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that a partial repair to the
River des Peres storm water channel if made immediately at an
estimated cost not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00) can arrest the sliding condition and prevent further
damage which would be very costly to the District, and
WHEREAS this repair is a part of the overall project
necessary to permanently correct the condition which has existed
and has continued to grow more serious, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 164, as amended, provides that
emergency work requiring prompt attention may be undertaken by the
Executive Director by contract without the delay occasioned by
advertisement for bids, PROVIDED, however, that the probable cost
thereof does not exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director has determined that
work on the River des Peres channel to correct the effects of such
slides should be undertaken immediately as an emergency measure,
and that sufficient unencumbered funds therefor are available in
the Improvement Fund (River des Peres, Account No. 2-5005),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Repair construction on the River des Peres
channel to correct conditions caused by ground slide is hereby
declared to be an emergency within the meaning of the Plan, and
the Executive Director is hereby authorized and instructed to
proceed with such repairs on an emergency basis.
Section Two. The Executive Director is hereby
authorized and instructed to solicit bids from reputable
contractors and, when not less than three such bids, in writing,
have been received may enter into a contract for such repair work
with the lowest responsible bidder thereof, on the basis of unit
price for materials in place. The Executive Director, at the next
meeting of the Board of Trustees after letting such contract,
shall furnish to the Board a full explanation of the facts and
circumstances of the invitations for bids and the results thereof,
and the SecretaryTreasurer shall record the same in the Journal of
the Board.
Section Three. This Ordinance is an exception to
Ordinance No. 164, as amended, and nothing herein shall be
construed as affecting or changing the provisions thereof, save
and except this single instance.
Section Four. This Ordinance being for the purpose of
authorizing the Executive Director to make emergency repairs to
the River des Peres channel for the protection of the public
welfare, constitutes an emergency within the meaning of the Plan,
and this Ordinance shall be and become effective immediately upon
its adoption.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted August 12, 1958.