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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, September 21, 1955 to November 20, 1957, lvc000010-356

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    CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING TO? SHIRLEY BALLINGER, City Clerk September 7, 1956 Las Vegas, Nevada A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, is hereby called to be held in the Mayor's Office of the City Hall, on the 7th day of September, 1956, at the hour of 10:30 A.M. to consider the following matters: 1. Bid No. 56.48 - Fire Alarm System - Award 2. Bid No. 56.37 - Fire Alarm Cable - Award 3. USE PERMIT (U-38-56) - Gordon and Stein service Station at 16th and Charleston /s/ C. D. BAKER Mayor NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO: C. D. BAKER, Mayor and to WENDELL BUNKER, E. W. FOUNTAIN, HARRIS P. SHARP, REED WHIPPLE, Commissioners and A. H. KENNEDY, City Manager, R. F. BOOS, Administrative Assistant, and HOWARD W. CANNON, City Attorney of the City of Las Vegas. You and each of you will please take notice that pursuant to a call this day issued by Mayor Baker, a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, will be held in the Mayor's Office of the City Hall, 5th and Stewart, on the 7th day of September, 1956, at the hour of 10:30 A.M. to consider the following matters: 1. Bid No. 56.48 - Fire Alarm System - Award 2. Bid No. 56.37 - Fire Alarm Cable - Award 3. USE PERMIT (U-38-56) - Gordon and Stein service station at 16th and Charleston /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER City Clerk ACCEPTANCE OF NOTICE We the undersigned Mayor, Commissioners, City Manager, Administrative Assistant and City Attorney of the City of Las Vegas do hereby admit due service of the foregoing notice of special meeting. /s/ C. D. BAKER A. H. KENNEDY WENDELL BUNKER R. F. BOOS HARRIS P. SHARP HOWARD W. CANNON E. W. FOUNTAIN Las Vegas, Nevada September 7, 1956 A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada held this 7th day of September, 1956 was called to order at the hour of 10:45 A.M. by His Honor Mayor Baker with the following members present: Mayor C. D. Baker Commissioner Wendell Bunker Commissioner E. W. Fountain Commissioner Harris P. Sharp City Manager A. H. Kennedy Adm. Assistant Robert F. Boos City Engineer George E. Wade City Attorney Howard W. Cannon City Clerk Shirley Ballinger Absent: Commissioner Reed Whipple City Manager Kennedy recommended that the low bid of Gamewell Company on Bid No. 56.48 for the installation of a Fire Alarm System, be accepted. Commissioner Fountain moved that Bid No. 56.48 be awarded to the low bidder, Gamewell Company in the total amount of $78,857.07. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Sharp and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Whipple. City Manager Kennedy recommended that the low bid of Osborne Electric Supply Company on Bid No. 56.37 for the furnishing of fire alarm cable, be accepted. Commissioner Fountain moved that Bid No. 56.37 be awarded to Osborne Electric Supply Com­pany in the total amount of $77,600.00. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Fountain, Bunker, Sharp and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Commissioner Whipple. At the hour of 11:00 A. M. the meeting recessed and reconvened at the hour of 12:30 P.M. The Commission considered the application of J. A. Gordon and L. D. Stein for a use permit to construct a super service station on the northwest corner of 16th and Charleston (E 39' of Lot 9 and all of Lot 10, Block 3; Amended Mayfair Tract #2) in a C-1 zone. The Board of Adjustment recommended approval of this application. Thereafter Commissioner Fountain moved this application for Use Permit be approved and the following resolution adopted: BID NO. 56.48 Fire Alarm System Awarded BID NO. 56.37 Fire Alarm Cable Awarded USE PERMIT -U-38-56 Gordon & Stein