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cc: Mr. E. E. Bennett ers and Directors «P*A. CAMPBELL ^RESIDENT SPEFfCER L. BUTTERFIELD VICE-PRESIDENT WILLI AMfCOULTHARD SECY.-TREAS. HARRYfE. MILLER JAMES fCASHMAN JOHN BUNCH Mr. Wm. Reinhardt Vice President las Vegas Land & Water Company 422 West Sixth Street los Angeles, California LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT 900 SeUTH 5TH STREET LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Telephone 592® November 7, 1953, $ V A V H V NT Ji U Mr. Reinhardt: Additions and Betterments to the Las Vegas Land and Water Company System Under the terms of our contract to purchase the facilities of the Las Vegas Land and Water rompany, it is required that the V oter District shall approve ail expenditures exceeding a cost 12,000.OOi Before Hie passage of the bond issue. It was felt that the Water District should —ove expenditures after merely checking the reasonableness of the cost of each prefect. iw that the bond issue has been passed. It is the feeling of the Board of Directors of the District that these additions and betterments represent an actual expenditure of public funds. The Board [fjfj fee * that "]• general rules of competitive bidding on public projects should be followed 1future expenditures. In order to prevent any possible criticism which might be directed fT??.*, *° th# contract we request that evidence be submitted for each future project £“} "* l”v* Jr" fro™ «* l~t thfM parties and that Hu r.bat. and cost la th. Water District be based on the low bid. . Afontgomery has discussed with Mr. Maog means by which this procedure might be carried and we believe that It can be done without materially increasing either your work or ours. Very truly yours, LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT 1 A /§ L ? TACtnfh 1: Ki w ; / V7 4 /' f\J\ % Y • A v A \i V A W Cs m \ i Y ^ f V Thomas A. Campbell President o .3 V V H L H G> k V4