Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-229

Las Vegas, Nevada November 20, 1944 CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING To: Helen Scott Reed, City Clerk Las Vegas Nevada A Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas is hereby called to be held in the Commissioners (Council Chamber in the War Memorial Building on Monday, the 20th day of November, 1944 at the hour of 2.00 o’clock p.m. to act upon the following business: 1. To open bids for the construction of the fire station and act upon the same, and other matters that might be brought before the Board. E. W. Cragin Mayor NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING To: E. W. Cragin, and to Pat Clark, Walter Bates, Al Corradetti, A. F. Smith, Sr. and Chas. C. McCall, Commissioners, Mayor and City Manager of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. You and each of you will please take notice that pursuant to a call this day issued by Mayor Cragin, a Special Meeting of the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, will be held on Monday, November 20, 1944, at the hour of 2.00 o'clock p.m. in the Council Chamber at the War Memorial Building to consider the following business: 1. To open bids for the construction of the fire station and act upon the same, and other matters that might be brought before the Board. Helen Scott Reed City Clerk ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE We, the undersigned, Mayor, Commissioners and City Manager of the City of Las Vegas, hereby admit due service of the foregoing Notice of Special Meeting. E. W. Cragin A. F. Smith, Sr. A. Corradetti Walter B. Bates A Special Meeting of the Board of City Commissioners having been called for this date, said meeting was called to order by His Honor, Mayor E. W. Cragin, at the hour of 2.00 p.m. with the following members present: Commissioners Bates, Clark, Corradetti, Smith; City Manager, Charles C. McCall; City Clerk, Helen Scott Reed, and City Attorney, Louis Wiener,Jr. BIDS: FIRE STATION At this time, Bids for the construction of the fire station were opened, from the following firms: Pioneer Construction Company - in the sum of $58,616.00 together with bid bond of $4,000. Royal Building Corporation - in the sum of $63,838.00 bid bond, $3,500. Lemke Construction Co. - in the sum of $68,707.00. - bid bond, $7,500. Stocks Mill & Supply Co. - in the sum of $58,771.60 - certified check in the sum of $3,000. B. Frank Anderson - in the sum of $70,484.00 - bid bond 5% of bid. The following resolution was presented to the Board for its consideration: WHEREAS, the proposals received for the construction of two fire stations (Central Fire Station and Sub Fire Station) at Las Vegas, Nevada, FWA Project Nev. 26-130-N, have been duly opened, read and compared, and WHEREAS, it appears that Ira Goldring, doing business as Pioneer Construction Company, is the low bidder in the amount of $56,916.00, based upon his low base bid of $58,616.00, less alternates 1 and 2 as set forth on the construction bid of said project in the sum of $1,700.00., WHEREAS, the FWA has set up the amount of $50,100 as the estimated cost of the General Construction and whereas the low bid of the Pioneer Construction Company was $56,916.00, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the City of Las Vegas hereby agrees that the cost of construction which exceeds the amount as set up and agreed by the FWA will be borne entirely by the City of Las Vegas, Nevada. CITY OF LAS VEGAS E. W. Cragin, Mayor City seal - Attest: Helen Scott Reed, City Clerk