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SPECIAL MEETING HELD IN THE CITY COMMISSION ROOM
DANIA CITY HALL, DANIA, FLORIDA AT 5 P. M. ON
SEPTEMBER 22, 1970.
® 1. ROLL CALL PRESENT MAYOR-COMMISSIONER ROBERT E. HOUSTON
COMMISSIONERS WILLIAM JACKSON
ROBERT KELLY
JOSEPH THORNTON
BOISY WAITERS
CITY MANAGER WOODWARD HAM PTON
® CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN
CITY CLERK E. R. CLAY
2. THE MAYOR THEN BROUGHT UP AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE FOR
THE NAUTICAL YACHT BASIN THIS IS A 2 COP LICENSE. COMMISSIONER
® THORNTON MADE A MOTION THE LICENSE BE APPROVED, THIS YAS
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL WAS FOUR TO ZERO.
3. THE MAYOR THEN STATED THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE AWARDING OF THE BID
FOR THE CLEANING AND REPAIRING OF THE SEWER SYSTEM, EACH ONE
• OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAD A COMMUNICA TION FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
THE CITY MANAGER THEN EXPLAINED HIS COMMUNICASTON TO THE
COMMISSIONERS AND CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT O'BRIEN CO WAS THE
LOW BIDDER, BUT IF THE COMMISSIONERS DID NOT LIKE THAT BID THEN
THEY COULD TAKE THE PENETRYN BID. THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT
O'BRIENS PRICE WAS $23,845.25 NOT INCLUDING REPAIRING THE LEAKS
® AND PENETRYN BID WAS $28,974.65 NOT INCLUDING THE LEAKS, THIS IS
OVER $5,000.00 MORE THAN THE O'BRIEN BID. THESE FIGURES WERE FOR
STATION F AND H ONLY, BUT IF THE WHOLE SEWER SYSTEM WAS TO BE
DONE THEY WOULD DO IT FOR THE SAME UNIT PRICE AS QUOTED.
THERE WAS THEN A LONG DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS AND
THE CITY MANAGER AND JOHN FARINA THE ENGINEER. IT WAS DISCUSSED
ABOUT STARTING ON STATION H WHICH IS THE BIGGEST AND THEN SEE
HOW MUCH THE LEAKEAGE DROPPED AND PROCEED WITH STATION F AND
THEN DO THE WHOLE SEWER SYSTEM. THE MAYOR THOUGHT THE WHOLE CITY
COULD BE DONE FOR ABOUT $40,000,00,
MR GENE NAIL OF PENETRYN SYSTEMS CO WAS THEN GIVEN THE FLOOR
HE GAVE HIS SALE PITCH TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
® MR JOHN FISCHRUPP OF O'BRIEN CO THEN GAVE HIS SALES PITCH.
THE COMMISSIONERS THEN ASKED EACH OF THE BIDDERS QUESTIONS.
REGARDING GUARANTEE, PERFORMANCE BOND ETC.
COMMISSIONER THORNTON THEN MADE A MOTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT
TO THE LOWEST BIDDER WHO IS O'BRIEN CO AND TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER
AND CITY ATTORNEY DRAW UP THE CONTRACT, THIS WAS SECONDED BY
• COMMISSIONER JACKSON. ROLL WAS CALLED THE VOTE WAS FOUR IN FAVOR,
COMMISSIONER KELLY VOTED NO AND QUALIFIED HIS VOTE BY SAYING HE WAS
VOTING NO WITH NO PREJUDICE SO EHAT IF SOMETHINE HAPPENED HE COULD
RAISE HELL.
• 4. THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR GUS BRICE BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF THE
CLEANING OF THE ASLILITOR AT THE WATER PLANT. JOHN FARINA MU SAID
THIS SHOULD BE CLEANED EVERY THREE YEARS AND IT WAS OVERDUE. HE SAID
IT SHOULD BE SAND BLASTED ONE FOOT BELOW THE WATER LEVEL, HE ALSO
STATED THE WALK WAYS SHOULD BE SANDBLASTED. COMMISSIONER THORNTON
THEN MADE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ENGINEER TO DRAW UP SPECS
• AND ADVERTISE, THIS WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAITERS. ROLL CALL
WAS FIVE TO ZERO,
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
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• �� �G MAYOR ROBERT E. HOUSTON
CITY CLERK E. R. CLAY
SEPT 22. 1970 (1)