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RESOLUTION NO.
2-99
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of
Port Angeles, Washington, declaring an
emergency, dispensing with the requirement of
calling for bids for the repair of the broken
industrial watermain and other water utility
facilities, and authorizing the City Manager to
sign the necessary contracts.
WHEREAS, RCW 35.23.352 requires the City to call for bids
public work project in excess of $30,000, if more than one
trade is involved, or $20,000, if a single craft or trade
involved; and
WHEREAS, the law allows for the bid requirement to be
ispensed with when it is essential to the health, safety or
elfare that immediate action be taken, provided that the emergency
present, immediate and existing and is not a condition which may
may not arise in the future or a condition which reasonably may
e foreseen in time to advertise for bids; and
WHEREAS, due to abnormally severe winter rainfall, the
City's industrial watermain has broken and other water utility
facilities may be in jeopardy so that immediate repairs are
necessary in order to provide for the health, safety and welfare of
the citizens of Port Angeles;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
ity of Port Angeles as follows:
Section 1. It is hereby declared that the repair of the
'ndustrial watermain and other water utility facilities is
ssential to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Port
ngeles and is an emergency necessitating that the requirement of
ormal bidding be dispensed with.
Section 2. The Public Works Department is authorized and
irected to provide for the repair of the industrial watermain and
ther water utility facilities as soon as possible without
complying with the formal bid requirements, such as advertising for
competitive bids, and instead obtaining the necessary engineering
and construction assistance in the most expedient fashion, yet
obtaining the lowest possible price through negotiation.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized and directed to
execute the necessary contracts to accomplish the emergency repair
work.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall publish a description and
estimate of the public works project within seven (7) days after
the commencement of the work.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at
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regular meeting of said Council held on the 2nd day of February,
999.
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