Resolution 16-98 Ordering Bids

WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution passed by the City Council on March 2, 1998, the city engineer has prepared plans and specifications for the improvement of 16th Avenue West between the centerline line of? 13th Street and the first Southerly Corporate Limits encountered in the City of Mountain Iron by road reconstruction, alignment and drainage improvements and has presented such plans and specifications to the City Council for approval;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MOUNTAIN IRON, MINNESOTA:

1. Such plans and specifications, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, are hereby approved.

2. The City Administrator shall prepare and cause to be inserted in the official paper and advertisement for bids upon the making of such improvement under such approved plans and specifications. The advertisement shall be published for two (2) days, shall specify the work to be done, shall state that bids will be received by the City Administrator until 10:00 a.m. on April 15, 1998 at which time they will be publicly opened in the Council Chambers of the City Hall by the City Administrator and Engineer, will then be tabulated, and will be considered by the City Council at 6:30 p.m. on April 20, 1998 in the Mountain Iron Council Chambers. Any bidder whose responsibility is questioned during consideration of the bid will be given an opportunity to address the Council on the issue of responsibility. No bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City Administrator and accompanied by a cash deposit, cashier?s check, bid bond or certified check payable to the City Administrator for five (5) percent of the amount of such bid.