CC RESOLUTION 632RESOLUTION NO. 632
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZ-
ING AND DIRECTING THE PURCHASE OF A DEEP
WELL PUMP AND MOTOR FOR INSTALLATION IN
WATER WELL NO. 8 FROM LAYNE & BOWLER
CORPORATION.
WHEREAS, this Council has heretofore advertised
for bids for the furnishing to the City of E1 Segundo of
the deep well pump and motor installation for water well No. 8
of the City of E1 Segundo, hereinafter referred to;
AND, WHEREAS, after various proceedings had as
reflected by the municipal records relating to such matter,
it became necessary, due to the inability to procure the
necessary priorities for new equipment, for said City to
obtain the items hereinafter referred to under existing
federal regulations;
AND, WHEREAS, it is essential that the water supply
of the City of E1 Segundo under existing emergency war -time
conditions be augmented at the earliest possible moment in
order to preserve and protect the public peace, health,
safety, comfort and general welfare of said City;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, does hereby resolve, declare, find,
determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1. That it is neither advisable nor de..
sirable to instruct the City Clerk to readvertise for bids
for the furnishing of the equipment herein referred to under
existing federal priority regulations, and that therefore no
new notice inviting bids for said equipment shall be published.
SECTION 2. That it is essential in order to pre-
serve and protect the public peace, health, safety, comfort
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and general welfare of said City that the equipment herein-
after referred to be purchased and acquired immediately by
said City.
SECTION 3. That in view of the foregoing premises,
the City Council b; vote of at least four - fifths of its
entire membership does hereby find and determine that an
emergency affecting said public peace, health, safety, comfort
and general welfare exists, and that therefore the City
Engineer is hereby authorized, instructed and ordered to
immediately purchase and procure in the open market one used
500 G.P,M. deepwell turbine pump, with 50 HP, 440 Volt, 50
Cycle motor, and to have the same installed complete in water
well No. 8 of said City, and placed in operation at the
earliest possible moment, and the cost of said equipment
and of such installation shall be a proper charge against
the City of E1 Segundo, to be paid upon presentation of a
proper demand or demands therefor, to be presented, audited
and approved in the usual manner.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall cause
the original of the same to be entered in the book of re-
solutions of the said City of E1 Segundo, and shall make a
minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of
the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the
minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
Passed, approved and adopted this 23rd day of
September, A. D., 1942.
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Mayor of e ty oY El Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five; that the foregoing; resolution, being Resolution No.
632, was passed and adopted by the said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor of said City and attested
by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of
the said Council held on the 23rd day of September, A. D.,
1942, and that the same was passed and adopted by the follow-
ing vote, to -wit:
AYES: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Peterson, Selb.- and
Mayor Love;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
(SEAL)
ity Cler o -`� ity of
E1 Segundo, Calif rnia.
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