BOOK 21_1946-09-23 to 1948-08-09

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County,Tax.Oollector had -sold the same lots to a,Mr. Thomas Callan.-..The,•County. 45 Tax Collector had been notified that the -lots -had been sold but through an,error this fact was,overlooked. Mr. McCarthy believed the County was responsible for,,, the error inasmuch as proper notification had be.en,given that.the lots were sold. Mr. Schoop explained that the property was registered at the title company in the name of Mr. Callan. Mr. McCarthy explained that there is an agreement with the County whereby the city can sell deliquent tax lots and pro rate the taxes, however, in this case the city did have a deed to the lots in question. The City Attorney was instructed to attempt to settle the matter and to assist' j Mr. Scholp in every way possible. , l City Engineer Wilson reported that he had checked the bide for improvements 'Sn.Redwood Terrace No. 1. There were two small discrepancies in the bids, one in Peter Sorensen's and one in Charles Harney's. The low bid of L. C. Smith in the amount of $146,203.48 was correct. City Clerk,Dodge read communication from Peter Sorensen in which he stated that he was second low bidder on this projegt'in the amount of $149,561.97 with the • completion date as of July 1, 1947. He stated, however, that he would be able to start work immediately on this project and save the owmers sixty,days in comple- tion time, or finish the work May 1, 1947. The owners of the subdivision were in favor of the early completion date and Mr. Sorensen stated he would be glad to receive the award with the understanding that the work would be completed byr 3' j' May 1, 1947- ,City Manager Blom advised that upon receipt of Mr. Sorensen's $ letter he had contacted Mr. L. C. Smith who advised that he had alreday placed an order for sewer pipe on the basis that he was low bidder and that he would be able to go to work immediately. He stated he would be able to complete the work j by July 1, 1947- Councilman Werder asked if the Council has.the right to accept the second low bid if the time limit would be better than„1 the low bid. City Attorney McCarthy advised that inasmuch as the bids set a completion date of July 1, 19479 he did not believe the Council was justified in accepting the second low bid and that the low bidder could bring a suit against the work being 4, done. If the two contractors could reach an agreement and the low bidder would ?' I ?f f agree to the second low bidder being awarded the job, Mr. McCarthy believed the ;s 1 Council could award the bid to the second lowest bidder. City Manager Blom i� ers of the expressed the opinion that no award should be made until the.develo �? P P tract make arrangements for the bonds. City Engineer Wilson drew attention to the Pact that the proposal provided that award would be made within fifteen days i. from the opening of bids. City Attorney McCarthy advised that if L. C. Smith would waive this provision, the matter of award could be held over. It was 4 decided that the matter would be carried on the agenda and the two contractors 3 contacted. Councilman Granger moved, seconded by Councilman Swift, that the { matter of awarding contract for improvements in Redwood Terrace No. 1 be carried on the agenda for the next meeting. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Andrew Norris had appeared at the last meeting of the Council protesting the fact that his house sewer was connected to the lateral of the adjoining property owner. City Manager Blom had had an investigation made of the matter and he advised that these two sewers were connected to the same lateral. He stated