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Home My WebLink About08/29/1973U9-Pgi-q' City Hall, Waterloo, Iowa SPECIAL SESSION August 29, 1973 - 4r00 P M The City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, met in Special Session in the City Council Chambers in the City Hall in said City at 4,00 o'clock. P M on August 29, 1973, pursuant to the following call° TO CITY COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA You are hereby notified that a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, will be held at the Council Chambers in the City Hall in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, at 4:00 o'clock P,M. on Wednesday, August 29, 1973, and that said Special Meeting is being called for the purpose of "A public hearing on the proposed plans and specifications, form of contract, cost, etc. and the taking of bids for the construction of Conway Square, a Convention Center," You are further notified that no other business except the above will be transmitted at said Meeting. (Signed) LLOYD L- TURNER, MAYOR Due, timely and legal service of the above notice is hereby accepted this 29th day of August, 1973 by me, a duly elected, qualified and acting Councilman of the City of Waterloo, Iowa. (Signed) Charles H. Dykeman, First Ward (Signed) Robert E. Keller, Second Ward (Signed) Norman F. Cohea, Third Ward (Signed) Robert Cavanaugh, Fourth Ward (Signed) Martin J. Morrissey, Fifth Ward (Signed) Glenda Mabrey, East -at -Large (Signed) Trueman Miller, West -at -Large Mayor Turner in the Chair. Present: Councilmen Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Mabrey, Miller and Morrissey. Absent None. 64385 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by Miller that the Copies of the Call for the Special Meeting of August 29, 1973 at 4:00 o'clock P.M , be received and placed on file. Motion carried. 64386 - Moved by Cavanaugh, seconded by Morrissey that the proof of publication of the Notice of Hearing on proposed plans and specifications, proposed form of contract, estimate of costs, etc. for the construction of Conway Square, a Convention Center, be received and placed on file. Motion carried. 64387 - The Mayor announced the time had arrived to hear objections, if any, to the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract, estimated cost, etc. for the construction of Conway Square, a Convention Center, on the site bounded by West Fourth Street, West Park Avenue, Commercial Street and Jefferson Street, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and asked if any one present wished to be heard or make objection, or if there were any written objections filed with the Clerk. No one appeared to object orally, and the Clerk reported no written ob- jections had been filed. There being no objections made of filed, it was - 2 - 64387 - (Continued) moved by Mabrey, seconded by Cohea that Resolution No. 22778, confirming the approval of the plans, specifications, form of contract, estimated cost, etc. for the construction of Conway Square, a Convention Center, on the site bounded by West Fourth Street, West Park Avenue, Commercial Street and Jefferson Street, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be adopted. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Mabrey, Miller and Morrissey voted Aye. Nay- None. Absent; None. Mayor declared the resolution adopted. 64388 - Moved by Keller, seconded by Miller that Resolution No. 22779, ordering the construction of Conway Square, a Convention Center, on the site bounded by West Fourth Street, West Park Avenue, Commercial Street and Jefferson Street, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be adopted. On roll call, Cavanaugh, Cohea, Dykeman, Keller, Mabrey, Miller and Morrissey voted Aye. Nay: None. Absent; None. Mayor declared the resolution adopted. 64389 - Moved by Morrissey, seconded by Mabrey that the proof of publication of the Notice of Advertisement for Bids for the construction of Conway Sq- uare, a Convention Center, on the site bounded by West Fourth Street, West Park Avenue, Commercial Street and Jefferson Street, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be received and placed on file. Motion carried. 64390 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Cohea that the Clerk be instructed to open the bids for the General Contract (including elevator), which were as follows° Name of Bidder Hawkeye Constructors, Inc., Gladbrook, Iowa Viggo M. Jensen Co., Iowa City, Iowa Adolfson & Peterson, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. Henkel Construction Co., Mason City, Iowa 0-M Construction Co., Waterloo, Iowa Motion carried. Amount of Check Amount of Bid or Bid Bond $2,734,000.00 5% $2,635,000.00 5% $2,572,500.00 5% $2,886,000.00 5% $2,488,500.00 5% 64391 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by Dykeman that the Clerk be instructed to open the bids for the Mechanical Contract (including plumbing, heating and air conditioning), which were as follows. Amount of Check Name of Bidder Amount of Bid or Bid Bond Natkin & Company, $1,185,000.00 5% Omaha, Nebraska Young Plumbing & Heating Company $ 981,685.00 5% Waterloo, Iowa C. P. Rohde, Inc., $1,150,000.00 570 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Motion carried. August 29, 1973 - 3 - 64392 - Moved by Mabrey, seconded by Cohea that the Clerk be instructed to open the bids for the Electrical Contract, which were as follows: Amount of Ck. Name of Bidder Amount of Bid or Bid Bond Meisner Electric, Inc., Newton, Iowa See Electric, Inc., Waterloo, Iowa Black Hawk Electrical Co., Waterloo, Iowa Paulson Electric Company, Waterloo, Iowa C. P. Rohde, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa Motion carried. $431,000.00 $419,845.00 $399,285.00 $373,988.00 $645,000.00 5'/0 5% 5% 5% 5% 64393 - Moved by Morrissey, seconded by Mabrey that the bid of Farnsworth Elec- tronics, Inc., Waterloo, Iowa, for the Sound System Contract be returned unopened due to filing after 3.00 P;M, deadline, and the Clerk instructed to open the remaining bids for the Sound System Contract, which were as follows. Name of Bidder Communications Engineering Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa Woodburn Sound Service, Iowa City, Iowa Warren Radio Company Davenport, Iowa Sioux Sound Company, Des Moines, Iowa Electronic Sound Company, Omaha, Nebraska Motion carried. Amount of Bid $120,000.00 $134,975.00 $149,984.41 $149,990.75 $120,671.00 Amount of Check or Bid Bond 5'/0 5% 5% 5% 5'/0 64394 - Moved by Dykeman, seconded by Miller that the Clerk be instructed to open the bids for the Kitchen Equipment Contract, which were as follows. Amount of Check or Bid Bond Name of Bidder Amount of Bid Servco Equipment Company, St. Louis,Mo. Krensky Fixture Company, Waterloo, Iowa Motion carried, $115,984.75 $ 98,728.00 5% 5% 64395 - Moved by Miller, seconded by Cohea that all bids be received, placed on file and referred to the Architects for checking and to report back on September 4, 1973. Motion carried. 64396 - Moved by Cohea, seconded by Miller that the Council adjourn. Motion carried. August 29, 1973 ,t.4)2 Andrew A. Blomberg, City Clerk a C) r• GQ rt C cn rt cnx IV w tv tii 1c�r H r r -J rt wriicu 1 cn cn r H 0 0 p• 0 .. 'd o P.)