5196ORDINANCE NO. 9196
AN ORDINANCE TO RELIEVE THE VARIOUS CONTRACTORS 7H0
ARE ERECTING THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MEDICAL SCHOOL
BUILDING FROM THE PAYMENT OF PERMITS AND INSPECTTION FEES.
Passed.- January 14, 1935
Attest;
City Clerk. Mayor.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK;
Section 1. The contractors who are nor engaged
in the erection of the new building for the Medical School,
University of Arkansas, at Thirteenth and LIcAlmont Streets,
are hereby relieved and held free from the payment of any
and all building permits and inspection fees in connection
with the erection of said building, and City Engineer and
City Plumbing Inspector are hereby specifically authorized
and directed to furnish whatever certificates that may be
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required by the various agencies and individuals interested
in the construction of said building, just as though and
in the same manner as if the fees which would have been
reauir ed except for the bassa.ge of this ordinance had
actually been paid.
Passed.- January 14, 1935
Attest;
City Clerk. Mayor.
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HORACE A. KNOWLTON
MAYOR '
January 17, 1935•
To the Members of the City Council:
I am returning with my veto Ordinance No. 5196,
"AN ORDINANCE TO RELIEVE THE VARIOUS CONTRACTORS WHO ARE
ERECTING THE UNIVERSI`1'Y OF ARKANSAS 1aEDICAL SCHOOL BUILDING
FROG PAYMENT Or PERIaIT AND INSPECTION FEE'S,"
passed January 14, 1935.
Miy reasons for this veto are: _
1. -he architect and bidders/ were notified by
letters and through the telephone that payment
of permit fees would be required.
2. The specifications furnished various bidders
provided: "That General Contractors shall obtain
and pay for all permits required, all legal
notices, and pay all fees required for the work
except that permits, notices, deposits, fees,
etc., specified under heating, plumbing, electric
wiring, etc., shall be paid for as specified
under these headings."
3. I have contacted local contractors who were
unsuccessful bidders and every one of them says
permit fees were included in the bids submitted.
4. The breaking down of the bids by the successful
bidders was done in each instance after the award
was made, and the f ailure to include the permit
fees in the breaking down cannot be set up right-
fully as a claim for non - payment of such fees
at this time.
The rebate of these fees, as I see it, means a
donation to the contractors and not to the Medical School.
If the Council wants to donate the amount of these fees to
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HORACE A. KNOWLTON
MAYOR
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the Medical School at a later date for the equipment of
its laboratory, or for some other purpose wnere the Medical
School will get tae full benefit of it, I will certainly not
Oppose such action.
The bidders all had the same specifications,
awards were made to those who submitted bids based on such
specifications, and I am of the opinion that contract should
be adhered to.
HAK;VT
Respectfully submitted,
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