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~06 MONDA Y SEPrEl1BER 12. 1960 A special meeting of the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, duly called pursuant to the requirements of Section 5 of Chapter 2 of the City Charter, was held in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Monday, September 12, 1960, for the stated purpose of reviewing and considering and/or acting upon the bids received September 1, 1960 for the construction of certain sewer lines. All members of Council were present, viz., Mayor-Councilman J. Frank Wilson, who presided; Vice-~ayor and Councilman Fred T. Renick; and Councilmen Thomas J. Burch, E. E. Stone, and Harry L. Boaz. After the invocation, City Manager Hirst presented a summary of the bids received from the eleven contractors who submitted bids on (a) the Chatham Heights project and (b) the Smith Road project, consisting of the following pipe-footage requirements: 43,597 feet of 8-inch pipe; 1,552 feet of 10-inch pipe; 3,127 feet of 12-inch pipe; and 157 feet of 15-inch pipe. 48,433 feet total, or 9.1 miles. In reviewing these bids, City Manager Hirst pointed out t~at proposals specified concrete pipe, or vitrefied clay oipe, or cement-asbestos pipe and, further, on the basis of the bids received he recommended the usage of vitrefied clay pipe for these two projects. It being determined that the firm of Prillaman & Pace, associated with J. V. Richardson, all of Martinsville, was tne low bidder-- and although Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers, in their audit apnraisal, reluctantly recommended the awarding of the contract to Prillaman & Pace, stating their reluctance stemmed from the lack of experience in this type of work by Prillaman & Pace as well as from the question of financial ability--Council, upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, accepted the total bid of $197,786.00 submitted by Prillaman & Pace (and J. V. Richardson) for the two