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1 Minutes of the Special Meeting November 128 1951 The Council of the Village of Mayfield met-at the Tom Ha11 in Special Meeting on the 12th day of November9 1951, at 8 o'clock pursuant to proper noti ce duly given to all members of Council, Mayor Gustav Swanson presiding. Roll Ca11e Present ~ Messrs Scheuring, Taylor, Godfrey,Cass & Hall Absent - Mr. Hardman. _ . 1 i1. In the absence of the Clerke Mr. Arnold D4® Edelman, the Solicitor, was desi~nat®d by Council as acting Clerk for the meetin~w Mr. Edelman reported fully on the situation regarding the water main contracts. He .stated that although the bids 'of Curro Construction Company for the improvement of Wilson Mills Road and Angelo Marra Construction Company for SOM Center Road were made on August 8th, 1951, and accepted by this Council on August 20th, contracts we r® not submitted to these contrac® tors within the oustomary 30 day period. This was because the Village was unable to obtain its commitment from the National City Bank-for the necessary funds before October 31st oh which date contracts were"tendered to the contractors. Also the Village of Highland Heights encountered various difficulties which made it impossible for that Village to enter into any contract for Wilson Mi11s Road before October 31st® As a result, Cun o Construction Company wrote a letter to the Clerk of each Village, advising of the withdrawal of its bids and requesting return of the checks given by i t as security. .The Clerk of Mayfield Village wrote to Curro Construction Company advising that the Village v~ uld insist upon a contract being entered into and would retain the security check if the contractor refussd. However, a meeting of the Solicitors of the two Villages tivith the Curro Construction Company and its attorney has been held at which time Curro Construction Company stated that it would enter into and perform the contract according to its bid but that it made claim for damages caused by the unreasonable delay on the part of the Village for which the contractor was in no respect responsible. The contractor claimed it was damaged by reason of the increase in the price of one 6" fire hydrant to the extent of X20®00 and~an increase in the price of thirty-one 4" fire hydrants of.~11.00 each. The contractor also stated that he feared ari..increase in freight-rates on the shipment of pipes because of the long delayQ.... ••. •~; fir. Edelman,and Mr. Harry Gallimore the Village Engineer, recommended that the claim for damages of Curro Construction Company should be allowed as being a .proper liability of the Village for the delay which was caused without any fault on the part of the contractor. 1.