HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/25/1966 MINUTES OF THE MEETING
OF THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONEH$
OF THE,
I~ISHERS ISLAND FERRY DISTRICT
Feb. 2~, 1966
A specibl meeting of the Board of Co.missioners was called By the Chairman
and held in the office of the Fa~y District, Feb. 25, 1966 at 1:~5 P.Mo
Present were Commissioners Baldwin, Grebe, Edmonds end Wo C. Sinclair, M~r-
See. Also present were M~. Luthe~ Blount and M~. W. Carlson of Blount
Marine Corporation~ The Chairman called thc meeting to order and stated
the Purpose of the meetinE was to open all Bids for the const~uction of an
52 foot vehicular ~erry for the Ferry District. At 2:00 PoMo Commissioner
Edmonds opened the only bid received which was from the Blount Marine Corp.
The Quotation was as follows:
Complete in every respect with a bow thruster $16~,500
Complete in every respect without a bow thruster $155,500
The quotation was accompanied by a certified check in the amount of $500.00
dated Pebo 19, 1966 and the number of the check was 340.
This bid was then tabled for a later meeting for action thereon by the
entire Board of Commissioners.
General discussion then ensued on other matters ie: engines, bow thruster,
crew requirements. Mr. Blount said if there should be problems with the
Coast Guard then he suggested that if they are awarded the Bid that they
could handle th~ s for the Distrieto Commo Baldwin suggested pu2ting in
~he tunnel for the Bow Thruster at this t~me and doing the thruster later
~hen money becomes available. General discussion on this. Also discussed
was ramp problems and the type for each terminal°
Motion made to adjourn, and unanimously carried at ~:50 P.M.
Lo S. Baldwin, Chairman
Board of Commissioners
W. Co Sinclair, Mgr.~SeCo