Ordinance No. 15,065 ORDINANCE NO. 15,065
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,
RENEWING THE ANNUAL WOOD GRINDING AND MATERIAL HANDLING
SERVICES CONTRACT WITH NOVUS WOOD GROUP, L.P., AND AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED
SIXTY THOUSAND AND NO 100 DOLLARS ($460,000.00); MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, Novus Wood Group, L.P., was awarded the Annual Wood Grinding and Material
Handling Services Contract on May 22, 2014, pursuant to a cooperative purchasing agreement with the
City of Pasadena and a Supplemental Agreement with Novus Wood Group, L.P., which agreements
included an option by the parties to renew for additional one-year periods; and
WHEREAS, such contract was renewed on April 23, 2015; April 26, 2016; April 13, 2017;
April12, 2018; April 25, 2019; May 14, 2020; and May 27, 2021; and may be renewed again for an
additional one-year term; and
WHEREAS, Novus Wood Group, L.P., has indicated its willingness to renew the contract for an
additional year under the same terms and conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Administration has reviewed the market conditions and recommends renewal as
being in the best interest of the City;NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby renews the contract of
Novus Wood Group, L.P., for the Annual Wood Grinding and Material Handling Services Contract in
the amount of FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND AND NO 100 DOLLARS ($460,000.00),
and authorizes payment thereof.
Section 2: That pursuant to the provisions of Texas Local Government Code Annotated
§252.048, the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve any change order involving a
decrease or an increase in costs of FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO 100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less,
provided that the original contract price may not be increased by more than twenty-five percent (25°0) or
decreased by more than twenty-five percent(25%)without the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City
Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative- 'the City Coun of the City of
Baytown this the 14t1i day of April,2022.
ND O C TILL , Mayor
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TREVOR FANNING, Interim City Attorney
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