Ordinance No. 15,581 ORDINANCE NO. 15,581
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
ACCEPTING THE BID OF VANGUARD UTILITY SERVICE, INC. D/B/A VUS, INC.,
FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION OF WATER METERS AND SUB-
METER GPS UNITS CONTRACT, AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
NINETY-THREE AND 75100 DOLLARS ($932,793.75); MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown did authorize the Purchasing Department for the
City of Baytown to advertise for bids for the Replacement and Installation of Water Meters and Sub-Meter
GPS Units Contract to be received March 14,2023;and
WHEREAS,notice to bidders as to the time and place,when and where the contract would be let was
published pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 252 of the Texas Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 14,
2023,as per published notice to bidders;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 accepts the bid of Vanguard Utility
Service,Inc.d/b/a VUS,Inc.,for the Replacement and Installation of Water Meters and Sub-Meter GPS Units
Contract in an amount not to exceed NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
NINETY-THREE AND 75%100 DOLLARS ($932,793.75)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 N0100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less, subject to the
provision that the original contract price may not be increased by more than twenty-five percent (25%) 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 w- ative vote of the Ci ouncil of the City of
Baytown this the 121 day of October,2023.
��YTOlN;y DON CAPE ILI M or
TEST:
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ANGELA JAC1ty
APPROVE] A TO F i� C31=
SCOTT LE ND,City Attorney
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