Ordinance No. 15,730 ORDINANCE NO. 15,730
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
APPROVING THE ANNUAL LIQUID CATIONIC POLYMER CONTRACT
BETWEEN THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY AND POLYDYNE, INC.;
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO POLYDYNE, INC. IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED TWO-HUNDRED, SIX THOUSAND, FIVE-HUNDRED, SIXTY-TWO AND
50/100 DOLLARS ($206,562.50); AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority advertised for bids for
the Annual Liquid Cationic Polymer Contract to be opened on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at 10:00
a.m.; and
WHEREAS, notice to bidders as to the time and place,when and where the contract would be let
was published in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at 10:00
a.m.,as per published notice to bidders; and
WHEREAS, Polydyne, Inc. was the lowest bidder at TWO-HUNDRED, SIX THOUSAND,
FIVE-HUNDRED, SIXTY-TWO AND 50/100 DOLLARS ($206,562.50); and
WHEREAS, on February 21, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority
accepted the bid of Polydyne, Inc., for the Annual Liquid Cationic Polymer Contract; and
WHEREAS, the legislation creating the Baytown Area Water Authority("BAWA") requires that
the City Council of the City of Baytown approve contracts entered into by BAWA;and
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown believes that such contract is desirable, fair,
and advantageous, for the performance of the BAWA's rights and powers; 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, Texas, hereby approves the
Annual Liquid Cationic Polymer Contract between the Baytown Area Water Authority and Polydyne,Inc.
in the amount of TWO-HUNDRED, SIX THOUSAND, FIVE-HUNDRED, SIXTY-TWO AND 50 100
DOLLARS ($206,562.50).
Section 2: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve any change
order involving a decrease or an increase in costs of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or
less, provided that the original contract price specified in Section 1 hereof 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 the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 22od day of February, 2024.
DON CAPETILLO, ayor
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ANGELA JADKSON, City e4
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APPROVED AS T ORM.
SCOTT LEMO ,City Attorney
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