Ordinance No. 15,731 ORDINANCE NO. 15,731
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
APPROVING THE ANNUAL LIQUID AMMONIUM SULFATE (40%) CONTRACT
BETWEEN THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY AND BRENNTAG
SOUTHWEST, INC.; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO BRENNTAG SOUTHWEST,
INC. IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND, TWO-
HUNDRED, SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS ($32,266.00); 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 Ammonium Sulfate (400/6) 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, Brenntag Southwest, Inc. was the lowest bidder at THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND,
TWO-HUNDRED, SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS ($32,266.00); and
WHEREAS, on February 21, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority
accepted the bid of Brenntag Southwest, Inc., for the Annual Liquid Ammonium Sulfate (40%) 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 Ammonium Sulfate (40%) Contract between the Baytown Area Water Authority and
Brenntag Southwest, Inc. in the amount of THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND, TWO-HUNDRED, SIXTY-
SIX DOLLARS ($32,266.00).
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 ($50,000.00) or
less, provided that the original contract price specified in Section 1 hereof may not be increased by more
than twenty-five percent(25%) or decreased by more than twenty-five percent(25%)without the consent
of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote f the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 22"d day of February, 2024.
NDON CAPETILLO, ayor
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SCOTT LEMI$ND, City Attorney
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