Ordinance No. 15,787 ORDINANCE NO. 15,787
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
ACCEPTING THE BID OF SOUTHERN FLOWMETER, INC., FOR THE ANNUAL
LARGE METER TESTING AND REPAIR OF NEPTUNE WATER METERS
CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND
NO/100 DOLLARS ($265,000.00); 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 Annual Large Meter Testing and Repair of Neptune
Water Meters Contract to be received February 19,,2024; 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 2:00 p.m., Monday,
February 19, 2024, 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, Texas, hereby accepts the bid of
Southern Flowmeter, Inc., for the Annual Large Meter Testing and Repair of Neptune Water Meters
Contract in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NOA00
DOLLARS ($265,000.00)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 NO1100 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(259,o)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 Cou cil of the City of
Baytown this the 25"day of April, 2024.
A EST: O��pYTOb�o�T� DON CAPETILL , Mayor
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APPROVED S T FORM:
SCOTT L ND, City Attorney
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