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Ordinance No. 16,064 ORDINANCE NO. 16,064
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH SLATE COMMUNICATIONS FOR ON-CALL GRAPHIC
DESIGN SERVICES; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE-HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO 100
DOLLARS (S150,000.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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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 authorizes and directs
the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to attest to the First Amendment to the Professional Services
Agreement with Slate Communications for on-call graphic design services. A copy of said first amendment
is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown authorizes payment to Slate
Communications, in an amount not to exceed ONE-HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO 100
DOLLARS (S 150,000.00) for professional services in accordance with the first amended agreement
authorized in Section 1 hereinabove.
Section 3: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve a decrease or
an increase in costs by FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO 100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less.
Section 4: 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 affinnative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 13i1'day of February, 2025.
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OTT L . ND, City Attorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTING
SERVICES CONTRACT WITH SLATE COMMUNICATIONS
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF HARRIS §
This First Amendment to the Agreement for Consulting Services Contract with Slate
Communications ("First Amendment") is entered into on this the day of
2025, by and between the City of Baytown, Texas, a municipal corporation located in
Harris and Chambers Counties, Texas (hereinafter referred to as the "City") and Slate
Communications, (the "Consultant").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the City and the Consultant entered into an Agreement for Consulting
Services Contract with Slate Communications dated February 27, 2024, a true and correct copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference for all intents
and purposes (the "Contract"); and
WHEREAS, This Contract authorizes Consultant to perform On-Call Graphic Design
services for various city-wide communication and engagement initiatives (the "Work") for and on
behalf of the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Contract, the City and the Consultant desire to
renew the Contract for an additional year; NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
THAT IN CONSIDERATION of the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained and
subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:
Paragraph 3 of the Contract is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Term
This First Amendment shall begin on February 27, 2025, and expire on February
26, 2026, unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms."
Paragraph 2(a) of the Contract is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Compensation and Professional Fees
a. Consultant agrees that there is no guaranteed dollar amount associated with
this agreement and payment will be negotiated per task order. The amount
of any cumulative task orders during each 12-month period is not to exceed
$150,000.00."
No other terms of the Contract are altered by this First Amendment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment in
multiple copies, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute
but one and the same agreement on the day of ,2025,the date of execution
by the City Manager of the City of Baytown.
CITY OF BAYTOWN
JASON E. REYNOLDS, City Manager
ATTEST:
ANGELA JACKSON, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SCOTT LEMOND, City Attorney
munications
Name
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF Fort Bend §
Before me, Angelique Robinson , the undersigned notary public, on this
day personally appeared Kimberly Newcomer of Slate Communications, known to me to be
the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she
executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN before me this 07th of January ,
2025. _
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