Ordinance No. 16,255 ORDINANCE NO. 16,255
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND CITY
CLERK TO ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH HARPER BROTHERS
CONSTRUCTION, LLC FOR THE GARTH ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT—
PHASE A & B; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF A SUM NOT TO EXCEED FORTY-
EIGHT MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX AND 15/100 DOLLARS ($48,825,786.15); 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 advertise for bids for the Garth Road
Reconstruction Project Phase A&B to be received on August 21, 2025; and
WHEREAS,notice to bidders as to the time and place,when and where the bids would be publicly
opened and read aloud was published pursuant to provisions of Texas Local Government Code Annotated
§ 252.041; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall at 2:30 o'clock p.m., Thursday,
August 21, 2025, as per published notice to bidders on July 31, 2025 and August 7, 2025; 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 Harper
Brothers Construction,LLC,for the Garth Road Reconstruction Project Phase A&B according to the plans
and specifications set forth by the City's engineer, and the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed
to execute,and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest to a contract with Harper Brothers
Construction, LLC, for the above-described project, said contract containing the plans, specifications, and
requirements of the City's engineer and appropriate bond requirements in accordance with the provisions
of Texas Government Code, Chapter 2253.
Section 2: That the City Council hereby authorizes payment of an amount not to exceed
FORTY-EIGHT MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-SIX AND 15/100 DOLLARS ($48,825,786.15)based upon the unit prices specified in the bid.
Section 3: 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 NO/100 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 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 affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 25th day of September, 2025.
CHARLES JO ,Mayor
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SCOTT LEMO D, City Attorney
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