Ordinance No. 16,360 (Item 8.z.)ORDINANCE NO. 16,360
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE BID OF LEM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC,
FOR THE IH-10 LIFT STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT;
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH LEM
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC, FOR THE IH-10 LIFT STATION
REHABILITATION PROJECT; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT AND 00/100 DOLLARS
($7,452,568.00); 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 advertise for bids for the IH-10
Lift Station Rehabilitation Project to be received on November 6, 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 the Baytown City Hall at 2:00 p.m.,
Thursday, November 6, 2025, as per published notice to bidders; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section l: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby accepts the bid LEM
Construction Company, Inc. for the IH-10 Lift Station Rehabilitation Project according to the plans
and specifications set forth by the City's engineer, and authorizes payment in an amount not to
exceed SEVEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
SIXTY-EIGHT AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($7,452,568.00), based upon the prices specified in the
bid, and the City Manager and the City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed to
execute and attest to a contract with LEM Construction Company, Inc. 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 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 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 ote of a City Co ncil of the
City of Baytown this the 1 Ph day of December, 2025.
ARLES JOHNS ayor
ATTEST:
, City Attorney
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