HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2026-9 RESOLUTION NO. 2026-9
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN
AREA WATER AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING THE FIRST RENEWAL OF
THE ANNUAL LIQUID AMMONIUM SULFATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
WITH CHEMTRADE CHEMICALS US, LLC; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY
THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED
ELEVEN AND 80/100 DOLLARS ($139,411.80); MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the Baytown Area Water Authority contracted with Chemtrade Chemicals
US, LLC., for the Annual Liquid Ammonium Sulfate Purchase Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Annual Liquid Ammonium Sulfate Purchase Agreement included an
option by the parties to renew for additional one-year periods; and
WHEREAS, such Agreement can now be renewed for an additional one-year term; and
WHEREAS, Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC, has indicated its willingness to renew the
Agreement for an additional year; and
WHEREAS, the Board has reviewed the market conditions and recommends renewal as
being in the best interest of the Baytown Area Water Authority; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN AREA
WATER AUTHORITY:
Section 1: That subject to the approval of the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority hereby renews the Annual
Liquid Ammonium Sulfate Purchase Agreement with Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC for an
amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED
ELEVEN AND 80/100 DOLLARS ($139,411.80) and authorizes payment thereof.
Section 2: That the General 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 resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
Baytown Area Water Authority.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors of
the Baytown Area Water Authority this the 15th day of April, 2026.
BRENDA BRADLEY SMITH, President
ATTEST: ANGELA JACKSON, Assistant Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM: KRISTIN HOLMES, Assistant General Counsel
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