HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 16,531 (Item 9.j.)ORDINANCE NO. 16,531
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE BID OF GFL OF TEXAS, LP., FOR THE ANNUAL
REMOVAL AND SLUDGE HAUL SERVICES CONTRACT; AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY
CLERK TO ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH GFL OF TEXAS, LP., FOR THE
ANNUAL REMOVAL AND SLUDGE HAUL SERVICES CONTRACT;
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE
HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AND
NO/100 DOLLARS ($575,120.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did advertise for bids for the Annual
Removal and Sludge Haul Services Contract to be received on March 31, 2026; 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 10:00 o'clock a.m.,
Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 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 hereby accepts the bid of GFL
of Texas, LP., for the Annual Removal and Sludge Haul Services Contract, and authorizes
payment of an amount not to exceed the sum of FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($575,120.00); the City Manager is
hereby authorized and directed to execute and the City Clerk is to attest to a contract with GFL of
Texas, LP., for the above -described services 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 vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 23rd day of July, 2026.
CHARLES JOHNSON, Mayor
ATTEST:
ANGELA JACKSON, City Clerk
SCOTT LEMOND, City Attorney
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