Ordinance No. 12,757ORDINANCE NO. 12,757
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO
EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH TURNER CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY FOR THE JOINT 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND
INFORMATION DATA SERVICES CENTER PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED EIGHT MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY -SEVEN THOUSAND AND
NO /100 DOLLARS ($8,787,000.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City of Baytown did advertise for bids for the Joint 911 Emergency Communications
and Information Data Services Center Project to be received on December 16, 2014; 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,
December 16, 2014, 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 Turner
Construction Company for the Joint 911 Emergency Communications and Information Data Services Center
Project according to the plans and specifications set forth by the City's engineer and authorizes payment of an
amount not to exceed EIGHT MILLION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY -SEVEN THOUSAND AND NO;100
DOLLARS ($8,387,000.00) based upon the prices specified in the bid, plus an amount not to exceed FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND AND N01100 DOLLARS ($400,000.00) for the owner allowance, and the City
Manager and the City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract
with Turner Construction Company 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 excluding the owner allowance 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 after its passage by the City
Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 8th day of January, 2015. y� ,
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., City tt ey
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