Ordinance No. 13,040ORDINANCE NO. 13,040
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, RENEWING THE CONTRACT OF BASF CORPORATION FOR THE
ANNUAL CATIONIC POLYMER SUPPLY CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF SIXTY-FIVE
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY-NINE AND 96/100 DOLLARS
($65,299.96); AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, CIBA Specialty Chemicals Corporation was awarded the Annual Cationic
Polymer Supply Contract on November 25, 2008, pursuant to competitive bidding procedures, which
contract included an option by the parties to renew for additional one-year periods; and
WHEREAS, such contract was renewed on November 12, 2009, October 25, 2010,
November 19, 2012, November 18, 2013, and October 23, 2014, and can be renewed again for an
additional one-year term; and
WHEREAS, BASF Corporation, successor in interest to CIBA Specialty Chemicals
Corporation, has indicated its willingness to renew the contract for an additional year under the same
terms and conditions with no CPI increase; and
WHEREAS, the Administration has reviewed the market conditions and recommends
renewal as being in the best interest of the City; 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 renews the Annual
Cationic Polymer Supply Contract with BASF Corporation for the sum of SIXTY -FIVE
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY-NINE AND 96/100 DOLLARS ($65,299.96) and
authorizes payment thereof.
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 NOll 00 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 e of the City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 16th day ofNovember, 2015.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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