Ordinance No. 13,468ORDINANCE NO. 13,468
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($219,120.00) TO
TRAFFICWARE GROUP, INC., FOR THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF
EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE FOR THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
CONTROL SYSTEM; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, Texas Local Government Code Annotated §252.022 provides that when the
functional requirements of the City can only be satisfied by one source, the requirement for
competitive bids is not applicable; and
WHEREAS, the City currently uses the equipment and software of Trafficware Group,
Inc., for activation and monitoring of its adaptive traffic signal control system; and
WHEREAS, the purchase of equipment and software to be integrated into the City's
system may only be purchased from a single source — Trafficware Group, Inc.; 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, Texas, hereby declares that
only one source can satisfy the needs of the City to integrate equipment and software into the
City's adaptive traffic signal control system.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown authorizes payment to
Trafficware Group, Inc., for the sole source purchase of the equipment and software to be
integrated into the City's adaptive traffic signal control system in an amount not to exceed TWO
HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($219,120.00).
Section 3: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve a
decrease or an increase in costs by FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00)
or less, provided that the amount authorized in Section 3 hereof may not be increased by more
than twenty-five percent (25%).
Section 4: 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
City of Baytown this the 11th day of May, 2017. ,
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ATTEST:
LETICIA BRYSCH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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of the City Council of the
CARLOS, Mayor
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