Ordinance No. 13,581ORDINANCE NO. 13,581
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 THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($232,350.00) TO
TRAFFICWARE GROUP, INC., FOR THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF
SIX (6) TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLER CABINETS AND RELATED
EQUIPMENT FOR THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEM
DAMAGED BY HURRICANE HARVEY; 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 six (6) traffic signal controller cabinets and related
equipment for the adaptive traffic signal control system damaged by Hurricane Harvey 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 six (6) traffic signal controller cabinets
and related equipment damaged by Hurricane Harvey, in an amount not to exceed TWO
HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($232,350.00).
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 14'h day of September, 2017. 11
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ATTEST:
LE ICIA BRYSCH, Ci Jerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., ff Attorney
of the City Council of the
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