Ordinance No. 13,648ORDINANCE NO. 13,648
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF NINETY-TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY
AND 10/100 DOLLARS ($92,680.10) TO FLEET SAFETY EQUIPMENT, INC., FOR THE
PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF POLICE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LIGHT BARS, PUSH BUMPERS, AND PRISONER PARTITIONS,
FOR NEW POLICE VEHICLES, THROUGH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PURCHASING COOPERATIVE (BUY BOARD); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City of Baytown is a member of the cooperative purchasing program established under
Sections 271.082 and 271.083 of the Texas Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative's Buy Board Program is such a program,
allowing municipalities to purchase products and/or services in an efficient, cost effective, and competitive
procurement method; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown in making a purchase under a state contract through such cooperative
purchasing program satisfies state law requiring municipalities to seek competitive bids for the purchase of the item;
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 authorizes the payment of NINETY-
TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY AND 10/100 DOLLARS ($92,680.10) to Fleet Safety Equipment,
Inc., for the purchase and installation of police emergency equipment, including, but not limited to, light bars, push
bumpers, and prisoner partitions for new police vehicles through the Texas Local Government Purchasing
Cooperative (Buy Board).
Section 2: That 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 N011 00 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less,
provided 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 af)L'r"Xs passage by the City Council of
the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the ei C u cil of the City of Baytown this
the 20`x' day of November, 2017.
AT ST:
LETICIA BRYSCH, CityJerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DONCARLOS, Mayor
CI ACID RAMM_EZ, SR., CityA M y `+
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