Ordinance No. 13,649ORDINANCE NO. 13,649
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 ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND
AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($114,000.00) TO HEURESIS CORPORATION, FOR
THE SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF THREE (3) HANDHELD
BACKSCATTER X-RAY INSTRUMENTS FOR HOUSTON HIDTA;
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 purchase of three (3) handheld backscatter x-ray instruments for
Houston HIDTA may only be purchased from a single source — Heuresis Corporation; 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
Heuresis Corporation for the sole source purchase of three (3) handheld backscatter x-ray
instruments for Houston HIDTA, in an amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN
THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($114,000.00).
Section 3: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve a
decrease or an increase in costs by FIFTY THOUSAND AND N0/100 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. .-I
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirm ati vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 20'' day of November, 2017.
H. DONCARMS, Mayor
ATTEST:
L TICIA BRYSCH, Ci Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., i Attorney
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