Ordinance No. 1,569■b
ORDINANCE NO.1569
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,ACCEPTING
THE BIDOF G.G.ROSS,INC.FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATER MAINS IN GLEN
ARBORANDCREEKWOOD SUBDIVISIONS,JOB NO.73-555 AND AUTHORIZING
THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE AND NO/100 ($278,945.00)
DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas,did authorize Busch,
Hutchison &Associates,Inc.,Consulting Engineers to the City ofBaytown,to
advertise for bids for the construction of watermains in Glen Arbor and Creekwood
Subdivisions to be received March 19,1974;and
WHEREAS,notice to bidders as to the time and place,when and where the
contract for said construction would be let was published pursuant to provisions
of Vernon's Civil Statutes,Article 2368a;and
WHEREAS,all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall at W:3n
o'clock _a_.m.,Tuesday,March 19,1974,as per published notice to bidders;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1:That the City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas,hereby
accepts the bid ofG.G.Ross,Inc.,according to theplans and specifications
set forth by the Consulting Engineers on a construction timetable of 120 working
days for the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Five
and No/100 ($278,945.00)Dollars,and the Mayor and City Clerk of the City are
hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract with G.G.
Ross,Inc.forthe construction ofsaid water mains,containing the plans,specifi
cations,and requirements ofthe Consulting Engineers and appropriate bond and
drawn provisions in accordance with the provisions of Vernon's Civil Statutes,
Article 5160.
Section 2:That,pursuant to the provisionsof Article 2368a,Section
2a,Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes,the City Manager is hereby granted general
authority to approve any change order involving a decrease oran increase in
costs of Five Thousand and No/100 ($5,000.00)Dollars or less,subject to the
proviso that the original contract price may not be increased by more than twenty-
five (25%)percent or decreased by more than twenty-five (25%)percent without
the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 3:This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage
by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED:)y the affirmative vote ofthe City Council
on the 28th day of March ,1974.
TDM GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
J
OLIVER,City CTerk
APPROVED:
EEL RKHAR&SON,City Attorney
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