Ordinance No. 1,611ORDINANCE NO.1611
AN ORDINANCE OFTHECITY COUNCIL OFTHECITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,
DECLARING THAT AN EMERGENCYSITUATION EXISTS,AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR ANDTHECITY CLERK TO EXECUTEAND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT
WITH CHANNEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,INC.FOR THE REPAIR OF A
SEWER LINEAND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY
THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-
SIX AND NO/100 ($18,846.00)DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT
WHEREAS,their exists on WestTexas Avenue from 100'North of Laredo,South
to theWest Texas Avenue LiftStation a sewer main in a present state of disre-
pair due to pipe deterioration and resulting cave-ins;and
WHEREAS,said sewer line services a large area and a great number of people;
and
WHEREAS,it is necessary to perserve and protect the publichealth of the
citizensof the City of Baytown;and
WHEREAS,considering the above,the City Council of the City of Baytown,
deems that an emergency situation exists;NOW THEREFORE,
BEIT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THECITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:That the City Council of the CityofBaytown,Texas,hereby
declares that an emergency situation exists.
Section 2:That the Mayor and CityClerkof the City of Baytown are hereby
authorized and directed to enter into a contract containing the usual performance
and payment bond provisions with Channel Construction Company,Inc.for the repair
of a sewer mainexisting on WestTexas Avenue from 100'North of Laredo,South to
the WestTexas Avenue Lift Station on a construction timetable of 10 working days,
and authorizes the contracting of indebtedness by the Cityof Baytown for the sum
of Eighteen Thousand EightHundred Forty-Six and No/100 ($18,846.00)Dollars.
Section 3:That,pursuant to the provisions of Article 2368a,Section 2a,
Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes,the City Manager is hereby granted general au
thority to approveany change order involving a decrease or an 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 4:This ordinance shall take effect fromand after its passage
by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED,READandPASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council
on the 29th dayof May 1974.
ATTEST:
c o.
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
JGI^C^pFENNIG,Assi'sta^t City "Attorney
NEEL RIC/ARDSON,City Attorney
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