Ordinance No. 1,6230*f ORDINANCE NO.1623
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,
ACCEPTING THE BID OF CHATHAM AND HOLZAEPFELOF BAYTOWN FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION NO.6 AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING
OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE AND NO/100 ($51,221.00)DOLLARS WITH REGARD
TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas,did authorize Davis
&Burge,Architects -Planners,Inc.,Consulting Architects to the City ofBaytown,
to advertise for bids for the construction of Fire Station No.6 to be received
June 25,1974;and
WHEREAS,notice to bidders asto the time and place,when and where the
contract for said construction would be letwas published pursuant to provisions
of Vernon's Civil Statutes,Article 2368a;and
WHEREAS,all bids were opened and publicly readat City Hall at 4:00 o'clock
p.m.,Tuesday,June 25,1974,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 of Chatham and Holzaepfel of Baytown,according to the plans
and specifications set forth by the Consulting Architects on a construction
timetable of 14 weeks for the sum of Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-One
and No/100 ($51,221.00)Dollars,and the Mayor and City Clerk of the City are
hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract with Chatham
andHolzaepfel for the construction of said fire station,containing the plans,
specifications,and requirements of the ConsultingArchitects and appropriate
bond and drawn provisions in accordance with the provisions of Vernon's Civil
Statutes,Article 5160.
Section 2:That,pursuant to the provisions of Article 2368a,Section
2a,Vernon's Annotated Texas Statutes,the City Manager is hereby granted general
authority to approve anychange 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 3:This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage
by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED,READ andPASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council
on the 26 day of June .1974.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNAOLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
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