Ordinance No. 1,717ORDINANCE NO.1717
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THECITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,
ACCEPTING THE BID OF WARREN BROTHERS COMPANY,GULF DISTRICT,
DIVISION OF ASHLAND OIL,INC.FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET
WORK ON THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE
CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUMOF FORTY-
SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY AND 60/100 ($47,340.60)
DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown,Texas,did authorize Jack
Morton,City Engineer,to advertise for bids forthe construction of the street
work on the Downtown Improvement Project to be receivedNovember 22,1974;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 read at City Hall at 3:00 o'clock
p.m.,Friday,November 22,1974,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 Warren Brothers Company,Gulf District,Division of Ashland
Oil,Inc.,according to the plans and specifications set forth by the City Engineer
on a construction timetable of forty-five working days forthesum of Forty-Seven
Thousand Three Hundred Forty and 60/100 ($47,340.60)Dollars,andthe Mayor
and City Clerk ofthe City arehereby authorized and directed to execute and
attest to a contract with Warren Brothers Company,Gulf District,Division of
Ashland Oil,Inc.for theconstruction ofsaid street work,containing the plans,
specifications,and requirements of the City Engineer 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 any 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%)percentwithout
the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 3:This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage
bythe City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council
on the 26th day of November _,1974.
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
TOMGENTRY,Mayor
NEEL RICHARDSON,'City Attorney
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