Ordinance No. 1,824ORDINANCE NO.1824
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THECITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS,ACCEPTING THE BIDOF STAR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE AND EARTH WORK ONTHE
WEST TEXAS AVENUE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING
OF INDEBTEDNESSBY THECITY FORTHE SUMOF FIVE HUNDRED
SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT AND
NO/100 ($578,478.00)DOLLARS WITH REGARD TOSUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,did authorize Busch,Hutchison &Associates,Inc.,
Consulting Engineers to the City of Baytown,to advertise
for bids for the construction of drainage and earth work on
the West Texas Avenue Project to be received July 1,1975;
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 10:00 o'clock a.m.,Tuesday,July 1,1975,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 Star Concrete Construction
according to the plans and specifications set forth by the
Consulting Engineers for thesum of Five Hundred Seventy-
Eight Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Eight and No/100 ($578,478.00)
Dollars,and the Mayor and City Clerk of the City are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract
with Star Concrete Construction for the construction of said
drainage and earth work,containing the plans,specifications,
and requirements of the 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 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%)percent
without the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 3:This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage by the CityCouncil of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this 10th day of July,1975.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON,City Attorney
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