Ordinance No. 1,844ORDINANCE NO.1844
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS,ACCEPTING THE BID OF KATY ENGINEERING COMPANY,
CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF THETEXAS WATER QUALITY
BOARD ANDTHE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,FOR THE
ENLARGEMENT OF EAST DISTRICT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT,
JOB NO.44B,CONTRACT NO.1,AND AUTHORIZING THE
CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF
ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED THIRTY AND NO/100 ($1,633,330.00)DOLLARS WITH
REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,did authorize Langford Engineering,Inc.,Consulting
Engineers to the City of Baytown,to advertise for bids for
the enlargment of East District Sewage Treatment Plant,Job
No.44B,Contract No.1,to be received August 6,1975;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 5:00 o'clock p.m.,Wednesday,August 6,1975,as per
published notice to bidders;NOW THEREFORE,
BEIT ORDAINED BYTHECITY COUNCIL OF THECITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1:That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,hereby accepts the bid of Katy Engineering Company,
contingent upon approval of the Texas Water Quality Board and
the Environmental Protection Agency,according to the plans
and specifications set forth by the Consulting Engineers for
the sum of One Million Six Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand
Three Hundred Thirty and No/100 ($1,633,330.00)Dollars,and
the Mayor and City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized
and directed to execute and attest to a contract with Katy
Engineering Company for the enlargment of said sewage treatment
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plant,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 grantedgeneral 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 takeeffect from and
after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this 14th day of August,1975.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON,City Attorney,City Ai
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