Ordinance No. 1,845ORDINANCE NO.1845
AN ORDINANCE OFTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS,ACCEPTING THE BID OF R.T.BISHOP CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY,INC.,CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF THE TEXAS
WATER QUALITY BOARD AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY,FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE WEST MAIN STREET
SANITARY TRUNK SEWER,JOB NO.44A,CONTRACT NO.8,AND
AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY
FOR THESUMOFONE HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
FORTY-THREE AND38/100 ($109,543.38)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 rehabilitation of the WestMain Street Sanitary Trunk
Sewer,Job No.44A,Contract No.8,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,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THECITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1:That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,hereby accepts the bid of R.T.Bishop Construction
Company,Inc.,contingent upon approval of the Texas Water
Quality Board and the Environmental Protection Agency,ac
cording to the plans and specifications set forthby the
Consulting Engineers,for thesum of One Hundred Nine Thousand
Five Hundred Forty-Three and 38/100 ($109,543.38)Dollars,
and the Mayor and City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized
and directed to execute and attest to a contract with R.T.
Bishop Construction Company,Inc.for the rehabilitation of
the West Main Street Sanitary Trunk Sewer,Job No.44A,
Contract No.8,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 bymore 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 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 RlffiHARDSON,City Attorney
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