Ordinance No. 1,851ORDINANCE NO.1851
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS,DECLARING THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION EXISTS;
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND
ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH REHAB SPECIALISTS,INC.FOR
THE EMERGENCY REHABILITATION OF 2,736 FEET OF TEN INCH
SEWER LINE AND 532 FEET OF EIGHT INCH SEWER LINE ON
BOWIE STREET FROM LEE DRIVE TO THE SOUTH MAIN EXTENSION
AND2,964 FEET OF EIGHTEEN INCH SEWER LINEAND 1,140
FEET OF FIFTEEN INCH SEWER LINE ON PARK STREET FROM
HARVARD STREET TO 500 FEET WEST OF GARTH ROAD AND
AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY
FOR THESUM OF NINETY-ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-
FIVE AND 72/100 ($91,625.72)DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO
SUCH AGREEMENT.
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WHEREAS,there exists 2,736 feet of ten inch sewer line
and 532 feet of eight inch sewer lineon Bowie Street from
Lee Drive to the South Main Extension and 2,964 feet of
eighteen inch sewer line and 1,140 feet of fifteen inch
sewer line on Park Street from Harvard Street to500 feet
west of Garth Road,ina presentstate of disrepair due to
pipe deterioration and resulting cave-ins;and
WHEREAS,it is necessary to preserve and protect the
health,welfare,and safety of the citizens of the City of
Baytown;and
^WHEREAS,considering the above,the City Council of the
City of Baytown,deems that an emergencysituation exists;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BYTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,hereby declares that an emergency situation exists.
Section 2:That the Mayor and City Clerk of the City
of Baytown are hereby authorized and directed to enter into
a contract containing the usual performance and payment bond
provisions with Rehab Specialists,Inc.for the emergency
rehabilitation of 2,736 feet of ten inch sewer line and 532
feet of eight inch sewer line on Bowie Street from Lee Drive
to the South Main Extension and 2,964 feet of eighteen inch
sewer line and 1,140 feet of fifteen inch sewer line on Park
Street from Harvard Street to 500 feet west of Garth Road
and authorizes the contracting of indebtedness by the City
of Baytown for the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Six Hundred
Twenty-Five and 72/100 ($91,625.72)Dollars.
Section 3: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
pricemay not be increased by more than twenty-five (25%)
per cent or deceased by more than twenty-five (25%)per cent
without the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 4: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 this14th day of August,1975.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON,City
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