Ordinance No. 1,8696ii2
ORDINANCE NO.1869
AN ORDINANCE OFTHECITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS,ACCEPTING THEBID OF R.T.BISHOP CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY,INC.FOR THE SLIPLINING OF TEN INCH AND EIGHT
INCH SANITARY SEWER LINES ON BOWIE STREET AND EIGHTEEN
INCH AND FIFTEEN INCH SANITARY SEWER LINES ONPARK
STREET AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS
BYTHE CITY FOR THE SUM OF NINETY-NINE THOUSAND THIRTY
AND 16/100 ($99,030.16)DOLLARS WITHREGARD TO SUCH
AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,did authorize the City Engineers to advertise for
bids for the sliplining of ten inch and eight inch sanitary
sewerlines on Bowie Street and eighteen inch and fifteen
inch sanitary sewer lines on Park Street to be received
September 8,1975;and
WHEREAS,notice to bidders asto 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.,Monday,September 8,1975,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 R.T.Bishop Construction
Company,Inc.,according to the plans and specifications set
forth by the City Engineers on a construction timetable of
30 working days for thesum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Thirty
and16/100 ($99,030.16)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 Con
struction Company,Inc.for the sliplining of said sanitary
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!sewer lines,containing the plans,specifications,and
requirements of the City Engineers and appropriate bond and
drawn provisions in accordance withthe 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
,'jpv price may not be increased by more than twenty-five (25%)
-1^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 11th day of September,1975.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHAftDSON,City Attorney^
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