Ordinance No. 1,954ORDINANCE NO.1954
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS,ACCEPTING THE BID OF SPAW GLASS,INC.FOR THE
EXPANSION AND REMODELING OF STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY
AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE
CITY FOR THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDREDSIXTY-TWO THOUSAND AND
NO/100 ($562,000.00)DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH
AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,did authorized Davis &Burge,Consulting Architects,
to the City of Baytown,to advertise for bids for the expansion
and remodeling of Sterling Municipal Library;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 4:00 p.m.,Tuesday,February 10,1976,as per published
notice to bidders;NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BYTHE CITY COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1:That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,hereby accepts the bid of Spaw Glass,Inc.according
to the plans and specifications set forth bythe Consulting
Architects on a construction timetable of 225 calendar days
for the sum of Five Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand and No/100
($562,000.00)Dollars,and the Mayor and City Clerk of the
City are hereby authorized and directed to execute and
attest to a contract with Spaw Glass,Inc.forthe construction
of said expansion and remodeling of Sterling Municipal
Library containing the plans,specifications,and requirements
of the Consulting Architects 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 City Council of the City of Baytown
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this 26th day of February,1976.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor\/
ATTEST:
P-
EILEEN P.HALL,City Clerk
APPROVED:
,City Attorney.
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