Ordinance No. 1,972ORDINANCE NO.1972
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS,ACCEPTING THE BIDOF STAR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY,INC.FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GRAYWOOD AREA
DRAINAGE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF
INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED
NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND SIXTYAND NO/100 ($195,060.00)
DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,did authorize Busch,Hutchison &Associates,Inc.,
Consulting Engineers to the City of Baytown,to advertise
for bids for the construction of the Graywood Area drainage
project tobe received March 16,1976;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 10:00 o'clock a.m.,Tuesday,March 16,1976,as per
published notice to bidders;NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BYTHECITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,hereby accepts the bid of Star Concrete Construction
Company,Inc.,according to the plans and specifications set
forth by the Consulting Engineers for the sum of One Hundred
Ninety-Five Thousand Sixty and No/100 ($195,060.00)Dollars,
and the Mayor and City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized
and directed to execute and attest to a contract with Star
Concrete Construction Company,Inc.,for the construction of
the Graywood Area drainage project,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 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 this25th day of March 1976.
)M GENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
P
EILEEN P.HALL,City Clerk
APPROVED:
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