Ordinance No. 2,0115667
ORDINANCE NO.2011
AN ORDINANCE OF THECITY COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OFBAYTOWN,
TEXAS,ACCEPTING THE BID OF BROWN &ROOT,INC.FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE I,1976 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE
CITY FOR THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN THOUSAND
SIX HUNDREDTWENTY-SIX AND 50/100 ($297,626.50)DOLLARS
WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas,did authorize the City Engineer of the City of Baytown,
to advertise for bids for the construction of Phase I,1976
Street Improvement Program to be received May 20,1976;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 bidswere opened and publicly read at City
Hall at 10:00 o'clock a.m.,Thursday,May 20,1976,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 Brown &Root,Inc.,according
to the plans and specifications set forth by the City Engi
neer on a construction timetable of 165 working days for the
sum of Two Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-
Six and 50/100 ($297,626.50)Dollars,andthe Mayor and City
Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed to
execute and attest to a contract with Brown &Root,Inc.for
the construction of the following streets under Phase I,
1976 Street Improvement Program:Amelia,Ashbel,Ashby,
Beecher,Bolster,Burbank,Busch,Cedar Bayou,Gaillard,
Harvard,Iowa,Mayhaw,Meador,Mississippi,Ohio,Pelly,
Pershing,Polly and Riggs;containing the plans,specifi
cations,and requirements of the City Engineer and appro
priate 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 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 this27th day of May ,1976.
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TOM GENTRY,Mayo>/
ATTEST:'
EILEEN P.HALL,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RIJCHARDSON,City Attorney
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