Ordinance No. 2,0957074
ORDINANCE NO. 2095
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE BID OF UTILITY CONTRACTORS, INC.
D /B /A U. C. OF TEXAS, INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOB
SMITH ROAD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, DRAINAGE CONTRACT NO.
V. AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY
THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED NINETY -EIGHT THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY -TWO AND 50/100 ($298,842.50) 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 Bob Smith Road Drainage
Improvements to be received Tuesday, October 5, 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., 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 Utility Contractors, Inc.,
d /b /a U. C. of Texas, Inc., according to the plans and
specifications set forth by the Consulting Engineers on a
construction timetable of 90 working days for the sum of Two
Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Forty -Two and
50/100 ($298,842.50) Dollars, and the Mayor and City Clerk
of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute
and attest to a contract with Utility Contractors, Inc.,
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d /b /a U. C. of Texas, Inc., for the construction of said
drainage improvements 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 (250) 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 the 14th day of October, 1976.
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
ATTEST : -
LEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL IC , City At rney
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