Ordinance No. 2,0967076
ORDINANCE NO. 2096
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE BID OF R. T. BISHOP CONSTRUCTION
CO., INC. & R. T. BISHOP, A JOINT VENTURE FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A SANITARY SEWER LINE ON HUNNICUTT
STREET, CONTRACT NO. 76 -10 AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRAC-
TING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF THIRTY -
SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY -SIX AND N01100
($36,896.00) 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 a sanitary
sewer line on Hunnicutt Street 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 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
Co., Inc. & R. T. Bishop, a joint venture, according to the
plans and specifications set forth by the Consulting Engineers
on a construction timetable of 90 working days for the sum
of Thirty -Six Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety -Six and No /100
($36,896.00) 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 Construction Co.,
Inc. & R. T. Bishop, a joint venture, for the construction of
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said sanitary sewer 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 2 a, 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 N01100 ($5,000.00) Dollars or
less, subject to the proviso that the origninal contract
price may not be increased by more than twenty -.five (25 10
percent or decreased by more than twenty -five (257) 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.
ATTEST:'
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL _IC R SON, City torney
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TOM GENTRY, Mayor
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