Ordinance No. 2,1087108
ORDINANCE NO. 2108
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE BID OF TIDAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.,
CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF THE TEXAS WATER (QUALITY
BOARD AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF SLUDGE DEWATERING FACILITIES AT THE
EAST DISTRICT SANITARY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND
AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY
FOR THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND AND
N01100 ($225,000.00) DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, did authorize Langford Engineering, Inc., Consulting
Engineers for the City of Baytown, to advertise for bids for
the construction of sludge dewatering facilities at the East
District Sanitary Sewage Treatment Plant to be received
October 21, 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 2:00 o'clock p.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 Tidal Construc-
tion, Inc., contingent upon approval of the Texas Water
Quality Board and the Environmental Protection Agency,
according to the plans and specifications set forth by the
City's Consulting Engineers on a construction timetable of
420 calendar days for the sum of Two Hundred Twenty -Five
Thousand and No /100 ($225,000.00) Dollars, and the Mayor and
City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed to
execute and attest to a contract with Tidal Construction,
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Inc. for the construction of sludge dewatering facilities at
the East District Sanitary Sewage Treatment Plant, containing
the plans, specifications, and requirements of the City's
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 28th day of October
1976.
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TOM TOM GENTRY , Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HAIL; City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL R H DSON, City Attorney
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