Ordinance No. 2,2187498
ORDINANCE NO. 2218
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE BID OF ABLE SERVICES, INC. FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1977 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND
AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY
FOR THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
NINETY -FIVE AND N01100 ($310,395.00) 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 the
1977 Street Improvement Program to be received April 19,
1977; 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., Tuesday, April 19, 1977, 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 Able Services, Inc., according
to the plans and specifications set forth by the City Engineer
on a construction timetable of 110 working days for the sum
of Three Hundred Ten Thousand Three Hundred Ninety -Five and
No /100 ($310,395.00) Dollars, and the Mayor and City Clerk
of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute
and attest to a contract with Able Service, Inc. for the
construction of the following streets under the 1977 Street
Improvement Program: Bayless, Baylor, North Burnett, North
Eighth, West Francis, Gresham, North Jones, Illinois, King,
7499
Morrell, Newman, State, and Schilling; containing the plans,
specifications, and requirements of the City Engineer 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 this 28th day of April 1977.
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RI AR SON, City Attorney
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