Ordinance No. 2,2487636
ORDINANCE NO. 2248
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 THE
BAYWAY DRIVE ARTERIAL WATER MAIN, PHASE II AND AUTHORIZING
THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM
OF FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY -TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY -
FIVE AND NO 1100 ($422,155.00) DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO
SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, did authorize Butch, Hutchison & Associates, Inc.,
Consulting Engineers to the City of Baytown to advertise for
bids for the construction of the Bayway Drive arterial water
main, Phase II to be received June 7, 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 10:00 o'clock a.m., Tuesday, June 7, 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 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 timetable of 90
working days for the sum of Four Hundred Twenty -Two Thousand
One Hundred Fifty -Five and No /100 ($422,155.00) 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., d /b /a U. C. of Texas, Inc., for said
construction, containing the plans, specifications, and
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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 (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 9th day of June , 1977.
TOM GENTRY, ftayor
ATTEST:
EIL EN P. HAL , City Clerk
APPROVED:
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NEEL 7CHARD60N, City Attorney
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