Ordinance No. 2,2497638
ORDINANCE NO. 2249
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE BID OF FARRELL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARKET STREET BRIDGE AND
AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY
FOR THE SUM OF ONE MILLION NINETY -FIVE THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED NINETY -FIVE AND N01100 ($1,095,395.00) 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 Market Street Bridge 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 10:15 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 Farrell Construction Company
according to the plans and specifications set forth by the
Consulting Engineers on a timetable of 120 working days for
the sum of One Million Ninety -Five Thousand Three Hundred
Ninety -Five and No /100 ($1,095,395.00) Dollars, and the
Mayor and City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and
directed to execute and attest to a contract with Farrell
Construction Company for said construction, 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.
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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, ffayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RI HAR SON, City A torn
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