Ordinance No. 2,40380126 -8
ORDINANCE NO. 2403
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE BID OF R.T. BISHOP CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY, INC., AND R. T. BISHOP, JOINT VENTURE FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY CLUB WATER LINE REPLACEMENT
PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS
BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY -THREE AND 25/100 ($320j273.25)
DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, did authorize Busch, Hutchinson & Associates, Inc.,
Consulting Engineers to the City of Baytown to advertise for
bids for the construction of the Country Club Water Line
Replacement Project to be received January 17, 1978; 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, January 17, 1978, 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
Company, Inc., and R.T. Bishop, Joint Venture (Contractor)
according to the plans and specifications set forth by the
Consulting Engineers on a timetable of 120 working days for
the sum of Three Hundred Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Seventy -
Three and 25/100 ($320,273.25) Dollars, and the Mayor and
City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed to
execute and attest to a contract with said contractor for
said construction, containing the plans, specifications, and
requirements of the Consulting Engineers and appropriate
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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 provision 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 26th day of January ,
A.D., 1978.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL,--City Clerk
APPROVED:
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SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
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