Ordinance No. 2,434la
ORDINANCE NO. 2434
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE BID OF R. T. BISHOP CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY, INC. & R. T. BISHOP, A JOINT VENTURE, FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE KILGORE ROAD /MOCKINGBIRD LANE STORM
SEWER PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBT-
EDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED SIXTY -
SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TEN AND 05/100 ($267,510.05)
DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, did authorize Busch, Hutchison & Associates, Inc.,
Consulting Engineers to the City of Baytown, to advertise
for bids for the construction of the Kilgore Road /Mockingbird
Lane storm sewer project to be received Tuesday, March 14,
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., 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. & R. T. Bishop, a joint venture, according to
the plans and specifications set forth by the Consulting
Engineers on a construction timetable of 120 working days
for the sum of Two Hundred Sixty -Seven Thousand Five Hundred
Ten and 05/100 ($267,510.05) Dollars, and the Mayor and City
Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed to
execute and attest to a contract with R. T. Bishop Construction
Company, Inc. & R. T. Bishop, a joint venture, for the
rid
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construction of said storm sewer project 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.
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 the 23rd day of March ,
1978.
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
OTT BO iDS, City Attorney
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
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