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ORDINANCE NO. 2482
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
ACCEPTING THE BID OF CHATHAM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A POLICE GARAGE AND AUTHORIZING THE
CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF
TWENTY -NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND N01100 ($29,600.00)
DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did
authorize the City Engineer to advertise for bids for the
construction of a police garage to be received May 31, 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 TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.,
art. 2368a; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City
Hall at 2:00 o'clock p.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
hereby accepts the bid of Chatham Construction Company
according to the plans and specifications set forth by the
City Engineer on a construction timetable of 60 days for the
sum of Twenty -Nine Thousand Six Hundred and No /100 ($29,600.00)
Dollars, and the Mayor and City Clerk of the City are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract
with Chatham Construction Company for the construction of
said garage containing the plans, specifications, and require-
ments of the City Engineer and appropriate bond and drawn
provisions in accordance with the provisions of TEX.REV.CIV.
STAT., art. 5160.
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Section 2: That pursuant to the provisions of TEX.REV.
CIV.STAT., art. 2368a, 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 8th day of June ,
1978.
ATTEST:
J
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
EMMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
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