Ordinance No. 2,56881026 -4
ORDINANCE NO. 2568
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
ACCEPTING THE BID OF CHATHAM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A POLICE RADIO MAINTENANCE BUILDING
AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE
CITY FOR THE SUM OF TWENTY -EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
AND N01100 ($28,900.00) 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 radio maintenance building to be
received October 16, 1978; and
r711.1 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 9 :30 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
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 working days
for the sum of Twenty -Eight Thousand Nine Hundred and No /100
($28,900.00) 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 radio maintenance building containing
the plans, specifications, and requirements of the City
Engineer and appropriate bond and drawn provisions in accor-
dance 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.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this the 26th day of October
1978.
O
EMMETT 0. HUTTO, ayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
Y TT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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