Ordinance No. 2,640W
ORDINANCE NO. 2640
9 -0305
AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE 1979 STREET
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO BROWN & ROOT, INC.; MAKING
CERTAIN FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did
authorize the City Engineer of the City of Baytown to advertise
for bids for the construction of the 1979 Street Improvement
Program to be received March 6, 1979; 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 9:30 o'clock a.m., Tuesday, March 6, 1979, 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 Brown & Root, Inc., according to
the plans and specifications set forth by the City Engineer
on a construction timetable of 110 working days for the sum
of Three Hundred Ninety -Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forty
and 38/100 ($395,840.38) Dollars, and the Mayor and City
Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed to
execute and attest to a contract with Brown & Root, Inc. for
the construction of the following streets under the 1979
Street Improvement Program: Kilgore, Bob Smith, New Mexico,
Leavins, South Seventh, Lazy Lane, Cedar Bayou, and a side-
walk on Kilgore Road; containing the plans, specifications,
and requirements 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 (250) 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 8th day of March ,
1979.
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SCOTT BO NDS, City Attorney
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SETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor