Ordinance No. 2,86200327 ---5
ORDINANCE NO. 2862
AN ORDINANCE AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE 1980 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 1980 Street Improvement
Program to be received March 24, 1980; 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 10:00 o'clock a.m., Monday, March 24, 1980, as per
published notice to bidders; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section l: 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 Eighty -Five Thousand Eight Hundred Three
and 60/100 ($385,803.60) 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 1980
Street Improvement Program: Bayway Drive, Bay Villa,
Chesapeake, Colorado, Foster, Lobit, Missouri, Narcille,
Rice, Sandy, Strickland, Windy, Woods, and asphalt overlays
on Ashbel, Gaillard, Jones, and Market Street; 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 (25°0) 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.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this 27th day of earth 1980.
E 0. HUTTO, _, ayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney