Ordinance No. 2,92600710 -4
ORDINANCE NO. 2926
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF J. LOVELACE CON-
STRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SANITARY
TRUNK SEWER FROM RACCOON DRIVE TO BARKUL00 ROAD AND
AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY
FOR THE SUM OF ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY -EIGHT
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY -FIVE AND 60/100 ($1,538,745.60)
DOLLARS WITH REGARD TO SUCH AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did
authorize the Consulting Engineers to advertise for bids for
the construction of a sanitary trunk sewer from Raccoon
Drive to Barkuloo Road to be received June 17, 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 3:00 o'clock, Tuesday, June 17, 1980, 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 J. Lovelace Construction Company
according to the plans and specifications set forth by the
Consulting Engineers on a construction timetable of 365
calendar days for the sum of One Million Five Hundred
Thirty -Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Forty -Five and 60/100
($1,538,745.60) Dollars, and the Mayor and City Clerk of the
City are hereby authorized and directed to execute and
attest to a contract with J. Lovelace Construction Company
for the construction of said sanitary trunk sewer containing
the plans, specifications, and requirements of the Consulting
Engineers 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 (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 the loth day of July ,
1980.
ME—TT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
Y�
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
ANDALL B. TRON City Att ey
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