Ordinance No. 2,92700710 -5
ORDINANCE NO. 2927
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF J. LOVELACE CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 21 -INCH FORCE MAIN
FROM EAST DISTRICT SEWER TREATMENT PLANT TO RACCOON
DRIVE LIFT STATION AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING OF
INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED
SIXTY -SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY -FOUR AND NO 1100
($466,634.00) 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 21 -inch force main from East District
Sewer Treatment Plant to Raccoon Drive Lift Station 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 270
calendar days for the sum of Four Hundred Sixty -Six Thousand
Six Hundred Thirty -Four and No /100 ($466,634.00) 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
21 -inch force main 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.
00710 -5a
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 10th day of July ,
1980.
MMETT 0. HUTT Mayor
ATTEST:
E LEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
ANDALL B. STRONG, City lttorney
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