Ordinance No. 2,95700821 -1
ORDINANCE NO. 2957
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
EXISTS; ACCEPTING THE BID OF TEXAS CORRUGATORS, INC.
FOR THE PURCHASE OF CORRUGATED, COATED METAL PIPE;
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
FORTY -NINE AND 65/100 ($9,549.65) DOLLARS WITH REGARD
TO SUCH ACCEPTANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, citizens along Kilgore Road have experienced
flooding due to inadequate drainage where Kilgore Road
crosses Harris County Flood Control Ditch No. Q105- 00 -00;
and
WHEREAS, Harris County Flood Control District has
agreed to install drainage pipe at the above described
location to alleviate this problem if the City of Baytown
will supply the necessary pipe, which has created a need for
immediate action by the City; and
WHEREAS, when it becomes necessary to appropriate money
at once to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
citizens of Baytown, the requirement of publishing notice
and taking competitive bids is not applicable; and
WHEREAS, the City Administration has taken informal
bids for the costs of the necessary pipe, and Texas Cor-
rugators, Inc. submitted the low bid; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the City Council hereby declares and
finds that an emergency situation exists; that immediate
action is necessary to protect the health, safety, and
welfare of the citizens of Baytown, and to prevent flood
damage resulting from the lack of drainage at Kilgore Road's
intersection with Harris County Flood Control Ditch No.
Q105- 00 -00; and that the requirement for formal notice and
bids are hereby waived.
Section 2: That the bid of Texas Corrugators, Inc. for
the purchase of corrugated coated metal pipe is hereby
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accepted, and payment of the sum of Nine Thousand Five
Hundred Forty -Nine and 65/100 ($9,549.65) is hereby authorized.
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 21st day of August ,
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MIETT O. HU T0, Mayor
ATTEST:
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-EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
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