Ordinance No. 3,28011210 -2
ORDINANCE NO. 3280
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF McKEY CONSTRUCTION
AND EQUIPMENT, INC., FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WEST
DISTRICT SEWAGE CONVEYANCE SYSTEM AND EFFLUENT FORCE
MAIN -- CONTRACT NO. 4; AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTING
OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF ONE MILLION
SIXTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN & 50/100
($1,063,411.50) DOLLARS.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did
authorize the Consulting Engineers for the City of Baytown
to advertise for bids for the construction of the West Dis-
trict Sewage Conveyance System and Effluent Force Main - -Con-
tract No. 4 to be received Tuesday, December 1, 1981, and
WHEREAS, notice to all 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.CIV.
REV.STAT. art 2368a; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City
Hall at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 1, 1981, 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 McKey Construction and Equipment,
Inc. contingent upon U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
and Texas Department of Water Resources approval, according
to the plans and specifications set forth by the City's
Consulting Engineers on a construction timetable of 200
calendar days for the sum of ONE MILLION SIXTY THREE THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN & 50/100 ($1,063,411.50) DOLLARS, and
the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Baytown are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract
with McKey Construction and Equipment, Inc., for the constru-
ction of the West District Sewage Conveyance System and
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Effluent Force Main and containing the plans, specifications,
and requirements of the City's Consulting Engineers and
appropriate bond provisions in accordance with TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.
art 5160.
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, provided that the original
contract price may not be increased by more than twenty -five
(25 %) per cent or decreased by more than twenty --five (250)
percent without the consent of the contractor of 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 December
1981.
MET r,Iayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. H LL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
ANDALL B. STRONG, Cit ttorney