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ORDINANCE NO. 3419
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF BUSCH- HUTCHINSON
& ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE CALDWELL STREET IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT; AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR SAID PROJECT TO ABLE
SERVICES OF HOUSTON FOR ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY & N01100 ($176,570.00) DOLLARS;
DIRECTING THAT NO WORK BE STARTED ON SAID PROJECT UNTIL
COMPLETION OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCEEDINGS; MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 3364 Council did determine
the necessity for and ordered the permanent improvement of
Caldwell Street; and
WHEREAS, a part of the costs of this improvement are
proposed to be assessed against the property and owners of
property abutting the Caldwell Street Improvement Project;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council did authorize advertising for
bids for the Caldwell Street Improvement Project to be re-
ceived June 29, 1982; and
WHEREAS, notice to bidders as to the time and place,
when and where the contract would be let was published pur-
suant to provisions of Section 74 of the Charter of the City
of Baytown; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City
Hall at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 29, 1982, 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 Able Services of Houston for the
sum of One Hundred Seventy Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventy
& No /100 ($176,570.00) Dollars, and the Mayor and City Clerk
are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to
a contract with Able Services of Houston, for the Caldwell
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Street Improvement Project, containing the plans, specifica-
tions, and requirements of the Consulting Engineers and
appropriate bond provisions in accordance with the provisions
of TEX.REV.CIV.STAT., art. 5160.
Section 2: That no work shall be started on this
project until completion of the assessment proceedings.
Section 3: 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 Fifteen Thousand and
No /100 ($15,000.00) Dollars or less, provided that the
original contract price may not be increased by more than
twenty five (250) percent or decreased by more than twenty --
five (257o) percent without the consent of the contractor to
such decrease.
Section 4: 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 Sth day of Jul
1982.
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ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
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