Ordinance No. 4,981w
® ORDINANCE NO. 4981
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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND
CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH
BUFFALO EXCAVATING AND PAVING COMPANY, INC. FOR THE
® CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1988 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM;
MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did
authorize the City Engineer of the City of Baytown to advertise
for bids for the construction of the 1988 Street Improvement
Program; to be received April 26, 1988; 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.L.GOV'T.CODE ANN.
5 252.041; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall
at 2:00 o'clock p.m., Tuesday, April 26, 1988, as per published
notice to bidders; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown
hereby accepts the bid of Buffalo Excavating and Paving Company,
Inc. to do the above described work according to the plans and
specifications set forth by the City Engineer for the sum of ONE
HUNDRED SEVENTY -NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY -EIGHT AND
50/100 ($179,578.50) DOLLARS, and the Mayor and the City Clerk of
the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest
to a contract with Buffalo Excavating and Paving Company, Inc.
for the above described work, said contract containing the plans,
specifications, and requirements of the City Engineer and
appropriate bond requirements in accordance with the provisions
of TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 5160.
Section 2: That the administration is authorized to
contract for utility adjustments, laboratory testing, and other
professional services necessary to the operation and completion
of the project.
Section 3: That pursuant to the provisions of
® TEX.L.GOV'T.CODE ANN. 5 252.048, 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 N01100
($15,000.00) DOLLARS or less, subject to the provision that the
i original contract price may not be increased by more than twenty-
five (25%)., or decreased by more than twenty -five (25 %) percent
without the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
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Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 28th day of April,
1988.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. H LL, City Clerk
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RANDALL B. STRONG, City rney
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METT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
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