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0RDINANCE NO. 6487
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF SMEAL FIRE APPARATUS
FOR THE PURCHASE OF A PUMPER /LADDER (QUINT) TRUCK AND
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF
FOUR HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND FORTY AND 50/100 DOLLARS
($405,040.50) ; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, did
authorize the Purchasing Department for the City of Baytown to
advertise for bids for the purchase of a pumper /ladder (quint)
truck to be received January 5, 1993; and
WHEREAS, notice to bidders as to the time and place, when
and where the contract would be let was published pursuant to the
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 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 5, 1993, 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 Smeal Fire Apparatus for the purchase
of a pumper /ladder (quint) truck for the sum of FOUR HUNDRED FIVE
THOUSAND FORTY AND 50/100 DOLLARS ($405,040.50), and authorizes
payment thereof.
Section 2: That pursuant to the provisions of
TEX.L.GOV'T.CODE ANN. S 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 NO 1100 DOLLARS
($15,000.00) or less, subject to the provision that the 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.
Section 3: 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 14th day of
January, 1993.
OBBY J. CRE LLE, Mayor
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ATTEST:
EIiaEEN P. HhY L, City Clerk
I CIO RAMIREZ, SR., City Attorney
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