Ordinance No. 6,876931209 -13
ORDINANCE No. 6876
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF KNAPP CHEVROLET FOR THE
PURCHASE OF PATROL CARS AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF NINETY -EIGHT THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED NINETY -THREE AND N01100 DOLLARS ($98,693.00);
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 patrol cars to be received
November 24, 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., Wednesday, November 24, 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 Knapp Chevrolet for the purchase of
patrol cars for the sum of NINETY -EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
NINETY -THREE AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($98,693.00), and authorizes
payment thereof.
Section 2: That pursuant to the provisions of Texas Local
Government Code Annotated $ 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/100
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 9th day of December,
1993.
• PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
0 ATTEST:
r
E LEEN P. , tlt7 Clerk
CIO RAMIREZ, SRO City Attorney
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