Ordinance No. 7,015940609 -2
ORDINANCE NO. 7015
. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH FIREMAN
CONSTRUCTION CO. FOR THE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF THE
STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE
SUM OF ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND AND
NO 1100 DOLLARS ($1,570,000.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did authorize
the City's Engineer to advertise for bids for the expansion and
renovation of the Sterling Municipal Library, to be received May
19, 1994; 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 Texas Local Government Code
Annotated S 252.041; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall
at 4:00 o'clock p.m., Thursday, May 19, 1994, 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 Fireman Construction Co. to do the above
described work according to the plans and specifications set forth
by the City's Engineer for the sum of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
SEVENTY THOUSAND AND N01100 DOLLARS ($1,570,000.00), and authorizes
payment thereof, and the Mayor and the City Clerk of the City are
hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract
with Fireman Construction Co. for the above described work, said
contract containing the plans, specifications, and requirements of
the City's Engineer and appropriate bond requirements in accordance
with the provisions of Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated 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 Texas Local
Government Code Annotated 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 N01100
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.
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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 9th day of June, 1994.
PETE C. AL O, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
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