Ordinance No. 7,270950323 -11
ORDINANCE NO. 7270
• AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
EXISTS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED
EIGHTY THOUSAND AND N01100 DOLLARS ($180,000.00) TO
INSITUFORM GULF SOUTH, INC., FOR THE BAKER ROAD SANITARY
SEWER REPAIR; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, a major sewer line failure occurred along Baker Road
between Quail Hollow Drive and Coachman Drive on March 11, 1995;
and
WHEREAS, Texas Local Government Code Annotated § 252.022,
provides that in case of procurements for the protection of public
health or safety, the requirement for competitive bids is not
applicable; and
WHEREAS, informal bids for the Baker Road Sanitary Sewer
repair have been obtained, and Insituform Gulf South, Inc., is the
low bid; 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,
Texas, hereby declares that an emergency situation exists.
Section 2: That payment to Insituform Gulf South, Inc., of
the sum of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND AND N01100 DOLLARS
($180,000.00) for the Baker Road Sanitary Sewer repair is hereby
authorized.
Section 3: 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 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 percent (2510 or decreased by more than twenty -five percent
(25 %) without the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
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 23rd day of March,
1995.
PETE C. AL O, Mayor
• ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. !LNLL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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