Ordinance No. 7,660960314 -15
ORDINANCE NO. 7660
® AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH D & W
CONTRACTORS FOR THE GRADING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AT
UNIDAD PARK AND EDDIE HURON PARK; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF
THE SUM OF FIFTY -THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY -THREE
AND 76/100 DOLLARS ($53,173.76); 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 grading and drainage improvements at Unidad Park and Eddie Huron Park,
to be received March 7, 1996; 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 § 252.041; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall at 2:00 o'clock p.m.,
Thursday, March 7, 199.6, 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
D & W Contractors to do the above described work according to the plans and specifications set
forth by the City's Engineer for the sum of FIFTY -THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
SEVENTY -THREE AND 76/100 DOLLARS ($53,173.76), 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 D & W Contractors 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
§ 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.
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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 14th day of March, 1996.
PETE C. ALFAR , Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, S ity Attorney
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