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0RDINANCE NO. 7669
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF KNAPP CHEVROLET FOR THE
PURCHASE OF A DUMP TRUCK AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF THIRTY -SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED THREE AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($37,803.00); 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 a dump truck to be
received February 27, 1996; 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,
February 27, 1996, 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 a dump truck for the sum of THIRTY -SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED THREE AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($37,803.00), 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 percent (25 %) or decreased by more than twenty-five percent (25 %)
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 28th day of March, 1996.
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PETE C. ALFAR15, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P.--HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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