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ORDINANCE NO. 7737
® AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF UNDERGROUND, INC., FOR THE
PURCHASE OF A TRUCK MOUNTED JET RODDER AND A TRAILER
MOUNTED SEWER CLEANER AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF SEVENTY -THREE THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED NINETY -FIVE AND NO/] 00 DOLLARS ($73,495.00); 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 truck mounted jet
rodder and a trailer mounted sewer cleaner to be received June 13, 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., Thursday,
June 13, 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
Underground, Inc., for the purchase of a truck mounted jet rodder and a trailer mounted sewer
cleaner for the sum of SEVENTY -THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY -FIVE AND
NO/ 100 DOLLARS ($73,495.00), 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 27th day of June, 1996.
'MA EL ESCON BIAS,
Ma or Pro Tempore
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACID RAMIREZ, ., City Attorney
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