Ordinance No. 7,760960725 -8
ORDINANCE NO. 7760
is AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF SUPERIOR CAR COMPANY AND
PHILPOTT MOTORS, INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROGRAM CARS FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY -THREE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY -NINE AND N01100 DOLLARS
($173,569.00); 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 program cars for the
Police Department to be received July 23, 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, July
23, 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
Superior Car Company for the purchase of Item # 1 of program cars for the Police Department for
the sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY -FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FOUR AND NO / 100
DOLLARS ($155,904.00), and authorizes payment thereof.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby accepts the bid of
Philpott Motors, Inc., for the purchase of Item #2 of program cars for the Police Department for the
sum of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY -FIVE AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($17,665.00), and authorizes payment thereof.
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.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
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INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 25th day of July, 1996.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PETE C. ALFAR , Mayor
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