Ordinance No. 7,813960926 -5
ORDINANCE NO. 7813
® AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BIDS OF MASTER METER, INC., AND
INDUSTRIAL INTERNATIONAL FOR THE ANNUAL WATER METER
CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
THE SUM OF FIFTY -EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY -SEVEN
AND 37/100 DOLLARS ($58,177.37); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did authorize the Purchasing
Department for the City of Baytown to advertise for bids for the annual water meter contract to be
received August 15, 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,
August 15, 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 Master
Meter, Inc., for Section I of the annual water meter contract for the sum of FORTY -ONE
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY -SEVEN AND 50/100 DOLLARS ($41,657.50), and
authorizes payment thereof.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby accepts the bid of
Industrial International for Section II of the annual water meter contract for the sum of SIXTEEN
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETEEN AND 87/100 DOLLARS ($16,519.87), 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 percent (25 %) 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.
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le INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 26th day of September, 1996.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
G ACIO RAMIREZ, SR. rty Attorney
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor