Ordinance No. 7,890•
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ORDINANCE NO. 7890
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF GIFFORD HILL & COMPANY
FOR THE ANNUAL CONCRETE PIPE CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF SIXTY -FIVE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY. -FIVE .AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($65,845.00); 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 concrete pipe contract to
be received January 7, 1997; 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,
January 7, 1997, 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 Gifford
Hill & Company for the annual concrete pipe contract for the sum of SIXTY -FIVE THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY -FIVE AND NO/ 100 DOLLARS ($65,845.00), 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 23rd day of January, 1997.
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
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® ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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