Ordinance No. 7,909970227 -7
ORDINANCE NO. 7909
® AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH ABLE
SERVICES FOR THE ANNUAL SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAY
REPLACEMENT PROJECT; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF
•TWENTY -FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY AND NO 1100
DOLLARS ($24,940.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did authorize the City Engineer of the
City of Baytown to advertise for bids for the annual sidewalk and driveway replacement project to
be received February 18, 1997; and
WHEREAS, notice to bidders as to the time and place, when and where the contract for said
construction would be let was published pursuant to provisions of Texas Local Government Code
Annotated § 252.041; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall at 10:00 o'clock a.m.,
Tuesday, February 18, 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 Able
Services to do the above - described work according to the plans and specifications set forth by the
City Engineer for the sum of TWENTY -FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY AND
NO / 100 DOLLARS ($24,940.00), and authorizes payment thereof, and the Mayor and the City Clerk
of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract with Able Services
for the above - described work, said contract containing the plans, specifications and requirements of
the City Engineer and appropriate bond requirements in accordance with the provisions of Texas
Government Code, Chapter 2253.
Section 2: That the administration is authorized to contract for utility adjustments,
laboratory testing, and other professional services necessary to the operation and completion of the
project.
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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® INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 27th day of February, 1997.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SAJEity Attorney
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PETE C. ALFAR , Mayor