Ordinance No. 7,940970327 -12
ORDINANCE NO. 7940
® AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF FOUR ALARM FIRE EQUIPMENT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SELF - CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS
AND CYLINDERS AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY -
FIVE AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($15,675.00); 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 self - contained breathing
apparatus and cylinders to be received March 18, 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,
March 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 Four
Alarm Fire Equipment for the purchase of self- contained breathing apparatus and cylinders for the
sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY -FIVE AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($15,675.00) 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 27th day of March, 1997.
PETE C. ALFA O, Mayor
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® ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KAREN L. HORNER, Assistant City Attorney
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