Ordinance No. 7,972970508 -2
ORDINANCE NO. 7972
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH LAUGHLIN
ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., FOR ASBESTOS REMOVAL AT CITY HALL;
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF THIRTY -FIVE THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED AND N01100 DOLLARS ($35,900.00); MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did authorize the City's Engineer to
advertise for bids for asbestos removal at City Hall, to be received May 1, 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.,
Thursday, May 1, 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
Laughlin Environmental, Inc., for the above described work according to the plans and specifications
set forth by the City's Engineer for the sum of THIRTY -FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($35,900.00), 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 Laughlin
Environmental, Inc., for the above described work, said contract containing the plans, specifications,
and requirements of the City's 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 8th day of May, 1997.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROED AS TO FORM:
® ACIO RAMIREZ, ., City Attorney
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PETE C. ALFA O, Mayor