Ordinance No. 7,978970508 -8
ORDINANCE NO. 7978
® AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF SOUTHWEST SIGNAL SUPPLY,
INC., FOR THE ANNUAL INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL
EQUII'MENT CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND FIFTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($50,050.00); 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 installation of traffic signal
equipment contract to be received April 14, 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., Monday, April
14, 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
Southwest Signal Supply, Inc., for the annual installation of traffic signal equipment contract for the
sum of FIFTY THOUSAND FIFTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($50,050.00), 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 (25 %) percent 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 8th day of May, 1997.
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® PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
0 ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAM REZ, ., City Attorney
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