Ordinance No. 8,027970710 -9
ORDINANCE 'NO. 8027
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF HOUSTON SHELL AND CONCRETE FOR THE
ANNUAL READY -MIX CONCRETE CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF FORTY THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($40,000.00); 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 ready -mix concrete contract to be received June 26, 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., Thursday, June 26, 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 Houston Shell and
Concrete for the annual ready -mix concrete contract for the sum of FORTY THOUSAND AND NO /100
DOLLARS ($40,000.00), 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 I Oth day of July, 1997.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P.-HALE,'City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PETE C. ALFARO, Aayor
I CIO RAMIREZ, SR., &4 Attorney
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