Ordinance No. 8,028970710 -10
ORDINANCE NO. 8028
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF LANSDOWNE MOODY CO., INC., FOR THE
PURCHASE OF A TRACTOR WITH SLOPEMOWER AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF THIRTY -NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
NINETY -SEVEN AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($39,997.00); 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 a tractor with slopemower to be received July 1, 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, July 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 Lansdowne Moody
Co., Inc., for the purchase of a tractor with slopemower for the sum of THIRTY -NINE THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED NINETY -SEVEN AND NO/] 00 DOLLARS ($39,997.00) 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 10th day of July, 1997.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
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ElLEEN P.-HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, ity Attorney
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