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ORDINANCE NO. 8122
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF OLYMPIC TRUCK SALES FOR
THE PURCHASE OF TWO EIGHT YARD DUMP TRUCKS AND LONE STAR
TRUCK CENTER FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE FIFTEEN YARD DUMP
TRUCK; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM
OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY -FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY -
FIVE AND 42/100 DOLLARS ($155,345.42); 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 two eight yard dump
trucks and one fifteen yard dump truck to be received October 21, 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,
October 21, 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
Olympic Truck Sales for the purchase of two eight yard dump trucks for the sum of NINETY -TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY -EIGHT AND 42/100 DOLLARS ($92,868.42) and
authorizes payment thereof.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby accepts the bid of Lone
Star Truck Center for the purchase of one fifteen yard dump truck for the sum of SIXTY -TWO
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY -SEVEN AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($62,477.00) and
authorizes payment thereof.
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 23' day of October, 1997.
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., 6 't Attorney
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