Ordinance No. 8,227980312 -2
ORDINANCE NO. 8227
® AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH TECOM U.S.T.
SYSTEMS, INC., FOR THE REMOVAL OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANKS AND INSTALLATION OF ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS;
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF EIGHTY -TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY -EIGHT AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($82,868.00);
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 Engineer of the
City of Baytown to advertise for bids for the removal of underground storage tanks and installation
of aboveground storage tanks, to be received March 9, 1998; 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.,
Monday, March 9, 1998, 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
TECOM U.S.T. Systems, Inc., for the removal of underground storage tanks and installation of
aboveground storage tanks according to the plans and specifications set forth by the City Engineer
for the sum of EIGHTY -TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY -EIGHT AND N01100
DOLLARS ($82,868.00), 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 TECOM U.S.T.
Systems, Inc., for the above - described work, said contract containing the plans, specifications, and
requirements of the City 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.
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® 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 12`h day of March, 1998.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
NACIO RAMIREZC,8k., City Attorney
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