Ordinance No. 8,375980827 -3
ORDINANCE NO. 8375
® AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH WHITELAK,
INC., FOR THE STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, CONTRACT
NO. 1; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED
NINETY -THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($193,150.00); 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's Engineer to
advertise for bids for the Storm Drainage Improvement Project, Contract No. 1 to be received
August 19, 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 2:00 o'clock p.m.,
Wednesday, August 19, 1998, as per published notice to bidders; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section l: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby accepts the bid of
Whitelak, Inc., for the Storm Drainage Improvement Project, Contract No. 1 according to the plans
and specifications set forth by the City's Engineer for the sum ONE HUNDRED NINETY -THREE
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($193,150.00) 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 Whitelak, Inc., for the above - described work, said contract
containing the plans, specifications, and requirements of the City's 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 N01100 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 27 "' day of August, 1998.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
ILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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TN�ACIO RAMIREZ, S ity Attorney
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