Ordinance No. 8,40198091020
ORDINANCE NO. 8401
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF THOMPSON RECREATION PRODUCTS, INC.,
FOR THE PURCHASE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT
BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF SIXTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY -
EIGHT AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($16,668.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR TILE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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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 playground equipment to be received August 27, 1998;
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, August 27, 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 Thompson
Recreation Products, Inc., for the purchase of playground equipment for the sum of SIXTEEN THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED SIXTY -EIGHT AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($16,668.00) 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 I4th day of September, 1998.
PETE C. ALFARO, Nrayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. I=IALL,-City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Ci ttorney
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