Ordinance No. 8,417•: 11:
ORDINANCE Na. 8417
® AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH CRAIG,
SHEFFIELD & AUSTIN, INC., FOR THE EAST DISTRICT WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE SUM
OF TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND
NO /100 DOLLARS ($2,610,900.00); 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 East District Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion to be received
September 29, 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.,
Tuesday, September 29, 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 Craig,
Sheffield & Austin, Inc., to do the East District Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion according
to the plans and specifications set forth by the City's Engineer for the sum of TWO MILLION SIX
HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NO/ 100 DOLLARS ($2,610,900.00) 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 Craig, Sheffield & Austin, 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.
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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.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by.the affirmative vote of the-City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 8 "' day of October, 1998.
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PETE C. ALFARO, ayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL; City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
G ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Attorney
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