Ordinance No. 8,473981210 -6
ORDINANCE NO. 8473
® AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF HI -WAY EQUIPMENT FOR THE PURCHASE
OF A HEAVY DUTY TELESCOPING BOOM MOBILE HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR AND
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY -EIGHT AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($225,858.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE 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 a heavy duty telescoping boom mobile hydraulic
excavator to be received November 20, 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., Friday, November 20, 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 Hi -Way Equipment
for the purchase of a heavy duty telescoping boom mobile hydraulic excavator for the sum of TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY -EIGHT AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($225,858.00) 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/] 00 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 10th day of December, 1998.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EIL:EEN P. HALE,-City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., o Attorney
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