Ordinance No. 8,491990114 -15
ORDINANCE NO. 8491
® AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF INDUSTRIAL INTERNATIONAL/HUGHES
SUPPLY FOR THE ANNUAL WATER METER CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF SIXTY -FIVE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED THIRTY -NINE AND 94/100 DOLLARS ($65,239.94); 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 did authorize the Purchasing Department for the City
of Baytown to advertise for bids for the annual water meter contract to be received December 3, 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, December 3, 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 Industrial
International/Hughes Supply for the annual water meter contract for the sum of SIXTY -FIVE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED THIRTY -NINE AND 94/100 DOLLARS ($65,239.94) 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 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 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 14'' day of January, 1999.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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