Ordinance No. 8,504990128`6
ORDINANCE NO. 8504
® AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF MATTHEWS SPECIALTY VEHICLES FOR
THE PURCHASE OF ONE BOOKMOBILE AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED FORTY -THREE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED EIGHTY -SIX AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($143,286.00); MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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 one bookmobile to be received January 13, 1999; 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., Wednesday, January 13,
1999, 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 Matthews Specialty
Vehicles for the purchase of one bookmobile for the sum of ONE HUNDRED FORTY -THREE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED EIGHTY -SIX AND NO / 100 DOLLARS ($143,286.00) 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 28th day of January, 1999.
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL-, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
�GKACIO RAMIREZ, SR., � Attorney
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