Ordinance No. 8,592990527 -4
ORDINANCE NO. 8592
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH
O'BRIEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE ELECTRICAL AND
LIGHTING CONTRACT AT STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY;
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF SIXTY -ONE THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED NINETY -FIVE AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($61,995.00); 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 Consultant to
advertise for bids for the electrical and lighting contract at Sterling Municipal Library to be received
May 24, 1999; 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 2:00 o'clock p.m.,
Monday, May 24, 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
O'Brien Construction Company to do the electrical and lighting contract at Sterling Municipal Library
according to the plans and specifications set forth by the City's Consultant for the sum of SIXTY -
ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY -FIVE AND NO1100 DOLLARS ($61,995.00) and
authorizes payment thereof, and the City Manager and the City Clerk of the City are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract with O'Brien Construction Company for
the above - described work, said contract containing the plans, specifications, and requirements of the
City's Consultant 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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0 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 27`h day of May, 1999.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL,.City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, S ity Attorney
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