Ordinance No. 8,620990624 -14
ORDINANCE NO. 8620
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING
is THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY -FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY -NINE AND
THIRTY - FIVE /100 DOLLARS-($24,869.35) TO HOUSTON - GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL
FOR THE PURCHASE OF OPTICOM TRAFFIC PREEMPTION EQUIPMENT; 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 has approved an Inter -local Agreement which
authorizes the Houston- Galveston Area Council to take bids for certain items on behalf of the City of Baytown;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such agreement, the Houston - Galveston Area Council has taken bids on
OPTICOM traffic preemption equipment; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Counci I of the City of Baytown hereby authorizes the payment of TWENTY -
FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY -NINE AND THIRTY -FIVE /100 DOLLARS ($24,869.35) to the
Houston - Galveston Area Council for the purchase of OPTICOM traffic preemption equipment.
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, provided 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 Counci I of the City of Baytown
this the 24tia ;day of June, 1999.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
City Cierk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
eKANCIO RAMIREZ, SR., Ci Attorney
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