Ordinance No. 8,721991014 -7
ORDINANCE NO. 8721
® AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF AOC - ACETYLENE OXYGEN COMPANY
FOR THE ANNUAL SULFUR DIOXIDE CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT
BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF THIRTY -NINE THOUSAND AND NO /100
DOLLARS ($39,000.00); 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 did authorize the Purchasing Department for the
City of Baytown to advertise for bids for the annual sulfur dioxide contract to be received September 15, 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 Chapter 252 of the Texas Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September
15, 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 AOC -
Acetylene Oxygen Company for the annual sulfur dioxide contract for the sum of THIRTY -NINE THOUSAND
AND NO/ 100 DOLLARS ($39,000.00) 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 14`h day of October, 1999.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
etGrgACIO RAMIREZ, SR., it Attorney
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