Ordinance No. 8,751ORDINANCE NO. 8751
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH
HORSESHOE CONSTRUCTION, INC., FOR THE THOMPSON WATER AND
SEWER PROJECT; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY -EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THREE
AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($188,703.00); 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 Engineer to
advertise for bids for the Thompson Water and Sewer project to be received November 9, 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 p.m., Tuesday,
November 9, 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
Horseshoe Construction, Inc., for the Thompson Water and Sewer project according to the plans and
specifications set forth by the City's Engineer for the sum of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY -EIGHT
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THREE AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($188,703.00) 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 Horseshoe Construction, Inc., for the above -
described work, said contract containing the plans, specifications, and requirements of the City's
Engineer 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 TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND AND N01100
DOLLARS ($25,000.00) 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 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
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0 INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 11 "' day of November, 1999.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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KAREN L. HORNER, First Assistant City Attorney
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