Ordinance No. 8,80820000113 -17
Ordinance No. 8808
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF BAYOU CITY FORD STERLING, INC.,
FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE 2 1/2 TON TRUCK WITH FLATBED BODY AND
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF FIFTY -ONE
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY -SEVEN AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($51,797.00); 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 2 1/2 ton truck with flatbed
body to be received January 4, 2000; 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., Tuesday, January 4,
2000, 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 Bayou City
Ford Sterling, Inc., for the purchase of one 2 1/2 ton truck with flatbed body for the sum of FIFTY -ONE
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY -SEVEN AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($51,797.00) 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 TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/ 100 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 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 13th day of January, 2000.
PETE C. ALFARO, Ifayor
ATTEST:
J
EILEEN P. HALF ,., City Clerk
APP OVED AS TO FORM:
ACID RAMIREZ, SR., Ci rney
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