Ordinance No. 8,95920000727 -7
ORDINANCE NO. 8959
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($125,400.00) TO PORTABLE COMPUTER
SYSTEMS, INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIRTY (30) PANASONIC CF -27 LAPTOP
COMPUTERS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City of Baytown is a member of the cooperative purchasing program established
under Sections 271.082 and 271.083 of the Texas Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Qualified Information Services Vendor Catalogue Purchasing Program is such a
program, allowing municipalities to purchase automated information systems products and/or services in an
efficient, cost effective, and competitive procurement method; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown in making a purchase under a state contract through such
cooperative purchasing program satisfies state law requiring municipalities to seek competitive bids for the
purchase of the item; 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 authorizes the payment of ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY -FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($125,400.00)
to Portable Computer Systems, Inc., for the purchase of thirty (30) Panasonic CF -27 laptop computers for the
Police Department.
Section 2: That 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, 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 Council of the City of
Baytown this the 27`" day of July, 2000.
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
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RAMIREZ, / ity Attorney
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