Ordinance No. 9,439ORDINANCE NO. 9439
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
ACCEPTING THE BID OF SOUTHWEST STAINLESS LP, DBA HUGHES SUPPLY
FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMPOUND WATER METERS AND AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF THIRTY -FIVE THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED FORTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($35,540.00); 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 compound water meters to be received
August 15, 2002; 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., Thursday, August 15,
2002, 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 Southwest
Stainless LP, dba Hughes Supply for the purchase of compound water meters for the sum of THIRTY -FIVE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($35,540.00) 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 26`h day of September, 2002.
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
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• APPA OVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, VJ City Attorney
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