Ordinance No. 9,555ORDINANCE NO, 9555
40 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF NINE HUNDRED SIXTY -NINE
THOUSAND FIFTY -SEVEN AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($969,057.00) TO
HOUSTON - GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1)
FIRE APPARATUS PUMPER AND ONE (1) FIRE APPARATUS AERIAL
QUINT; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Counci 1 of the City of Baytown has approved an Interlocal Agreement
which authorizes the Houston - Galveston Area Council to take bids for certain items on behalf of the
City of Baytown; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such agreement, the Houston - Galveston Area Council has taken
bids on one (1) fire apparatus pumper and one (1) fire apparatus aerial quint; 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 subject to the
condition precedent specified in Section 2 hereof, the payment of NINE HUNDRED SIXTY -NrNE
THOUSAND FIFTY -SEVEN AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($969,057.00) to the Houston- Galveston
Area Council for the purchase of one (1) fire apparatus pumper and one (1) fire apparatus aerial
quint.
Section 2: That the funds authorized in Section 1 hereof shall not be expended or
otherwise appropriated unless and until the City of Baytown receives a performance bond in the
amount of one hundred percent (100 %) of the purchase price, without any prepayment or other
discount, of one (1) fire apparatus pumper and one (1) fire apparatus aerial quint. Such bond must be
approved by the city attorney and warrant delivery of one (1) fire apparatus pumper and one (1) fire
apparatus aerial quint on or before September 1, 2003.
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 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 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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INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 24th day of April, 2003.
ATTEST:
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GAY W. SPviITH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
efGI�ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., ity Attorney
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
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