Ordinance No. 9,589ORDINANCE NO. 9589
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH
STATEWIDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CO., FOR THE GARTH ROAD TRAFFIC
SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECT; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF
THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
SIXTY -FIVE AND 40/100 DOLLARS ($350,365.40); 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 Engineer to
advertise for bids for the Garth Road Traffic Signal Synchronization Project to be received July
1, 2003; 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 10:00 o'clock a.m.,
Tuesday, July 1, 2003, 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
Statewide Traffic Signal Co., for the Garth Road Traffic Signal Synchronization Project
according to the plans and specifications set forth by the City Engineer for the sum of THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY -FIVE AND 40/100 DOLLARS
($350,365.40) 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 Statewide Traffic
Signal Co., for the above - described work, said contract containing the plans, specifications, and
requirements of the City 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 NO 1100 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.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 10th day of July, 2003.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
G .Y SIYFITH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., it Attorney
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