Ordinance No. 9,590ORDINANCE NO. 9590
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 HUFF &
MITCHELL, INC., FOR THE PINEHURST SANITARY SEWER PROJECT;
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY -ONE
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY -TWO AND NO /100 DOLLARS
($351,642.00); 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 Pinehurst Sanitary Sewer Project to be received June 13, 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 2:00 o'clock p.m., Friday,
June 13, 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 Huff&
Mitchell, Inc., for the Pinehurst Sanitary Sewer Project according to the plans and specifications set
forth by the City Engineer for the sum of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY -ONE THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED FORTY -TWO AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($351,642.00) 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 Huff & Mitchell, Inc., 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 /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 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 10th day of July, 2003.
ATTEST:
G Y SMITH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Oy Attorney
PETE C. ALFARO, Ma or
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