Ordinance No. 9,652ORDINANCE NO. 9652
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF TWENTY -NINE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY -NINE AND 23/100 DOLLARS ($29,739.23) TO
CASCO, MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND WILSON FIRE
EQUIPMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF FIRE APPARATUS FOR THE NEW
PUMPER FIRE TRUCK AND THE NEW AERIAL QUINT FIRE TRUCK;
MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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; and
WHEREAS, Casco and Wilson Fire Equipment are members of the Qualified Information
Services Vendor Catalogue Purchasing Program; and
WHEREAS, Municipal Emergency Services is not a member of such program but is the low
bidder on certain remaining items; 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 NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY -NINE AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($9,859.00) to
Casco, FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO 1100 DOLLARS ($5,250.00) to
Municipal Emergency Services, and FOURTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY AND
23/100 DOLLARS ($14,630.23) to Wilson Fire Equipment for the purchase of Fire Apparatus for the
new Pumper Fire Truck and the new Aerial Quint Fire Truck.
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.
0 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 9`h day of October, 2003.
PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
GAY VV. S1\1ITH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR. ity Attorney
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