Ordinance No. 9,681ORDINANCE NO. 9681
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ONE HUNDRED NINETY -FOUR THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY -NINE AND 84/100 DOLLARS ($194,279.84) TO
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION FOR TWO IBM P -630
SYSTEMS; 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 or
proposals for the purchase of the item; 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
ONE HUNDRED NINETY -FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY -NINE AND 84/100
DOLLARS ($194,279.84) to International Business Machines Corporation for two IBM P -630 Systems.
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.
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 25`h day of November, 2003.
PETE C. ALFARO ayor
ATT T:
G IzY W. SMIT14, City Clerk
APPRO\'E,D AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIR.EZ, SR., C& A torney
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