Ordinance No. 9,797ORDINANCE NO. 9797
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
® TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND
CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH
FROST CONSTRUCTORS, INC., FOR THE EMERGENCY OPERATION
CENTER (EOC) AND POLICE ACADEMY PROJECT; AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY -SIX AND 35/100 DOLLARS
($2,711,266.35); 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 Emergency Operation Center (EOC) and Police Academy Project to be
received on Thursday, April 29, 2004; and
WHEREAS, notice to bidders as to the time and place, when and where the bids would
be publicly opened and read aloud 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.,
Thursday, April 29, 2004, 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
Frost Constructors, Inc., for the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) and Police Academy
Project, according to the plans and specifications set forth by the City's Engineer for the sum of
TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY -SIX
AND 35/100 DOLLARS ($2,711,266.35) and authorizes payment thereof. The City Manager
and the City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to a
contract with Frost Constructors, Inc., for the above - described work, said contract containing the
plans, specifications, and requirements of the City's Engineer and appropriate bond requirements
in accordance with the provisions of Texas Government Code, Chapter 2253.
Section 2: That pursuant to the provisions of Texas Local Government Code
Annotated § 251048, 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 3: 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 13`h day of May, 2004.
ATTEST:
JawlL"'
GA&Y W. INCA , City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
4A-k CTO RAMIREZ, SR., ty Attorney
/�. C.
PETE C. ALFARO, Ma or
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