Ordinance No. 9,903ORDINANCE NO. 9903
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
RENEWING THE CONTRACT OF RUSTIN TRANSPORTATION FOR THE ANNUAL
SLUDGE DISPOSAL CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND FIFTY -ONE AND
36/100 DOLLARS ($180,051.36); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, Rustin Transportation was awarded the Annual Sludge Disposal Contract on October 14,
2002, pursuant to competitive bidding procedures, which contract included an option by the parties to renew
for three additional one -year periods; and
WHEREAS, the City Council renewed the Annual Sludge Disposal Contract with Rustin
Transportation on September 25, 2003, for its first one -year renewal term; and
WHEREAS, Rustin Transportation has indicated its willingness to renew the contract for an
additional year under the same terms and conditions; and
WHEREAS, Administration has reviewed the market conditions and recommends renewal as being in
the best interest of the City; 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 renews the contract of Rustin
Transportation for the Annual Sludge Disposal Contract for the sum of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
THOUSAND FIFTY -ONE AND 36/100 DOLLARS ($180,051.36), and authorizes payment thereof.
Section 2: 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/] 00 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 23rd day of September, 2004.
CALVIN MUNDINGER, Mayor
ATTEST:
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G I'1 . SMITH, City Clerk
• APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Ci ttorney
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