Ordinance No. 9,961ORDINANCE NO. 9961
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF THIRTY -EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
SEVENTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($38,870.00) TO PORTABLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS,
INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF TEN (10) PANASONIC CF29 LAPTOPS FOR THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN'S EMS DEPARTMENT; 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 a 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;
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 THIRTY -
EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($38,870.00) to Portable Computer
Systems, Inc., for the purchase of ten (10) Panasonic CF29 laptops for the City of Baytown's EMS Department.
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 23`� day of November, 2004.
CALVIN MUNDINGER, Mayor
ATTEST:
C-ARI W. SMITH, .Ci ,-y Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
enOACIO RA.MIREZ, SR. ty Attorney
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