Ordinance No. 10,662ORDINANCE NO. 10,662
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT WITH JIMERSON
UNDERGROUND, INC., FOR THE BOWIE STREET DRAINAGE PROJECT;
AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF A SUM OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN AND 50/100 DOLLARS
($117,427.50); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did advertise for bids for the Bowie Street
Drainage Project to be received on June 26, 2007; 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., Tuesday,
June 26, 2007, 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 Jimerson
Underground, Inc., for the Bowie Street Drainage Project according to the plans and specifications set
forth by the City's Engineer, and authorizes payment of an amount of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN AND 50/100 DOLLARS ($117,427.50); based
upon the unit prices specified in the bid, and the Interim City Manager and the City Clerk of the City are
hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract with Jimerson Underground, Inc., for
the above-described project, 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
§ 252.048, the Interim 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 d-soreuse.
Section 3: /' T.fiis ordinance shall take effect immediately from and/^er its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the^ity Council of the City of
Baytown this the^day of July, 200 7.
STEPHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor /
LOkR+eeODY, Cky Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
<JACIO RAMIREZ, SR., City attorney