Ordinance No. 10,721ORDINANCE NO. 10,721
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 HUFF & MITCHELL, INC.,
FOR THE NORTHEAST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OFF-SITE PHASE
II PROJECT; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF A SUM OF SEVEN HUNDRED
TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($724,645.00); 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 Northeast
Wastewater Treatment Plant Off-Site Phase II Project to be received on September 10, 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 11:00 o'clock a.m., Monday,
September 10, 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 Huff &
Mitchell, Inc., for the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant Off-Site Phase II Project according to the
plans and specifications set forth by the City's Engineer, and authorizes payment of an amount of SEVEN
HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS
(5724,645.00); based upon the unit prices specified in the bid, and the City Manager and the City Clerk of
the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract with Huff & Mitchell, 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 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
(525,000.00) 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 and7afler its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of t/e (\ ty Council of the City of
Baytown this the^-tlay of September, 2007.
ST/EPHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR.lCfty Attorney
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