Ordinance No. 11,795ORDINANCE NO. 1 1,795
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
RENEWING THE CONTRACT OF BASF CORPORATION FOR THE ANNUAL
CATIONIC POLYMER SUPPLY CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, THE SUM OF SIXTY -FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
NINETY -NINE AND 96/100 DOLLARS ($65,299.96); AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, CIBA Specialty Chemicals Corporation was awarded the Annual Cationic Polymer
Supply Contract on November 25, 2008, pursuant to competitive bidding procedures, which contract included
an option by the parties to renew for additional one -year periods; and
WHEREAS, such contract was renewed on November 12, 2009 and October 25, 2010, and can be
renewed again for an additional one -year term; and
WHEREAS, BASF Corporation, successor in interest to Cl BA Specialty Chemicals Corporation, has
indicated its willingness to renew die contract for an additional year under the same terms and conditions with
a 10% increase based upon cost of raw materials and freight; and
WHEREAS, the 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 Annual Cationic
Polymer Supply Contract with BASF Corporation for the sum of SIXTY -FIVE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED NINETY -NINE AND 96/100 DOLLARS ($65,299.96) 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 FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO /I00 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) 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.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote he City Council of the City of
Baytown this the I & day of November, 2011.
ACIO RAMIRE7, SR., City mey
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