Ordinance No. 11,821ORDINANCE NO.11,821
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS.
AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN
EMERGENCY CONTRACT FOR THE RACCOON ROAD SANITARY SEWER FORCE MAIN
EMERGENCY REPAIR PROJECT UNDER TERMS AND CONDITIONS ACCEPTABLE TO
THE ACTING CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY;AUTHORIZING PAYMENT
THEREFOR IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION AND NO/I00 DOLLARS
(51,000.000.00);MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO;AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS,Section 252.022 of theTexasLocalGovernmentCode exempts from competitive bidding
requirements procurements necessarytopreserveorprotectthepublichealthorsafety of the City's residents;and
WHEREAS,theCityhas experienced aleakinitsRaccoonRoadsanitarysewerforcemain,whichrequires
immediaterepairsin order topreserveorprotectthepublichealthorsafety of the City's residents;NOW
THEREFORE
BEIT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:ThattheCityCouncil of theCity of Baytown,Texas,hereby declares thatthe condition of
thesanitarysewerforcemainonRaccoonRoadisinimmediateneed of repairsandsuchrepairsarenecessaryto
preserve or protect the public health or safety of the City's residents.
Section2:ThattheCityCouncil of theCity of Baytown.Texas,hereby authorizestheActingCity
ManagertonegotiateandenterintoanemergencycontractfortheRaccoonRoad Sanitary SewerForceMain
Emergency RepairProject,undertermsandconditionsacceptabletotheActingCityManagerandtheCity Attorney.
Section3:ThattheCityCouncil oftheCity of Baytown,Texas,authorizespaymentinanamountnotto
exceed ONE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($1.000.000.00),pursuant tothe contract identified in Section 2
hereof.
Section4:Thatpursuanttotheprovisions of TexasLocal Government CodeAnnotated§252.048,the
City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve any change order involving a decrease oran increase in
costs of FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00)orless,subject tothe provision thatthe
original contract price may notbe increased by more than twenty-five percent (25%)or decreased by more than
twenty-fivepercent(25%)withouttheconsent of thecontractortosuchdecrease.
Section 5:
the City of Baytown.
Thisordinanceshalltakeeffect immediately from andafteritspassagebytheCityCouncil of
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote ofthe/City Council ofthe City of Baytown this
the 16"'dayof December,2011.
STEPHEN II.DONCARLOS,Mayor
^TGNACIO RAMIREZ,SR.,City Attorney
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