Ordinance No. 14,465ORDINANCE NO. 14,465
AN ORDINANCE OF TI IE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ONE HUNDRED SIX
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE AND 37/100 DOLLARS
($106,183.37) TO DATAVOX INC., FOR THE PURCHASE AND
INSTALLATION OF AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT AT THE FIRE
TRAINING FACILITY THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
INFORMATION RESOURCES; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City of Baytown has entered into an interlocal cooperative contract with
the Texas Department of Information Resources ("DIR") for the purchase and installation of
audio. visual equipment at the Fire Training Facility; and
WHEREAS, the DIR's purchasing process includes posting the request on the Electronic
State Business Daily (ESBD), gathering and reviewing the vendors' responses to the posting,
negotiating with selected vendors, and managing vendor contracts; and
WI IEREAS, such process, in combination with the interlocal cooperative contract, allows
the City to purchase automated information systems products and/or services in an efficient, cost-
effective, and competitive procurement method; and
W1IEREAS, the City of Baytown, in making a purchase under a DIR contract through its
interlocal cooperation contract, satisfies state law requiring municipalities to seek competitive bids
for the purchase of the item; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY TI IE CITY COUNCIL OF TIIE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby authorizes the payment
of ONE HUNDRED SIX THOUSAND ONE 11UNDRED EIGIITY-THREE AND 37/100
DOLLARS ($106,183.37) to DataVox Inc., for the purchase and installation of audio/visual
equipment at the Fire Training Facility through the Texas Department of Information Resources.
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 FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO.1100
DOLLARS ($50,000.00) 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 13`h day of August, 2020.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KAREN L. HORNER, Interim City Attorney
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