Ordinance No. 12,315ORDINANCE NO. 12,315
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 TRAF -TEX., INC., FOR THE STATE
HIGHWAY 99 AND TRI CITY BEACH ROAD SIGNALIZATION PROJECT; AUTHORIZING
PAYMENT OF A SUM OF ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
FIFTY -NINE AND 50 /100 DOLLARS ($111,359.50); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown did advertise for bids for the State Highway 99 and
Tri City Beach Road Signalization Project to be received on August 13, 2013; 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, August 13,
2013, 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 Traf -Tex, Inc., for
the State Highway 99 and Tri City Beach Road Signalization Project according to the plans and specifications set
forth by the City's consultant, and authorizes payment of an amount of ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND
THREE HUNDRED FIFTY -NINE AND 50 1100 DOLLARS ($111,359.50); based upon the lump sum and 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 Traf -Tex, 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 FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less, subject to the provision
that the original contract price specified in Section 1 hereof may not be increased by more than twenty-five percent
(25 %) including the contingency increase authorized in Section 2 hereof 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 p age by the City Council
of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City o ciI of the City of Baytown
this the 22 "d day of August, 2013.
ATTyr� T:
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APPROVED AS T 134�
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., CiqLAktorney
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