Ordinance No. 14,665ORDINANCE NO. 14,665
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR AND 501 100 DOLLARS ($121,454.50) TO GT DISTRIBUTORS INC.,
FOR THE PURCHASE OF NINE (9) EOTECH NIGHT VISION GOGGLES WITH MOUNTS
AND FOURTEEN (14) SUREFIRE INFRARED FLASHLIGHTS, THROUGH THE TEXAS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE'S BUY BOARD PROGRAM;
MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City of Baytown is a member of the cooperative purchasing program established under
Sections 271.082 and 271.083 of the Texas Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative's Buy Board Program is such a program,
allowing municipalities to purchase products and or services in an efficient, cost effective, and competitive
procurement method; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown, in making a purchase under a state contract through such cooperative
purchasing program, satisfies state law requiring municipalities to seek competitive bids for the purchase of the item;
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 authorizes the payment of ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR AND 50:100 DOLLARS
($121,454.50) to GT Distributors Inc., for the purchase of nine (9) EOTECH Night Vision Goggles with mounts and
fourteen (14) Surefire Infrared Flashlights, through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (Buy
Board).
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'100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less,
provided that the original contract price may not be increased by more than twenty-five percent (250.o) or decreased by
more than twenty-five percent (2500) 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 affirmativ City Council of the City of Baytown this
the 11 th day of February, 2021.
DO APET LO, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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KA L-.TiORNER, City Attorney
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