Ordinance No. 12,369ORDINANCE NO.12,369
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF SIXTY -TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY -
SEVEN AND 85/100 DOLLARS ($62,687.00) TO LONE STAR RECREATION, INC.,
REPRESENTING LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES, INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR 2014 PARK PROJECTS THROUGH THE TEXAS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE (BUY BOARD); MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECT VE 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 SIXTY -TWO
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY -SEVEN AND 85/100 DOLLARS ($62,687.00) to Lone Star Recreation,
Inc., representing Landscape Structures, Inc., for the purchase of playground equipment for 2014 park projects
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 (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 on October 1, 2013, aft er it sage by the City Council of
the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the q1y Council of the City of Baytown this
the 266i day of September, 2013.
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., City mey
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