Ordinance No. 14,693ORDINANCE NO. 14,693
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT AND 25;100 DOLLARS ($190,498.25) TO COMPREHENSIVE
COMMUNICATION SERVICES, LLC, FOR THE PURCHASE OF THREE (3) MOBILE VIDEO
TRAILERS, THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES, FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; 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 of three (3) mobile video trailers, through the Texas Department of
Information Resources, for the Police Department; 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
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREAS, 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 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, authorizes payment of the sum of ONE
HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT AND 251100 DOLLARS ($190,498.25) to
Comprehensive Communication Services, LLC, for the purchase of three (3) mobile video trailers, through the Texas
Department of Information Resources, for the Police Department.
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 may not be increased by more than twenty-five percent (251.6) 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 v of the City Council of the
251b day of March, 2021. 1 1
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