14734 1 RESOLUTION NO. 14,734
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF
5 ARKANSAS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE
6 THOUSAND DOLLARS ($75,000.00), TO PROVIDE WORK-READINESS
7 TRAINING FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
8 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS,pursuant to the goals of the Youth Master Plan and as part of the continued efforts to fund
11 special programs with Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (PIT) dollars that will benefit youth and
12 young adults within the City, it was concluded that providing Summer Youth Employment Opportunities
13 was an important issue to undertake; and,
14 WHEREAS, Summer Youth Employment Opportunities are part of the annual PIT activities;
15 WHEREAS,after the issuance of a request for qualifications for these services,two(2)applicants bid
16 for the Summer Youth Employment Opportunities in Bid No. 18118 to be conducted by a non-profit
17 organization which may be located anywhere within the City; and,
18 WHEREAS,a Review Committee met to evaluate the qualifications and responses of the various non-
19 profit organizations; and
20 WHEREAS, the Commission on Children, Youth and Families met to review the recommendations
21 and now endorses this recommendation for approval;
22 WHEREAS, upon the adoption of this resolution,a contract will be negotiated with the organization;
23 • NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
24 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
25 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into contractual agreements with Junior
26 Achievement of Arkansas in an amount not to exceed Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), to
27 provide Summer Youth Employment Opportunities for the period of March 1,2018,to December 31,2018.
28 Section 2. Funds for this program are available in the 2018 PIT Budget for the Community Programs
29 Department in Account No. 108159.
30 Section 3. (a)The term for the contract listed in Section 1 of this resolution shall be for a period of ten
months with a start date of March 1,2018,and an understandingthat the Cityratifies,accepts,and will
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32 compensate any work done between March 1,2018, and the effective date of this resolution;
33 (b)The City, in its sole discretion and upon mutual agreement of the parties,may extend a contract for
34 a one(1)-year period to begin January 1, 2019.
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1 Section 4. All payments are conditioned upon entry into contracts for services that are in a form
2 acceptable to the City Attorney;further,nothing in this resolution prevents the City from being able to offer
3 similar services to any vendor during 2018 if, it its sole discretion, it decides to do so.
4 Section 5. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
5 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
6 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this resolution,which shall remain in full force and
7 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
8 resolution.
9 Section 6. Repealer. All laws, ordinances and resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent
10 with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
11 APPROVED: March 6,2018
12 ATTEST: APPROVED: 7
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15 Allison Segars,Dep City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
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19 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attorne
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