13896 1 RESOLUTION NO. 13,896
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH RED RIVER DODGE CHRYSLER, JEEP
5 LLC, FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOUR (4) COMPRESSED NATURAL
6 GAS (CNG) AND UNLEADED FUELED (BI-FUEL) 3/4-TON TRUCKS AT
7 A PRICE OF THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX
8 DOLLARS ($31,456.00) EACH, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF ONE
9 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-
10 FOUR DOLLARS ($125,824.00), FOR USE OF THE HOUSING AND
11 NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT, UTILIZING THE
12 ARKANSAS STATE PURCHASING CONTRACT; AND FOR OTHER
13 PURPOSES.
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15 WHEREAS, the Public Works Department is in need of four(4) compressed natural gas (CNG) and
16 unleaded fueled (Bi-Fuel) 3/4-ton trucks to replace older units with high maintenance expenses and
17 excessive down time; and,
18 WHEREAS, by utilizing the Arkansas State Purchasing Contract, the City of Little Rock was able to
19 purchase four (4) compressed natural gas (CNG) and unleaded fueled (Bi-Fuel) 3/4-ton trucks, priced at
20 Thirty-One Thousand, Four Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($31,456.00) each, for a total amount of One
21 Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars($125,824.00);
22 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
23 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
24 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with
25 Red River Dodge Chrysler, Jeep, LLC, to purchase four (4) compressed natural gas (CNG) and unleaded
26 fueled(Bi-Fuel)'/4-ton trucks, for the amount of Thirty-One Thousand, Four Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand
27 Dollars ($31,456.00) each, for a total amount of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred
28 Twenty-Four Dollars($125,824.00)for the use of the Housing and Neighborhood Programs Department..
29 Section 2. Funds for this purchase are allocated in the 3/8-cent sales tax account.
30 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
31 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
32 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
33 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
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1 resolution.
2 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
3 with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
4 ADOPTED: June 3,2014
5 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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8 Toya Vinson,Ass4st�nt City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
9 APPR ED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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12 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Atto y
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