20902 1 ORDINANCE NO. 20,902
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK,ARK., REV. CODE §2-242
4 (a) (1988); TO CLARIFY THAT THE BOARD SHALL TAKE ALL
5 FORMAL ACTION TO APPROVE ALL CONTRACTS IN EXCESS OF
6 FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000); TO DECLARE AN
7 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, State Statute permits the Board of Directors to set the authority of the City Manager to
10 approve contracts with the City without the requirement of formal approval by the Board of Directors;and,
11 WHEREAS, it has been the intent for some period of time that this amount be, and is, Fifty Thousand
12 Dollars($50,000.00),with the exception of Lobbying Professional Services Contracts which must all come
13 to the Board of Directors for approval, even for contracts entered into after formal competitive bids; and,
14 WHEREAS, a review Code of Ordinances suggests an ambiguity on this point for contracts that have
15 been submitted to formal competitive bids;
16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
17 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
18 Section 1. Little Rock,Ark., Rev. Code(1988, is hereby amended to read as follows in Section 2-242
19 (a):
20 Where the amount of expenditure for any purchase or contract authorized in Section 2-241
21 exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or more, the City Manager, or his
22 authorized agent, shall invite competitive bidding thereon by legal advertisement published
23 one (1) time in any local daily newspaper; bids received pursuant to the advertisement shall
24 be opened not less than seven (7) days nor more than thirty (30) days following the date of
25 invitation to bid. In the event the lowest responsible and responsive bid is Fifty Thousand
26 Dollars ($50,000.00) or more, the City Manager shall transmit to the Board of Directors all
27 bids received thereon and the Board of Directors, with the approval of the City Manager, by
28 resolution duly passed, shall authorize the purchase or contract to the lowest responsible and
29 responsive bidder, unless the contract is subject to Section 2-243;provided; however,the City
30 Manager or Board of Directors may reject any and all bids.
31 Section 2. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph,
32 item, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
33 unconstitutional,such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining provisions of this ordinance
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1 which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or
2 unconstitutional was not originally a part of this ordinance.
3 Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby
4 repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
5 Section 4.Emergency Clause. The ability to assure that the practice of the City, and the intention of
6 the Board of Directors, on the authorization of the City Manager to approve purchases is consistent
7 throughout the Code of Ordinances, is essential to the public health, safety and welfare; an emergency is
8 declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.
9 PASSED: July 1,2014
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• APPROVED:
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13 us. gl City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
14 APP 1,I ED S TO LEGAL FORM:
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17 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attney
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