14612 1 RESOLUTION NO. 14,612
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH OAKLEY FERTILIZER, INC., IN AN
5 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
6 ($300,000.00),FOR THE PURCHASE OF ROCK SALT IN BULK FOR THE
7 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS DIVISION; AND FOR
8 OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHERE AS, the Public Works Department Operations Division utilizes bulk De-Icing Rock Salt
11 during adverse winter weather to remove snow and ice from the roadways; and,
12 WHERE AS,the Public Works Department has obtained a bid quote from Oakley Fertilizer,Inc.,being
13 One Hundred Fifteen Dollars($115.00)per ton for Beet Juice Treated Rock Salt and One Hundred Dollars
14 ($100.00)per ton for Untreated Rock Salt as needed,and has also consulted with the Arkansas Highway&
15 Transportation Department (AHTD Bid Contract No. H-18-201J) with Oakley Fertilizer, Inc., being the
16 lowest responsible bidder meeting specifications; and,
17 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
18 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
19 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with
20 Oakley Fertilizer, Inc., for the purchase of Rock Salt in bulk for the Public Works Department Operations
21 Division at a cost of One Hundred Fifteen Dollars ($115.00)per ton for Beet Juice Treated Rock Salt and
22 One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per ton for Untreated Rock Salt as needed, in an amount not to exceed
23 Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) per year, to be utilized during adverse winter weather to
24 remove snow and ice from the roadways.
25 Section 2. Funds for this purchase are available in the Streets &Drainage Maintenance Account No.
26 204003 -61020.
27 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
28 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
29 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
30 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
31 resolution.
32 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
33 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
34 ADOPTED: August 1,2017
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