21450 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,450
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO DISPENSE
4 WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF COMPETITIVE BIDS AND ENTER
5 INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, IN AN
6 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX
7 THOUSAND,SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR AND 20/100 DOLLARS
8 ($936,724.20), FOR A MACH ALERT FIRE STATION ALERTING
9 SYSTEM FOR THE LITTLE ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT; AND FOR
10 OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS,the Little Rock Fire Department currently has an Alerting System that must be replaced
13 and upgraded to a more technologically advanced system; and,
14 WHEREAS, emergency communications for the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, which involve radio
15 transmissions are with Motorola Solutions, which makes it impractical and unfeasible to bid for another
16 provider; and,
17 WHEREAS,the City has provided for funding for this upgrade with the short-term financing revenues
18 as set forth in Little Rock,Ark., Ordinance No. 21,428 (June 20,2017);
19 NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
20 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
21 Section 1. Because of the existing relationship with Motorola Solutions for all emergency
22 communications radio traffic of which this system purchase will become a part,the Board of Directors finds
. 23 that it is impractical and unfeasible to have separate competitive bidding for this agreement.
24 Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to enter into an agreement with Motorola Solutions, in an
25 amount not to exceed Nine Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty-Two and 20/100 Dollars
26 ($936,752.20), to purchase the MACH Alert Fire Station Alerting System as replacement for the current
27 alerting system.
28 Section 3. Funds for this purchase shall come from the proceeds of the short-term financing approved
29 in Little Rock,Ark.,Ordinance No. 21,428.
30 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
31 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
32 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
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1 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
2 ordinance.
3 Section 5. Repealer. All resolutions, bylaws, and other matters inconsistent with this ordinance are
4 hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
5 PASSED: August 1,2017
6 A 4 " APPROVED:
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9 '� i14 ,City Clerk Mark Stodola, ayor
10 RO i,AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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13 Thomas M. Carpenter,City At,7 ney
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