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3 TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE TO BID; TO
4 RATIFY THE ISSUANCE OF AN EMERGENCY SOLE-SOURCE
5 PURCHASE ORDER, TO SUNBELT FIRE, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT
6 TO EXCEED EIGHTY-ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN AND
7 25/100 DOLLARS($81,507.25),TO REPAIR ENGINE 15(13D138)FOR USE
8 BY THE LITTLE ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT; TO DECLARE AN
9 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS,there is a need to repair one(1)Frontline 2013-E-ONE Cyclone Pump Truck used by the
12 Little Rock Fire Department(LRFD), Station 15;this unit is the busiest engine in the LRFD fleet; and,
13 WHEREAS, the unit was recently wrecked and needs major repairs to the specialty Original
14 Equipment Manufacturer(OEM)Systems that were damaged.The repair process will need to be performed
15 by an authorized E-ONE Dealer to restore the apparatus to OEM manufacturer's specifications. Sunbelt
16 Fire,Inc., in Fairhope,Alabama, is the nearest authorized dealer to perform these repairs; and,
17 WHEREAS,while Station 15 has two (2) units on reserve, one unit is down for repairs and the other
18 one is currently being utilized elsewhere and is aged and should not be the sole apparatus for this busy
19 station; and,
20 WHEREAS,an adjuster with the Arkansas Municipal League worked with Sunbelt Fire,Inc.,to obtain
21 a quote.The quote for the repairs totals at Eighty-One Thousand, Five Hundred Seven and 25/100 Dollars
22 ($81,507.25)(parts and labor); however,a supplemental estimate may be submitted for unforeseen repairs;
23 and,
24 WHEREAS, the insurance company paid Eighty Thousand, Thirty and 81/100 Dollars ($80,030.81)
25 (minus One Thousand Dollars($1,000.00))toward the claim.
26 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINCED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
27 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
28 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby ratifies the issuance of a purchase order to Sunbelt Fire,Inc.,
29 to repair Engine 15 (13D138), Vehicle Identification No. 4ENLAAA87D1008102.
30 Section 2. Funds for this purchase are available through the insurance claim, less the deductible to be
31 paid by Fleet Wreck Damage Account No. 600031-61250.
32 Section 3. Because Sunbelt Fire,Inc., is the closest authorized dealer to complete the repair in the area,
33 the Board of Directors declares it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this purchase to competitive bids.
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1 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
2 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
3 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
4 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
5 ordinance.
6 Section 5. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
7 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
8 Section 6. Emergency Clause. The ability to have an adequate Frontline Cyclone Pump Fire Engine
9 from the Little Rock Fire Department properly equipped and in working order is essential to the public
10 health, safety and welfare; an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full
11 force and effect from and after the date of its passage.
12 PASSED: January 30,2018
13 A T" APPROVED:
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16 ' •Igle City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
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20 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Atto ey
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