21655 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,655
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE TO
4 BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND THE
5 CONTRACT WITH ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MUNICIPAL
6 VEHICLE PROGRAM, AT A TOTAL COST OF NINE HUNDRED FIFTY
7 THOUSAND DOLLARS ($950,000.00), TO ADMINISTER A SELF-
8 INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK'S MOTOR
9 VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE;AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS,the City of Little Rock is required by Arkansas State Law to totally self-insure,or to have
12 some kind of coverage available for motor vehicle accidents as set forth in Ark. Code Ann. § 21-9-303
13 (West 2008); and,
14 WHEREAS, the City participates in an insurance pool through the Arkansas Municipal League
15 Municipal Vehicle Program to administer a Self-Insurance Program for the City of Little Rock's Motor
16 Vehicle Liability Insurance including comprehensive and collision for current vehicles; and,
17 WHEREAS, the total cost of this purchase is Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($950,000.00);
18 and,
19 WHEREAS,this extended purchase will provide Motor Vehicle Liability and/or Comprehensive and
20 Collision Insurance for the City's motor vehicles from January 1, 2019,to December 31,2019; and,
21 WHEREAS,additional vehicles may be purchase throughout 2019 so staff may come before the Board
22 with an adjustment in cost; and,
23 WHEREAS,the unique nature of this insurance pool makes it impractical and unfeasible for the City
24 to competitively select a similar carrier.
25 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
26 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
27 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to extend the current contract with the Arkansas Municipal
28 League Municipal Vehicle Program to administer a Self-Insurance Program for the City of Little Rock's
29 Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance including comprehensive and collision for current vehicles, for a total
30 cost for this purchase of Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars($950,000.00).
31 Section 2. Because of the unique nature of the Arkansas Municipal League Municipal Vehicle
32 Program and the self-insurance pool, the Board of Directors finds that it is impractical and unfeasible to
33 submit this matter for competitive selection.
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1 Section 3. As additional vehicles may be purchased throughout 2019 a future amendment to this
2 ordinance or to the amount spent for coverage may be required.
3 Section 4. Funds for this purchase are allocated in Fleet Services 2019 Operating Account No.600020-
4 63610.
5 Section 5. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
6 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
7 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
8 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
9 ordinance.
10 Section 6. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
11 the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
12 PASSED: December 3,2018
13 AT _ 4_ APPROVED:
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16 'u : e Vngle t City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
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20 Thomas M. Carpenter, Ci Attor y
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