21691 1 ORDINANCE NO.21,691
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE
4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE A SOLE-
5 SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER TO AXON ENTERPRISE, INC., IN AN
6 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND,
7 THREE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS ($140,313.00), EXCLUDING
8 TAXES; FOR THE PURCHASE OF FORTY (40) LESS-THAN-LETHAL
9 ELECTRONIC CONTROL TASER DEVISES, INCLUDING HOLSTERS,
10 CAMERAS, WARRANTIES AND TASER CARTRIDGES; AND FOR
11 OTHER PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS,the Little Rock Police Department has a need to purchase forty (40) Less-Than-Lethal
14 Electronic Control Taser devises including the Holsters,Cameras,Warranties and Taser Cartridges;and,
15 WHEREAS, Axon Enterprise, Inc., is the sole supplier of the Less-Than-Lethal Electronic Control
16 Taser devices which meet Departmental specifications and has the ability to record actions during the
17 deployment of the devise.
18 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
19 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
20 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with
21 Axon Enterprises,Inc.,to purchase forty(40)Less-Than-Lethal Electronic Control Taser devises to be used
22 by the Little Rock Police Department.
23 Section 2.The cost of this purchase is One Hundred Forty Thousand,Three Hundred Thirteen Dollars
24 ($140,313.00), excluding taxes. Funds for the purchase of the Taser Cartridges are available in the Police
25 Equipment Fund No. S00B312 and the Training Divisional Budget No. 105220-60050; and the funds for
26 the purchase of the Tasers are available for the 2017 and 2018 Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grants.
27 Section 3. Because Axon Enterprises,Inc., is the only authorized distributor of this model in the area,
28 the Board of Directors declare it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this purchase to competitive bids.
29 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
30 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
31 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
32 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
33 ordinance.
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1 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
2 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
3 PASSE)-• February 5,2019
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11 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attorney
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