14960 1 RESOLUTION NO. 14,960
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH ZMD LAWN SERVICES, LLC, AND JEWEL
5 OF A LAWN, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY-ONE
6 THOUSAND DOLLARS ($71,000.00), FOR MOWING SERVICES AT
7 RIVERFRONT PARK AND AREAS AROUND INTERSTATE 30; AND
8 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS,the Parks and Recreation Department has a need for annual mowing services of various
11 park land including Riverfront Park,La Harpe Boulevard and areas around Interstate 30; and,
12 WHEREAS,the City held a Public Bid No. 322 to obtain competitive bids from qualified lawn care
13 providers for mowing services in and around Riverfront Park, La Harpe Boulevard and Interstate 30 that
14 comprise over twenty-one(21)acres; and,
15 WHEREAS,after a competitive bidding process with seven(7) bids received, five(5) of which were
16 responsible, it was determined that ZMD Lawn Service, LLC, was the lowest bidder for Riverfront Park
17 and La Harpe Boulevard in an amount of Fifty-Seven Thousand Dollars($57,000.00)for an annual contract
18 and Jewel of a Lawn was the lowest bidder for areas around Interstate 30 for an annual contract in the
19 amount of Fourteen Thousand Dollars($14,000.00); and,
20 WHEREAS,both vendors are minority owned.
21 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
22 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
23 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into an agreement with ZMD Lawn Service,LLC,
24 for mowing services at Riverfront Park and La Harpe Boulevard for an annual contract amount not to exceed
25 Fifty-Seven Thousand Dollars($57,000.00)and with Jewel of a Lawn to provide mowing services around
26 Interstate 30 for an annual contract amount not to exceed Fourteen Thousand Dollars($14,000.00).
27 Section 2. The annual combined mowing services of Seventy-One Thousand Dollars ($71,000.00)
28 will be funded from the Parks Maintenance Budget,Account No. 104523-63211.
29 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
30 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adju-
31 dication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and effect
32 as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the reso-
33 lution.
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1 Section 4. 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 ADOPTED: March 19,2019
4 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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7 Allison Segars,Depu Clerk rank Scott, r., yor
8 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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11 Thomas M. Carpenter,City At orney
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