15539 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,539
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
4 A CONTRACT WITH U.S. BANK, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
5 SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($700,000.00), TO PROVIDE
6 PREPAID VISA REWARDS CARDS IN VARYING DENOMINATIONS OF
7 FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00) AND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00),
8 FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION INCENTIVES; AND FOR OTHER
9 PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS,Resolution No. 15,518 was passed by the Board of Directors on August 3,2021,to state
12 the primary intended uses of a portion of the first tranche of the City's allotment of Local Fiscal Recovery
13 Funds through the American Rescue Plan Act; and,
14 WHEREAS, Resolution No. 15,518 included an allotment of Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars
15 ($700,000.00) for COVID-19 Mitigation and Prevention, including eligible vaccination incentives and
16 public communications efforts; and,
17 WHEREAS,public health experts continue to advise that the fastest way to overcome the COVID-19
18 Pandemic is through widespread COVID-19 Vaccination;and,
19 WHEREAS, Vaccination Incentive Programs are a permissible expense of Local Fiscal Recovery
20 Funds to respond to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; and,
21 WHEREAS,incentives such as prepaid rewards cards are reasonably expected to increase the number
22 of people who choose to get vaccinated or to motivate people to get vaccinated sooner than they otherwise
23 would have;and,
24 WHEREAS, the City issued Bid No. 1341 on August 13, 2021, and upon the closing of the bid on
25 August 23,2021,U.S. Bank was the lowest responsive bid among three(3)total responses received.
26 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
27 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
28 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contract with U.S. Bank for the purchase of
29 prepaid U.S. Bank Visa Rewards Cards in denominations of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and One Hundred
30 Dollars ($100.00) and in incremental quantities through December 31, 2022, with the possibility of
31 extensions through December 31, 2026. The total cost of the contract is not to exceed Seven Hundred
32 Thousand Dollar($700,000.00),which must include applicable taxes and fees.
33 Section 2. Funding for this purchase is through the City's allotment of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
34 through the American Rescue Plan Act,Activity No. G0101AR12,Accounting Unit 271129.
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1 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
2 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration of
3 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution, 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 resolution.
6 Section 4.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 ADOPT A.: eptember 21,2021
9A dire' ' APPROVED:
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12 usan L•.7 City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., Mor
13 APPRO sii4. Mayor
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