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1 RESOLUTION NO. 11,497
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO
4 ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT
5 OF ARKANSAS TO PROVIDE FOR CURBSIDE RECYCLING
6 FOR SOLID WASTE CUSTOMERS UNDER AN AGREEMENT
7 WITH PULASKI COUNTY REGIONAL SOLID WASTE
8 MANAGEMENT DISTRICT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock entered into an agreement with the Pulaski
11 County Regional Solid Waste Management District (PSRWMD) beginning on May 6,
12 1995, for a period of seven (7) years, to contract with Waste Management of Arkansas to
13 provide curbside recycling for all solid waste customers, and
14 WHEREAS, only two bids were received in response to a request for proposal
15 (RFP) issued by the PCRSWMD on October 21, 2002, and the PCRSWMD has
16 recommended issuing the contract to Waste Management of Arkansas, the low bidder.
17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
18 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
19 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter
20 into a seven (7) year contract, beginning May 6, 2003, with Waste Management of
21 Arkansas to provide curbside recycling for approximately 55,000 solid waste customers,
22 at a cost of $1.80 per month per residential customer for the first twelve months of the
23 contract.
24 Section 2. Funds for this purchase are allocated in the Solid Waste Collections
25 Account #603 - 220 - 2110 -6081.
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Resolution
Authorize Co oran with Waste
Management of Arkansas
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1 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence,
2 clause, phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
3 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining
4 portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so
5 declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
6 resolution.
7 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that
8 are inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent
9 of such inconsistency.
10 Section 5. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its
11 adoption.
12 ADOPTED: April 15, 2003
13 ATTEST:
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16 N icy Wo Ci
Assistant City Clerk
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18 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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21 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Xttorney
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APPROVED:
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Jim ailey, Mayor
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AuNarize Cantran with Waste
Management of Arkansas