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ORDINANCE NO. 16,948
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK,
ARK., REV. CODE S 2 -242 (1988), TO
INCREASE FROM $5000 TO.$10,000 THE
MINIMUM PURCHASE AMOUNT BY THE CITY
FOR GOODS OR SERVICES BEFORE
COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS REQUIRED;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
Short Title
An Ordinance declaring an emergency
to increase to $10,000 the minimum
purchase that requires competitive
bidding.
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, currently
requires that purchases.over $5000 be subject to competitive
bidding, in Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 2 -241 (1988)( °LRC");
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 14 -47 -138 (Michie
1987) the Board of Directors has the authority to set this
minimum amount, and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly has determined that a minimum
level of $10,000 is appropriate for the State and for cities of
the first class and to this end has adopted Acts 317, 340 and
812 during the 1995 regular session.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. LRC § 2 -242 (a) (1988), is hereby amended
to read as follows:
(a) Where the amount of expenditure for any
purchase or contract authorized in section 2 -241
exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) the
city manager or his authorized representative
shall invite competitive bidding thereon by legal
advertisement published one (1) time in any local
daily newspaper; bids received pursuant to the
advertisement shall be opened not less than seven
(7) days nor more than thirty (30) days following
the date of invitation to bid. In the event the
lowest responsible and responsive bid is more
than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00), the
city manager shall transmit to board of directors
all bids received thereon and the board of
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directors, with the approval of the city manager,
by resolution duly passed, shall authorize the
purchase or contract to the lowest responsible
and responsive bidder, unless the contract is
subject to section 2 -243; provided, however, the
city manager or board of directors may reject any
and all bids.
SECTION 2. LRC § 2 -242 (c) (1988), is hereby amended to
read as follows:
(c) No personal property owned by the city
shall be sold or exchanged without competitive
bidding unless the city manager shall certify in
writing that, in his opinion, the fair market
value of such property is less than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00).
SECTION 3. Severability. In the event any section,
subsection, division, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph,
item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is
declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining
portions of this ordinance which shall remain in full force and
effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional was not originally a part of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, and laws,
or parts of any of the foregoing, that are in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent
of such inconsistency.
Section 5. Emergency. The ability to maintain an efficient
and fair procurement system is essential to the public health,
safety and welfare. To the extent that this system is hampered
by an artificially low requirement for formal advertised
competitive bidding, the system ceases to be efficient or fair.
An emergency is therefore declared to exist and this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its
adoption.
PASSED: August 1, 1995
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