172061 ORDINANCE NO. 17,206
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3 AN ORDINANCE DISPENSING WITH THE
4 REQUIREMENT OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
5 ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH PULASKI
6 COUNTY TO ADMINISTER ALTERNATIVE
7 SCHOOL SERVICES TO LITTLE ROCK
8 YOUTH, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND
9 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
10 WHEREAS, the the Board of Directors may dispense with the
11 requirement of competitive bidding in exceptional situations
12 where such procedure is not feasible; and
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14 WHEREAS, the Board finds that an exceptional situation
exists in the case of the Pulaski County Step One Alternative
15 School to justify dispensing with competitive bidding; and
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17 WHEREAS, the exceptional situation which makes it
18 impractical and unfeasible to use competitive bidding involves
factors such as 1) the Pulaski County Step One Alternative
19 School provides education to children referred by the three
20 school districts or the juvenile court system, 2) in most
21 instances these children have been expelled from school and
22 attendance at the Alternative School.is the only chance they
23 have to maintain their education, and 3) a majority of the
students are economically disadvantaged, show signs of drug
24 usage, and are below grade level; and
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26 WHEREAS, the Board previously appropriated $35,500 of
27 Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment program monies in Little
28 Rock, Ark. Ord. 17,098 (January 16, 1996) for the Step One
Alternative School to accommodate 30 expelled students.
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30 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
31 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
32 SECTION 1. The Board of Directors of the City of Little
33 Rock finds that competitive bidding should be dispensed with for
the purchase of Alternative School Services as an exceptional
34 situation exists and competitive bidding is impractical and
35 infeasible.
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SECTION 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter
into a contract with Pulaski County to provide Alternative
School services for an amount not to exceed $35,500, the amount
authorized in Little Rock, Ark. Ordinance 17,098 (January 16,
1996), to pay for the salary and fringe benefits for one teacher
and various supplies.
SECTION 3. Emergency. It is hereby found and determined
that the services performed by the Pulaski County Alternative
School are essential to the peace, health, and safety of the
youth enrolled in said programs in order to keep them in school
to learn basic skills, to learn how to seek and hold jobs, to
transition back to a traditional school setting, and that there
exists an urgent need for the continuation of said program.
Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this
Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public
peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and approval.
PASSED: June 4, 1996
ATTEST:
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CITY E.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
THOMAS M. CARP
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
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