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1 ORDINANCE NO. 17,860
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK, REV. CODE §
4 2- 242(a) (1988), TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR
5 GOODS INVOLVING LOW BIDS OF $50,000 OR MORE MUST BE
6 AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TO DECLARE AN
7 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, the City has previously granted authority to the City Manager to approve
10 all contracts under fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), except those for professional services,
11 without having to seek formal approval of the Board of Directors; and
12 WHEREAS, it is necessary to correct Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Code § 2- 242(a) (1988)
13 to reflect the previous action by the Board and to eliminate the conflict existing between that
14 section and § 2- 242(b).
15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
16 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
17 SECTION 1. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 2- 242(a) (1988) is hereby amended to
18 read as follows:
19 (a) Where the amount of expenditure for any purchase or contract authorized
20 in section 2 -241 is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more the city manager or
21 his authorized representative shall invite competitive bidding thereon by legal
22 advertisement published one (1) time in any local daily newspaper; bids
23 received pursuant to the advertisement shall be opened not less than seven (7)
24 days nor more than thirty (30) days following the date of invitation to bid. In
25 the event the lowest responsible and responsive bid is fifty thousand dollars
26 ($50,000) or more, the city manager shall transmit to the board of directors all
27 bids received thereon and the board of directors, with the approval of the city
28 manager, by resolution duly passed, shall authorize the purchase or contract to
29 the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, unless the contract is subject to
30 section 2 -243; provided, however, the city manager or board of directors may
31 reject any and all bids.
32 SECTION 2. SeverabBity. The provisions of this ordinance shall be severable. In the
33 event any part of this ordinance is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
34 unconstitutional, the remaining parts of this ordinance are valid, unless the court finds the
35 valid sections are so essentially and inseparably connected with and so dependent upon the
36 void part that it cannot be presumed that the Board of Directors would have enacted the valid
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standing alone; or unl the court finds that the valid parts, sta ng alone, are incomplete and
are incapable of being executed in accordance with the legislative intent.
SECTION 3. General repeal. All ordinances of the City, or parts thereof, in conflict
with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4. Emergency clause. The Board of Directors hereby finds and declares
that it is essential to the operation of the City to have consistency between provisions of the
City's Code of Ordinances and that passage of this ordinance is necessary for that consistency.
It is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall become effective immediately upon
passage and approval by the Board of Directors.
PASSED: November 2, 1998
ATTEST:
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Robbie Hancock
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter
City Attorney
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Jim" iley
Mayor