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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE A NEW CONTRACT
4 FOR THE SUPPLY OF POLICE UNIFORMS; TO
5 DISPENSE WITH COMPETITIVE BIDDING; TO
6 DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER
7 PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, the City previously issued bids for clothing and equipment for the police
10 department, and the successful bidder was Skaggs Public Safety, and
11 WHEREAS, since June, 1999, the City has experienced difficulties with the main
12 vendor actually delivering equipment and clothing as needed, and
13 WHEREAS, in February, 2000, the police department was informed that it would be
14 difficult for Skaggs Public Safety to get new products and that any purchases would have to be
15 filled from existing inventory, and that after receiving this information it was learned that
16 various suppliers had placed Skaggs Public Safety on a credit hold status, and
17 WHEREAS, other law enforcement departments in the area have canceled their
18 contracts with Skaggs Public Safety, and
19 WHEREAS, there is insufficient time to prepare, advertise, and receive proposals on a
20 uniform and equipment bid before the new recruit class starts, and it is necessary to obtain
21 several thousands of dollars of items currently on back order, and
22 WHEREAS, the department has learned that Cruse Uniforms and Equipment is
23 available to provide immediate service to the department, and is willing to do so until the City
24 can prepare an appropriate bid procedure,
25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
26 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
27 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to formally terminate the agreement
28 between the City and Skaggs Public Safety to provide uniforms and equipment to the police
29 department, and is authorized to enter, on an emergency basis, a contract with Cruse Uniforms
30 and Supply to provide such equipment.
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1 Section 2. This contract with Cruse Uniforms and Equipment can be used to provide
2 equipment for the scheduled recruit class, to provide any items to the police department that are
3 currently on back order with Skaggs Public Safety, and to provide any additional equipment
4 properly ordered, between the date of this ordinance and the date that a new vendor can be
5 selected after an appropriate competitive bidding process.
6 Section 3. Because of the great need for items currently on back order, equipment
7 for a scheduled recruit class, and a supplier of police uniforms and equipment until another
8 supplier can be selected, and because there is insufficient time to prepare bids and select a new
9 supplier bidder for these services and still meet these needs, the Board of Directors finds that
10 it is impractical and unfeasible to bid and, therefore, dispenses with the requirement of
11 competitive bidding for purposes of this ordinance.
12 Section 4. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, subdivision,
13 paragraph, subparagraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared
14 or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect
15 the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the
16 portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
17 ordinance.
18 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that
19 are inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such
20 inconsistency.
21 Section 6. Emergency Clause. The need to have a properly uniformed and equipped
22 police department is essential to the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of the
23 citizens of the City, but this need is not currently being met and will not be met unless this
24 ordinance is passed; an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in
25 full force and effect from and after the date of its passage.
26 PASSED: May 9, 2000
27 ATTEST: APPROVED:,
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, CU Attorney
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