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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
4 ENGINEERS & SUPPLIERS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE; TO
5 AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK., REV. CODE § 2 -243 (a) (2) (1988)
6 TO INCLUDE THIS DEFINITION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, the City Manager has directed that a review be
9 made of the City's energy costs and, to determine if there is a
10 methodology that can be used to decrease these costs, and
11 WHEREAS, after initial reviews of the City's needs and uses,
12 it has been determined that the City could best be served by the
13 employment of an environmental consultant, and
14 WHEREAS, the aspect of such work that qualifies as
15 engineering services is already a professional service that can be
16 selected upon the basis of the entity that is most qualified to perform
17 the work, but the aspect of the work that also permits the City to
18 purchase from this consultant that actual materials and equipment
19 needed to implement a particular environmental program is not
20 included within such a definition, and
21 WHEREAS, after review with various companies, the City has
22 learned that the best cost savings can be gained with a competitive
23 selection process to choose the environmental consultant and, at the
24 same time, to permit the City to purchase the materials from the
25 consultant needed to implement the system designed by the
26 environmental engineer, and
27 WHEREAS, the basis for the selection of the environmental
28 consultant who designs this program is the most qualified, and a part
29 of the qualifications determination is the quality of the materials the
30 consultant recommends to meet the overall needs of the City,
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I NOSY, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD
2 OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
3 Section 1. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 2 -243 (a) (2) (1988),
4 is hereby amended to add "Environmental Systems Engineers &
5 Suppliers," as a professional service.
6 Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section,
7 paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance
8 is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
9 declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of
10 the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the
11 portion so declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional was
12 not originally a part of the ordinance.
13 Section 3. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the
14 same that are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are
15 hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
16 PASSED: March 20, 2001
17 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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20 Nan y Wo ,City Clerk Ji ailey, Mayor
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24 Thomas M. Carpenter, tity Attorney
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