18452I ORDINANCE NO. 18,452
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUND FOR
4 THE OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE PULASKI COUNTY
5 REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER; TO DECLARE AN
6 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, the various municipalities in Pulaski County have been
9 requested to provide additional funds for the operation of an expanded Pulaski
10 County Regional Detention Center, and
11 WHEREAS, the expansion will include renovation of the Work Release
12 Center and the addition of eighty (80) beds to house additional prisoners, and
13 WHEREAS, the capital costs of such renovation will be paid by Pulaski
14 County, and the completion date will be July 1, 2001, and
15 WHEREAS, a formula for the operational costs of each jurisdiction for this
16 six month period includes $4,417 from the City of Jacksonville, $77,299 from the
17 City of Little Rock, $2,209 from the City of Maumelle, $55,213 from the City of
18 North Little Rock, $72,881 from Pulaski County, and $8,834 from the City of
19 Sherwood, and
20 WHEREAS, the agreement to make this appropriation shall require
21 modification of the existing interlocal agreement between the Central Arkansas
22 governmental entities to note this additional payment, but while that process is in
23 place, the City of Little Rock wishes to demonstrate its support for this effort by
24 making this appropriation,
25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
26 DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
27 Section 1. An appropriation in the amount of seventy seven thousand two
28 hundred and ninety -nine dollars ($77,299.00) to fund operational costs for new
29 operations at an expansion of the Pulaski County Regional Detention Center is
30 hereby authorized.
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1 Section 2. Funds for this appropriation are available from the 1998 Special
2 Projects Account.
3 Section 3. The City states its intent to enter into a new interlocal
4 agreement, or a revised interlocal agreement, with the governments in Central
5 Arkansas in order to participate with this additional funding for the Pulaski County
6 Regional Detention Center.
7 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item,
8 sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be
9 invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the
10 remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if
11 the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a
12 part of the ordinance.
13 Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions, including by not limited
14 to Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 18,409 (December 26, 2000) ("the 2001 Budget
15 ordinance"), is hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
16 Section 6. Emergency. The ability to meet the growing needs and demands
17 of the criminal justice system, and to provide meaningful and effective punishment
18 for violators, including incarceration in appropriate cases, is essential to maintenance
19 of the public health, safety and welfare; an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist
20 and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its
21 passage.
22 PASSED: March 20, 2001
23 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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26 N Woo,4, City Clerk JiMbailey, Mayor
27 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: (((
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30 Thomas M. Carpenter, City ttorney
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