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1 ORDINANCE NO. 18,667
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK., REV. CODE § 2 -243 TO
4 IDENTIFY VETERINARIAN SERVICES AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE; AND FOR
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OTHER PURPOSES.
7 WHEREAS, state statute permits the City to select certain services through a
8 competitive process that is not limited to choosing the lowest priced responsible and
9 responsive bid, and
10 WHEREAS, this same statutory scheme - Ark. Code Ann. §§ 19- 11-801 to -806
11 (Michie Repl. 1998) - permits a municipal corporation to define a particular service as a
12 professional service as long as the ordinance which makes this definition is read at two
13 distinct regular meetings of the governing body, and the ordinance is adopted without an
14 emergency clause, and
15 WHEREAS, the Board of Governors of the Little Rock Zoo has determined that it is
16 in the City's best interest to define the exotic veterinarian services needed for the Zoo as a
17 professional service, and
18 WHEREAS, because of proposed modifications to the City s Animal Services
19 Division it may be necessary at some point for the City to hire professional veterinarian
20 services,
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
22 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
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I Section 1. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code § 2 -243 (a) (2) (1988) is hereby amended to
2 add the following to the list of professional services that can be performed on behalf of the
3 city, its boards, commissions, or authorities:
4 Veterinarian services which can include selected on the basis of exotic
5 animal veterinarian services for entities such as the Little Rock Zoo, or
6 on the basis of typical veterinarian services for domesticated animals.
7 Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence,
S clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
9 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions
to of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or
11 adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the ordinance.
12 Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and other matters
13 inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
14 PASSSED: April 16, 2002
15 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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1s Nar�cy Woo , City Clerk Jim Ailey, Mayor
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20 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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23 Thomas M. Carpenter, City ttorney
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