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RESOLUTION NO. 13,445
3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A VOLUME DISCOUNT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF
5 NORTH LITTLE ROCK FOR DISPOSAL OF CLASS I AND CLASS IV
6 SOLID WASTE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, on September 22, 2011, the Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management
9 District ( "District ") issued a request for proposals for landfill services to be provided for household
10 garbage collected from the City of North Little Rock and certain other cities within the District, and
11 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock ( "City "), which owns Class I and Class IV landfills,
12 responded with a bid to the request for proposals, and
13 WHEREAS, on January 9, 2012, the City was notified that the bid for the disposal of solid waste
14 from the City of North Little Rock and the City of Maumelle would be awarded to the City, and
15 WHEREAS, Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Code § 28 -25(b) requires all volume discount agreements to
16 be approved in advance by the City's Board of Directors, and
17 WHEREAS, the District request for proposals requires a contract between the landfill owner and
18 the each of the cities that will provide solid wastes for disposal to the landfill as a result of the request for
19 proposals process.
20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
21 CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
22 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a volume
23 discount agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, with the City of North Little Rock for the
24 disposal in the City's landfill of North Little Rock's Class I and Class IV solid waste, with anticipated
25 tonnage to be 16,299 a year, for the amount of $10.20 per ton, plus state and district fees, which are
26 currently $2.80 per ton. The contract shall be for a period of five (5) years, with annual rate increases tied
27 to the Consumer Price Index (CPI -U), with the option to renew the initial contract for two (2) successive
28 periods of five (5) years each, upon agreement by both parties.
29 Section 2. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase,
30 or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
31 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
32 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
33 resolution.
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Section 3. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
ADOPTED: February 21, 2012
ATZEST: — APPROVED
, City Clerk
LS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, CityAtiorney
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Mart Stodola, Mayor