13835 1 RESOLUTION NO. 13,835
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
4 A ONE (1)-YEAR RENEWAL OF THE MOTOROLA
5 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH
6 MOTOROLA, INC., THROUGH ITS LOCAL DEALER AND
7 SUBCONTRACTOR GRACE COMMUNICATIONS,INC.,IN THE TOTAL
8 AMOUNT OF $464,589.97, INCLUDING TAX; AND FOR OTHER
9 PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, pursuant to Little Rock, Ark. Ord. No. 20,158 (September 15, 2009), the Board of
12 Directors awarded a maintenance agreement for the City's emergency communications system to Motorola,
13 Inc., through its local dealer and subcontractor Grace Communications, Inc., of North Little Rock,
14 Arkansas, in the amount of Six Hundred Forty Thousand, Three Hundred Sixty-Two and 60/100 Dollars
15 ($640,362.60) and authorized three additional annual extensions of the agreement upon annual resolution
16 with the City Manager's recommendation, including a certification by the City Manager that there is no
17 other local provider of such services; and,
18 WHEREAS, the most recent annual maintenance service agreement for the City's Motorola
19 communications system,including maintenance for communications system infrastructure and portable and
20 mobile radios, is expiring; and,
21 WHEREAS, such emergency communications system maintenance services continue to be needed;
22 and,
23 WHEREAS,Motorola has submitted for the City's consideration an annual renewal of the maintenance
24 agreement at a cost of Four Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand, Five Hundred Eighty-Nine and 97/100 Dollars
25 ($464,589.97), including tax, which is less than the 2012-2013 renewal agreement, through Grace
26 Communications, Inc.,the only local service provider authorized by Motorola;
27 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
28 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
29 Section 1.The City Manager,who has certified that Grace Communications,Inc.,of North Little Rock,
30 Arkansas, is the only local provider of Motorola communications system maintenance services authorized
31 by Motorola, is hereby authorized to enter into a one-year renewal with Grace Communications, Inc. for
32 such services in the total contract amount of Four Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand, Five Hundred Eighty-
33 Nine and 97/100 Dollars($464,589.97), including tax.
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1 Section 2. Funding for this contract comes from 9-1-1 fees.
2 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
3 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
4 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
5 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
6 resolution.
7 Section 4. Repealer. All laws,ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
8 the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
9 ADOPTED: February 11,2014
10 ._T: APPROVED:
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13 Su n ey,City Clerk Doris Wright,Vice-Mayor V
14 APP D S TO LEGAL FORM:
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17 Thomas M. Carpenter,City jtorney
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