HomeMy WebLinkAbout20917 1 ORDINANCE NO. 20,917
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DISPENSE WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF
4 COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER
5 TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH VERSALIFT SOUTHWEST, IN
6 THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND, NINE
7 HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO DOLLARS ($122,982.00), AS A SOLE-
8 SOURCE VENDOR FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) SERVICE
9 TRUCK WITH A TELESCOPIC AERIAL PLATFORM LIFT DEVICE
10 FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT; AND FOR OTHER
11 PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, the Public Works Department is in need of a Service Truck with a Telescopic Aerial
14 Platform Lift device with a fifty-two (52) feet working height mounted on a smaller chassis, which is
15 necessary to provide safe operation of the unit in size-restricted and high-traffic areas; and,
16 WHEREAS, Versalift Southwest is the only vendor with the technology to incorporate an aerial lift
17 with a fifty-two (52)feet working height that is mounted on a smaller chassis; and,
18 WHEREAS, this unit will replace aging equipment with excessive downtime and high maintenance
19 expenses.
20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
21 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
22 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to dispense with competitive
23 bidding and enter into a contract with Versalift Southwest, as a sole-source vendor, to purchase one (1)
24 Service Truck with a Telescopic Aerial Platform Lift Device, mounted on a 19,500 pound chassis for the
25 Public Works Department, in the amount of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand, Nine Hundred Eighty-
26 Two Dollars($172,982.00).
27 Section 2. Funds for this purchase are allocated in the 3/8-Cent Sales Tax Account.
28 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
29 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
30 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
31 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
32 ordinance.
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1 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions, and parts thereof, which are in conflict with
2 any provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
3 PASSED: August 5,2014
4 ATTES • APPROVED:
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Susan a gl City Clerk Mark-Stodola,Mayor
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11 Thomas M. Carpenter,'City At/i rney
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