HomeMy WebLinkAbout21294 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,294
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DISPENSE WITH COMPETITIVE BIDS; TO
4 AWARD A DARK FIBER CONNECTION AGREEMENT TO
5 WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR
6 HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($420,000.00); AND FOR
7 OTHER PURPOSES
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9 WHEREAS, the City, pursuant to a franchise agreement with Windstream Communications, has
10 available dark fiber which can provide the necessary ring for telecommunications, services, and
11 information, to the Northwest Patrol Division and the Special Investigation Division of the Little Rock
12 Police Department and the State Data Center West; and,
13 WHEREAS, only Windstream Communication is authorized to install the lateral connection to
14 Windstream's Core Fiber Network required to access this dark fiber, and this makes it impractical and
15 unfeasible to submit this agreement to formal competitive bids;
16 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
17 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
18 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a Fiber
19 Connectivity Agreement with Windstream Communications, in a form approved by the City Attorney, in
20 the amount of Four Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($420,00.00) to connect a fiber-based
21 telecommunications facility for the Northwest Patrol Division and the Special Investigations Division of
22 the Little Rock Police Department and the State Data Center West, pursuant to the City's franchise
23 agreement with Windstream Communication.
24 Section 2. Because Windstream Communication is the only telecommunications company with a
25 Little Rock Franchise Agreement that provides for dark fiber that the City can use to create the ring in the
26 required locations, and because only Windstream Communications is authorized to install a connection to
27 its fiber network, the Board declares that it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this matter to the
28 competitive bid process and, therefore, waives competitive bidding.
29 Section 3. Funds for this purchase are available from the following:
30 (a) Short Term Financing $360,000.00 325309-F446005
31 (b) 3/8-Cent Sales Tax Funds 60,000.00 326309-TS30A04
32 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, subtitle, section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
33 subparagraph, item, sentence,clause,phrase,or work of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid
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1 or unconstitutional,such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance
2 which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or
3 unconstitutional was not originally a part of this ordinance.
4 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with the
5 provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
6 PASSED: September 6,2016
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