HomeMy WebLinkAbout214741 ORDINANCE NO. 21,474
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO FIND IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE TO
4 BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A
5 CONTRACT TO ARISTOTLE INTERACTIVE TO HOST A POLICE
6 RECRUITMENT WEBSITE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IN AN AMOUNT
7 NOT TO EXCEED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED TWENTY
8 DOLLARS ($45,620.00), PLUS TAXES & FEES; TO DECLARE AN
9 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock has a contract for the creation, continuation and development of
12 the City's website with Aristotle Interactive; and,
13 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Police Department wishes to create a police recruitment website as one
14 too to attract more applicants for the Department; and,
15 WHEREAS, Aristotle Interactive will not allow other hosts on a website that it has created, continues
16 and develops;
17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
18 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
19 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into an addition to the existing City website
20 contract with Aristotle Interactive in an amount not to exceed Forty -Five Thousand, Six Hundred Twenty
21 Dollars ($45,620.00), plus taxes and fees, to host, create and continue a Little Rock Police Department
22 Recruitment Website.
23 Section 2. Because of the existing contract with Aristotle Interactive for the creation, continuation
24 and development of the City's website it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this contract to a
25 competitive selection process since Aristotle Interactive will not host a website from an outside entity.
26 Section 3. Funds for this hosting fee of this agreement are available in the General Fund for website
27 hosting; the funds for the Micro Website are from the Little Rock Police Department Account No. 105220-
28 63390 for Eight Thousand, Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($8650.00), plus taxes and fees.
29 . Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
30 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 5. 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.
Section 6. Emergency Clause. The City of Little Rock needs to make sure that the staffing of its Police
Department is always filled and that new Officers are recruited to deal with the attrition of the number of
loss of Certified Law Enforcement Officers as an essential aspect of the public health, safety and welfare;
an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage.
PASSED: September 5, 2017
y, City Clerk
AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, OR,
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APPROVED:
Mark Stodola, Mayor
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