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1 ORDINANCE NO. - 16,982
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AN ORDINANCE.TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK,
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ARK., REV. CODE S 2 -243 (1988) TO
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4 CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS OF THE
5 ARKANSAS CODE; TO RECOGNIZE
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF
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8 VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND
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11 WHEREAS, Ark. Code Ann. S 19 -11 -801 to -805 (Michie Repl.
1994), as may be amended, mandates that municipalities contract
12 with certain listed professional services on a competitive
13 selection process, but forbids the use of a price based
14 competitive bid process; and
15 WHEREAS, by virtue of Act 429 of 1995, the General Assembly
16 has granted municipalities the additional authority to declare
certain professions to be professional services to be chosen by
17 a competitive selection process, and
18 WHEREAS, for certain services, such as accounting services,
19 this declaration on -an ongoing basis is appropriate, but for
20 other services, such as specialized consulting services, this
21 declaration should be of limited duration and exercised on a
case by case basis, and.
22 WHEREAS, Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code S 2 -243 (1988), the
23 City's professional services selection ordinance, should be
24 amended to conform with the Arkansas Code, to reflect the City's
25 desire to declare certain professional services to be considered
26 on a more permanent basis, and to set out a procedure for the
declaration of professional services on a case by case basis.
27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
28 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS;
29 SECTION 1. Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code S 2 -243 (a) (1988)
30 is hereby amended to read as follows:
31 (a) The city and all its boards, commissions and
authorities not otherwise authorized to do so by state law,
32 shall competitively select based on qualifications and other
33 relevant evaluation criteria other than price or cost:
34 (1) As required by the Arkansas Code, all architectural,
35 engineering, legal, land surveying services done for
36 or on behalf of the city;
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(2) All services declared to be a professional service
if done for or on behalf of the City, its boards,
commissions or authorities, including the following:
accounting services.
(3) Any other appropriate service that the Board may
from time to time declare to be a professional
service because cost or price bidding, is found to
be impractical, unfeasible, or, if based solely upon
price, would result in an outcome that would not
meet the best interests of the City.
PASSED: October 3, 1995
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