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HomeMy WebLinkAbout21814 1 • ORDINANCE NO. 21,814 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE 4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE PARTICIPATION OF THE CITY OF LITTLE 5 ROCK,ARKANSAS,IN AN INSURANCE POOL ADMINSTERED BY THE 6 ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE FOR CERTAIN LITIGATION 7 COSTS, EXPENSES AND COVERAGE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO 8 EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, SEVEN 9 HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT AND 04/100 DOLLARS ($427,728.04); AND 10 FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11 12 WHEREAS,the City of Little Rock,Arkansas, or its employees, are frequently named as defendants 13 in cases brought pursuant to Federal or State Civil Rights Acts,and there is a cost involved with the defense 14 of these matters as well as a potential liability should the City, or the employee,be found liable;and, 15 WHEREAS, instead of the purchase of an annual insurance policy, the City has participated in an 16 insurance pool of various local governments known as Municipal League Defense Program, which is 17 administered through the Arkansas Municipal League; and, 18 WHEREAS, it is time to participate in the pool as provided by the formula adopted by the Arkansas 19 Municipal League for the year 2020, 20 WHEREAS,current coverage for the City ends on December 31,2019,and it is important to have this 21 insurance in place on January 1,2020. 22 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF'1131.: CITY 23 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 24 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Arkansas Municipal 25 League for participation by the City of Little Rock in the Municipal League Defense Program for the year 26 2020 in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred Twenty-Eight 27 and 04/100 Dollars($427,728.04). 28 Section 2. Because this is an insurance pool and not Liability Insurance, and the agreement with the 29 Arkansas Municipal League enables the City to provide its own legal counsel for the litigation of these 30 matters,the Board of Directors finds that it is impractical and unfeasible to bid for such an agreement. 31 Section 3. Funds for this agreement are available in Account No. 100000-63630. 32 Section 4. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, 33 item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or [Page 1 of 2] 1 unconstitutional,such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining provisions of this ordinance, 2 as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision were not originally part of this ordinance. 3 Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and other matters inconsistent with this 4 resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 5 PASSED: December 3,2019 6 APPROVED: 7 8 -,':fin, . ►` ._. 9 _ ,F City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,M•44. 10 • ' 'RO D AS 0 LEGAL FORM: 11 12 13 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attorney � 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // • 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 2 of 2]