HomeMy WebLinkAbout12302RESOLUTION NO. 12,302
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC
4 RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING DESIGN AND
s CONSULTATION SERVICES FOR THE LITTLE ROCK ZOO TO
6 BLACKWOOD AND COMPANY, LLC; AND FOR OTHER
7 PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, the Zoo Board of Governors has the responsibility of advising the City
1 o Board of Directors on matters concerning the operation and maintenance of the Little Rock
11 Zoo and recommending to the Board policies and plans for the maintenance or expansion
12 of Zoo facilities and programs, and
13 WHEREAS, the Zoo Director and Board of Governors of the Zoo have determined
14 that a continuing need exists to promote the many new projects, exhibits and events that
15 now are or shortly will be enhancing the Zoo and have budgeted for such promotion,
16 public relations and advertising expense in 2006, and
17 WHEREAS, after a competitive selection process, Blackwood and Company, LLC
18 was selected by a selection committee to provide advertising design and consultation
19 services and public relations for the Zoo, for an initial one -year contract in the amount of
20 $70,000, with options, by mutual consent, of three one -year extensions under the same
21 terms and conditions.
22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
23 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
24 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into
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Resolution
To award contract for the Zoon
I an initial one -year contract, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Blackwood and
2 Company, LLC for advertising design and consultation and public relations services for the
3 Little Rock Zoo in the amount of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000), with options for
4 three one -year extensions, by mutual agreement of the parties, upon the same terms and
5 conditions.
6 Section 2. Funds for such services are to be allocated from the following Zoo
7 accounts: No. 607 235 3134 5140, $4,000; No. 607 235 3135 5140, $24,000; No. 607 235 3135
8 2130, $3,000; No. 607 235 3136 2130, $5,000; No. 607 235 3136 5140, $34,000.
9 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence,
to clause, phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or
1 1 unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of
12 the resolution which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or
13 adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the resolution.
14 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are
15 inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such
16 inconsistency.
17 ADOPTED: June 20, 2006
18 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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21 N ncy Wo old, City Clerk Jim Niley, Mayor
22 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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25 Thomas M. Carpenter, Cikk Attorney
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Resolution
To award contract for the Zoon