HomeMy WebLinkAbout15887 RESOLUTION NO. 15,887
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK. RESOLUTION NO.
4 15,622 (FEBRUARY 15, 2022); TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER
5 TO ENTER INTO A TEN (10)-MONTH CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH
6 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES TO
7 PROVIDE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE REDUCTION SERVICES AND
8 ACTIVITIES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
9 ARKANSAS, TO REDUCE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE AND INCREASE
10 PUBLIC SAFETY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 WHEREAS, in Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,518 (August 3, 2021), the Board of Directors
13 stated the intended uses of a portion of the first tranche of allotment of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
14 through the American Rescue Plan Act(ARPA)to the City of Little Rock,Arkansas("the City"); and,
15 WHEREAS, Community Violence Intervention Programs, with an estimated total of One Million,
16 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars($1,500,000.00),are listed as such use in the resolution; and,
17 WHEREAS,in Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,622 (February, 15,2022),the City Manager was
18 authorized to enter into an Agreement with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in an amount
19 not to exceed One Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred Sixty-Six and 50/100 Dollars
20 ($199,966.50),to provide Contractual Services and Activities designed to reduce violence; and,
21 WHEREAS, the program services began in August 2022 and an additional ten (10)-month contract
22 enables the organization a full year of services for Project Heal; and,
23 WHEREAS, upon the formal adoption of Resolution No. 15,622 a contract was negotiated,
24 finalized and executed with each of the qualified organizations within the amount of ARPA Funds that
25 had been identified for Community Violence Intervention Programs.
26 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
27 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
28 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorize the City Manager to enter into a ten (10) month
29 contract extension with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, to allow the organization to
30 expend all funds allocated to mental health access to provide Contractual Services and Activities designed
31 to reduce violence.
32 Section 2. The remainder of Funds for this program are available from Account No. 271159-
33 60316AR15A10-63391.
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1 Section 3. The term for the contract extension amendment shall be for a period no longer than ten
2 (10) months to begin on or about March 1, 2023, through January 1, 2024, with a final report due
3 February 1,2025.
4 Section 4. All payments are conditioned upon entry into a contract amendment for the extension of
5 services; further, nothing in this resolution limits the ability of the City, in its sole discretion, to procure
6 similar services from another vendor during the term of the contract authorized here.
7 Section 5. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
8 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
9 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this resolution, which shall remain in full force and
10 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
11 resolution.
12 Section 6. Repealer. All laws, ordinances and resolutions, or parts of the same, including but not
13 limited to Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,622 (February 15, 2022), that are inconsistent with the
14 provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
15 ADOPTED: February 7,2023
16 ATTE APPROVED:
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19 S sa City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor
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23 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attorn•'
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