HomeMy WebLinkAbout16040 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,040
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND RESOLUTION NO. 15,800 (OCTOBER 3,
4 2022) AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO MODIFY THE
5 CONTRACT WITH GULF STATE DISTRIBUTORS, TO INCREASE THE
6 CONTRACT PURCHASE AMOUNT ONE HUNDRED THREE
7 THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED FORTY AND 30/100 DOLLARS
8 ($103,340.30), PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES AND FEES, FOR THE
9 PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL SMITH & WESSON M&P RIFLES FOR
10 THE LITTLE ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT; AND FOR OTHER
11 PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, the Little Rock Police Department (LRPD) is responsible for ensuring the public safety
14 within the City Limits of Little Rock; and,
15 WHEREAS, Patrol Rifles are the preferred weapon to employ during active aggressor incidents and
16 those incidents where suspects are equipped with high-power, long-range weapons; and,
17 WHEREAS, in Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 15,800 (October 3, 2022), the Board of Directors
18 authorized the City Manager to execute a Contract with Gulf State Distributors to provide fifty(50) Smith
19 & Wesson M&P Rifles for the Patrol Officers; and,
20 WHEREAS, LRPD has a need to purchase an additional seventy-five (75) Smith & Wesson M&Pl5
21 Rifles, Suppressor, 30-Round Magazine, and Carry Case with sling for the Patrol Officers; and,
22 WHEREAS, the amended Gulf State Distributors contract cost for the additional weapons purchase
23 shall not exceed One Hundred Three Thousand, Three Hundred Forty and 30/100 Dollars ($103,340.30),
24 plus applicable taxes and fees,for a total revised contract amount of One Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand,
25 Three Hundred Sixty One and 22/100 Dollars($172,361.22).
26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
27 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
28 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contract amendment with Gulf State
29 Distributors for the additional purchase of seventy-five (75) Smith & Wesson M&P15 Rifles, Suppressor,
30 3-Round Magazine,and Carry Case with sling for an amount not to exceed One Hundred Three Thousand,
31 Three Hundred Forty and 30/100 Dollars ($103,340.30), plus applicable taxes and fees, for a total revised
32 contract amount of One Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand, Three Hundred Sixty One and 22/100 Dollars
33 ($172,361.22).
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1 Section 2. Funds for the additional purchase are allocated in the Special Project Fund Account No.
2 S52C477.
3 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
4 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
5 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
6 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
7 resolution.
8 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, including but not limited to Little Rock, Ark.
9 Resolution No. 15,800 (October 3, 2022), or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with the provisions of
10 this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
11 ADOPTED: July 11,2023
12 A APPROVED:
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15 usan Lang Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., Mayor
16 APPR II • ' 1 TO LEGAL FORM:
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19 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attorne,
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