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Home My WebLink About22280 1 ORDINANCE NO. 22,280 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE S LE 4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A 5 SOLE-SOURCE AGREEMENT WITH THE PULASKI COUNTY 6 IMAGINATION LIBRARY, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 7 SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($70,000.00), TO PROMOTE EARLY 8 CHILDHOOD LITERACY,AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 9 10 WHEREAS, each month, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library mails a high-quality, age-appropriate 11 book to all children from hirth to age five who are enrolled in the program and books are sent regardless 12 of a family's income and at no cost to the child's family, and each book is addressed to a child 13 individually; and, 14 WHEREAS,the Pulaski County Imagination Library is responsible for enrolling children who live in 15 Pulaski County, and is solely responsible for securing funds to cover the cost of books and of their 16 operations;and, 17 WHEREAS, as of April 24, 2023, Pulaski County Imagination Library PCIL has provide a monthly 18 individualized book to approximately 6,557 children who live in Little Rock;and, 19 WHEREAS,the Pulaski County Imagination Library is the only entity who is able to adequately and 20 efficiently provide an appropriate monthly individualized book to each registered child that lives in Little 21 Rock. 22 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 23 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 24 Section 1. The Board of Directors declares that it is impractical and unfeasible to submit the 25 provision of a monthly individualized book to each registered child in Little Rock to a competitive bid 26 process,and,therefore,waives competitive bidding. 27 Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contract with Pulaski County Imagination 28 Library in an amount not to exceed Seventy Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($70,000.00) per year to 29 provision of a monthly individualized book to each registered child in Little Rock. 30 Section 2.The funds are available from Frankly Reading,Account No. 108159-SI5C38I. 31 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 32 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 33 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and 34 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 35 resolution. [Page 1 of 21 1 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent 2 with the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 3 ADOPTED: July 11,2023 4 ATTEAPPROVED: 5 �fl� , ' R 7 16, us. � ' ity Clerk Frank Scott,Jr. Mayor 8 APPR, 0 LEGAL FORM: 9 10 11 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attoiey 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // 36 // [Page 2 of 21