HomeMy WebLinkAbout16377 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,377
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC, IN AN
5 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHTY THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED
6 SEVENTY-EIGHT AND 20/100 DOLLARS ($80,578.20), PLUS
7 APPLICABLE TAXES AND FEES, TO PROVIDE INTERNET SERVICE
8 AT REBSAMEN PARK GOLF COURSE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS,the City OF Little Rock, Arkansas(City)has utilized Windstream Services,LLC,for its
11 Session Initiation Protocol("SIP")Trunking System; and,
12 WHEREAS, the City needs fiber-based communications assets to meet important public
13 telecommunications goals and improve the availability of services and information for the residents of
14 Little Rock; and,
15 WHEREAS,Little Rock, Ark., Resolution 15,524 (August 17, 2021) stated additional intended uses
16 of a portion of the first tranche of the City's allotment of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds through the
17 American Rescue Plan Act for Expenditures of Lost Revenue on Governmental Services to install
18 broadband at East Little Rock Community Center and hot spots at various parks; and,
19 WHEREAS, the services are to be procured through the TIPS Contract Cooperative Purchasing
20 Program, Contract No. 230105; and,
21 WHEREAS, the first SIP Service Agreement will provide Internet service for the City's Voice Over
22 Internet Protocol ("VoIP") Communications at Rebsamen Golf Course Fuel Site and Rebsamen Golf
23 Course Maintenance Shop; and,
24 WHEREAS, the second SIP Service Agreement will provide Internet service for the City's (VoIP)
25 Communications at the Rebsamen Golf Course Clubhouse and will connect to the City's network; and,
26 WHEREAS, the initial term of the SIP Service Agreement will be for twelve (12) months, with the
27 term for the Clubhouse Service Agreement at thirty-six(36)months; and,
28 WHEREAS, the total cost of the SIP Service Agreements shall not exceed Eighty Thousand, Five
29 Hundred Seventy-Eight and 50/100 Dollars ($80,578.20),plus applicable taxes and fees.
30 NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
31 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
32 Section 1. The Board of Directors authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with
33 Windstream Services, LLC, in an amount not to exceed Eighty Thousand, Five Hundred Forty-Two and
34 50/100 Dollars ($80,542.20), plus applicable taxes and fees, to install a lateral connection to
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1 Windstream's core fiber network and provide Internet service for the City's Voice Over Internet Protocol
2 Communications.
3 Section 2. Funds for the SIP Service Agreements are allocated in the Information Technology
4 Budget, Account No. 103030-63211, in the amount of Twenty-Nine Thousand, Six Hundred Two and
5 20/100 Dollars ($29,602.20) and the East Little Rock Community Center Broadband American Rescue
6 Plan Act,Account No. 2704590-G0601AR45A, in the amount of Fifty Thousand,Nine Hundred Seventy-
7 Six Dollars ($50,976.00).
8 Section 3. Severability. In the event any portion of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be
9 invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this
10 resolution, which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or
11 unconstitutional was not originally a part of this ordinance.
12 Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances and resolutions, and parts thereof, which are in conflict with
13 any provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
14 PASSED: July 16,2024
15 APPROVED:
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18 u . , City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,Ma
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22 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Atto ey
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