HomeMy WebLinkAbout22538 1 ORDINANCE NO.22,538
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE
4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
5 SOLE SOURCE AGREEMENT WITH PULASKI COUNTY IMAGINATION
6 LIBRARY, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
7 AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($75,000.00), TO PROMOTE EARLY-CHILDHOOD
8 LITERACY;AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, each month, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library mails a high-quality, age-appropriate
11 book to all children from birth 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 (PCIL) is responsible for enrolling children
15 who live in Pulaski County, and PCIL is solely responsible for securing funds to cover the cost of books
16 and of their operations;and,
17 WHEREAS, as of July 31, 2024, PCIL provides a monthly individualized book to approximately
18 5,543 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 ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
23 CITY 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 Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($75,000.00) per year to
29 provide a monthly individualized book to each registered child in Little Rock.
30 Section 2.The funds are available from the Frankly Reading Account No. 108159-S15C381.
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
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1 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
2 resolution.
3 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
4 with the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
5 PASSED: October 15,2024
6 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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9 Allison Segars,Ac +._ 'ity Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.Mayor
10 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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13 Thomas M.Carpenter,City A rney
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