HomeMy WebLinkAbout22551 1 ORDINANCE NO.22,551
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE
4 TO BID; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
5 SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH LOGOS IMAGING IN AN AMOUNT
6 NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND,THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-
7 SIX AND 22/100 DOLLARS ($62,356.22), FUNDED BY THE STATE
8 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM,FOR THE PURCHASE OF
9 ONE (1) LOGOS STENOS X-RAY SYSTEM FOR THE LITTLE ROCK
10 FIRE DEPARTMENT BOMB SQUAD, TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY;
11 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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13 WHEREAS, the Emergency Management Division ("EMD") is committed to improving explosive
14 ordinance disposal operations throughout the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ("City") and the purchase of
15 the Logos Stenos X-Ray System (Stenos) will assist Little Rock Fire Department Bomb Squad, EMD in
16 accomplishing its goal;and,
17 WHEREAS, since September 11, 2001,the City has become eligible for several Emergency Service
18 Equipment Grants; and,
19 WHEREAS, the Stenos X-Ray System is eligible for a grant and Logos Imaging is the sole-source
20 vendor for the Stenos X-Ray System;and
21 WHEREAS,the cost of the system will not exceed Sixty Two Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Six and
22 22/100 Dollars($62,356.22),plus applicable fees and taxes;
23 WHEREAS,one hundred percent(100%)of the funding is provided from the State Homeland Security
24 Grant Program with no fiscal impact to the City and available in the City of Little Rock Accounting Unit
25 270519-72200-G51 P211;
26 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED 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 contract with
29 Logos Imaging for the purchase of one (1) Logos Stenos X-Ray System with the purchase price not to
30 exceed Sixty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Six and 22/100 Dollars ($62,356.22), plus applicable
31 fees and taxes.
32 Section 2. Funding for the purchase shall be fully fupded through the State Homeland Security Grant
33 Program with funds available in the City of Little Rock Accounting Unit 270519-72200-G51P211.
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1 Section 3. Because Logos Imaging is the sole source vendor of the Logos-Stenos X-Ray System,the
2 Board of Directors declares it is impractical and unfeasible to submit this purchase to competitive bids.
3 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
4 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
5 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance 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 ordinance.
8 Section 5. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
9 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
10 Section 6. Emergency Clause. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, has
11 determined that with development in the area covered by the boundaries of the Improvement District laid
12 off in this ordinance requires,as critical to the public health,safety,and welfare,construction of additional
13 infrastructure; an emergency is, therefore, declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force and
14 effect from and after the date of its passage.
15 PASSED: November 19,2024
16 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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19 Allison Segars,Ac I _ `ity Clerk rank Scott Jr.,Mayor
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21 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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24 Thomas M.Carpenter,City rney
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