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FROM THE DESK OF
r.•a 9 Ci MAYOR,FRANK SCOTT,JR.
MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 17, 2025
TO: City of Little Rock Board of Directors
FROM: Mayor Frank Scott,Jr. �,/. — a
SUBJECT: Veto of Resolution#Ak. . /4,•-74f9 (To establish a procedure for the
selection of a City Manager; and for other purposes.)
Pursuant to Little Rock Municipal Code Section 2-110(c)(3), I have vetoed Resolution
#/vd . /6 fistp passed by the Board of Directors on June 17, 2025.
Cc: City of Little Rock Board of Directors
Acting City Manager Delphone Hubbard
City Attorney Tom Carpenter
Chief Deputy City Attorney Lynette Perez
City Clerk Allie Segars
CITY HALL,SUITE 2.o3, 50o W.MARKHAM
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1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,743
2
3 A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR THE SELECTION
4 OF A CITY MANAGER;AND, FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
5
6 WHEREAS,the position of City Manager has been vacant since the death of Bruce T. Moore on Oc-
7 tober 14,2023,and the Board of Directors wishes to establish a process to fill the position as expeditiously
8 as possible; and,
9 WHEREAS, only the Mayor and Members of the Board of Directors are authorized by state statute to
10 make and confirm the selection of a City Manager.
11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
12 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
13 Section 1. The members of the Board of Directors shall select three (3) members to seek out and
14 interview prospective candidates for the position of City Manager, and to make a recommendation to the
15 Mayor for his selection.
16 Section 2. This process shall be completed no later than September 1, 2025, with the hope that the
17 successful candidate can be selected and installed no later than September 30, 2025.
18 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
19 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adju-
20 dication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution,which shall remain in full force and effect
21 as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the reso-
22 lution.
23 Section 4. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
24 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
25 ADOPTED: June 17,2025
26 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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29 Allison Segars,City " •rk Frank Scott,Jr.,M r
30 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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33 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attorn �= � 8I'VY41
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