HomeMy WebLinkAbout16757 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,757
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY
4 AND ACCEPT SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND NINETY-SIX
5 DOLLARS($656,096.00)IN GRANT FUNDING,WHICH WILL REQUIRE
6 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS
7 ($164,024.00) IN CITY MATCH FUNDING, TO SUPPORT THE
8 REPLACEMENT OF TWENTY (20) OUTDATED MOTOROLA
9 DISPATCH CONSOLETTES AND RESTORATION OF THE MACH
10 ALERT FIRE DISPATCHING SYSTEM,FOR A TOTAL PROJECT COST
11 OF EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS
12 ($820,120.00); AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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14 WHEREAS,the City of Little Rock's (the"City")Grants Division of the Department of Finance has
15 determined that the City meets eligibility requirements necessary to apply for a grant under the Arkansas
16 Community Assistance Grant Program;and,
17 WHEREAS, the City's Grants Division has presented plans for the replacement of twenty (20)
18 outdated Motorola dispatch consolettes in the City's Department of Emergency Communications and
19 restoration of the Mach Alert fire dispatching system;and,
20 WHEREAS, the City's Grants Division has furnished proof that they have raised the required 20%
21 cash match of One Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Twenty-Four Dollars($164,024.00), in City funds to be
22 applied to the project as a local match.
23 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
24 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS;
25 Section 1.The City Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to submit an application of
26 formal request to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission for purpose of securing state grant
27 funds in the amount of Six Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Ninety-Six Dollars($656,096.00),to aid and assist
28 the replacement of the Department of Emergency Communications dispatch consolettes and Mach Alert
29 fire dispatching system, in executing the proposed project described herein and that the City Manager is
30 further authorized to administer the grant funds for the same project.
31 Section 2.The City's 20%portion of the project funding is available in the Department of Emergency
32 Communications Capital Improvement Fund(Account 220512-43770).
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1 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
2 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
3 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
4 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
5 resolution.
6 Section 4.Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
7 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
8 ADOPTED: July 15,2025
9 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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12 AWN.
13 Allison Segars, Ci erk Frank Scott,Jr.,
14 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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17 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attor y
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