HomeMy WebLinkAbout16813 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,813
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3 A RESOLUTION TO RATIFY THE CITY'S AUGUST 1,2025,PURCHASE
4 OF THREE(3)ELECTRIC VEHICLES FROM SUPERIOR AUTOMOTIVE
5 GROUP BY FLEET SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IN THE AMOUNT OF
6 ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED
7 TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($137,325.00), PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES
8 AND FEES;AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, on August 1, 2025, the City's Fleet Services Department entered into a contract to
11 purchase three(3)electric vehicles from Superior Automotive Group,in the amount One Hundred,Thirty-
12 Seven Thousand,Three Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars($137,325.00), including applicable taxes and fees;
13 and,
14 WHEREAS,the three(3)electric vehicles acquired from Superior Automotive Group were delivered
15 to the City on August 5,2025;and,
16 WHEREAS,the City Board of Directors now desires to ratify and confirm the actions taken by Fleet
17 Department employees in connection with the acquisition of three(3)electric vehicles;and,
18 WHEREAS,the City acknowledges the adoption of Act 924 of 2025(eff.Aug.5,2025) requiring the
19 manufacturer of the electric vehicle or component of an electric vehicle in good faith provides the
20 governmental entity a sworn certification that certifies that no entity involved in the production of the
21 electric vehicle or the component of an electric vehicle being sold,including the production of a constituent
22 part or the mining or other sourcing of materials for the electric vehicle or the component of an electric
23 vehicle,used forced labor in its activities;
24 WHEREAS,the manufacturer of the electric vehicle subject to this resolution has provided a good
25 faith statement in compliance with Act 924 of 2025(eff.Aug. 5,2025)attached hereto as Exhibit "A";
26 WHEREAS,Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock approval or ratification of this resolution is
27 based on a good faith reliance on the validity of the manufacturer's statements,and any action taken by the
28 City, its Mayor, its City Manager,and any employee based on a good faith reliance on the validity of the
29 manufacturer's statements.
30 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
31 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS;
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1 Section 1. The execution, acquisition, and delivery of the (3) electric vehicles from Superior
2 Automotive Group, in the amount One Hundred, Thirty-Seven Thousand, Three Hundred Twenty-Five
3 Dollars($137,325.00), including applicable taxes and fees, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
4 Section 2.All actions taken by the City Manager, Fleet Services Director,and the Fleet Acquisition and
5 Inventory Manager to do all things necessary to effect the execution, acquisition, and delivery of the (3)
6 electric vehicles from Superior Automotive Group, in the amount One Hundred, Thirty-Seven Thousand,
7 Three Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($137,325.00), including applicable taxes and fees is hereby ratified
8 and approved.
9 Section 3. This resolution is adopted to inform the Board of Directors and confirm the execution,
10 acquisition, and delivery of the(3)electric vehicles from Superior Automotive Group, in the amount One
11 Hundred,Thirty-Seven Thousand,Three Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars($137,325.00),including applicable
12 taxes and fees within the parameters approved in this Resolution and Little Rock, Ark, Resolution No.
13 which shall continue in full force and effect.
14 Section 4. Funding for this purchase was sourced from various Fleet Accounts with the Environmental
15 Protection Agency's ("EPA") Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program funds accepted from MetroPlan
16 as adopted by Little Rock,Ark, Resolution No. 16,788(August 19,2025).
17 Section 5. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
18 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
19 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
20 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
21 resolution.
22 Section 6. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with
23 the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
24 ADOPTED: September 16,2025
25 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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28 Allison Segars,City er Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor
29 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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32 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attorney
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