HomeMy WebLinkAbout16814 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,814
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3 A RESOLUTION TO RATIFY THE CITY'S AUGUST 1,2025,PURCHASE
4 OF SEVEN (7) ELECTRIC VEHICLES FROM BALE CHEVROLET BY
5 THE FLEET SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE
6 HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
7 DOLLARS ($385,750.00), PLUS APPLICABLE TAXES AND FEES; AND
8 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 seven (7) electric vehicles from Bale Chevrolet, in the amount of Three Hundred Eighty-Five
12 Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars($385,750.00),including applicable taxes and fees;and,
13 WHEREAS,the seven (7)electric vehicles acquired from Bale Chevrolet were delivered to the City
14 on August 5,2025;and,
15 WHEREAS,the City Board of Directors now desires to ratify and confirm the actions taken by Fleet
16 Department employees in connection with the acquisition of seven(7)electric vehicles;and,
17 WHEREAS,the City acknowledges the adoption of Act 924 of 2025(eff.Aug.5,2025) requiring the
18 manufacturer of the electric vehicle or component of an electric vehicle in good faith provides the
19 governmental entity a sworn certification that certifies that no entity involved in the production of the
20 electric vehicle or the component of an electric vehicle being sold,including the production of a constituent
21 part or the mining or other sourcing of materials for the electric vehicle or the component of an electric
22 vehicle,used forced labor in its activities;
23 WHEREAS,the manufacturer of the electric vehicle subject to this resolution has provided a good
24 faith statement in compliance with Act 924 of 2025(eff.Aug. 5,2025)attached hereto as Exhibit "A";
25 WHEREAS,Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock approval or ratification of this resolution is
26 based on a good faith reliance on the validity of the manufacturer's statements and any action taken by the
27 City, its Mayor, its City Manager, and any employee based on a good faith reliance on the validity of the
28 manufacturer's statements.
29 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
30 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS;
31 Section 1.The execution, acquisition, and delivery of seven (7) electric vehicles acquired from Bale
32 Chevrolet, in the amount Three Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars
33 ($385,750.00), including applicable taxes and fees, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
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1 Section 2.All actions taken by the City Manager,Fleet Services Director,and the Fleet Acquisition and
2 Inventory Manager to do all things necessary to effect the execution,acquisition,and delivery of the seven
3 (7) electric vehicles acquired from Bale Chevrolet, in the amount Three Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand,
4 Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($385,750.00, including applicable taxes and fees is hereby ratified and
5 approved.
6 Section 3. This resolution is adopted to inform the Board of Directors and confirm the execution,
7 acquisition, and delivery of the seven(7)electric vehicles acquired from Bale Chevrolet, in the amount of
8 Three Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($385,750.00, including applicable
9 taxes and fees within the parameters approved in this Resolution and Little Rock, Ark, Resolution No.
10 which shall continue in full force and effect.
11 Section 4.Funding for this purchase was sourced from various Fleet Accounts with the Environmental
12 Protection Agency's ("EPA")Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program funds accepted from MetroPlan
13 as adopted by Little Rock,Ark, Resolution No. 16,788(August 19,2025).
14 Section 5. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
15 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
16 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
17 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
18 resolution.
19 Section 6.Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with
20 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
21 ADOPTED: September 16,2025
22 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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25 Allison Segars,City erk Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor
26 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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29 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Aft ey
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