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Home My WebLink About22768 1 ORDINANCE NO. 22,768 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE IT IMPRACTICAL AND UNFEASIBLE 4 TO BID; TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY 5 MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN CONTRACT WITH SOUTHWESTERN 6 BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DB/A AT&T ENTERPRISES,LLC,IN AN 7 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED 8 THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,200,000.00), FOR AT&T HOSTED VESTA 911 9 SERVICE TELEPHONE SYSTEM UTILIZED BY THE CITY'S 10 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, TO DECLARE AN 11 EMERGENCY;AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 13 WHEREAS, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company,d/b/a AT&T Enterprises, LLC ("AT&T") is the 14 sole purveyor of the AT&T-hosted VESTA 911 service phone system,which has been utilized by the City's 15 Emergency Communications Department since 2021;and, 16 WHEREAS,the current contract with AT&T will expire in May 2026; and, 17 WHEREAS, AT&T is willing to enter into a new ten (10)-year contract with AT&T for this service; 18 and, 19 WHEREAS,the contract account and the annual service fee make the total expenditure over the life 20 of the total contract amount of Two Million Two Hundred Dollars($2,200,000,00);and, 21 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 22 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 23 Section 1.The Board of Directors finds that it is impractical and unfeasible to bid on this contract. 24 Section 2. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a ten (10)-year 25 contract and to execute any and all documents necessary to pay the service fees or to secure a refund thereof 26 with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T Enterprises, LLC, in a base amount of Seven 27 Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00) and an annual service fee in an amount not to exceed One 28 Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) per year at a rate not to exceed Twelve Thousand Five 29 Hundred Dollars($12,500.00)per month for a total amount of Two Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars 30 ($2,200,000.00),for the AT&T hosted VESTA 911 service phone system utilized by the City's Emergency 31 Communications Department. 32 Section 3.Funds for this program are available from the 911 Wireless Fund Account No. 220512. 33 Section 4.Severability.In the event any title,section,paragraph,item,sentence,clause,phrase,or word [Page 1 of 2] 1 of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional,such declaration or adjudication 2 shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the 3 portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the ordinance. 4 Section 5.Repealer.All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with 5 the provisions of this resolution, including but not limited to Ordinance No. 22,682 (November 4, 2025). 6 are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 7 Section 6. Emergency Clause. The need to maintain uninterrupted VESTA 911 service phone system 8 services which can only be obtained from AT&T, is essential to ensure public welfare and safety; an 9 emergency is, therefore, declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after 10 the date of its passage. 11 PASSED:April 21,2026 12 ATTEST: APPROVED: 13 • 14 k•-.9)-A)\6\(1- 15 Allison Segars,City Cl 15' Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor 16 APPRO D AS TO LEGAL FORM: 17 18 19 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attorne 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // [Page 2 of 2]