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ORDINANCE NO. 17,569
AN ORDINANCE DISPENSING WITH THE
REQUIREMENT OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
INTO A CONTRACT WITH PULASKI COUNTY TO
ADMINISTER ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SERVICES TO
LITTLE ROCK YOUTH, DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors may dispense with the requirement of
competitive bidding in exceptional situations where such procedure is not feasible; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that an exceptional situation exists in the case of the
Pulaski County Step One Alternative School to justify dispensing with competitive bidding;
and
WHEREAS, the exceptional situation which makes it impractical and unfeasible to
use competitive bidding involves factors such as 1) the Pulaski County Step One Alternative
School provides education to children referred by the three school districts or the juvenile
court system, 2) in most instances these children have been expelled from school and
attendance at the Alternative School is the only chance they have to maintain their
education, and 3) a majority of the students are economically disadvantaged, show signs of
drug usage, and are below grade level; and
WHEREAS, the Board previously appropriated $35,500 of Prevention, Intervention
and Treatment program monies in Little Rock, Ark. Ord. 17,336 (December 17, 1996) for
the Step One Alternative School to accommodate 30 expelled students.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock finds that competitive
bidding should be dispensed with for the purchase of Alternative School Services as an
exceptional situation exists and competitive bidding is impractical and infeasible.
SECTION 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with
Pulaski County to provide Alternative School services for an amount not to exceed $35,500,
the amount authorized in Little Rock, Ark. Ordinance (December 17, 1996), to pay for the
salary and fringe benefits for one teacher and various supplies.
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SECTION 3. Emergency. It is hereby found and determined that the services
performed by the Pulaski County Alternative School are essential to the peace, health, and
safety of the youth enrolled in said programs in order to keep them in school to learn basic
skills, to learn how to seek and hold jobs, to transition back to a traditional school setting,
and -that there exists an urgent need for the continuation of said program. Therefore, an
emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance being necessary for the
preservation of the public peach, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval.
PASSED: September 9, 1997
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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THOMAS M. CARPENTEIfJ
CITY ATTORNEY
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114YOR