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1 ORDINANCE NO. 17,883
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3 AN ORDINANCE WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING;
4 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO SOLE
5 SOURCE CONTRACTS WITH ARKANSAS INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL
6 JUSTICE AND LOCAL UNION 100, FIRST UNITED METHODIST
7 CHURCH - CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, UNITED WAY OF
8 PULASKI COUNTY, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE
9 ROCK, PULASKI TECHNICAL COLLEGE, AND THE UNIVERSITY
10 OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES /ARKANSAS CENTER
11 FOR ADDICTIONS (AR CARES) TO PROVIDE WELFARE -TO-
12 WORK SERVICES IN 1999, TO PULASKI COUNTY RESIDENTS;
13 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock was awarded a $5,000,000 grant from the United
16 States Department of Labor to provide Welfare -to -Work services to Pulaski County
17 residents; and
18 WHEREAS, the City's primary partners in seeking this grant were Arkansas Institute
19 for Social Justice and Local Union 100, First United Methodist Church - Child Development
20 Center, United Way of Pulaski County, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Pulaski
21 Technical College, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences /Arkansas Center for
22 Addictions (AR Cares); and
23 WHEREAS, their participation is critical to the planning and successful
24 implementation of the various components of the City's Welfare -to -Work program; and
25 WHEREAS, the City desires to contract with Arkansas Institute for Social Justice and
26 Local Union 100 to provide advocacy for TANF recipients' rights and employment, First
27 United Methodist Church - Child Development Center to provide child care for voucher
28 clients; to provide an ill child care facility, and to hire Welfare -to -Work clients; United Way
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1 of Pulaski County to provide the first Call for Help program and administer grant funds for
2 the Employment Retention Pool for Welfare -to -Work clients; the University of Arkansas at
3 Little Rock to provide outcomes evaluation of the Welfare -to -Work programs; Pulaski
4 Technical College to provide training, education, testing and career counseling, financial aid
5 and early childhood education training for Welfare -to -Work clients; and, the University of
6 Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Center for Addictions (AR Cares), to provide a 24-
7 hour child care facility and provide substance abuse and mental health services to Pulaski
8 County Welfare -to -Work clients.
9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
10 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS;
11 SECTION 1. The Board of Directors finds that the City's primary partners in
12 obtaining the Welfare -to -Work gant are vitally necessary to insure its successful
13 implementation. It is therefore impractical and unfeasible to bid these contracts and the
14 requirement of competitive bidding is hereby waived.
15 SECTION 2. The City Manager is authorized to enter into sole source contracts with
16 Arkansas Institute for Social Justice and Local Union 100, First United Methodist Church -
17 Child Development Center, United way of Pulaski County, University of Arkansas at Little
18 Rock, Pulaski Technical College, and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences /Arkansas
19 Center for Addictions (AR Cares). Individual contract amounts will be determined at the
20 time the City's budget modification is approved by the United States Department of Labor.
21 SECTION 3. Funding is available from the United States Department of Labor,
22 Welfare -to -Work Competitive grant
23 SECTION 4. Emergency. It is hereby found and determined by the Board of
24 Directors of the City of Little Rock that implementation of the City's Welfare -to -Work
25 program is critical to the success to move welfare recipients into the work force, that certain
26 primary partners of the City furnish integral components of the program and that the program
27 could not optimally operate without them, and that it is essential that the City's program
28 move forward with all deliberate speed. Hence, an emergency is declared to exist, and this
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ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, shall
be in effect from and after its passage and approval.
Passed: December 1, 1998
Attest:
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Robbie Hancock, City Clerk
Appr ved as to Legal Form:
Thomas M. Carpenter, Cit ttorney
Ap oved:
Ji ailey, Mayor
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