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1 ORDINANCE NO. 18,660
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING
4 AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
5 INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE CENTRAL ARKANSAS
6 AREA AGENCY ON AGING (CARELINK) FOR $72,000 IN
7 CDBG FUNDS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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9 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors may dispense with the requirement of
to competitive bidding in exceptional situations where such procedure is
11 impractical and unfeasible, and
12 WHEREAS, CareLink is designated as the sole Area Agency on Aging for
13 Pulaski County by the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of
14 Aging and Adult Services, and
15 WHEREAS, by virtue of this designation, no other Area Agency on Aging
16 can provide congregate or senior citizen center services in Pulaski County, and
17 WHEREAS, the City desires to contract with CareLink to provide meals to
18 60 elderly persons in Little Rock, and it would be impractical and unfeasible to
19 bid for such services.
20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
21 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
22 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby finds that competitive bidding for
23 meals to the elderly is impractical and unfeasible and should be waived in this case.
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1 Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a contract with CareLink
2 as a sole source provider in an amount not to exceed seventy-two thousand dollars
3 ($72,000).
4 Section 3. Funding in the amount of seventy-two thousand dollars ($72,000) is
s available from the CDBG program.
6 Section 4.. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item,
7 sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid
S or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining
9 portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so
10 declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
11 ordinance.
12 Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
13 repealed.
14 PASSED: March 19, 2002
15 ATTEST:
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1s Na�y Wo d, City Clerk
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20 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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22 JVA'
23 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Yttorney
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Sole Source CareLink
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APPROVED: .
Ji Dailey, Mayor