1 RESOLUTION NO 13 896

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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER

4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH RED RIVER DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP

5 LLC FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOUR 4 COMPRESSED NATURAL

6 GAS CNG AND UNLEADED FUELED BI FUEL 3 4 TON TRUCKS AT

7 A PRICE OF THIRTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX

8 DOLLARS 31 456 00 EACH FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF ONE

9 HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY

10 FOUR DOLLARS 125 824 00 FOR USE OF THE HOUSING AND

11 NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT UTILIZING THE

12 ARKANSAS STATE PURCHASING CONTRACT AND FOR OTHER

13 PURPOSES

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15 WHEREAS the Public Works Department is in need of four 4 compressed natural gas CNG and

16 unleaded fueled Bi Fuel 3 4 ton trucks to replace older units with high maintenance expenses and

17 excessive down time and

18 WHEREAS by utilizing the Arkansas State Purchasing Contract the City of Little Rock was able to

19 purchase four 4 compressed natural gas CNG and unleaded fueled Bi Fuel 3 4 ton trucks priced at

20 Thirty One Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Six Dollars 31 456 00 each for a total amount of One

21 Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Four Dollars 125 824 00

22 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY

23 OF LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS

24 Section 1 The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with

25 Red River Dodge Chrysler Jeep LLC to purchase four 4 compressed natural gas CNG and unleaded

26 fueled Bi Fuel 4 ton trucks for the amount of Thirty One Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Six Thousand

27 Dollars 31 456 00 each for a total amount of One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Eight Hundred

28 Twenty Four Dollars 125 824 00 for the use of the Housing and Neighborhood Programs Department

29 Section 2 Funds for this purchase are allocated in the 3 8 cent sales tax account

30 Section 3 Severability In the event any title section paragraph item sentence clause phrase or

31 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional such declaration or

32 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and

33 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the

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2 Section 4 Repealer All laws ordinances resolutions or parts of the same that are inconsistent

3 with the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency

4 ADOPTED June 3 2014

5 ATTEST APPROVED

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8 Toya Vinson Ass4st nt City Clerk Mark Stodola Mayor

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