1985ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ ~:~
AN ORDINANCE WAIYiNG COMPETTTTVE BIDDING FOR THE PURCHASE
OF FIVE HUNDRED 9Q-GALLON SANITATION CARTS
WHEREAS, Arkansas Code Annotated Section 14-58-303 allows waiving of competitive
bidding in exceptional situations where such procedure is deemed not feasible or practical; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 1676, passed on the 7~' day of December, 2000, approved
the implementation of a second 90-day Curbside Garbage Pick-up Program; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 16?6 also allowed the Mayor to enter into a lease agreement
with Sct~gs Eq~pment Company in Memphis, Tennessee, to Tease five hundred 90-gallon
curbside carts for the agreed upon 90-test period at a cost not to exceed $2.75 per cart per 30-day
period, at a total estimated cost not to exceed approximately X4,200.00; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 1676 provides that at the end of the 90-day test period, the
City wQU1_d be a.llQwed to der purchase sail carts for about $50 each or _l~ave them stea._m_
cleaned, unassembled, and pay thQ Chipping to return them to the supplier; and
WHEREAS, R~so[ution No 1676 states that prior to ~e end of the 90-day test period, the
Public Works Committee would evaluate the results of the program and present a
recommendation to the City Council as to whether or not to continue the Second Curbside
Garbage Pick-up Program; and
WHERAS, it is the desire of the Public Works Committee to continue the Second
-1'rrnpo~a~cs
Curbside Garbage Pick-up Program aad establish it as a ~t service;
NOW, THEREFORE BE TT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
1. That competitive bidding be waived and Scruggs Equipment Company be paid
$27,444.06, which includes the total rent due on the carts, #or the purchase of five
hundred 9(}-gallon curbside carts
PASSED Al'~D APPROVED this o~ 3 day o€ /~ pR t 1.... , 2001
WII..LIAM H. JOHN N, Mayor
ATTEST:
PHILIP P ,City Clerk
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