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2665 • • • • • ORDINANCE No. A�%45 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING PROCUREMENT CONSULTING SERVICES TO BE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PURSUANT TO ARK. CODE ANN. 19-11-801, ET SEQ.,AND AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,ARKANSAS • WHEREAS, under ARK. Code Ann.19-11-801.a city shall not use competitive bidding for the • procurement of legal,financial advisory, architectural, engineering, construction management, and land surveying professional consulting services. WHEREAS,the city shall procure such professional services by not taking competitive bids, but instead by evaluating their qualifications of such firms as set out in Ark. Code Ann. 19-11-803: WHERAS, under Ark. Code. 19-11-801 (c), cities may designate other professional services to be procured under Ark. Code Ann. 19-11-801 by a two-thirds(2/3)vote of the City Council WHEREAS,THE City Council for the City of West Memphis ,finds that procurement consulting services is a professional service, and therefore,the City finds that for procuring such services,the City shall followthe provisions for procuring professional services under Ark. Code Ann. 109-11- 801, et. Seq.: and, WHEREAS,the code of ordinances for the City of West Memphis,Arkansas, should be amended to reflect that procurement consulting services is a professional service pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 19-11-801, et. seq. , NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS,that: Section 1. Procurement consulting services are declared to be professional services pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 19-11-801, et seq. • Section 2. Chapter 2,Article V, of the Code of ordinance of the City of West Memphis, • Arkansas, is hereby amended to add a new section as follows: Section 2-203-Procurement Consulting Services. Procurement consulting services are declared to be professional services under Ark. Code Ann. 19- 11-801 ©and such services shall be procured in the same manner as those other professional services set out in Ark. Code Ann. 19-11-801 et seq. RECEIVE ,• ,, : //r • /// �