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1489ORDINANCE NO, 1489 (#20-2013) AN ORDINANCE WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING BY THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, FOR THE PURCHASE OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND (18, 000) TONS OF CLASS 7 AGGREGATE FOR THE JACKSONVILLE SHOOTING RANGE PROPERTY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND, FOR OTHER PURPOSES, WHEREAS, because of unstable soil conditions, the Shooting Range property is in need of Class 7 Aggregate for construction of certain improvements; and, WHEREAS, the City has found satisfactory Class 7 Aggregate product readily available at a rate of Six and 75/100 Dollars ($6.75) per Ton. As a result, the City has an opportunity to purchase the needed amounts of fill at a reasonable cost to the City so as to allow for continued uninterrupted construction of the City's new Shooting Range improvements. BEITORDAINED ANOENA CTEDBYTHECITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS; SECTION ONE; Competitive bidding for the purpose of obtaining satisfactory Class 7 Aggregate fill product for the Jacksonville Shooting Range property would be costly, non-productive, and time consuming, making said competitive bidding unfeasible and impractical. SECTION TWO; Pursuant to ACA § 14-58-303, competitive bidding is hereby waived for the purpose of purchasing from the Capital Improvement Fund Eighteen Thousand (18,000) Tons of Class 7 Aggregate fill for use in the construction of the City's new Shooting Range improvements. Authorization is hereby given to the Mayor and/or his designated representative to execute necessary documents with Granite Mountain Quarry, 1010 Shamberger Lane, Little Rock, Arkansas, for purchase of said product at a rate of Six and 75/100 Dollars ($6.75) per Ton, total sum not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-one Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($121,500.00), plus applicable tax. SECTION THREE; All Ordinances, parts of Ordinances, or previous actions taken by said Council in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. 601���8 Ordinance No, 1489 (#20-2013) Page Two SECTION FOUR: This Ordinance, necessary for the Shooting Range construction project to remain on schedule and accommodate the proposed growth of the City and its citizens' health, safety, and welfare, should be implemented immediately. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared, and this Ordinance shall be in force and effect from after its date of passage. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 2"d DA Y OF.7UL Y, 2013, CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS A TTEST.• SUSAN DAVfTT, CITY CLERK APPRO ROBERT E, SAMBURG, C17WA