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® Q <br /> • BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS <br /> ORDINANCE # 93-1-5 <br /> ORDINANCE WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING ON THE EQUIPMENT <br /> NEEDED TO MAINTAIN SEWER SERVICE AND REPLACE <br /> THE SEWER LINE ACROSS POLK BAYOU, DECLARING AN EXCEPTIONAL <br /> SITUATION, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES <br /> WHEREAS, THE RECENT RAINS AND HIGH WATER HAVE CAUSED <br /> EXTENSIVE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE MAJOR SEWER LINES AND <br /> CONNECTIONS ALONG AND ACROSS POLK BAYOU WITHIN THE CITY; AND <br /> WHEREAS, THE AFFECTED LINE HAS BEEN RENDERED COMPLETELY <br /> UNUSABLE CREATING AN EMERGENCY CONDITION AND A POTENTIAL FOR <br /> COMPLETE DISRUPTION OF SEWER SERVICE TO THAT PORTION OF <br /> BATESVILLE LYING NORTHEAST OF POLK BAYOU ; AND <br /> WHEREAS, IT IS NO LONGER FEASIBLE OR POSSIBLE TO <br /> • CONTINUE WITH THE TEMPORARY PUMP AND LINES IN THAT THIS <br /> SYSTEM IS INCAPABLE OF HANDLING THE FLOW AND AT THE SAME <br /> TIME COMPLYING WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE <br /> ARKANSAS POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY COMMISSION , AND <br /> WHEREAS, THE REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS MUST BE <br /> UNDERTAKEN IMMEDIATELY , WITH SAID IMPROVEMENTS COSTING <br /> SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS <br /> ($5 ,000 , 00) ; AND <br /> WHEREAS, THIS CONDITION REPRESENTS AN EMERGENCY OR <br /> EXCEPTIONAL SITUATION WHERE THE PROCEDURE OF COMPETITIVE <br /> BIDDING SET OUT IN ARKANSAS CODE ANN , SECTION 14-58-303 IS <br /> NOT FEASIBLE OR PRACTICAL; NOR <br /> BE IT THEREFOR ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br /> • OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS : <br />