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RESOLUTION 2021-12-01-R <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS TO CORRECT <br />CERTAIN INCONSISTENCIES IN RESOLUTION 2021-05-03-R, THE EXECUTION <br />DATE OF THE REVISED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT OF AUGUST <br />2021 BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BATESVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF <br />COMMERCE, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT <br />WITH THE BATESVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO PROVIDE <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING SERVICES FOR 2022; AND FOR <br />OTHER PURPOSES <br />WHEREAS, The City approved Resolution 2021-05-03-R on May 11, 2021 authorizing the <br />Mayor to enter into a contract for economic development services with the Batesville Area <br />Chamber of Commerce, and <br />WHEREAS, said contract was in the amount of $100,000.00 for the one-year period of May <br />2021 to May 2022, and <br />WHEREAS, said contract was executed on June 18, 2021, and <br />WHEREAS, the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce began performing their duties under the <br />contract upon in May 2021, and <br />WHEREAS, the City erred by failing to promptly deliver the said $100,000.00 to the Batesville <br />Area Chamber of Commerce, and <br />WHEREAS, this error was brought to the City's attention in August 2021, and <br />WHEREAS, in August 2021 the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce recommended that the <br />CITY reduce the contractual amount and term to reflect that for 2021 the amount would be <br />$50,000.00 and further that the term of the contract be changed to reflect an end date of <br />December 31, 2021, and <br />WHEREAS, said contract with the revised amount of $50,000.00 and the end date as December <br />31, 2021 was prepared for execution however some confusion has arisen concerning the <br />execution date of the contract, and <br />WHEREAS, the contract version dated August 2, 2021 and was signed by both Mayor <br />Elumbaugh and Chamber CEO Crystal Johnson, and <br />WHEREAS, the contract version that was dated August 26, 2021 was signed by Mayor <br />Elumbaugh, but was not signed by Chamber CEO Crystal Johnson, and <br />WHEREAS, upon review of both documents it has been determined that they are in fact identical <br />except for the different dates and the missing signature, and <br />WHEREAS, upon further examination it appears that when the August 2nd date was written the <br />"2" was written to the far left in the date field as if a second number was intended to be included <br />but was inadvertently left out, and <br />