HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-05-01 ORDINANCE # g g
AN ORDINANCE WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING ON THE
PURCHASE OF ONE 3.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY "CAN-TYPE VERTICAL TURBINE
HIGH SERVICE PUMP TO PUMP FINISHED WATER IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AT
THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES .
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 : THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE (5) OF ACT 28 OF 1959 AS AMENDED
BY SECTION ONE (1 ) OF ACT 154 OF 1979, AS CODIFIED IN THE ARKANSAS STATUTES
AS ARK. STAT. ANN. SECTION 19-4425 THE REQUIREMENT OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS
HEREBY WAIVED IN THE PURCHASE OF ONE 3.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY "CAN-TYPE"
VERTICAL TURBINE HIGH SERVICE PUMP TO PUMP FINISHED WATER IN THE DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT .
SECTION 2: THAT THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS THAT THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL
SITUATION WARRANTING WAIVER OF BIDDING DUE TO THE NONFEASIBILITY AND
NONPRACTICALITY OF BIDDING ON ONE 3.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY "CAN-TYPE"
VERTICAL TURBINE HIGH SERVICE PUMP (TO PUMP FINISHED WATER IN THE
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT) .
SECTION 3: EMERGENCY CLAUSE: THIS PURCHASE WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST
OF THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE AND THE TIMELINESS OF SAID
PURCHASE BEING OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND COMPETITIVE BIDDING BEING
NONFEASIBLE AND NONPRACTICAL AN EMERGENCY IS HEREBY DECLARED AND THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE ANDEFFECTAS OF THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE.
ADOPTED THIS DAY OFL 'l��c. 19
APPROVED:
I SHS,
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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LARRY WILLIAMS, CITY CLERK