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AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF ACCIDENT DATA COLLECTION SOFTWARE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS THAT:
SECTION 1: That the City of Jonesboro Police Department has the need for motor vehicle accident software enabling the collection of geospatial location information of motor vehicle accidents for use in the planning and development activities of the city.
SECTION 2: That Visual Statement Inc. is a vendor of such software and is also the vendor of a related product already in use by the Department. That said software upgrade may be purchased from Visual Statement, Inc. for the sum of $28,831.55, to be paid from the fixed assets account.
SECTION 3: That the City Council in accord with the terms of A.C.A. Section 14-58-302 hereby waives the requirement of competitive bidding and directs the Purchasing Agent to purchase the above described for the price set forth in Section 2 above.
SECTION 4: It is further found that due to the immediate need to acquire this equipment to provide sufficient and cost effective data collection for current and future employees of the City of Jonesboro, an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, it shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of February, 2011.