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AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE OF TRUCK REPAIRS TO TOWER 1 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that:
SECTION 1: That the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas needs to purchase emergency repairs to Tower 1.
SECTION 2: That said repairs may be purchased from G & W Diesel of Memphis, TN for the sum of $12,000.00 plus any freight and sales tax to be paid from the repairs line item of the fire department budget.
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 immediate need to repair this equipment 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 the 4th day of October, 2005.