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AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE MATA DEPARTMENT
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that:
SECTION 1: That the M.A.T.A. Department of the City of Jonesboro needs to purchase the following: Traffic Signal Radio Equipment.
SECTION 2: That said equipment can be purchased from Temple Inc. for the sum of $90,344.00 plus freight which will be paid from the Arterial Signal System line item in the General Ledger account of the 1997 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 acquire 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 17th day of November, 1997.