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AN ORDINANCE TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND AUTHORIZE PURCHASE OF A 770BH JOHN DEERE GRADER, SERIAL NO. 538151.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: That the MATA Department (Gravel Roads) needs to purchase the following: 770B (ROAD GRADER) JOHN DEERE GRADER, SERIAL NO. 538151
SECTION 2: That such equipment can be purchased from Barton Equipment Company of AR, Inc., located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, for the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($67,000.00).
SECTION 3: That the City Council, in accord with the terms of A.C.A. 14-58-302(2) (b) hereby waives the requirement of competitive bidding and directs the Purchasing Officer to purchase the above described for the price set forth in Section 2 above. Said amount shall be paid by money from the MATA Department (Gravel Roads GL 708).
SECTION 4: It is further found that due to the immediate need to acquire the above machinery, an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance, being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, shall take effect from and after its approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of July, 1999.