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Board adopts consent agenda including street drainage contracts, equipment purchases and affordable housing contracts
Summary
The board approved a consent agenda covering multiple contracts and purchases, including drainage projects, public works equipment, tire purchase agreement, investment policy update, affordable housing construction contracts, playground renovation and zoo bond project increases.
The Little Rock City Board of Directors approved a broad consent agenda on March 18, 2025, authorizing multiple city contracts, purchases and appointments.
Key items approved included contracts for drainage and street improvements: an amount not to exceed $308,700 with Swayze LLC for the Broadway Street drainage improvement project and $173,938.80 with Swayze LLC for the Rink Road drainage improvement project. The board authorized $73,968 with Bulls Construction Co. Inc. for a crosswalk improvement on Leander Drive at Canis Road.
Fleet and equipment purchases approved included up to $140,000 for a Butcher City Cat V20 sweeper from River City Hydraulics Inc.; up to $133,875 for a CASE 580SV backhoe from Scott Equipment Inc.; and an annual purchase agreement for commercial tires with Goodyear Tire and Looney's Tire Center not to exceed $900,000.
Financial and policy items included adoption of provisions to the city's investment policy (repealing Resolution No. 14,890, Nov. 5, 2018) and authorization for the chief financial officer and treasury manager to engage certain financial institutions for city business. The board also authorized a contract with EvoCore Technologies Inc. for managed detection and response (MDR) services for the city's IT department in an amount not to exceed $798,212 plus a 10% contingency, and an annual maintenance agreement for the city's outdoor warning siren system with a not-to-exceed amount of $60,830.
Housing and parks items included two contracts (Renaissance Construction LLC and AJS Homes LLC) at amounts not to exceed $441,500 and $441,000 respectively for development and construction of single-family affordable housing units (using HOME Investment Partnership Program funds for the latter), plus up to $100,000 with Landscape Structures Inc. for renovation at War Memorial Park. The board also authorized an increase of up to $300,000 to an existing contract with Lehigh Keys Construction Co. for the Little Rock Zoo 2022 bond project.
The consent agenda also included appointment of Sandra Patton and Betty Everett to the Tall Timber Recreation Improvement District No. 3 board of commissioners and language declaring certain procurements impractical to bid (sole-source extensions) including a one-year extension with City Year Inc. not to exceed $100,000 for an education program.
The consent agenda was moved and seconded and approved without separate roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript; several items were read into the record during the meeting.
