Council approves library fees, vehicle purchases, parks and utility contracts in consent votes

The Bentonville City Council on Feb. 11 approved a consent agenda and several other items, including an ordinance establishing 2025 library fees, authorization to purchase 12 police vehicles, multiple parks and public-works contracts, and utility board contract actions.

Items approved on the consent agenda included: appointments, routine awards of contracts for station repairs and vehicle maintenance, and budget adjustments to appropriate funds for those tasks. The city also approved an amended guaranteed maximum price (GMP) agreement for construction of a parks and recreation maintenance facility at Memorial Park and a contract for field improvements at Creekside Park Cricket Field.

Significant dollar figures the council approved or authorized during the meeting included: - Milestone Construction Company: repairs to Fire Station 4, "in an amount not to exceed $43,101.29." (IFB-24-96) - Crossland Construction: amended GMP for new parks and recreation maintenance facility at Memorial Park, "in an amount not to exceed $6,405,195." (Item 14) - Burn and Jones Sports Construction: field improvements at Creekside Park Cricket Field, "in an amount not to exceed $150,000." (Item 12) - BrightView Landscape Services, Inc.: Parks mowing services at a weekly rate of $3,979.61, not to exceed $119,388 annually. (IFB-24-92) - Superior Automotive Group: purchase and upfitting of 12 Bentonville Police…