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Little Rock board approves consent agenda including micro-home site work, vehicle leases and ammunition purchase
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The Little Rock Board of Directors approved a multi-item consent agenda March (first meeting in March), advancing site work for the Micro Home Village, several equipment purchases and professional-service contracts in a single vote.
The Little Rock Board of Directors voted to approve a multi-item consent agenda that includes contract awards, equipment purchases and site work for the city’s Micro Home Village.
The action, taken by a voice vote after the clerk read the consent agenda, approved multiple resolutions authorizing the city manager to execute contracts and amendments for city departments. The consent items listed in the meeting record cover vehicle leases, auditing services, public-works equipment, ammunition purchases for the police department and site grading for the Little Rock Micro Home Village.
The consent agenda included a resolution authorizing a multi-year lease for vehicles with Enterprise FM Trust (amount as stated in the meeting transcript: "not to exceed 2,923,000 a hundred $15 plus applicable taxes and fees"). It also authorized a contract amendment with Fortis Mazars LLP for certified public accounting services not to exceed $320,500 for fiscal year 2024; the purchase of a John Deere 6110M tractor with boom mower from Greenway Equipment Inc. not to exceed $211,124.76; a Vermeer BC1000XL wood chipper not to exceed $52,632.02; two dump trucks from Rush Truck Centers of Arkansas not to exceed $434,919.50; bulk ammunition procurement for the Little Rock Police Department from Precision Delta Corporation not to exceed $224,838.75; site grading and utilities for the Little Rock Micro Home Village from Redstone Construction Group not to exceed $1,134,537.25; and an amendment increasing a Redstone Construction Group contract for street resurfacing not to exceed $6,725,000. The consent agenda concluded with a resolution authorizing execution and delivery of a right-of-way deed and agreement (amount and further details not specified in the transcript).
Board members briefly noted the Micro Home Village item during the vote. Director Hines highlighted the Micro Home Village (item 7) as a critical step to aid people experiencing homelessness, saying roughly "209 on-house residents will be able to kind of cycle through anywhere between 6 to 9 months" as they transition toward permanent supportive housing. The board also expressed appreciation to Potlatch Deltic and staff members for their roles in moving the Micro Home Village work forward.
The board approved the consent agenda by voice vote after the clerk read the items.
Ending: The approvals place contracts and purchases into motion; specific implementation dates, contract start dates and some numerical details were not fully specified in the meeting transcript and will be available in executed contract documents and subsequent staff reports.
