Votes at a glance: Board approves consent contracts, zoning ordinances and schedules final readings; executive session called

The Little Rock Board of Directors on Jan. 21 voted on a slate of consent agenda resolutions, multiple zoning ordinances and procedural items. Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript follow.

Consent agenda and contracts (approved by voice vote unless noted) - Contract with Positive Results Lawn Services Inc. (Adele Drive drainage improvement project): amount not to exceed $106,838.40; funding from limited tax general obligation capital improvement bonds — approved as part of consent agenda. - Contract with Redstone Construction Group Inc. (Value Drive reconstruction project): amount not to exceed $561,054.48 — approved as part of consent agenda. - Contract with Centa’s Corporation (uniforms for public works/solid waste): up to $90,000 plus taxes and fees for two years — approved as part of consent agenda. - Contract with Positive Results Lawn Services Inc. (Large Road drainage improvement project): up to $195,627.60 — approved as part of consent agenda. - Contract with All Services Electric Inc. (Chenal Club intersection improvement): up to $391,013.10 — approved as part of consent agenda. - Contract with Wagner General Contractors to rebuild Fire Station No. 9 (1324 N. Shackleford Road): amount listed as $5,900,250 (transcript formatting garbled) — approved as part of consent agenda. - Support resolution for Little Rock Port Authority accepting an Arkansas Economic Development Commission site-development grant — approved as part of consent agenda. - Renewal agreements: NV5 Consultants Inc. for solar energy project engineering (up to $45,000) and Wright Lindsey Jennings LLP for legal consulting on the solar energy project (up to $45,000) — approved as part of consent agenda. - Extension of the Breckenridge temporary entertainment district (Dec. 31, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2025) — approved as part of consent agenda. - Resolution setting Feb. 4 as hearing date on request to abandon approximately 150 linear feet of alley in Block 10, Woodruff’s Addition — approved as part of consent agenda. - Resolution supporting a U.S. Department of Transportation grant application by the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism for downtown trail infrastructure — approved as part of consent agenda.

Group items / zoning ordinances (multiple readings concluded and approved at meeting) - Planned Development Commercial (Vargas Body Shop PDC), 8415 Scott Hamilton Drive — completed third reading and approved. - Planned Development Commercial (Hawk SDR 2 PDC), 2014 N. Cleveland Street — completed third reading and approved. - Planned Development Industrial (Glover PDI), 3611 Mable Pike — completed third reading and approved. - Planned Development Residential (Icon Homes LLC PDR), 414 N. Spruce Street — completed third reading and approved. - Planned Development Residential (Brown PDR), 1705 and 1709 Boyse Street — completed third reading and approved.

Other business - A standalone amendment (separate from the consent agenda) increasing the contract with Half Associates Inc. by up to $38,000 for the stormwater manual was discussed at length and approved (see separate article). - An ordinance to amend Little Rock Rev. Code section 2-50(b) and (c) to clarify the definition of “present” at meetings received second reading; a motion to suspend rules for third reading failed on a 6–3 voice/roll-call, so the third reading will be held at a later meeting. - The board voted to recess into executive session to discuss the hiring of the city manager. The motion to go into executive session was approved by voice vote.

Where vote counts were recorded in roll call they are noted; many items were approved by voice vote and individual aye/nay roll call counts were not recorded in the transcript for each consent item.