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North Little Rock council OKs up to $100,000 contract with Chamber for small-business navigation work
Summary
The city council unanimously approved Resolution R2515 to allow Mayor and city clerk to sign an agreement with the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce for up to $100,000 in economic development services, including work on a "fast track" plan to help new small businesses navigate permits and licenses.
The North Little Rock City Council on Jan. 21 approved Resolution R2515 authorizing the mayor and city clerk to enter an agreement with the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce for economic development services not to exceed $100,000.
Council members voted unanimously to adopt the resolution during the meeting; the motion passed after Council member Collins described the Chamber's role in developing a small-business "fast track" plan and said the Chamber will assign a staffer, Jorge, to help answer calls and assist prospective business owners with licensing and permitting.
City staff said the Chamber's work will include helping entrepreneurs navigate the business-license and permitting processes and serving as a connector for people who call the Chamber seeking information. Collins told the council that the Chamber had been gathering materials on the fast-track plan and expects to bring a plan at the end of February.
The resolution was presented as a standard economic development services contract; no public comment was recorded on the item. A roll-call vote recorded Ross, Hamilton, Hartwig, Robinson, Baxter, Harris, Fowler and Insilaco voting yes.
The contract language as read to the council described the agreement as an economic-development services arrangement with a not-to-exceed amount of $100,000. The council did not specify additional funding breakdowns or reporting requirements during the meeting.
