Project manager Todd Pillar said the board will be asked on Oct. 21 to waive competitive bidding under Arkansas Code Annotated 14-47-138 and authorize a not-to-exceed $510,000 agreement with Maxfoot Construction Company LLC to construct a new discharge effluent structure and outfall pipe at the Davidson Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Pillar said the work includes a new structure, outfall pipe between the plant and Lake Catherine, weirs and flow-monitoring devices. He described the structure as roughly 27 feet wide, 37 feet long and 17 feet deep and said the project timing is tied to the lake drawdown: the city has permission to draw Lake Catherine down 7 feet in December and January to allow related work. The contract is a not-to-exceed $510,000 and will be funded from the board-approved 2025 wastewater bond fund.

No board action occurred at the agenda review; the ordinance is listed for consideration at the Oct. 21 meeting.