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Board approves Lee Creek lagoon cleaning contract after questions about scope and price increase

5019186 · June 17, 2025
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Summary

The board approved a contract for cleaning one lagoon at the Lee Creek treatment plant amid questions about vendor competition, a cited price increase and where sludge would be land-applied.

The Fort Smith Board of Directors on June 17 approved a contract to clean a lagoon at the Lee Creek wastewater treatment plant, voting on the consent agenda after a separate discussion about scope, cost and disposal.

City staff said the work will clean one of the plant’s concrete lagoons; staff performed a similar job last year and plan roughly one lagoon per year. The contract award was the subject of questions from several directors about why only one bid…

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