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Little Rock board approves consent agenda contracts and several commission appointments
Summary
At its Oct. 21 meeting the Little Rock board approved a multi‑item consent agenda that included procurement contracts for park and public‑safety equipment and a $2.595 million property purchase for district courts; the board also confirmed multiple appointments after an executive session.
The Little Rock City Board of Directors approved a multi‑item consent agenda on Oct. 21 that authorized several procurement contracts and a property purchase, and later confirmed a slate of board and commission appointments after returning from executive session.
Key consent items read into the record included a resolution authorizing a contract with H.W. Tucker Company Inc. for the Bella Rosa improvement project in an amount not to exceed $490,612.63 funded from limited‑tax general obligation capital improvement bonds; a two‑year software subscription renewal with Insight Public Sector Inc. not to exceed $690,000 for license‑plate reader support for the Little Rock Police Department real‑time crime center; a contract with American Fire Protection Group Inc. for a Mobile Pro Systems Falcon 3,100 mobile surveillance unit (about $58,276.60); an HVAC purchase and installation contract with Powers of Arkansas for about $210,872.18; playground replacement contracts with Landscape Structures (roughly $122,053 and $188,763 for two parks); and authorization to purchase building and property at 525 W. Capitol and 600 W. Sixth Street for up to $2,595,000 plus closing costs to house the Little Rock District Courts. The clerk read each consent item into the record and the board approved the consent agenda by voice vote.
After an executive session the board returned to the public meeting and approved multiple appointments by voice vote, including seats on the Age Friendly Commission, Animal Services Advisory Board, City Beautiful Commission, Commission on Children, Youth and Families, Community Housing Advisory Board, Municipal Airport Commission, Sustainability Commission, Little Rock Water Reclamation Commission, McArthur Military History Museum Commission, and the Oakland Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park Board.
What to know: Most consent items were approved without discussion by voice vote; amounts and basic funding sources were read into the public record. The board scheduled no separate public hearings for the procurement items at this meeting.
