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Fort Smith moves to obligate bulk of $100 million bond for consent‑decree sewer repairs amid questions over high bids
Summary
Following a bond closing, the Fort Smith board approved many contracts to begin consent‑decree wastewater repairs but tabled several large projects after engineers and former officials flagged bids that far exceeded engineering estimates.
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Nov. 4 moved to obligate the majority of a $100 million bond issue to long‑running consent‑decree sewer repairs while flagging procurement concerns on several large contracts.
Administration told the board the city closed on $100,007,564 in sales and use tax bonds and proposed an initial package of nine construction projects and multiple engineering contracts to begin the work funded by the bonds. Staff said the items presented that night would obligate just over $77 million and that additional design contracts to obligate the remaining $23 million would follow.
Several contracts were approved by roll call, including a…
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