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City to consider multiple contracts, purchases and budget moves at Dec. 2 meeting

Hot Springs Board of Directors · November 26, 2025
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Summary

At its Dec. 2 meeting the board will consider a series of procurement and budget items: compost testing and Smith‑Blair-parts contracts, a sodium-hydroxide supply contract, a Vermeer grinder engine sole-source purchase ($85,055.13), a Garver work order for taxiways ($119,600), time-and-attendance software ($139,932) and an airport insurance budget amendment ($53,681 transfer).

The Hot Springs Board of Directors reviewed a group of procurement and budget items that will be formally considered at the Dec. 2 meeting.

Utilities Director Manny Ledbetter described competitive solicitations and staff recommendations on several contract awards. For compost testing (Resolution R-25-215) two firms replied to the RFP; Environmental Services Company Inc. (Little Rock) was recommended because the other bidder could not perform required coliform and salmonella tests. For Smith‑Blair parts (R-25-221), staff recommended awarding line-item term contracts to Core & Main LP, Ferguson Water Works and River Valley Windwater Works Company based on the lowest bids per line item; the…

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