Little Rock City board approves multi-item consent agenda including street, parks and service contracts
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Summary
The Little Rock City Board approved a consent agenda that authorizes multiple contracts and a program extension, including a $32,000 change order for Arthur Lane reconstruction, $399,957 for neighborhood center windows, and a $189,410.86 one-year extension with Canvas Community for Bridge to Work.
The Little Rock City Board voted to approve a consent agenda that authorizes a series of contracts and agreements for street work, park infrastructure and social services.
The consent package, read aloud by the city clerk, included an amendment to the Redstone Construction Group contract not to exceed $32,000 for additional street reconstruction related to the Arthur Lane widening project and funding drawn from limited tax general obligation capital improvement bonds. It also authorized up to $399,957 for window replacement at the Willie L. Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center; a one-year contract extension with Canvas Community not to exceed $189,410.86 for the Bridge to Work program; the purchase of a 2026 Ford F-350 crew cab for up to $83,901 for Public Works street operations; and two Swift Recreation LLC contracts for Allsau Park for $86,871 (trail bridge) and $526,148 (playground replacement).
Director Hines asked the public works director whether the project contingencies had already been exceeded. The public works director replied that poor soils required additional undercutting, saying the contingencies had been exceeded and that the change order was to cover that work.
Other consent items included an agreement for accounting services with the Oakland Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park Board, a cleaning and renovation contract for Fire Station Number 2, and an assignment and assumption of leases involving KHLP 525 LLC and SLFJR 525 LLC. The city clerk read each resolution as part of the consent package.
A motion to approve the consent agenda was made, seconded and approved on a voice vote (recorded as 'Aye' in the transcript). The transcript does not provide an individual roll-call tally for the consent vote.
The Board did not remove any items from the consent agenda during the meeting; project-specific follow up (such as the detailed change order documentation for Arthur Lane) is expected to proceed through the city manager's office.
