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Votes at a glance: North Little Rock council actions
Summary
Council adopted a package of routine and substantive items: authorization to apply for a Main Street Viaduct planning grant (R2640), insurance waiver for Murray Hydroelectric plant (R2639), community garden license agreements (R2641), vehicle purchase waiver, and several cleanup-lien resolutions (R2659'R2662); full votes recorded on the floor.
The North Little Rock City Council recorded the following outcomes during the meeting:
- R2639: Resolution waiving formal bidding requirements and authorizing insurance for the Murray Hydroelectric plant (motion carried after staff explained coverage insures roughly $140,000,000 of equipment and premiums are "usually in the $300,000 range").
- R2640: Resolution authorizing the mayor to apply for federal planning, environmental and engineering funds to advance the Main Street Viaduct to shovel-ready status (motion carried; staff said application was due the following day).
- R2641: Community garden license agreements with Lakewood Property Owners Association and similar agreements were adopted on the consent agenda.
- Procurement waiver to purchase a North Little Rock Police Department vehicle from Duval Ford was adopted.
- R2659, R2660, R2661, R2662: Cleanup-lien resolutions for properties at 15 South Avalon Drive, 308 Crockett Street, 313 West 47th Street, and 4212 School Street were read, had public hearings (no speakers), and were adopted.
- O2613: Ordinance amending council rules (90-79) was read and adopted, including the emergency clause; the city attorney will circulate the updated rules.
Votes were recorded in sequence with yes responses from council members present; the transcript records affirmative roll-call-style responses for each adopted item.
