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Council waives competitive bidding for Meadowbrook Country Club irrigation repairs, approves $74,122 contract
Summary
The council declared an emergency and waived competitive bidding to award Keeling Company $74,122.15 to repair the Meadowbrook Country Club irrigation system, citing Arkansas statutory authority for exceptions to bidding in urgent situations and assigning ordinance number 27172717.
The West Memphis City Council voted to waive competitive bidding and declared an emergency in order to award a $74,122.15 contract to Keeling Company for repair of the Meadowbrook Country Club irrigation system.
City Attorney Stevenson read the ordinance in full, citing the meeting text’s reference to Arkansas Code Annotated (as read in the meeting). Councilors debated whether items should be read in their entirety or by title only; after procedural clarification the council advanced the ordinance through second and third readings and approved it on final reading. The clerk assigned ordinance number 27172717.
The ordinance’s emergency clause states the urgent need to repair the irrigation system and names Keeling Company as the supplier, asserting competitive bidding is not feasible because Keeling Company is the only distributor for the system used at the site. The council’s approval authorizes the city to proceed with the repair contract under the emergency exemption.
City staff did not provide detailed contract documents during the meeting; the city attorney said the ordinance would be filed with the clerk’s office and the emergency purchase executed accordingly.
