December 19, 2017
6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Vice-Mayor Kathy Webb
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
City of Little Rock Employee Retirement
Recognition
Chief Gregory Summers, Little Rock Fire Department
Team NUSA Drawing
Modifications
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ADDITIONS: |
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M-1 RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to renew the contract with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
for Group Life Insurance for a twelve (12)-month period effective January 1,
2018, to December 31, 2018; to include a clause which permits the City to
renew the contract at its option for six (6) additional years; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: To authorize the City Manager to enter into
an agreement with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the period of
January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018, to provide Group Life and AD&D
Insurance for City Employees. |
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M-2 RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to renew the contract with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
for Group Dental Insurance for a twelve (12)-month period effective January
1, 2018, to December 31, 2018; to include a clause which permits the City to
renew the contract at its option for six (6) additional years; and for other
purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: To authorize the City Manager to enter into
an agreement with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the period of
January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018, to provide Group Dental Insurance for
City Employees. |
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M-3 ORDINANCE |
To declare it
impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to extend
the contract with the Arkansas Municipal League-Municipal Vehicle Program, at
a total cost of $440,000.00, to administer a Self-Insurance Program for the
City of Little Rock’s Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance; to declare an emergency; and for
other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: The Fleet Services Department is requesting
approval to award a Sole-Source Purchase Order to Arkansas Municipal League -
Municipal Vehicle Program to administer a Self-Insurance Program for the City
of Little Rock’s Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance including Compensation and
Collision Insurance for current vehicles. |
Agenda
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 6) |
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1. RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to renew contracts for Housing Opportunities for
Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), in a total combined amount not to exceed
$504,527.00, for a one (1)-year term; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Renewal of Housing Opportunities for
Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) funding Grant to the Arkansas AIDS Foundation and
Northeast Arkansas Regional Aids Network.
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2.
RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager and City Officials to execute any necessary
documents to enter into a five (5)-year Lease Agreement, with an Option to
Purchase Real Estate Contract with the Jack Tyler Family, LLC, for
approximately sixty (60) acres of land for the annual rent of $450.00 per
acre, for a total annual payment of $27,000.00, for the use and benefit of
the Little Rock Port Authority; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 2012 3/8-Cent Capital
Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. |
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3.
RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager and City Officials to execute any necessary
documents to enter into a Real Estate Purchase Contract with Rolf Hartsell,
Melinda Pardaxay, Daisy Hartsell and Carter Hartsell, to acquire
approximately fifteen (15) acres of land for the purchase price of
$275,833.00, cash or cash equivalent, for the use and benefit of the Little
Rock Port Authority; and for other purposes.
(Funding
from the 2012 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. |
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4. RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to extend the current contracts with non-profit
organizations to provide Citywide Program Enhancement Services to Prevention,
Intervention and Treatment Programs and to provide a Youth Intervention
Program; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Extension of the current contracts with ten
(10) non-profit organizations to provide Citywide Program Enhancement
Services to PIT Positive Prevention Programs and Youth Intervention Programs
and one (1) non-profit organization to provide a Youth Intervention Program
for a period of three (3) months. |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to extend the current contracts with non-profit
organizations to provide Positive Prevention Programs for Youth, to provide
Youth Intervention Programs and to provide Re-Entry Services; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Extension of the current contracts with two
(2) non-profit organizations to provide Positive Prevention Programs, seven
(7) non-profit organizations to provide Youth Intervention Programs, and two
(2) non-profit organizations to provide Re-Entry Services for a period of six
(6) months. |
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6. RESOLUTION |
To
authorize the City Manager to extend the current contracts with non-profit
organizations to provide Positive Prevention Programs for Youth and to
provide Youth Intervention Programs; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Extension of the current contracts with
thirteen (13) non-profit organizations to provide Positive Prevention
Programs, five (5) non-profit organizations to provide Youth Intervention
Programs (YIP), one (1) non-profit organization to provide Career & Life
Skills System Development and one (1) non-profit organization to provide
Domestic Violence Counseling. |
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GROUPED ITEMS (Items 7 - 8) |
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7. ORDINANCE |
To
condemn certain structures in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, as
structural, fire and health hazards; to provide for summary abatement
procedures; to direct City Staff to take such action as is necessary to raze
and remove said structures; to declare an emergency; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Seven (7) residential structures are in a
severely dilapidated, deteriorated and/or burned condition causing a negative
environmental impact on the residential neighborhoods in which it is
located. All Notices have been mailed
in accordance with Arkansas State Law. |
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8. ORDINANCE |
To
authorize the City Manager to enter into a sole-source agreement with Axon
Enterprise, Inc., in the amount of $110,957.91, including taxes, for the
purchase of forty-three (43) Less-Than-Lethal Electronic Control Devise; and for other
purposes. (Funding
from the 2012 3/8-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: The Little Rock Police Department is
requesting approval to award a Sole-Source Purchase Order to Axon Enterprise,
Inc., as the sole manufacturer for Less-Than-Lethal Electronic Control
Devices, for the purchase forty-three (43) Tasers devices. |
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SEPARATE ITEMS (Item 9) |
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9.
ORDINANCE |
To provide for and to adopt the 2018 Budget for the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, for the period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December
31, 2018; to appropriate resources and uses for every expenditure item and
fund; to declare an emergency; and
for other purposes. (1st,
2nd & 3rd Reading held on December 12, 2017) Staff
recommends approval. |
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PUBLIC HEARINGS (Item 10) |
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10. ORDINANCE |
To
establish and lay off Little Rock Municipal Property Owners’ Improvement
District No. 2017-325 – La Marche Place Villas Subdivision Infrastructure
Project; and for other purposes. |
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CITIZEN
COMMUNICATION Three (3) minutes are allowed to
present a specific item which has not been previously been brought to the
attention of the Board and is not already on the Agenda. This time is
allotted for any person to express a written or oral viewpoint, grievance, or
other message to the Board of Directors. A maximum of thirty (30) minutes is
allotted for citizen communications each meeting. No advance permission is
required, but persons wishing to address the City Board are required to fill
out a yellow card listing the specific subject to be addressed and hand to
the City Clerk upon arrival. Citizen Communication will be held immediately
following the Consent Agenda items on the first Tuesday and at the end of the
printed Agenda on the third Tuesday. |
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The Board
of Directors will not meet on Tuesday, December 26, 2017. The next meeting of the Board will be on
Tuesday, Janaury 2, 2018, at 6:00 PM.