August 1, 2023
6:00 PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION: Director Joan Adcock
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
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CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 6) |
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1. MOTION |
To approve the May
16, 2023, June 6, 2023, June 20, 2023, and July 11, 2023, minutes of the
Little Rock City Board of Directors Meeting; and the June 13, 2023, minutes
of the Little Rock City Board of Directors Special Called Meeting. |
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2. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with Crafton Tull & Associates,
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $80,670.00, for Professional Engineering
Consultant Services, for the design of the Rose Creek Trail Improvement
Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the 3/8-Cent Capital
Improvement Sales Tax) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the Manager to
enter into a contract with Crafton Tull & Associates, Inc., for
Professional Engineering Consultant Services for the Rose Creek Trail
Improvement Project. |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to award Professional Engineering Services Contracts for Design
and Survey Services for the 2023-2025 Capital Improvement Projects funded
from the proceeds of the 2022 Capital Improvement Bonds for Street and
Drainage; and for other purposes. (Funding from the Limited Tax General
Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager
to enter into a contracts with Consulting Engineering Firms to provide
Engineering Design and Survey Services for the 2023 to 2025 Public Works
Capital Improvement Program. |
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4. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
Mayor of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
to execute any documents necessary to convey approximately 685
square-feet of land as Tract 10, in addition to a Temporary Easement as Tract
10E-1, for the purpose of highway construction as shown on the Arkansas
Department of Transportation Right-of-Way Plans for Job No. 061454; and for
other purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the Mayor to
execute documents necessary to convey approximately 685 square-feet of land as
Tract 10 in addition to a Temporary Easement as Tract 10E-1 for the purpose
of highway construction as shown on the right-of-way plans for Job No.
061454. |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City
Manager to enter into a contract with Arkansas Valley Communications, in an
amount not to exceed $78,977.50, for the purchase of new Handheld Radios for
the Little Rock Zoo; and for other purposes.
Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager
to enter into a contract with Arkansas Valley Communications for the purchase
of Motorola Radios, and corresponding hardware, including antennas. |
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6.
RESOLUTION |
To authorize the
City Manager to enter into a contract with FTN Associates, Ltd., in an amount
not to exceed $97,650.00, to provide Engineering Consulting Services at the
Little Rock Landfill; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager to execute an
agreement with FTN & Associates Ltd., to provide Engineering Consulting
Services at the Little Rock Landfill. |
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CITIZEN COMMUNICATION Three (3) minutes are allowed to present a
specific item that is not already on the Agenda. This time is allotted for
any person to express a written or oral viewpoint, or other message to the
Board of Directors. A maximum of thirty (30) minutes is allotted for citizen
communications each meeting.
Individuals wishing to address the City Board during Citizen
Communication will be required to submit a yellow card to the City Clerk
prior to the official start of the meeting.
Citizen Communication Cards are available on the table in the hallway
located outside of the Board Chambers.
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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GROUPED ITEMS (Items 7 - 9) |
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7.
ORDINANCE |
To declare
it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to enter
into a Sole-Source Contract with United Private Network, in an amount not to
exceed $135,635.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, for the purchase of
equipment and service to connect to a Fiber-Based Telecommunications Network
for the East Little Rock Community Center; and for other purposes. (Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act) Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: An ordinance to authorize the City Manager
to enter into a Sole-Source Contract with United Private Network for the purchase
of equipment and service to connect to a Fiber-Based Telecommunications
Network for the East Little Rock Community Center. |
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8.
ORDINANCE |
To declare
it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to enter extend
a one (1)-year sole-source agreement with City Year, Inc., in an amount not
to exceed $100,000.00, to establish an education program relative to the
City’s Educational Initiative for use by the Little Rock School District; to declare an emergency; and for
other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: An ordinance to authorize City Manager to
enter into a contract with City Year, Inc., to establish an educational
program whereby City Year AmeriCorps Members provide single-point solutions
to address a school or student’s needs and designed to meet students’
academic and social-emotional needs by providing support at the individual
student, classroom, and whole-school levels and to create school-wide
learning environments. |
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9.
ORDINANCE |
To declare
it unfeasible and impractical to bid; to authorize the City Manager to award
a contract to Aptus Financial to assist eligible City Employees to seek
student loan forgiveness; to establish an initial fee and an annual renewal
fee; to declare an emergency; and
for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. |
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DISCUSSION (Item 10) |
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10. DISCUSSION |
2023 Sales
Tax Proposal |