September 2, 2025, Board Meeting
6:00 PM
INVOCATION: Director
Virgil Miller
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Presentations:
Day of Goodness Proclamation
Big Brothers Big Sisters Month
Proclamation
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CONSENT
AGENDA (Items 1 – 10) |
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1. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Royal Overhead Door, Inc., to
provide overhead door repairs on an as-needed basis; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager
to execute an agreement with Royal Overhead Door,
Inc. to provide Overhead Door repairs on an as-needed hourly basis. |
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2. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Hope Lawn Care, in an amount
not to exceed $138,772.20, for Phase 1 right-of-way mowing and trimming of
Wards 1 and 2, within the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A resolution to authorize
the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the low bidder, Hope Lawn
Care, for right-of-way mowing and trimming for Phase I within the City of
Little Rock. The 2025 Right of Way Mowing and Trimming Phase I locations are
along public street segments, which are maintained by the Public Works
Department. |
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3. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Redstone Construction Group,
Inc., in an amount not to exceed $680,050.80, for the East 39th
Street Drainage Improvement Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the Limited Tax General Obligation Capital Improvement
Bonds) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager
to execute an agreement with Redstone Construction Group, Inc. for East 39th
Street Drainage. (Located in Ward 1) |
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4. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Alliance Technical Group, in an
amount not to exceed $181,500.00, to develop a wetlands management plan for
the Fourche Creek Watershed; and for other purposes.
Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Manager
to execute a contract with Alliance Technical Group to develop a Wetlands
Management Plan for the Fourche Creek Watershed. (Located in Ward 2) |
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5. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Hasty Awards, in an amount not
to exceed $50,984.75, for the purchase of Finisher’s Medals for the 24th
Annual Little Rock Marathon to be held February 28 through March 1, 2026; and
for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A
resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into
a contract with Hasty Awards for the purchase of the Finisher Medals for the
24th Annual Little Rock Marathon.
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6. RESOLUTION |
To adopt and establish the 2025 Sustainability
Action Plan; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: A
resolution to adopt the 2025 Sustainability Action Plan as recommended by the
Little Rock Sustainability Commission (LRSC). The Plan provides strategies
and measurable goals to promote energy efficiency, expand sustainable
transportation options, reduce waste, preserve natural resources, and foster
community-wide environmental awareness. |
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7. RESOLUTION |
Authorize the Mayor to enter
into a contract with Kenneth Ray Coker Revocable Trust, for the
purchase of approximately seventy-five (75) acres of land, for use by the
Little Rock Port Authority for economic prospect recruitment; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A
resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into
a contract with Kenneth Ray Coker, Trustee of Kenneth Ray Coker Revocable
Trust, for the purchase of 75 acres of land for use by the Little Rock Port
Authority for economic prospect recruitment. |
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8. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute any and all documents necessary to adjust the earlier
purchase of property from the estate of Mary Ratcliffe and/or John August
Maertens, Williams Adams Ratcliffe, III, and Kathryn A. Ratcliffe,
individually and as heirs of the estate of Mary Ratcliffe; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A
resolution to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute any documents
necessary to adjust the earlier purchase of property from the estate of Mary
Ratcliffe and/or John August Maertens, William Adams Ratcliffe, III, and Kathryn
A. Ratcliffe, individually and as heirs of the estate of Mary Ratcliffe. |
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9. RESOLUTION |
To authorize the Mayor of the City of Little Rock
to convey approximately one hundred (100) acres of land to the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) for the purposes of operating a VOR Cone
Facility (A very high range omnidirectional range station); and for other
purposes. Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: A
resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Little Rock to convey
approximately One Hundred (100) acres of land to the Federal Aviation
Administration for the purpose of operating a VOR Cone Facility (a very high
range omnidirectional range station). |
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10. RESOLUTION |
To set September 16, 2025, as the date of hearing
on an appeal of the Planning Commission’s action to approve a Conditional Use
Permit to allow a Multi-Sectional Manufactured Home on the R-2 Zoned Property
located in the 800 Block of Bunch Road, Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other
purposes. Staff recommends
approval. |
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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 at 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, when the Mayor drops the gavel. 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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SEPARATE ITEMS (Item 11) |
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11.
ORDINANCE |
To repeal the City of Little Rock’s Planning
Jurisdiction in unincorporated areas of Pulaski County in compliance with Act
314 of 2025, to amend ordinances and City Code provisions
accordingly; and for other purposes. Staff
recommends approval. Synopsis: The ordinance will formally repeal the
City of Little Rock’s planning jurisdiction in unincorporated areas of
Pulaski County in compliance with Act 314 of 2025. |