To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Wagner General Contractors, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,110,769.20, for the Indian Trail Sidewalk Improvement Project; 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 an agreement with Wagner General Contractors, Inc. for the Indian Trail Sidewalk Improvement Project. (Located in Ward 3)

2. RESOLUTION

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Boyles Construction, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $966,856.20, for the Kanis Road and Cooper Orbit Intersection Improvement Project; and for other purposes. (Funding from the Limited Tax General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds) Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Boyles Construction, Inc. for the Kanis Road at Cooper Orbit Intersection Improvement Project. (Located in Ward 6)

3. RESOLUTION

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Positive Results Lawn Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $148,800.00, for the Teton Forest 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 Positive Results Lawn Services, Inc. for the Teton Forest Drainage Improvement Project. (Located in Ward 4)

4. RESOLUTION

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a final one (1)-year contract extension with Janitorial Doctors, Inc., for mowing contract No.1520 and mowing contract No. 1521, in an amount not to exceed $147,310.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, to provide mowing and ground maintenance services to the City’s Parks Facilities; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: A resolution to authorize a one (1)-year extension of the Parks Mowing Contracts Nos. 1520 & 1521 with Janitorial Doctors, Inc., to provide mowing and ground maintenance services to the City’s Parks Facilities.

5. RESOLUTION

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $70,000.00, plus a $20,000.00 contingency, if needed, to create a Park Facilities Inventory and Planning Proposal for the City’s Parks and Recreation Department; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the Acting City Manager to enter into a contract with Cromwell Architects & Engineers for a Park Facilities Inventory and Planning Proposal for the City’s Parks and Recreation Department.

6. RESOLUTION

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a professional engineering services contract with McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $80,000.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, and if necessary, five percent (5%) contingency fee, for the repair, redesign, and construction of Rebsamen Golf Course Hole No. 13; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc., for the redesign, repair, and construction of Rebsamen Golf Course, Hole No. 13.

7. RESOLUTION

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a one (1)-year contract with Safety National Casualty Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $248,970.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, for Excess Workers’ Compensation Insurance for a one (1)-year term; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: The city’s insurance broker, Gallagher Insurance, solicited quotes for excess worker’s compensation insurance. It is the broker’s and staff’s recommendation to bind the renewal quote from Safety National Casualty Corporation for the term of July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026. The proposal represents the lowest bid with the highest coverage levels, of the two (2) bids that were received.

8. RESOLUTION

To authorize the City Manager to enter a three (3) month extension of the existing contract with Risk Management Resources in an amount not to exceed $18,000.00, plus applicable taxes and fees, for continued third-party administration of the City Self-funded Workers’ Compensation Program from June 30, 2025, to September 28, 2025; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: A resolution to amend Little Rock, Ark., Resolution No. 16,645 (April 1, 2025) and to authorize the City Manager to extend the existing contract with Risk Management Resources for an additional three (3)-month period from June 30, 2025 to no later than September 28, 2025, for third-party administration services of the City’s Self-Funded Workers’ Compensation Program. If passed, this resolution would ensure continuity of services during the competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process for future administration services.

9. RESOLUTION

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Siddons-Martin Emergency Group, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $109,529.80, for the repair and replacement of Ladder Fly Section on the Little Rock Fire Department Unit No. 23D188 Pierce Fire Truck; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Siddons-Martin Emergency Group for the repair and replacement of the Ladder Fly Section on Little Rock Fire Department Unit No. 23D188 Pierce Fire Truck .

10. RESOLUTION

To approve the inclusions of the CDBG, HOME, and HOPWA sources and uses of funds of the 2025 funds from the United States Government in the City’s Annual Plan; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: Amendment of sources and uses of 2025 CDBG, HOME, and HOPWA funds included in the City’s Annual Plan based on HUD final allocation.

11. RESOLUTION

G-23-495: To set July 1, 2025, as the date of hearing on the request to abandon excess Kanis Road right-of-way located along the North side of Kanis Road, between Atkins Street and the Trumpler Street right-of-way in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

12. RESOLUTION

G-23-496: To set July 1, 2025, as the date of hearing to request to abandon a portion of East 6^th Street right-of-way (approximately 55 feet in width by 181 feet in length), located immediately West of Boyce Street in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.

SEPARATE ITEMS (Items 13 - 15)

13. ORDINANCE

Z-10155: To approve a Planned Zoning Development and to establish a Planned District – Commercial titled Lawcraft Duplex/STR-22(2)-PD-C, located at 1724 Rice Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, amending the official zoning map of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes. (Planning Commission: 9 ayes; 0 nays; and 2 absent) Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: The applicant requests permission to rezone the 0.09-acre property from R-3, Single-Family District, to PD-C, Planned Development – Commercial, to allow conversion of the existing residential structure into a duplex structure. (Located in Ward 1)

14. ORDINANCE

To authorize the abandonment and demolition of three (3) dangerous unoccupied residential structures as a public safety hazard; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: Three (3) residential structures are in severe condition and constitute a public safety hazard and need to be demolished.

15. RESOLUTION

To establish a procedure for the selection of a City Manager; and for other purposes. (Sponsored by Vice-Mayor Wyrick)

PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS (Items 16 - 19)

16. ORDINANCE

To establish and lay off City of Little Rock Municipal Property Owners’ Multipurpose Improvement District No. 2025-001 (Mountain Brook); to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: The applicant, Mountain Brook LLC, requests approval to form a municipal property owners’ improvement district for Mountain Brook to preserve, maintain, and operate the improvements for the district.

17. ORDINANCE

To establish and lay off City of Little Rock Municipal Property Owners’ Multipurpose Improvement District No. 2025-002 (Mountain Brook Recreation District); to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: The applicant, Mountain Brook LLC, requests the formation of a municipal property owners’ recreation improvement district.

18. ORDINANCE

Z-9891-B: Granting a Special Use Permit for property located at 205 North Woodrow Street, in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, approving a Group Home in the “R3” District; and for other purposes. (Planning Commission: 7 ayes; 0 nays; 2 recusals (McDonald & Hodges); 1 absent, and 1 open position) (deferred from May 20, 2025) Staff recommends approval.

Synopsis: Several residents living on N. Woodrow Street, represented by Barber Law Firm, are appealing the Planning Commission’s action in approving a Special Use Permit to allow a group home on the R-3 zoned property at 205 N. Woodrow Street. (Located in Ward 3)

19. ORDINANCE