Board of Directors Meeting

 

June 16, 2020

6:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROLL CALL

 

INVOCATION:                      Director Ken Richardson

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

 

Modifications

 

 

ADDITIONS:

M-1  RESOLUTION

Board Communication

 

 

To authorize the City Manager to enter into an annual contract with Quality Security Services, Inc., to provide Security Guard Services at various City facilities; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

Synopsis:  A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into an annual contract with Quality Security Services, Inc., to provide Security Guard Services at various City facilities. 

 

 

 

M-2  RESOLUTION

 

 

A resolution to ratify the appointment of Jim McKenzie to the Central Arkansas Water Board of Commissioners; and for other purposes. 

 

Synopsis:  Appointment of Jim McKenzie to serve his first full seven (7)-year term, said term to expire on June 30, 2020

 

 

 

Agenda

 

 

CONSENT AGENDA (Items 1 - 6)

1.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Command Fire Apparatus, for the total amount of $282.500.00, for the purchase of a used 2005 Pierce Mid-Mount Aerial Platform Truck for the Little Rock Fire Department Fire Suppression Rescue Division; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

Synopsis:  A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Command Fire Apparatus for the purchase of one (1) used 2005 Pierce Mid-Mount Aerial Platform Truck for the Little Rock Fire Department Fire Suppression Rescue Division. 

 

 

 

2.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with J & R Equipment, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $159,010.00, for the purchase of an Asphalt Patching Truck for the Public Works Department Street Operations Division; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

Synopsis:  A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with J & R Equipment LLC for the purchase of one (1) Asphalt Patching Truck for the Public Works Department Street Operations Division.

 

 

 

3.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Tymco, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $629,775.00, for the purchase of two (2) Street Sweepers for the Public Works Department Street Operations Division; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

Synopsis:  A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with TYMCO, Inc. for the purchase of two (2) new Street Sweepers for the Public Works Department Street Operations Division.

 

 

 

4.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Southern Tire Mart, LLC, in an annual amount not to exceed $52,800.00, for Tire Retread Services for the Fleet Services Department; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

Synopsis:  A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into an annual contract (APO) with Southern Tire Mart, LLC, for tire retread services. This APO is for (1)-year, with an option to renew each year up to two (2) additional years.

 

 

 

5.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the City Manager to enter into a Car Wash Service Contract, for a total cost of $140,000.00, to provide Car Wash Services for City Vehicles to be cleaned; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

Synopsis:  A resolution to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Rue Holdings and Riverfront Detail for the purchase of Car Wash Services for City Vehicles.

 

 

 

6.   RESOLUTION

Board Communication

To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute any documents necessary to accept a donation of property from F. Schuman – R. Kaye Company, a Partnership, and Rebecca J. Kay Trust, for future trail development near Rose Creek in Capitol View Stifft Station; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

 

Synopsis:  A resolution to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute appropriate documents to accept donation of property from Schuman Trust located near Rose Creek in Capital View Stifft Station.

 

 

 

GROUPED ITEMS (Items 7 - 10)

7.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

Write-Up

Zoning Map

Land Use Plan

A-337:  To accept the 17201 Kanis Annexation, to add certain lands to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and for other purposes.  Planning Commission:  10 ayes; 0 nays; and 1 absent.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

Synopsis:  Accept the annexation of approximately 0.7 acres, at 17201 Kanis Road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

To condemn a certain structure in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, as a structural fire and health hazard; to provide for summary abatement procedures; to direct City Staff to take such action as necessary to raze and remove said structure; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

Synopsis:  One (1) residential structures is in a severely dilapidated, deteriorated and/or burned condition causing a negative environmental impact on the residential neighborhoods in which they are located.  All Notices have been mailed in accordance with Arkansas State Law.

 

 

 

9.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

To declare it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to extend a one (1)-year Sole-Source Agreement with City Year, Inc., and the City Year AmeriCorps Members, in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00, 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:  To authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with City Year, Inc., to provide funding support for the Whole School Whole Child Model 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.

 

 

 

10.   ORDINANCE

Board Communication

To declare it impractical and unfeasible to bid; to authorize the City Manager to dispense with the requirements of competitive selection and to award a contract to Central Arkansas Library System, in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, to coordinate the 2020 Be Mighty Program and to provide certain services for the Summer Meal Program; and for other purposes.  Staff recommends approval. 

 

Synopsis:  To authorize City Manager to enter into an agreement with Central Arkansas Library System to provide coordination of programming, meetings, applying for the Summer Meals Program, and other related activities to sustain the Be Mighty Program.

 

 

 

UPDATES (Item 11)

11.   UPDATE

Waste Management Recycling Program

EXECUTIVE SESSSION  (Item 12)

12.   RESOLUTION

A resolution to make appointments and reappointments to various City of Little Rock Boards and Commissions; and for other purposes.  (Deferred from May 19, 2020)

 

Synopsis:  Arts & Culture Commission (3 Positions); Board of Adjustment (1 Position); City Beautiful Commission (1 Position); Housing Board of Adjustment and Appeals (3 Positions); Land Bank Commission (8 Positions); Little Rock Sustainability Commission (1 Position); Little Rock Zoo Board of Governors (1 Position); and Racial & Cultural Diversity Commission (2 Positions).

 

 

 

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.