LIVE UPDATES: City Council recap: June 3, 2014

On the agenda

  • Allowing more freestanding “A” frame sandwich/menu sign boards around town
  • Removal of a dilapidated structure at 540 N. Betty Jo Drive
  • A $25,000 payment for a wastewater damage claim at 1532 N. Hillcrest Ave.
  • Vacation of easements at the site of a downtown parking deck
  • Several bid awards for vehicles and other equipment

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A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council began at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, 2014 inside room 219 of the City Administration Building, located at 113 W. Mountain Street in Fayetteville.

Listed below are the items up for approval and links to downloadable PDFs for more information on each item of business.


Roll Call

Present: Adella Gray, Sarah Marsh, Mark Kinion, Mayor Lioneld Jordan, Justin Tennant, Martin Schoppmeyer, Rhonda Adams, Alan Long
Absent: Matthew Petty


Consent items

1. Approval of the May 20, 2014 City Council meeting minutes.
Pass 7-0

2. Evans Construction and Remodeling, LLC (PDF): A resolution to authorize a contract with Evans Construction and Remodeling, LLC in the amount of $24,900.00 for Community Development Block Grant rehabilitation of an eligible residence located at 505 West Mountain Street.
Pass 7-0

3. Bid #14-24 Lewis Ford Sales, Inc.: (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-24 to Lewis Ford Sales, Inc. of Fayetteville, Arkansas for the purchase of a 2015 Ford F550 pickup truck with Reading Utility Body in the amount of $44,276.00 for use by the Water and Sewer Operations Division, and to approve a budget adjustment.
Pass 7-0

4. Bid #14-25 Lewis Ford Sales, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-25 to Lewis Ford Sales, Inc. of Fayetteville, Arkansas for the purchase of a Ford F150 pickup truck with Maxon Lift Gate in the amount of $25,652.40 for use by the Recycling and Trash Collection Division, and to approve a budget adjustment.
Pass 7-0

5. Bid #14-26 Lewis Ford Sales, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-26 to Lewis Ford Sales, Inc. of Fayetteville, Arkansas for the purchase of a Ford F350 pickup truck with Reading Utility Body in the amount of $41,707.00 for use by the Water and Sewer Operations Division.
Pass 7-0

6. Bid #14-27 Equipment Resource Management, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-27 to Equipment Resource Management, Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas for the purchase of a Wirtgen Milling Machine W200i in the amount of $589,690.00 with a trade-in allowance of $250,000.00 for a total cost to the city of $339,690.00 for use by the Transportation Division, and to approve a budget adjustment.
Pass 7-0

7. Bid #14-21 Suncoast Infrastructure, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-21, to authorize a contract with Suncoast Infrastructure, Inc. in the amount of $76,995.00 to construct Phase Two of Elkins Outfall Gravity Sewer Improvements, to approve a $10,000.00 project contingency, and to approve a budget adjustment.
Pass 7-0

8. State of Arkansas Department of Information Systems (PDF): A resolution to authorize the Mayor to sign a Master Service Agreement with the State of Arkansas Department of Information Systems in the amount of $52,000.00 for database administration services for the remainder of 2014, to approve a project contingency in the amount of $8,000.00, and to approve a budget adjustment.
Pass 7-0


Unfinished business

None


Public hearing

1. Stroud Investment Properties, LLC (PDF): A resolution to order the razing and removal of a dilapidated and unsafe structure owned by Stroud Investment Properties, LLC located at 540 N. Betty Jo Drive in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and to approve a budget adjustment.
Tabled 7-0


New business items

1. Stephen and Bonnie G. Turner Settlement (PDF): A resolution pursuant to Fayetteville Code of Ordinances Section 39.10(C)(4) to authorize the Mayor to pay $25,552.15 to Stephen and Bonnie G. Turner for a wastewater damage claim arising at 1532 N. Hillcrest Avenue, and to approve a budget adjustment.
Pass 7-0

2. VAC 14-4623 (229 N. School St./Parking Deck) (PDF): An ordinance approving VAC 14-4623 submitted by the City of Fayetteville for property located at 2229 N. School Avenue to vacate a 5 foot utility easement and a 10 foot right-of-way easement.
Pass 7-0

3. Amend Chapter 50 Garbage and Trash (PDF): An ordinance to change the name of Chapter 50 Garbage and Trash to Recycling and Trash Collection, to change all references to Solid Waste and Recycling Division within Chapter 50 to Recycling and Trash Collection Division, to change “Operations Director” to “Recycling and Trash Collection Manager” throughout Chapter 50, and to amend §50.05 Depositing on Streets, Alleys, or Sidewalks of the Fayetteville Code.
Pass 7-0

4. Amend §174.08 Prohibited Signs (PDF): An ordinance to amend §174.08 Prohibited Signs (C) Portable Swinger or Temporary Attraction Sign Boards to allow more freestanding “A” frame sandwich/menu sign boards.
Pass 7-0


Announcements

The Fayetteville Forward Green Economy Group will host a sustainable transportation forum at 8 a.m. Friday, June 6 at the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce.

The Wilson Park Pool opens for the season at 4 p.m. Friday, June 6. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned at 5 p.m.


Adjourned

This meeting was adjourned at 6:01 p.m.