On the agenda
- Setting the date and approving language for a special election to uphold or repeal the Civil Rights Administrator ordinance.
- Three contracts for construction and services related to a planned downtown parking deck.
- Approving a cost-share with Walton Arts Center for new offices at the downtown parking deck.
- Purchase of a steel bridge over Town Branch Creek as part of the Frisco Trail extension.
- Naming of the waterfowl blind at Lake Fayetteville.
A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council began at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, 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, Matthew Petty, Mayor Lioneld Jordan, Justin Tennant, Martin Schoppmeyer, Rhonda Adams, Alan Long
Absent: None
Consent items
1. Approval of the Aug. 19-20, 2014 and Sept. 02, 2014 City Council meeting minutes.
– Pass 8-0
2. Paige Mulhollan Waterfowl Blind (PDF): A resolution to honor Paige Mulhollan by naming the waterfowl blind to be constructed at Lake Fayetteville Park the Paige Mulhollan Waterfowl Blind.
– Pass 8-0
3. Bid #14-31 Cummins Mid-South (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-31 and authorize a generator preventative maintenance contract with Cummins Mid-South in the amount of $15,040 per year plus non-scheduled service calls at the rate of $115.20 per hour.
– Pass 8-0
4. 2014-2015 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant (PDF): A resolution to authorize acceptance of a 2014-2015 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant award in the amount of $116,900, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 8-0
5. Arkansas State Police Special State Asset Forfeiture Grant (PDF): A resolution to authorize acceptance of a non-matching Arkansas State Police Special State Asset Forfeiture Grant in the amount of $36,069 for the purchase of a covert cellular wire and two (2) undercover drug enforcement vehicles, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 8-0
6. Bid #14-52 Teeco Safety, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-52 to Teeco Safety, Inc., to authorize the immediate purchase of twelve (12) replacement tactical body armor vests for emergency response team officers in the amount of $23,580 plus applicable taxes, and to authorize the purchase of body armor vests as needed through 2019 for use by the Police Department.
– Pass 8-0
7. Bid #14-53 Cameron Bridge Works, LLC (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-53 and authorize the purchase of a prefabricated steel bridge from Cameron Bridge Works, LLC of Elmira, New York in the amount of $53,991 plus applicable taxes for installation over Town Branch Creek as part of the Frisco Trail extension.
– Pass 8-0
8. McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to approve a professional engineering services agreement with McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc. for engineering design and bidding services for the Ramsey and Overcrest Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project in an amount not to exceed $228,644, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 8-0
9. Grubbs, Hoskyn, Barton & Wyatt, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to authorize a contract with Grubbs, Hoskyn, Barton & Wyatt, Inc. for materials testing and construction observation services on the Spring Street Parking Deck Project in an amount not to exceed $120,000.
– Pass 8-0
10. Garver, LLC Amendment No. 3 (PDF): A resolution to approve Amendment No. 3 to the contract with Garver, LLC for construction administration services on the Spring Street Parking Deck Project in an amount not to exceed $168,600.
– Pass 8-0
* Consent items are voted on during one all-inclusive vote
Old business items
None
New business items
1. Special Referendum Election Ordinance No. 5703 (PDF): A resolution to set the date for the special election for the referendum election on Ordinance No. 5703 which enacted Chapter 119 of the Fayetteville code to create a process for the protection of civil rights in the city of Fayetteville and requesting the Washington County Board of Election Commissioners to place this referendum on the ballot and to approve a budget adjustment to pay for the special election.
– Pass 8-0*
* Amended 8-0 to include the entire ordinance in the ballot language, and to allow the election commission to move the election date to Jan. 13 if litigation delays submission of the ballot package.
Aldermen also discussed what a “For” vote should mean on the ballot. Petitioners suggested a “For” vote be used to repeal the ordinance, but Fayetteville City Attorney Kit Williams said that could be confusing to voters. Williams said it is more straightforward and understandable for a “For” vote to actually be a vote for the ordinance and an “Against” vote to be a vote against the ordinance. Aldermen agreed with Williams.
2. BlueInGreen, LLC (PDF): An ordinance waiving the requirements of formal competitive bidding and approving the purchase of an ozone disinfection system from BlueInGreen, LLC of Fayetteville, Arkansas in the amount of $1,780,825 plus any applicable taxes for the Noland Wastewater Treatment Plant.
– Pass 8-0
3. Tree Preservation Area Modification for the Frisco and Town Branch Trail (PDF): A resolution to approve a request by the City of Fayetteville to modify the geographic extent and location of certain Tree Preservation Areas pursuant to § 167.04(l)(2), Tree Preservation and Protection, Unified Development Code of the Code of Fayetteville, to construct sections of the Frisco and Town Branch Trails.
– Pass 8-0
4. Walton Arts Center Cost-Share Agreement (PDF): An ordinance to waive the requirements of formal competitive bidding and approve a cost-share agreement with the Walton Arts Center for the construction of the new Walton Arts Center Administrative Headquarters Building.
– Pass 8-0
5. Baldwin & Shell Construction Company Amendment No. 2 (PDF): A resolution to authorize Amendment No. 2 to the contract with Baldwin & Shell Construction Company for construction phase services for the Spring Street Parking Deck project, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 7-1
* Tennant voted no, and said it was unacceptable to use $2.1 million in reserves when the city has more important things it could use the money for. He said firefighters need raises and the city has other jobs that are frozen. “I want the deck built, but that doesn’t change my concern,” said Tennant. “I don’t believe the citizens of Fayetteville support this either.”
6. Police Department Ninth Beat Feasibility Study (PDF): A resolution to request that the administration study the necessity and feasibility of adding a ninth beat and five additional police officers to the Fayetteville police department.
– Pass 7-0*
* Alderwoman Gray was absent during this vote.
Adjourned
This meeting was adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
