On the agenda
- A $1.2 million contract for relocation and improvement of water and sewer lines along Razorback Road and Maple Street.
- A $58,000 cost-share agreement with the Beaver Watershed Alliance to facilitate a water quality analysis of Beaver Lake.
A meeting of the Fayetteville City Council began at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, 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
Mayor’s Announcements, Proclamations and Recognitions
1. America in Bloom Award Presentation – Marilyn Heifner
2. City Media Services Division Recycle Something Campaign Public Service Announcement
Emmy Awards – Fritz Gisler and Doug Bankston
City Council Meeting Presentations, Reports and Discussion Items
1. Bi Monthly Report on Public Transportation
Consent items
1. Approval of the September 16, 2014 and October 7, 2014 City Council meeting minutes.
2. Bid #14-51 All Traffic Solutions (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-51 and authorize the purchase of thirteen (13) portable speed display signs from All Traffic Solutions in the amount of $46,351.50 plus applicable taxes for use by the Police Department.
– Pass 8-0
3. Fire Department Bunker Gear (PDF): A resolution to approve a budget adjustment in the total amount of $8,132.00 to fund the payment of bunker gear purchases and vaccination expenses for the Fire Department.
– Pass 8-0
4. Environmental Protection Agency Grant (PDF): A resolution to authorize acceptance of an Environmental Protection Agency Grant in the amount of $142,500.00, to approve Task Order No. 1 with the Watershed Conservation Center in the amount of $164,524.00 for an inventory of riparian and streambank conditions in the City of Fayetteville, and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 8-0
* Consent items are voted on during one all-inclusive vote
Old business items
None
New business items
1. Bid #14-60 Brothers Construction, Inc. (PDF): A resolution to award Bid #14-60 and authorize a contract with Brothers Construction, Inc. in the amount of $1,256,345.00 for relocation and improvement of water and sewer lines along Razorback Road and Maple Street, to approve a project contingency of ten percent (10%), and to approve a budget adjustment.
– Pass 8-0
2. Beaver Watershed Alliance Cost-Share (PDF): An ordinance to waive the requirement of formal bidding and approve a cost-share contract with the Beaver Watershed Alliance in the amount of $58,562.00 to facilitate a water quality analysis of Beaver Lake.
– Pass 8-0
Announcements
– A Ward 1 meeting is scheduled Thursday evening at the Fayetteville Senior Center.
– City Clerk Sondra Smith and City Attorney Kit Williams will attend Wednesday’s hearing on a lawsuit seeking to block the upcoming special election to decide the fate of the city’s new civil rights ordinance (details here).
– Early voting began Monday for the Nov. 4 general election (details here).
Adjourned
This meeting was adjourned at 6:05 p.m.
