Little Rock Board of Directors Meeting 11 2 26

The Little Rock Board of Directors’ November 2, 2026 meeting approved the consent agenda, including several procurements. Awards included $58,500 for engineering design of West Baseline drainage improvements; $115,633 to Commercial Air for HVAC monitoring and access/security systems at Fire Station 9; $71,940.58 to Spaco for a safety and wellness platform; $110,000 to NICE Systems for a one-year police investigative software subscription; and $106,470 to Speer Technologies for police equipment. The board also approved $219,596.15 to Presidio Networked Solutions for Cisco switches and wireless access points, and authorized purchases using future bond funds of a $1,299,000 landfill compactor, a $248,709 Kenworth vehicle purchase, and two Freightliner hooklift trucks from Doggett Freightliner for $472,038. The board accepted $336,769 in federal justice grant funding. Other consent items included renewals and agreements whose amounts were not clear in the transcript, and designation of match funds for a workforce development center at the Port of Little Rock; the related amount was garbled.

Separately, the board approved at third and final reading a $112,500 contract with the Lena Foundation for 75 early-childhood classroom kits, using a process declaring competitive bidding impractical or unfeasible. It also completed readings and approved an ordinance authorizing limited-tax general-obligation capital improvement bonds; no bond amount was audible. The board discussed a proposed police surveillance-technology reporting ordinance, including transparency, reporting, and oversight requirements, but it did not advance to second reading because the motion lacked the required votes. Members discussed revisions and further consideration at a later meeting. No vote or award was identified for that proposal.