11-10-26 Board of Directors Agenda Meeting

The City of Hot Springs Board of Directors’ November 10, 2026 agenda meeting reviewed items planned for formal consideration on November 17; no final procurement votes were taken at this preview. The board was asked to consider term contracts for construction personnel and equipment with Square One Enterprises (primary) and Coakley Company (secondary), and for street cuts and pavement repair with Brant Lock Construction (primary) and Square One (secondary). Both contracts would run for one year with up to four annual renewals, subject to budget approval, and guarantee no minimum work. Other purchasing items included a term contract with Wiles Construction for utility road bores, a liquid-polymer contract with Solenis, a $27,055 geospatial software subscription with Seller Geospatial, and a $2,384,532 professional-services agreement with Crafton Tull for design of multimodal trails and the Belding Street extension. A $234,736.01 change order for the Washtenaw Water Treatment Plant plate-settler project was also presented; an additional $12,000 in Garver construction oversight for the airport hangar was to be covered by contractor liquidated damages, with no direct city cost. The Brown Engineers scope amendment carried no additional cost, while staff flagged a possible future engagement for water-treatment control-system upgrades.

The agenda also included a proposed $100,000 renewal for 2027 economic-development services with Hot Springs Metro Partnership, adding a requirement to host at least three out-of-town business executives annually; a recommendation to the U.S. Department of Transportation favoring Southern Airways Express for Essential Air Service, with a requested federal subsidy of about $4.6 million for 18 weekly round trips to Dallas-Fort Worth; and an annual 100%-funded historic-preservation grant application with no local match. The tourism-attraction feasibility-study grant item was removed from the agenda for further work. Other items previewed included condemnation proceedings and proposed zoning and historic-district amendments, including administrative review of certain signs and a parking change for cottage-court housing.