Agenda Highlights 6/2/26

At the Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting to be held 6-2-26, the Board will vote on changes to the Universal Development Ordinance to bring it in line with State law. The changes would include replacing the current phrasing “Daycare Home (twelve or less)” with “Childcare Family Home”, allowing for licensed childcare in a homelike environment as an accessory residential use, and requiring pick up and drop off of children to be done out of the public right-of-way.

The Board will vote on whether to allow Last Call of Garrison to apply for a private club alcohol sales permit for 1004 Garrison (the former Club Kinkeads building).

The Board will vote on whether to contract with Garver for $8,575,000 for engineering for consent decree improvements to the Massard Treatment Plant including designs for 2 new aeration basins, a blower building, solids storage tanks, a dewater unit, a pump station, a peracetic acid basin, secondary clarifiers, a parallel effluent discharge line, a river diffuser, and a wet weather treatment system. Garver would devote 45-50 employees to work on the project. Typically, design costs may cost around 10% of the total project construction cost. The contract with Garver would be for 5.5%-6% of the construction costs for the Massard plant project. This issue was discussed and tabled at the 5-19-26 meeting and discussed at the 5-26-26 meeting.

The Board will vote on whether to contract with Square One Enterprises for $1,372,304 for Racetrack Road water improvements including a 3840 ft 8-inch water line expansion and a pressure reducing station.

The Board will vote on whether to purchase two replacement one-ton Ram 3500 pickups to serve as service trucks for the Water Resources Department. The trucks would come from Breeden Dodge and cost a total of $116,618 for both.