BENTONVILLE -- The City Council approved spending $2.2 million for renovation Tuesday to the south lift station and a south force main construction project.
The bid was awarded to Forsgren Inc. of Fort Smith. The project will be paid with sewer capacity fees, according to council documents.
The station overflowed several times as a result of not having enough capacity, Mike Bender, public works director, wrote in a memo to Mayor Bob McCaslin. Upgrades, primarily increasing the size of the force main, are needed to meet the station's demand.
The city received six bids Aug. 27 for the project, according to meeting documents.
The council also approved:
• A lot split at 1109 S.E. 35th St.
• Property line adjustment at lot 114 in the Stonehenge subdivision.
• Rezoning 317 S.W. F St. from single family residential to central residential moderate density.
• Rezoning 1002 S.W. I St. from heavy industrial to neighborhood commercial.
• A bid waiver to repair the Community Development Building roof.
• A $29,732 budget adjustment for the Community Development Building roof repair.
• A bid waiver to buy trees for the Tree Planting Blitz on Oct. 24.
• Spending $33,000 for the annual traffic signal timing study by Traffic Engineering Consultants.
• Spending $41,610 to buy electric distribution facilities and seven electric accounts along Arkansas 12 from Carroll Electric.
• A bid waiver for BBC Electrical Services to install switches and jumper modifications at substation C for $60,000.
• A $169,235 change order for the access control and security for the Bentonville Community Center.
• A $29,500 grant from the Walton Family Foundation for the Slaughter Pen Jam Festival.
NW News on 09/24/2014