According to the published agenda, the Board is scheduled to consider $166,879 in identified spending — a $98,879 emergency pump replacement at Molly Creek Sewer Pump Station and a $68,000 engineering services agreement for the Malvern Avenue Sidewalk Replacement Project — along with two eminent domain proceedings, a specialty transit franchise, multiple grant applications, and a public hearing on an alleyway vacation; no votes have been recorded yet.
At its May 12, 2026 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors received an economic development briefing that included a $2.1 million state grant to prepare the Buddy Bean site for development, and reviewed — but did not vote on — two resolutions covering a new water impact fee bank account and a solar lighting grant application for the Davidson Drive wastewater facility.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved six resolutions covering items such as a state traffic enforcement grant application, a cybersecurity services contract, a dark fiber lease extension, and a fund transfer for two pickup trucks, while three ordinances — including new water and wastewater development impact fees — were discussed but not voted on.
The April 28, 2026 agenda meeting carried no spending votes — all action items are scheduled for the next formal meeting — but the Board previewed a cybersecurity contract renewal (~$70K city share), a 5-year dark fiber lease extension, a $225,424 traffic-enforcement grant application, a budget-correction transfer for two pickup trucks, and a new wastewater development impact fee ordinance.
The Board of Directors approved $1,629,944 in total spending — a $882,766 contract to Coakley Company Inc. for the 2026 Water Line Improvements Project, a $661,628 budget transfer ratifying emergency stormwater drain repairs at 3545 Central Avenue, and $85,550 for Valley Street Skate Park updates — all by unanimous 6-0 votes.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors authorized applying for a $550,008 state grant toward a $687,510 multi-use trail project, approved $85,550 in skate park repairs, and agreed to pay $15,750 in reduced civil penalties under two amended environmental compliance orders.
The Board of Directors approved $607,066.20 in spending on April 7, 2026, including a $261,872.32 bid award for a recycling collection truck, a $99,954.88 purchase of frontload dumpsters, a $111,376.00 HVAC contract for the Community Resource Center, a $98,800.00 bid award for a Utilities Department pole barn, and a $35,063.00 budget amendment for an aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle lease change order.
At its March 31, 2026 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors reviewed $1,302,515.39 in identified spending across eight items — a $700,000 wastewater fund transfer for debt service, a $261,872.32 recycling truck bid award, a $111,376 HVAC replacement at the Community Resource Center, a $99,954.88 dumpster purchase, a $98,800 pole barn construction bid, a $24,009.89 pavement-marking change order, and a $6,502.10 armed security contract with budget amendment — and received a separate announcement of a $2.3 million planning grant for the Punching Bungee to Malvern corridor project.
The Hot Springs Metro Partnership's Majestic Site Committee presented its rankings of two development proposals for the former Majestic property, placing Summit Properties first and the Garland County Library proposal second — no votes were taken and no money was committed at this session.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $959,253.70 in spending on March 18, 2026, covering a $266,155.24 roll-off truck, a $228,915.46 knuckleboom truck, a $255,233 Community Resource Center remodel, a $139,950 splash pad installation, and $69,000 in CDBG street lighting improvements — all by unanimous 6-0 votes.
At its March 10, 2026 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $750,303.70 in spending, consisting of a $228,915.46 purchase of a knuckle boom truck, a $266,155.24 purchase of a roll-off truck, and a $255,233 work order for Phase 2 remodeling of the Community Resource Center at 109 Hobson Avenue.
The Board of Directors approved $1,506,166.21 in spending — covering utility relocation work for the Warwick Road Bridge replacement ($309,667.00), two solid-waste transfer trailers ($271,518.00), Lakeside Pump Station engineering services ($198,000.00), a Caterpillar wheel loader ($224,075.00), a Mack day cab tractor ($165,570.77), a dump truck ($136,318.00), a Caterpillar mini excavator ($132,795.00), and Motorola portable radios ($68,222.44) — then tabled ordinances on wastewater and water development impact fees and a Church Street parking lot policy change after public comment on each.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $824,164.84 in spending at its February 24, 2026 agenda meeting, covering new fire station furnishings and equipment ($151,275), nine portable radios for firefighters ($68,224.44), firefighting personal protective equipment awarded to three vendors ($188,799.31), a replacement compost facility wheel loader ($224,075), a replacement Water Distribution dump truck ($136,318), and a replacement Water Distribution mini excavator ($132,795), along with a professional services agreement with Garver LLC whose financial terms are not shown in the available record.
At its February 17, 2026 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $2,244,124.74 in identified spending across vehicles, garbage trucks, and a sewer project change order, and passed a contested 5-2 ordinance setting paid parking rates on Central Avenue, Fountain Street, the Exchange Street Parking Deck, and Hill Wheatley Plaza.
At its February 10, 2026 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors reviewed — but did not vote on — six resolutions covering a $9.896 million federal transportation grant application, annual airport hangar rent increases, taxiway repair grant authorization, a budget revision, an FAA land-use agreement renewal, and updates to the city's community development participation plan.
At its February 3, 2026 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $702,665.81 in spending across seven items — a $188,000 engineering contract for water line improvements, a $173,950 water distribution equipment purchase, a $138,514.13 traffic signal equipment purchase, a $135,608.88 backhoe purchase, a $26,592.80 GPS mapping software subscription, a $25,000 public art program administration contract, and a $15,000 budget amendment for a firefighting vehicle lease — all by unanimous 7-0 votes.
The Board of Directors reviewed six resolutions totaling $513,638.88 in identified spending, covering a utilities answering-services contract (averaging ~$1,000/month), a Garland County IT services renewal, a $135,688.88 backhoe purchase, a $15,000 firefighting-vehicle lease extension, a $173,950 pressure-reducing valve purchase, and a $188,000 engineering services contract for waterline improvements.
The Board of Directors approved routine contracts and administrative items without debate, then split 4-3 on a time-and-attendance software agreement and voted 7-0 to delay a paid parking ordinance amendment to February after public comment — no spending totals were identified for this meeting.
The January 13, 2026 agenda meeting consisted of a single presentation by the Hot Springs Metro Partnership CEO covering December 2025 economic development activity; no votes were taken and no city spending was approved.
At its first meeting of 2026, the Hot Springs Board of Directors unanimously approved $1,587,324.68 in spending and authorizations, including two grapple trucks ($453,213.30), a Cat D5 dozer ($426,977.00), a Cat 315 excavator ($256,822.00), a Mack cab-over tractor with attachments ($166,959.77), a low boy trailer ($73,883.61), a Tyler Technologies software extension ($172,470.00), and a Cat paving roller ($36,999.00), along with a grant application for pedestrian crosswalk improvements, a grinder-pump term contract, two zoning changes, and organizational rules for the new year.
At its December 30, 2025 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved a $172,470 software transition extension with Tyler Technologies, a $9,226.80 records platform renewal with Civic Plus, a $3,500-per-truck discount amendment on two replacement fleet vehicles, and authorized filing for a $200,000 federal traffic safety grant for pedestrian crosswalk improvements on Malvin Avenue.
At its December 16, 2025 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $3,123,530.78 in total identified spending — including a $1,777,000 engineering contract with Crist Engineers for wastewater treatment plant improvements, a $233,646 change order for additional work at the Davidson Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $108,631 change order for the Gulpha Sewer Pump Station, an $80,989 change order for airport taxiway reconstruction, a $158,164.78 repurposing of Community Development Block Grant funds, a $15,100 amendment to an airport engineering contract, and a $750,000 National Park Service grant amendment — and voted 5-2 to condemn two residential properties and 7-0 to call a special election on Board member compensation.
At its December 9, 2025 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors advanced five items including a $158,164.78 reallocation of federal Community Development Block Grant funds and a $125,000 extension of a youth enrichment contract with High Impact Movement.
The Board of Directors approved $398,268.13 in total spending — covering a $139,932 emergency ratification for time-and-attendance software (later pulled from the agenda for rebid), a $119,600 work order for airport taxiway engineering, an $85,055.13 grinder engine purchase, and a $53,681 airport insurance budget amendment — condemned two properties as nuisances by a 6-1 vote, and deferred a proposed special election on board member compensation pending a work session.
At its November 25 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors previewed eight items totaling $799,364.13 in identified spending — including a $494,213 animal control interlocal agreement with Garland County, an $85,551 compost grinder engine purchase, a $119,600 airport taxiway planning work order, and a $53,681 airport insurance budget transfer — with all items scheduled to go to a formal vote at the next regular meeting.
At its November 18, 2025 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $1,033,202.92 in identified spending, consisting of a $924,554.10 bid award to Ideal Construction Company for airport hangar construction, a $96,148.82 purchase of a commercial rolling shelving system from Aurora Storage Products, and a 2025 Certified Local Government Grant application for historic preservation funding where the record does not show a city spending commitment at this step.
The November 10 agenda meeting consisted entirely of presentations — no votes were taken, no spending was approved, and no action items were on the agenda.
The Board of Directors approved $376,146.69 in identified spending — $291,721.69 for Sensus water meters from Core & Main and $84,425 for a change order on the new water treatment plant — awarded a split-vote plumbing services contract, adopted the city's 2026 budget, tabled two nuisance-property condemnations, and closed two streets near Golf Links Road while rezoning adjacent parcels to general commercial.
At its October 28 agenda meeting, the Board of Directors discussed $501,146.69 in identified spending, including a $291,721.69 sole-source purchase of water meters, an $84,425 change order for the new water treatment plant, and a $125,000 bid award for a plumbing services term contract — plus no-cost renewals of dental, vision, and life insurance benefits and annual resolutions setting zero property tax mills for 2026.
The Board approved $3,857,076 in total spending across three items — a $3,180,513 contract with Max Foote Construction for tertiary filter installation at the Davidson Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $510,000 contract with Max Foote Construction for a new discharge effluent structure at the same facility, and a $166,563 purchase of a side-load collection vehicle from River City Hydraulics — while tabling two of three property condemnation resolutions after public comment from the affected owners.
At its October 14 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors discussed a $166,563 sideload collection vehicle purchase, a FEMA hazard mitigation grant application for two backup generators estimated at $434,000 total, a public hearing date for two street vacations, and condemnation orders for three deteriorated residential properties — all items are scheduled to go to the Board for formal votes at a subsequent regular meeting.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $12,210,954.37 in identified spending across seven money items, including a $3,528,920 emergency purchase of two tertiary filters at the Davidson Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $1,751,341 remodel contract for 900 Whittington Avenue, a $403,000 engineering work order for Davidson Drive filter improvements, a $180,480 change order for the new water treatment plant, a $65,821.37 emergency lease of an aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle, a negative $2,761,392 change order removing scope from the Spring Street Gravity Sewer Project, and term contracts to Ouachita Landworks and AmeriChemm with amounts not specified in the available record.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved six consent-agenda items covering a $13 million sewer line administration contract, a 150-day extension of water treatment plant construction management, new wastewater filter design services, property maintenance and chemical supply contracts, and a board reappointment — all without separate discussion.
The Board of Directors approved $1,096,275 in bid awards and contract change orders — covering storm water drainage repairs ($297,498), a Gulpha Basin force main change order ($227,797), soccer field lighting at Kimery and Linden Parks ($278,800), a sidewalk improvements change order ($183,140), and tennis/pickleball court resurfacing at Kimery and Family Parks ($109,040) — and passed an ordinance aligning several city code sections with the updated zoning code.
At its September 9, 2025 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $410,937 in contract spending across two bid awards: a $183,140 change order expanding sidewalk work with Western Milight Commercial Construction, and a $227,797 change order for wastewater force main work with Diamond Construction — plus the underlying storm water drainage contract of $297,498 with JCON, Inc. was also awarded.
The Board passed nine substantive items with no identified spending, including a new historic preservation plan and updated landscape rules, delayed a nuisance condemnation at 302 Lincoln Street, and split 4-2-1 on a pedicab franchise rate update — the only contested vote of the night.
At its August 26 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors reviewed five items totaling $818,000 in identified spending — a $750,000 National Park Service grant application for historic housing rehabilitation and $68,000 in mid-year budget amendments covering district court automation, police animal services overtime, airport fire truck repair, and employee wellness services — while also extending a nuisance condemnation deadline, previewing a pedicab rate increase, and reviewing a temporary dwelling renewal.
The Board of Directors approved $5,621,715.73 in total identified spending on August 19, 2025, consisting of a $4,770,271.90 airport taxiway construction contract with Redstone Construction Group, a $390,482 stormwater drainage contract with Goslee Construction, a $382,559 engineering services contract with Brown Engineering for a wastewater plant control system, and a $78,400 utility supply building improvements contract with Goslee Construction, plus one grant application for which the city spending commitment is not yet shown in the record.
This was an agenda (preview) meeting — no votes were taken — at which the Board reviewed items scheduled for action including a school district agreement covering $56,890 for a resource officer, a $4,770,271.90 airport taxiway construction contract funded primarily by federal and state grants, a $390,482 stormwater drainage repair contract, a $382,559 engineering services contract for a wastewater plant upgrade, and a $78,400 utility building improvement contract.
The Board of Directors awarded a $253,355.44 contract to Rush Truck Centers of Arkansas for a new Solid Waste recycling truck — the only spending item — and separately authorized filing for four federal grants covering transit operations, transit equipment, an airport taxiway project, and an airport hangar construction project.
At its July 29 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors considered one bid award of $253,355.44 for a recycling truck, five federal grant applications totaling $8,895,137 (a $1,819,952 FTA transit operations grant, a $96,534 FTA bus capital grant, a $5,313,081 FAA taxiway grant, a $1,435,570 FAA aircraft hangar grant, and a $230,000 Emergency Solutions Grant for the Community Resource Center), and one franchise rate amendment — with no votes recorded in the available record, as this was an agenda (preview) meeting rather than a voting session.
The Board of Directors approved a $13,183,721 contract to Belt Construction for a major sewer capacity project, awarded a $302,096.10 sidewalk construction contract to Western Millwright Commercial Construction, approved a $228,307.50 equipment purchase from Core & Main, and authorized filing a $288,000 grant application for Community Resource Center renovations — totaling $14,002,124.60 in identified spending.
The Board held an agenda meeting covering a June economic development report and an update on competing proposals for the Majestic property — no votes were taken and no spending was approved.
At its July 1, 2025 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $1,158,300 in spending across three items — a $770,300 emergency contract with Max Foote Construction for sewer lift station upgrades, a $288,000 engineering contract with Crist Engineers for the Ouachita Water Treatment Plant, and a $100,000 sports recreation master plan contract with Halff Associates — while also authorizing a record-shredding services contract, approving a small planned development on Gaines Avenue, and moving a records-destruction resolution to a split vote after one director pulled it from the consent agenda.
At its June 24, 2025 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors reviewed four resolutions totaling $388,036.16 in identified spending: a $288,000 engineering contract for water treatment upgrades at the Washtau plant, a $100,000 professional services contract for a sports and recreation master plan, and a $36.16-per-pound shredding services contract tied to authorized destruction of city records.
The Board of Directors approved $15,819,903.81 in total spending across six bid awards and one equipment purchase — the largest being a $5,775,000 contract to Kajacs Contractors for the Davidson Drive wastewater treatment plant outfall and Lake Catherine diffuser, followed by a $3,708,685 sewer contract to Diamond Construction for Spring Street Schedules II & III, a $3,155,462.70 sewer contract to Boyles Construction for Spring Street Schedule I, a $1,554,900 sewer evaluation survey contract to RJN Group, a $1,085,173 airport improvements contract to Shields & Associates, a $383,721 transfer trailer purchase from Spector Manufacturing, and a $156,962.11 day cab tractor purchase from Tri-State Truck Center — while tabling a nuisance condemnation at 302 Lincoln Street and awarding an exclusive ambulance franchise to LifeNet.
The Board approved a $156,962.11 truck purchase and a $383,721 trailer purchase for the Solid Waste Department, and authorized applications for two federal police grants totaling up to $230,000 if awarded — one for officer mental health and one for violent crime reduction.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved four change orders totaling $1,064,486 for ongoing wastewater projects — $248,942 for additional work at Davidson Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant, $414,500 for construction administration and design at Davidson Drive, $249,294 for additional work at Gulpha Wet Weather Sewer Pump Station, and $151,750 for construction administration at the Gulpha Pump Station — and approved a cost-saving change order that reduces the Lower Gulpha Interceptor Phase 1 contract by $1,281,276; the Board also accepted an airport hangar roof grant, condemned structures at 214 Potter Street, and rezoned two properties.
At its May 27, 2025 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $2,345,752 in identified spending adjustments across five items: a $1,281,266 cost-reduction change order for the Lower Gulf Interceptor project, a $414,500 engineering change order for Davidson Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $249,294 change order for the Gulf Wet Weather Pump Station, a $248,942 construction change order for Davidson Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $151,750 engineering change order for the Gulf Wet Weather Pump Station, and authorized acceptance of a state grant totaling $40,200 for airport hangar roof repairs.
The Board of Directors approved $1,564,239.44 in total spending across five items: a $818,655 contract with Diamond Construction for 2025 water line improvements, a $580,453 electrical upgrade to the Gulpha Pump Station by Entergy Arkansas, a $142,880.74 truck purchase from MHC Arkansas Kenworth, a $12,250.70 reprogramming of existing Community Development Block Grant funds, and a $10,000 land purchase at 308 Fontana Road.
The Board of Directors held an agenda (pre-meeting) session on May 13, 2025, receiving a quarterly economic development briefing from the Chamber of Commerce; no votes were taken and no city dollars were approved at this session.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $492,262 in total identified spending, covering a $130,000 demolition bid for 228 Orange Street, $123,958 for two utility trucks, $124,664 for fire safety systems at 900 Whittington Avenue, and $113,640 for a water treatment plant construction change order.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved a $308,500 bid award for Amity Road water tank repairs, authorized filing for a $221,509.72 traffic enforcement grant, and awarded a $123,958 vehicle purchase — the three money items totaling $557,122 across the April 29, 2025 agenda meeting.
The Board of Directors awarded three contracts totaling $9,878,122 — a $9,496,272 construction contract for the Lower Gulpha sewer capacity project, a $279,000 construction management contract for the Ouachita Water Treatment Plant, and a $102,850 bid for a walk-in cooler and freezer at the Community Resource Center — while a proposed amendment to short-term rental regulations failed on a 3-3 tie vote.
At the April 8 agenda meeting, the Board previewed eight items scheduled for a formal vote — including two trail and lighting grant applications, an airport hangar repair grant, a State Street right-of-way public hearing, and a uniform services contract renewal — but no votes were taken and no money was approved at this session.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $9,917,714.36 in total identified spending at its April 1, 2025 meeting, including a $5,067,809 bid award for water treatment plant lagoon work, a $3,623,238 construction work order for Fire Station #6, a $225,000 emergency dewatering contract at the Davidson Drive Wastewater Plant, two dump trucks for $312,864, two residential rear-load collection vehicles for $499,121.76, fifteen roll-off containers for $89,730, and ninety commercial front-load containers for $99,951.60.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $9,692,714.36 in spending across six items: a $5,067,809 bid award for backwash lagoon construction at the Ouachita Water Treatment Plant, a $3,623,238 construction contract for Fire Station No. 6, a $499,121.76 purchase of two residential garbage trucks, a $312,864 purchase of two dump trucks, a $99,951.60 purchase of 90 commercial front-load containers, and an $89,730 purchase of roll-off containers.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved one spending item — a $150,247.66 pump purchase from Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Company through a cooperative purchasing program — and authorized Phase 2 engineering work for the airport taxiway reconstruction, all by unanimous 6-0 votes.
The March 11 agenda meeting consisted solely of a monthly economic development presentation by the Chamber of Commerce and Metro Partnership; no votes were taken and no city dollars were committed.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors held a brief March 4, 2025 session with no spending approved, taking two procedural votes and receiving presentations on colorectal cancer awareness and the Farmers Market's annual financial report.
The February 25 Board of Directors Agenda Meeting included no spending votes; the Board approved a modified agenda after removing a stormwater grant resolution and rescheduling a wastewater bonds public hearing, then received City Manager Bill Burrow's annual State of the City Address covering 2024 accomplishments.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors held a preference vote to fill a vacant seat on the city's Advertising and Promotion Commission, selecting Director Garcia as the nominee after a two-round process — no spending was approved at this meeting.
At its February 11 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors previewed nine items totaling $907,570.75 in identified spending — covering a $389,507.87 front-load garbage truck, a $265,400 roll-off truck, a $99,465 sewer pump, an $86,252.88 fire-station generator replacement, and a $66,945 compact excavator — along with a budget carryover resolution, a solid waste financial assurance agreement, and a 15.9-mile street paving program; no votes were taken.
At its February 4, 2025 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $2,042,639.49 in total identified spending — including a $1,469,316 contract for Phase 1 of the 2024 Water Line Improvements Project awarded to Square One Enterprises Corporation, a $362,105 street sweeper purchase from TYMCO, Inc., a $127,499 traffic signal equipment purchase from Temple, Inc., and an $83,719 repurposing of Community Development Block Grant funds — while also passing a Downtown Resident Parking Program with fees waived through the end of 2025, failing to adopt a permanent transit ban, and removing a grant application from the agenda after the city did not advance in the preliminary round.
At its January 28 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors reviewed six items including a $1,469,316 waterline replacement bid award to Square One Enterprises Corporation, a $225,000 grant application for Community Resource Center renovations, a $362,105 street sweeper purchase, a $127,498.66 traffic signal equipment upgrade, and updated pay tables for public safety personnel — with no votes recorded at this agenda session.
The Board of Directors approved 11 measures on January 21, 2025, including an ordinance adding the Church Street Parking Lot to the city's short-term facility use policy — the only item drawing public comment — and six consent-agenda resolutions covering a property donation, engineering services, and a budget transfer, with no new city spending identified at this meeting.
The Board of Directors held its January 14, 2025 agenda meeting with no spending approved; it received an economic development report covering new business openings and a $6 million workforce grant at National Park College, acknowledged November 2024 financial statements, and ratified the reappointment of a local restaurant owner to the Advertising and Promotion Commission.
At its January 7, 2025 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved a $350,000 agreement with Xylem Vue Inc. for Phase 6 of the city's Water Loss Management Program and, in the meeting's only split vote, passed a wastewater rate increase ordinance set to take effect March 1, 2025.
At its December 31, 2024 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved six resolutions, the largest being a $468,822 interlocal agreement under which Garland County pays the city annually for animal control services, along with updated pay tables providing uniformed police and fire personnel a 3% increase effective January 9, 2025, a prescription benefit management amendment with no direct city spending commitment at this step, a $100 surplus property sale, a trailhead renaming, and adoption of 2025 organizational rules.
At its December 17, 2024 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved 16 items unanimously — including a new wastewater rate ordinance, an FAA airport terminal grant authorization, condemnations of two nuisance properties, a new taxi permit, and a downtown parking ordinance — with no spending approved at this meeting.
At its December 10, 2024 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors scheduled action on $279,467.40 in identified spending, covering a $159,403 HVAC contract for the Washtenaw Water Treatment Plant, a $120,064 transfer of remaining ARPA funds split between the General Fund ($120,063) and Water Fund ($21,404), and authorized filing for a $1.4 million FAA airport terminal grant for which no city spending commitment is shown at this step.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $1,168,886.89 in identified spending at its December 3 meeting, including a $698,684.89 contract to build Phase 1 of the Stokes Creek Greenway Trail, a $310,956 contract for downtown crosswalk improvements, and a $159,246 work order for an art base at Hill Wheatley Plaza — plus authorized filing for two federal RAISE grants and a FEMA firefighters grant, with two items drawing split votes.
At its November 26, 2024 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $410,956 in identified spending — a $310,956 contract with Time Striping Inc. for seven decorative downtown crosswalks and a $100,000 extension of the Hope Works litter-cleanup program — along with bank signatory updates, a housing authority appointment, a surplus fire engine donation, and a solar site purchase authorization.
At its November 19, 2024 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors unanimously adopted the city's 2025 budget, approved a $281,250 engineering contract with Crist Engineers for lead water line planning and design, passed a new comprehensive zoning code, and acted on a full consent agenda — all 15 votes were 7-0.
The Board of Directors held a pre-meeting agenda session with no votes taken and no spending approved, receiving an economic development report and a preview of action items scheduled for the November 19th regular meeting.
The Board approved $352,508.96 in spending — a $197,250.03 contract to Cate Inc. for the Hot Springs Creek Kayak Launch and Trail Project, a $108,958.93 sewer equipment purchase from River City Hydraulics, and a $46,300 work order to Garver LLC for airport runway rehabilitation design — and passed 15 of 18 votes unanimously, with the one contested decision being a 4-3 vote to condemn a structure at 133 Chapel Street.
The Board of Directors approved $457,508.93 in total identified spending, covering a $197,250 contract to Cate, Incorporated for a kayak launch and trail along Hot Springs Creek, a $108,958.93 sewer easement machine purchased through a cooperative procurement program, a $46,300 construction administration work order for airport runway rehabilitation, and authorized filing for a $50,000 T-Mobile placemaking grant for a David F. Watkins Memorial Park splash pad.
The Board of Directors awarded a $108,320 engineering contract for sewer pump station upgrades, declared a structure a nuisance, authorized demolition of another property, vacated two rights-of-way, and delayed a decision on parking zone and rate changes.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved a $108,320 engineering services contract with Brown Engineering LLC to integrate a new sewer pump station into the city's remote monitoring system, reclassified two Fire Department positions at a lower pay grade, accepted a floodplain property donation, and set a November public hearing on a right-of-way vacation — while a proposed property purchase at 900 Whittington Avenue did not reach a decision.
The Board of Directors ratified a $271,675 emergency contract with Diamond Construction Company to replace a broken sewer force main at the Davidson Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant — the only spending action of the meeting — and approved a contested short-term rental license at 288 Lake Hamilton Drive on a 4-3 vote.
The Board of Directors approved $415,805 in spending across three items — a $300,000 bid award to Steep Creek LLC for Malvern corridor and Park Avenue lighting improvements, a $95,000 bid award to Capital Builder Solutions for the Memorial Field Airport Terminal roof replacement, and a $20,805 term contract with Elliott Electrical Supply for ornamental street lamps — and discussed but did not resolve a contested short-term rental license appeal.
The Board of Directors voted 7-0 on all 11 items, awarding a $4,604,000 contract to Diamond Construction for Phase 2 of the Gulpha Basin Force Main sewer project and a term contract to Eurofins Environment Testing South Central for water and wastewater testing services, while also authorizing four separate grant applications and condemning structures at 846 Park Avenue.
The September 10, 2024 Hot Springs Board of Directors Agenda Meeting included no votes and no spending — it served as a preview session covering an economic development briefing, a Majestic site update, two award ceremonies, and two resolutions (financial statement acknowledgment and a water testing contract) expected to be acted on at a subsequent regular meeting.
The Board of Directors approved $961,481.68 in identified spending across six items — a $461,779.00 bid award to Metro Construction Services for runway rehabilitation, a $153,800.00 work order to Garver LLC for taxiway reconstruction design, a $115,007.46 playground and surfacing purchase for Kimery Park, a $100,938.00 federally funded paratransit van, a $97,957.22 salt dome purchase, and a $32,000.00 airport hangar door repair budget transfer — while a nuisance condemnation at 846 Park Avenue failed on a 3-3 tie vote and a short-term rental license at 288 Lake Hamilton Drive was delayed.
The Board of Directors' August 27 agenda meeting covered eight resolutions, with the single identified spending action being a $32,000 budget transfer from the airport fund to cover emergency hangar door repair costs; the remaining items included a paratransit van purchase, a playground replacement, a salt dome procurement, a flood-warning system extension, a federal community development plan, and an FAA runway rehabilitation grant application.
At its August 20, 2024 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $2,226,412.85 in spending across five items — a $931,820.60 bid award for airport taxiway reconstruction, a $768,873.75 bid award for the 2024 Sidewalks Improvement Project, a $252,678 bid award for sidewalks on Emory and Seventh Streets, a $212,624.50 purchase for Velocity Park goods and services, and a $60,416 contract for historic preservation services — with all ten votes unanimous.
At its August 13 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors discussed five items without recorded votes, covering a $212,624.50 Velocity Park Phase Two equipment purchase (funded by an $80,000 outdoor recreation grant and $132,624.50 from the parks budget), a $60,416 historic preservation contract fully funded by federal and state grants, a $15,169.18 document-management contract extension, a federal transit grant application for $200,000 in operating funds requiring a $200,000 local match from existing budget, and a public hearing date for a proposed Beatrice Lane road vacation.
The Board of Directors awarded an $86,406 contract to Steep Creek, LLC for storm water drainage improvements on Apple Blossom Place, unanimously rejected a charter transportation permit application after opposition from six Spa City Taxi employees, and voted 4-3 to delay — rather than finalize — a permanent transit ban against one individual.
The Board of Directors held an agenda meeting on July 30, 2024, covering two items — acknowledgment of the city's June 2024 financial statements and authorization to pursue state grant and loan funding for a federally required lead and copper service line inventory and replacement program — with no spending approved and no votes recorded in the available transcript.
At its July 16, 2024 regular meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved one spending item — a $20,783 change order for the Lake Ouachita water supply pipeline — and adopted a new citywide parking rate ordinance that passed 5-0-1 with the Mayor abstaining.
The July 9, 2024 agenda meeting featured two informational presentations — one on regional economic development activities and one on the Majestic Hotel redevelopment project — with no votes taken and no city spending approved.
The Board's only spending action was awarding a $26,000 contract to Environmental Protection Associates Inc. for asbestos and lead paint abatement at a condemned property on Orange Street; separately, the Board passed a split-vote amendment to the city's Property Maintenance Code, condemned a structure on Euclid Street, approved two zoning changes, and accepted a federal grant for two EV charging stations.
The Board of Directors reviewed four items at its June 25 agenda meeting — a $76,460 federal grant for EV charging stations, a dispatch pay grade reclassification affecting 17 employees, a redirected Sister City travel authorization, and a Housing Authority reappointment — but took no recorded votes, as this was a pre-meeting agenda review session.
The Board approved a $300,730 change order for engineering oversight of the Lake Ouachita Water Supply Project by a 5-2 vote, rejected a Housing Authority commissioner appointment 2-5, delayed a charter transportation permit decision, and passed nine items on the consent agenda unanimously.
At its June 11, 2024 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors discussed three items — an acknowledgment of April financial statements, a memorandum of agreement for Westwood Village's wastewater connection to the city system, and a $24,312.60 budget amendment covering shipping and taxes for downtown smart parking pay stations — though the available record does not show votes taken on any of the items.
At its June 4, 2024 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved a $91,200 purchase of prefabricated bus shelters using federal transit grant funds, authorized filing for a multi-modal trail network grant, approved a professional services work order for airport hangar construction, and condemned two properties as nuisance structures — all seven votes unanimous.
At the May 28, 2024 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors authorized filing for a $586,480 federal trail-planning grant (with a $117,296 city match) and approved a $91,200 federally funded purchase of 12 bus shelters, and condemned two deteriorated structures for demolition.
The Board of Directors approved $604,744.40 in spending — a $345,057.40 stormwater drainage contract on Sabie and Audubon Streets, a $142,487 solid waste collection vehicle, and a $91,200 engineering study contract for Lake Catherine — and tabled a $26,000 asbestos abatement bid after a property owner spoke, while also condemning two structures as nuisances in split and unanimous votes.
At its May 14, 2024 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors received two informational presentations — one on chamber economic development activity and one on developer interest in the Majestic Hotel — and took no votes and approved no spending.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors met on May 7, 2024, took no spending action, and approved only routine procedural items, spending the majority of the session on a civic proclamation, a city manager's report on upcoming events, and director announcements.
The April 30 agenda meeting covered three bid awards totaling $502,848 — a $42,676 maintenance software contract with Brightly Software, a $32,034 city share of an engineering design contract with Krafton and Tull for the Higdon Ferry/Central interchange, and a $264,378 pump equipment bid awarded to Haines Pump and Process for the Hot Springs 3 lift station — but no votes are recorded in the available record.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $955,297.30 in identified spending on April 16, 2024, covering a $349,950.89 sewer cleaner truck, a $240,000 water line engineering contract, a $235,595 wheel loader, and a $129,751.41 vacuum excavator trailer — all 14 votes were unanimous.
The April 9 agenda meeting previewed four items scheduled for action — a $240,000 engineering contract with Hanson and McLaughlin LLC for 2024–2025 water line improvements, a term contract for street paving and milling with Cranford Construction, a pest control term contract with Advanced Pest Control, and acknowledgment of February financial statements — with no votes taken at this session.
The Board of Directors approved a $821,376.99 fire engine purchase — the meeting's sole spending item — and also approved a zoning change at 1100 Carpenter Dam Road, a federal block grant spending plan, and 13 advisory board appointments.
At its March 26 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors reviewed — but did not vote on — four substantive resolutions covering $1,821,000 in water and wastewater asset additions, an $821,376.99 fire engine purchase, a $93,486.99 annual personnel cost increase for fire department restructuring, and an airport lease generating $651.25 per month in city revenue.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $36,013,390.19 in total spending at its March 19, 2024 meeting, led by a $34,563,000 construction contract for Davidson Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements, plus $478,684.28 for two residential garbage trucks, $387,402.62 for a commercial garbage truck, $304,143.00 for smart parking technology, $149,506.15 for traffic signal equipment, $67,850.00 for fencing at the Community Resource Center, and $62,804.14 for a skid steer loader.
The Board of Directors held its March 12 agenda meeting with no city spending approved — directors received an economic development briefing and the January 2024 financial statements, and authorized filing for a federal mental health and wellness grant for the Hot Springs Police Department.
The Board of Directors approved $952,273.42 in spending on March 5, 2024, covering elevator modernization at 324 Malvern Avenue ($171,985.00), fire suppression equipment at the Community Resource Center ($166,919.00), document scanning services ($126,487.06), roof repairs at Services Lane ($121,396.00), commercial waste containers ($118,494.33), facility security equipment at the Community Resource Center ($58,721.82), roll-off containers ($98,593.80), snow removal equipment ($88,076.41), and a budget revision carrying over remaining 2023 appropriations into 2024.
At its February 27 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors reviewed six items scheduled for formal action, including a $400,000 sewer grinder pump contract with Redmond Environmental Inc., approximately $118,494 in commercial front-load dumpster purchases from WasteQuip LLC, and a budget reappropriation to add snow removal items omitted from a prior approval — with all items discussed but no votes cast at this session.
At its February 20, 2024 meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors delayed a decision on a proposed 106-lot subdivision on Burchwood Bay Road after five residents spoke against it, authorized filing for a $750,000 federal historic preservation grant, approved $122,076.85 in Community Development Block Grant reprogramming, and approved a $75,800 airport runway rehabilitation work order.
At its February 13, 2024 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors reviewed five resolutions covering December 2023 financial statements, annual budget reappropriation, a $173,577.60 bid award for new dugouts at Kimmery Park, a $75,800 work order for airport runway rehabilitation planning, and an $84,273.39 HVAC replacement at the Community Resource Center, but the available record does not show that votes were taken or final action recorded at this session.
The Board of Directors awarded a $10,072,200 construction contract for a new wet-weather sewage pumping station in the Gulpha Basin and separately approved $87,437.45 in winter road-treatment equipment — then unanimously rejected a franchise application for a horse-drawn carriage transit service.
At its January 30, 2024 agenda meeting, the Hot Springs Board of Directors approved a $87,437.35 purchase of brine-based road de-icing equipment, authorized filing for two state airport grants totaling $834,210 for a new hangar project (site work phase estimated at $244,210 and construction phase estimated at $590,000), authorized a $19,232 police security lighting grant application, and extended a $60,500 financial-assurance contract with the state environmental agency — while a pumping station contract award was cut off before the transcript ended.
The Hot Springs Board of Directors approved $1,412,631.79 in total identified spending on January 23, 2024, including a $468,733.58 sewer cleaner truck, a $275,446.65 asphalt patch truck, a $143,250.00 wastewater plant roof replacement, a $123,596.84 sewer inspection camera system, a $112,173.02 water treatment plant electrical upgrade, a $92,561.45 taser purchase, a $79,494.25 tractor, a $61,585.00 boom mower, and $55,791.00 in CDBG street improvement contracts; all 21 votes were unanimous.
The Board of Directors awarded a $55,791 contract to Gosley Construction for drainage, sidewalk, and ADA improvements at Park Avenue and Holly Street locations, approved a performance-based utility billing audit contract with no upfront city cost, and authorized filing a federal RAISE grant application for trail design and construction.
