Fort Smith City Director Rego and Four Others Delay Vote on Water and Sewer Contracts Until October 20
Fort Smith City Director Jarred Rego, along with Directors Andre Good, Lee Kemp, and George Catsavis, has delayed a vote on a $2.474 million contract for federally ordered sewer work. The contract, intended to put an outside firm in charge of the next phase of the city's wastewater consent decree program, was pulled from the October 5 regular meeting agenda and rescheduled for October 20. Director Neal Martin also concurred with the delay after the initial four votes were cast. The resolution would authorize an agreement with Arcadis U.S. Inc. for program management of Project No. 26-01-ES1, with the first-year fee not exceeding $2,474,000, to be paid from reallocated sales and use tax for utilities. The city could extend the agreement for three more years after a review and another board vote. The delay was initiated by Director Rego on October 1, citing Section 2-31(4) of the Fort Smith Municipal Code, which allows four directors to remove items from the agenda. No specific reason for the delay of this p...
