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Arkansas Legislative Council Executive Subcommittee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 15, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Representative Les Eaves <\/strong>Members, if you could go ahead and take a seat, we’ll get the Executive Subcommittee started. Good afternoon, members. We just have one thing on the agenda. It’s consideration of a waiver request for cooperative purchasing construction services with the Van Buren School District. And it’s going to be presented by apparently Mr. Jeffcoat. If you would come on up here and push the button and state your name for the record and tell us what you need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harold Jeffcoat <\/strong>Well, good afternoon. I’m Harold Jeffcoat. I am Superintendent of the Van Buren School District and I appreciate the time that I can spend with you today. I am here to request a waiver. As you know, we are able to use a cooperative purchasing agency for projects that we have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And construction projects, if they exceed $1 million, we have to seek a waiver. And I have presented to you a project that we’re doing. It’s a turf project. And we would like to go with a company that we’ve used in the past, had a lot of success with. And we believe that the pricing is the best that we’re going to get, even if we did go through any other type of procurement process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representative Les Eaves <\/strong>All right, thank you, Mr. Jeffcoat. Members, any questions on this item? Seeing none, what’s the will of the committee? We have a motion to approve by Senator Rice. Second by Speaker Evans. All those in favor? Any discussion, members? Seeing none, all those favor, say aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you for coming down, sir. Members, seeing no further business, we are adjourned. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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