Editing Greenwood, Arkansas (section)

==Government==
The City of Greenwood is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government. There currently are six elected alderman who make up the Greenwood City Council, the legislative and policy-making body for the city. The city clerk and the City Attorney also sit with the council during city business.

In 2005, the city appointed a contractor to extend its water plant, denying the contract to a company called Heritage Constructors Ltd. because their past experience as a contractor involved "defective performance and extended litigation". Under a previous (1999-2000) contract with Heritage, contractual provisions for dealing with a change in specification had not been followed and the city was successful in [[arbitration in the United States|arbitration]] proceedings. Heritage argued unsuccessfully that they were not appointed for the extension contract by way of "retaliation". Both at [[United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas|district court]] level and at the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit|United States Court of Appeal]], judgment was given in favour of the city.<ref>United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca8/08-1344/081344p-2011-02-25.html Heritage Constructors, Inc. v. City of Greenwood ''et al''], No. 08-1344, ''Justia'', filed November 3, 2008, accessed July 8, 2022</ref>