Jonesboro, AR

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Finance & Administration Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 4:00 PM Tuesday, October 27, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:095 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:149 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2624 RICHARDSON DRIVE, PARCEL 01-144273-02000, OWNED BY VIRGINIA WRINKLES IN THE AMOUNT OF $335 Sponsors: Code Enforcement and Finance 263855_2624 RICHARDSON DR_COUNCIL NOTICE DATE LETTER 263855_2624 RICHARDSON_Billing Request 263855_2624 RICHARSON_OFFICIAL INVOICE AFFIDAVIT 263855_2624 RICHARSON_VIOLATION LETTER AFFIDAVIT Attachments: RES-26:150 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1220 W. MONROE, PARCEL 01-143134-44300, OWNED BY BLANCHE BARNETT IN THE AMOUNT OF $275 Sponsors: Code Enforcement and Finance 264052 1220 W MONROE_OFFICIAL INVOICE AFFIDAVIT 264052 1220 W MONROE_VIOLATION LETTER AFFIDAVIT 264052_1220 W MONROE_Billing Request 264052_1220 W MONROE_COUNCIL NOTICE AFFIDAVIT Attachments: RES-26:151 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LO …

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Tue Oct 20, 2026 · 5:00 PM

Public Safety Council Committee

Committee considers property condemnation at 600 & 602 N. Church St.

The Public Safety Council Committee will meet to discuss the condemnation of a specific property and the placement of traffic signs. The meeting includes the introduction of one ordinance and one resolution.

RES-26:148: Resolution to condemn property at 600 & 602 N. Church St. (Parcel # 01-144074-10300)
ORD-26:042: Ordinance to place traffic signs at locations determined by the Traffic Control Committee

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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If you're on this committee, if you would press the button in front of you to note your attendance for today. Okay, and I do show five members present. Thank you all very much for being here today. That'll bring us into our next item on the agenda, being approval of minutes from the previous meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Move to adopt unless there's a change to be noted. Second. Okay, I have a motion and a second to approve the minutes as presented from the previous meeting on September the 15 th. If there's no questions or concerns, we'll go ahead and we will call a vote on this item. I do see that we have five that voted in favor of that. Thank you all very much. Moving on to the next item on our agenda are ordinances to be introduced. We have ordinance 26042, which is an ordinance to the city of Jonesboro to place various traffic signs. It doesn't need locations as determined by the traffic control committee. I did not have all my stuff in order. Sorry. Now, therefore, be it ordained by the city council of the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that the following changes be made as recommended by the traffic control committee. Installing stop signs at the following locations on Lazar Drive at Buck Drive, on Bayou Court at Skinner Court, and on Red Maple Way at Orchard Pass, along with establishing 25 mile an hour speed limits at the following locations of West Oak Avenue, Kingsbury Street, and Watergate Street. Move. We recommend to the full council. Second. Okay. I ha …

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Public Safety Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:00 PM Tuesday, October 20, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:090 Minutes for the Public Safety Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED ORD-26:042 AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO TO PLACE VARIOUS TRAFFIC SIGNS AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMITTEE Sponsors: Engineering RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:148 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO CONDEMN PROPERTY LOCATED AT: 600 & 602 N. Church St. Jonesboro, AR 72401, Parcel # 01-144074-10300 Sponsors: Code Enforcement Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 10/15/2026 October 20, 2026 Public Safety Council Committee Meeting Agenda 600 & 602 N Church Board and Secure Affidavit 600 & 602 N Church Board and Secure Signed Sig Card 600 & 602 N Church Map 600 & 602 N Church Pre-Condemnation Notice Affidavit 600 & 602 N Church Pre-Condemnation Notice Signed Sig Card 25407534-600 & 602 N Church Inspection Report 34720786-IMG_6251 34720792-IMG_6255 34720794-IMG_6256 34720796-IMG_6257 34720801-IMG_6259 34720802-IMG_6260 34720810-IMG_6266 34720811-IMG_6267 34720813-IMG_6269 34720817-IMG_6271 34720819-IMG_6274 34720820-IMG_6273 34720821-IMG_6272 34 …

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🗳️ How they voted (4 roll-call votes)

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

MIN-26:090 — Passed

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter yea · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson absent · David McClain absent · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

ORD-26:042 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter yea · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson absent · David McClain absent · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

RES-26:148 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter yea · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson absent · David McClain absent · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter yea · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson absent · David McClain absent · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

Tue Oct 20, 2026 · 1:30 PM

Board of Zoning Adjustments

Board of Zoning Adjustments to review two variance requests

The Board of Zoning Adjustments will meet to consider two appeal cases regarding lot coverage and landscaping requirements. The board will also review minutes from the September 16, 2026 meeting.

VR-26-31: Davidson Engineering request for 6% additional lot coverage for a drive through lane
VR-26-32: Darrell Martin request to eliminate a sidewalk and reduce required trees and shrubs

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Thank you. One minute. All right. So, Davidson, engineering. Thank you, sir. My name is Bear Davidson. I'm here on behalf of our care. Justin Harris with Delta Blue, which is our cares construction group is also here today as well. We submitted a request for a variance with regard to lot coverage for what is to be a new our care health clinic at 2211 Fowler Avenue. This used to be the Morgan Stanley. Regardless of today's outcome, our care will operate there. Today's discussion just mostly has to do with what we can or can't do with the site improvements. So, they're intent and they've already started on the interior of the building. So, to remodel that old space as a health clinic. But what we would like to also do is work on the exterior of the site. Our goal would be to add a drive-through lane for the pharmacy pickup window as well as make some landscaping improvements. And we submitted sheets associated with both of those to the city for review as part of the submittal. The reason for the request for the variance this site, as you can see, is pretty well built out. The fact that we predate y'all's rules regarding lot coverage because the current lot coverage is 72% if we were to add this drive-through lane. And it does require demolition of one space to make a turning radius. But the offset of those two is a 6% net increase in lot coverage. Why it's important to us, we've got limited parking, especially limited ADA parking based on door locations and current sidewalks. A …

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Board of Zoning Adjustments City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 1:30 PM Tuesday, October 20, 2026 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes MIN-26:096 Minutes from September 16, 2026 meeting BZA Minutes 09.16.26 Attachments: 4. Appeal Cases VR-26-31 Davidson Engineering is requesting a variance for additional 6% to the lot coverage for a proposed drive through lane. The existing site already exceeds the required maximum coverage of 60% with the existing building, sidewalk, and asphalt area. ARCARE Attachments: VR-26-32 Darrell Martin is requesting a variance for elimination of sidewalk and a reduction in the amount of trees & shrubs that are being required. Summit Attachments: 5. Staff Comments 6. Adjournment Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 10/19/2026

Tue Oct 20, 2026 · 5:30 PM

City Council

City Council to consider new millage taxes for library and pensions

The City Council will review resolutions to levy millage taxes for the public library and police and fire pension funds. The body is also considering zoning changes and an ordinance to prohibit camping in city parks and parking lots.

Proposed 1 mill tax for the public library and 0.5 mill taxes each for fire and police pension funds
Rezoning of 300 E Pine Street from R-1 to RM-12 multi family residential
Rezoning of 3030 Whiteman Creek Dr from C-2 to I-1 limited industrial and C-3 general commercial
Ordinance to prohibit camping outside designated locations in city parks and parking lots
Municipal liens on 823 Parkview ($275) and 1323 Haven ($315)

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the City Council meeting. This is October 20th, 2026, and I'll go ahead and lead us in Pledge of Allegiance, if you would stand, and invocation will be led by Dr. Councilman Coleman. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. President, Father, we thank you for allowing us to be able to be stewards in this community. We pray the decisions that we make according to your will, and we give you the praise. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Okay, Council, if you would, please mark your presence. And we do have quorum for tonight's meeting. Now we'll move on to item number four, special presentations. As I mentioned to Council two weeks ago, I'm going to ask Steve or Tee during the mayor's comments to make that presentation, so we'll move on to item number five, consent agenda. Move to adopt unless changes are noted. Second. Okay. Do have a motion on the floor to adopt on the consent agenda items. If you would, please cast your ballot. And the consent agenda does carry. So next, we'll move on to items on new business, which we don't have any. We'll move on to item number seven. These are items on unfinished business. These are ordinances on the second reading. We'll begin with Ordinance 26038. In order to amend the Code of Ordinances and add Section 50 -27 to park rules to prevent camping outside designated campin …

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City Council City of Jonesboro Council Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:30 PM Tuesday, October 20, 2026 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M. Council Chambers, Municipal Center 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5. CONSENT AGENDA MIN-26:094 MINUTES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER 8, 2026 CC Minutes 10082026 Attachments: RES-26:121 A RESOLUTION BY THE JONESBORO CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ACCEPT A PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT FROM SOUTHERN HILLS REAL ESTATE LLC FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS Sponsors: Engineering Permanent Drainage Easement-SH Attachments: Legislative History 10/8/26 Public Works Council Committee Recommended to Council RES-26:122 A RESOLUTION BY THE JONESBORO CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ACCEPT A PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT FROM EVELYN M. ABBOTT TRUST, JOHN ENGELHARDT, TRUSTEE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS Sponsors: Engineering Permanent Drainage Easement-Abbott Attachments: Legislative History 10/8/26 Public Works Council Committee Recommended to Council Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 10/15/2026 October 20, 2026 City Council Council Agenda RES-26:141 RE …

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🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

ORD-26:037 — Denied

6 nay · 5 yea · 1 absent

Brian Emison yea · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain absent · Joe Hafner yea · Kevin Miller nay · Anthony Coleman nay · Janice Porter nay · John Street nay · Charles Coleman nay · LJ Bryant nay · Ann Williams yea

The other 13 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.

Wed Oct 14, 2026 · 10:00 AM

City Council

Jonesboro City Council meeting scheduled for October 14, 2026

The provided agenda consists of procedural boilerplate. No specific ordinances, contracts, or discussion items are listed for this meeting.

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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City Council City of Jonesboro Council Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 10:00 AM Wednesday, October 14, 2026 TESTING ONLY TESTING ONLY TESTING ONLY 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5. CONSENT AGENDA 6. NEW BUSINESS 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING 8. MAYOR'S REPORTS 9. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS 10. PUBLIC COMMENTS 11. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 10/14/2026

Tue Oct 13, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Finance & Administration Council Committee

Committee considers new millage taxes for library and emergency services pensions

The Finance & Administration Council Committee will discuss several proposed resolutions to levy taxes on real and personal property. The body is also reviewing requests to place municipal liens on two properties and authorizations to apply for grants.

RES-26:141: Proposed 1 mill tax for the public library
RES-26:142: Proposed 0.5 mill tax for the local fire pension and relief fund
RES-26:143: Proposed 0.5 mill tax for the local police pension and relief fund
RES-26:144 & RES-26:145: Municipal liens for 823 Parkview ($275) and 1323 Haven ($315)
RES-26:146 & RES-26:147: Grant applications for crisis response and outdoor recreation

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✓ Decided: Jonesboro committee recommended annual property tax levies and property liens

The Jonesboro Finance & Administration Council Committee approved previous meeting minutes and recommended several resolutions to the City Council. The recommended items included annual property tax levies for the public library, fire pension, and police pension funds, alongside municipal liens for specific properties and grant application authorizations.

Approved minutes for the September 29, 2026 Finance Committee meeting (4-0)
Recommended 1 mill tax resolution for the public library to City Council (4-0)
Recommended 0.5 mill tax resolution for the local fire pension and relief fund to City Council (4-0)
Recommended 0.5 mill tax resolution for the local police pension and relief fund to City Council (4-0)
Recommended $275 municipal lien resolution for 823 Parkview to City Council (4-0)
Recommended $315 municipal lien resolution for 1323 Haven to City Council (4-0)
Recommended crisis response funding grant application through the University of Arkansas to City Council (4-0)
Recommended National Park Service 2026 Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership grant application to City Council (4-0)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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All right. Good afternoon. It's 4 o'clock. I'm going to call today's Finance and Administration Council Committee meeting to order. First up is roll call, so please record your attendance by pushing the appropriate button. We do have five present. We'll move into approval of the minutes from the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 29th. Move to approve unless there's a noted change. Second. I motion to second to approve the minutes. Any changes or comments on the minutes as presented? If not, please record your vote on whether or not to approve the minutes. Minutes are approved. We'll move into new business. I just want to say on these first one, two, three, these first three items, none of these are new taxes. This is just a procedural step we have to do every year. Resolution 26141. Resolution by City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas to levy a one mill tax on all real and personal property for the public library. Whereas pursuant to the terms of Amendment 30 of the Constitution of the United States, a duly qualified election was held upon presentation of a petition by voters and whereas a majority of the voters voted in favor of the establishment of a public library and further approved an annual levy on all real and personal property within the city for the support, operation and maintenance of the public library. Specifying a rate of taxation of one mill on the dollar and whereas these questions being answered by a majority of the qualified voters, t …

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Finance & Administration Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 4:00 PM Tuesday, October 13, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:092 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:141 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO LEVY A 1 MILL TAX ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Sponsors: Finance RES-26:142 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO LEVY A ONE-HALF (.5) MILL TAX ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR THE LOCAL FIRE PENSION AND RELIEF FUND Sponsors: Finance State Mandated Uniformed Retirement Expense Analysis 2026 Attachments: RES-26:143 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO LEVY A ONE-HALF (.5) MILL TAX ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR THE LOCAL POLICE PENSION AND RELIEF FUND Sponsors: Finance State Mandated Uniformed Retirement Expense Analysis 2026 Attachments: RES-26:144 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 823 PARKVIEW, PARCEL 01-143251-00300, OWNED BY KYLE MICHAEL HAYNIE IN THE AMOUNT OF $275 Sponsors: Code Enforcement and Finance Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 10/8/ …

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes Finance & Administration Council Committee 4:00 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, October 13, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Joe Hafner;John Street;Anthony Coleman;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Present 5 - David McClain and Ann Williams Absent 2 - 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:092 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. Minutes Attachments: A motion was made by John Street, seconded by Brian Emison, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. John Street;Anthony Coleman;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Aye: 4 - David McClain and Ann Williams Absent: 2 - 4. NEW BUSINESS Chairman Joe Hafner said, I just want to say, on these first, one, two, three. These first three items, none of these are new taxes. This is just a procedural step we have to do every year. RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:141 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO LEVY A 1 MILL TAX ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Sponsors: Finance A motion was made by John Street, seconded by Brian Emison, that this matter be Recommended to Council . The motion PASSED with the following vote. John Street;Anthony Coleman;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Aye: 4 - David McClain and Ann Williams Absent: 2 - Page 1 City of Jonesbor …

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🗳️ How they voted (9 roll-call votes)

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

MIN-26:092 — Passed

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:141 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:142 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:143 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:144 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:145 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:146 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:147 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

Tue Oct 13, 2026 · 5:30 PM

Metropolitan Area Planning Commission

Jonesboro planning commission to weigh rezoning 2732 North Church to general commercial

The Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meets Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM at the Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Street. The main item is a rezoning request by KPT Investments for property at 2732 North Church, from R-1 Single Family to C-3 General Commercial. The commission will also approve minutes from its 09.22.26 meeting and hear staff comments before adjourning.

Rezoning RZ-26-16: KPT Investments requests 2732 North Church change from R-1 Single Family to C-3 General Commercial
Approval of minutes MIN-26:091 from the 09.22.26 meeting
Staff comments on the rezoning request

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Good evening, everyone. If I could have your attention, we're going to call the meeting to order. Welcome to the City of Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meeting for Tuesday, October 13, 2026. I'll open up for a roll call. Sean, if you could call roll, please. Johnson. Nelson. Styling. Here. Bailey. Here. Pointer. Here. Cooper. Little. Zopher. Roberts. First item I'll open up for is the approval of the minutes from the September 22nd meeting. Are there any changes? I like a motion to approve as submitted. I have a motion to approve. Do I hear a second? Little. Second. In favor, say aye. Aye. You want to oppose, say no. Okay, the minutes will carry. First item we have tonight is a final plat. This is at the Orchard Phase 3, 43 lots on Woody Knoll Drive and Orchard Pass Drive. Our S8 LUO had the proponent for this item. My name is Mark Morse. I'm the engineer on the project. We are seeking final approval. Asphalt is done. We're waiting for the bond to come in. Okay. We have the bond. Do what? We have the bond, don't we? No. Okay. I thought we had the bond. Okay. The bond will come from the owner and not the contractor. City planner, you have staff comments on this application? Yes, sir, I do. It does meet all the requirements of the subdivision code, so we would recommend approval. Commissioners have any questions of the applicant or city staff? Anybody ready with a motion? I believe move for approval. Do I have a second? I have a motion and a second on the floor …

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Thu Oct 8, 2026 · 5:30 PM

City Council

Jonesboro council to vote on rezoning 300 E Pine St and 3030 Whiteman Creek Dr

The Jonesboro City Council meets Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM at the Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Street, rescheduled due to National Night Out. Most items sit on the consent agenda, meaning they pass in one motion without separate discussion unless a council member pulls one. The council will also hear first readings of two rezoning ordinances and third readings of ordinances on council sponsorship rules, invocation procedure, and meeting-notice timelines.

Rezoning 300 E Pine Street from R-1 single family to RM-12 multi family, requested by Carrington Morehouse
Rezoning 3030 Whiteman Creek Dr from C-2 downtown fringe commercial to I-1 limited industrial and C-3 general commercial, requested by Jeremy Bevill for Heartland Self Storage, LLC
Municipal liens of $275 at 2612 Crawford Drive, $275 at 700 Melody, and $315 at 2106 Cotton for code enforcement
Contracts with ACS Playground Adventures and Landscape Structures, Inc. for playground and synthetic turf at a new city park on Disciple Drive
Agreement with Motorola Solutions for radio equipment and dispatch consoles for the Jonesboro E-911 Center

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✓ Decided: City Council approves playground equipment and E-911 radio upgrades

The City Council approved contracts for playground equipment and surfacing for a new park on Disciple Drive and authorized radio equipment upgrades for the E-911 center. Several municipal liens and sponsorship agreements for youth sports were also approved. Three ordinances regarding council procedures were passed on third reading.

Approved playground equipment and surfacing for Disciple Drive park (10-0)
Approved Motorola Solutions agreement for E-911 radio equipment (10-0)
Approved land-use agreement with NE Arkansas Children’s Museum (10-0)
Approved four youth sports sponsorship contracts with Cavenaugh Automotive Group (10-0)
Approved $275 and $315 municipal liens on Crawford Drive and Cotton properties (10-0)
Approved ordinance clarifying council member legislation sponsorship (10-0)
Approved ordinance adding procedure for opening invocations (9-1)
Postponed municipal lien on 700 Melody indefinitely as it was paid (10-0)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

📹 From the video · 43m

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Good evening, everybody. Welcome to City Council, Jonesboro City Hall. We're going to go ahead and get this evening's meeting started, and I appreciate those. We had an event change, so that's why we're on Thursday evening versus Tuesday. And so we'll go ahead. I'll lead us in Pledge of Allegiance, and Dr. Charles Coleman will lead us in invocation. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Heavenly Father, we are so grateful that you've allowed us to continue to be the stewards in this community, and we pray that we follow your allegiance in all things. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Council, if you would, please go ahead and make your attendance. I'm marking your ballot, please. Okay, we do have enough for majority this evening. I do have just a real short presentation. Chief Hamrick, if you would please meet me at the podium. Council, before I lead on with this, I just want to say how important this is to our community. This is actually Fire Prevention Week 2026, and this is a proclamation. But it's more important that it's kind of points out some areas of concern that we need. And I think it's important to really address in our community, to make all of our citizens aware of safety when it comes to fire protection. So the National Fire Protection Association reports an increase in battery-related fires, underscoring the need for public educa …

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City Council City of Jonesboro Council Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:30 PM Thursday, October 8, 2026 NOTE: Rescheduled due to National Night Out PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M. Council Chambers, Municipal Center 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS COM-26:050 Legislative Audit Update - Comments by Mayor Harold Copenhaver Sponsors: Finance Legislative Audit 2025 Attachments: COM-26:051 Proclamation proclaiming October 4-10 as Fire Prevention Week 5. CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda is a meeting method to make City Council meetings more efficient and meaningful to the members of the audience. All matters listed within the Consent Agenda have been distributed to each member of the Jonesboro City Council for reading and study, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the City Council with no separate discussion. If a separate discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda by request of a member of the City Council. MIN-26:088 MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 CC Minutes 09152026 Attachments: RES-26:125 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO ENTER INTO A LAND-USE AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTH …

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes City Council 5:30 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Thursday, October 8, 2026 NOTE: Rescheduled due to National Night Out PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Brian Emison;Chris Gibson;David McClain;Kevin Miller;Anthony Coleman;Janice Porter;John Street;Charles Coleman;LJ Bryant and Ann Williams Present 10 - Chris Moore and Joe Hafner Absent 2 - 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS COM-26:051 Proclamation proclaiming October 4-10 as Fire Prevention Week Mayor Harold Copenhaver said, I do have just a real short presentation. Chief Hamrick, if you would please meet me at the podium. Council, before I lead on with this, I just want to say how important this is to our community. This is actually Fire Prevention Week 2026, and this is a proclamation. But it's more important that it kind of points out some areas of concern that we need to really address in our community to make all of our citizens aware. Safety, when it comes to fire protection. So the National Fire Protection Association reports an increase in battery-related fires, underscoring the need for public education on the safe use of lithium-ion batteries and devices. The way lithium-ion battery devices are charged can make a differ …

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🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

ORD-26:032 — Passed

9 yea · 2 absent · 1 nay

Brian Emison yea · Chris Moore absent · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain nay · Joe Hafner absent · Kevin Miller yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Janice Porter yea · John Street yea · Charles Coleman yea · LJ Bryant yea · Ann Williams yea

The other 29 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.

Thu Oct 8, 2026 · 5:00 PM

Public Works Council Committee

Jonesboro Public Works to review two permanent drainage easements

The Jonesboro Public Works Council Committee meets Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 5:00 PM at the Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Street. The committee will consider approving minutes from its September 1, 2026 meeting and two new resolutions authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to accept permanent drainage easements for drainage improvements. No pending items are listed; public comments and other business are on the agenda.

RES-26:121: accept a permanent drainage easement from Southern Hills Real Estate LLC for drainage improvements
RES-26:122: accept a permanent drainage easement from Evelyn M. Abbott Trust, John Engelhardt, Trustee, for drainage improvements
Approval of minutes MIN-26:086 from the September 1, 2026 Public Works Committee meeting
Meeting rescheduled due to National Night Out
Public comments scheduled before adjournment

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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The next item is roll call, so when prompted, please mark your attendance. And we do have a quorum, so the next item is approval of minutes. Minutes 26086 from the September 1st, 2026 meeting. There's a copy in your packet, and when you're ready, I'll be ready to entertain a motion. Make a motion if there's not any other changes except the minutes. Second. Motion second to approve minutes unless there's no change. Any comments or questions by anyone on the committee? If not, please mark your preference. Okay, next item, new business, resolutions to be introduced. Resolution 16121, a resolution by the Jonesboro City Council to authorize the mayor and city clerk to accept a permanent drainage easement from Southern Hills Real Estate LLC for the purpose of constructing and maintaining drainage improvements, whereas the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, desires to accept the following described easement for the purpose of constructing and maintaining. Resolution 16221, a resolution by the City Council to authorize the mayor and city clerk to accept a permanent drainage easement from Southern Hills Real Estate LLC for the purpose of constructing and maintaining drainage improvements. Legal description follows. Now, therefore, be it, LLC containing 0.3 acres, 1,137 square feet, more or less. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that section one, mayor and city clerk are hereby authorized by the City Council for the City of Jonesboro, Ar …

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Public Works Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:00 PM Thursday, October 8, 2026 NOTE: Rescheduled due to National Night Out 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:086 Minutes for the Public Works Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. PWorks Minutes 09012026 Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:121 A RESOLUTION BY THE JONESBORO CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ACCEPT A PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT FROM SOUTHERN HILLS REAL ESTATE LLC FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS Sponsors: Engineering Permanent Drainage Easement-SH Attachments: RES-26:122 A RESOLUTION BY THE JONESBORO CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ACCEPT A PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT FROM EVELYN M. ABBOTT TRUST, JOHN ENGELHARDT, TRUSTEE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS Sponsors: Engineering Permanent Drainage Easement-Abbott Attachments: 5. PENDING ITEMS 6. OTHER BUSINESS 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 10/1/2026 October 8, 2026 Public Works Council Committee Meeting Agenda 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 2 City of Jonesboro Printed on 10/1/2026

🗳️ How they voted (4 roll-call votes)

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

MIN-26:086 — Passed

6 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

John Street present · Kevin Miller yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Ann Williams yea · Chris Moore absent · Charles Coleman yea · Janice Porter yea

RES-26:121 — Recommended to Council

6 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

John Street present · Kevin Miller yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Ann Williams yea · Chris Moore absent · Charles Coleman yea · Janice Porter yea

RES-26:122 — Recommended to Council

6 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

John Street present · Kevin Miller yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Ann Williams yea · Chris Moore absent · Charles Coleman yea · Janice Porter yea

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

6 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

John Street present · Kevin Miller yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Ann Williams yea · Chris Moore absent · Charles Coleman yea · Janice Porter yea

Tue Sep 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Finance & Administration Council Committee

Jonesboro committee to review park playground, E-911 radio and street light contracts

The Finance & Administration Council Committee meets Sept. 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM at the Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Street, to review resolutions introduced for City Council action. Items include sponsorship agreements with Cavenaugh Automotive Group for Parks & Recreation youth sports, playground and turf work at a new park on Disciple Drive, street lighting on Washington Avenue, and a Motorola Solutions agreement for Jonesboro E-911 radio equipment. The committee will also consider municipal liens on three properties and several other resolutions; no dollar amounts are stated in the agenda text.

RES-26:126 through RES-26:129: sponsorship agreements with Cavenaugh Automotive Group for Parks & Recreation elementary basketball, youth basketball, youth soccer, and admission passes/tickets
RES-26:131: agreement with ACS Playground Adventures for playground and synthetic turf surfacing at a new city park on Disciple Drive
RES-26:132: agreement with Landscape Structures, Inc. for a custom playground package at the Disciple Drive park
RES-26:133: accept low bid and issue purchase order to Wilkins Electric, LLC for a street lighting circuit on Washington Avenue from Marion Berry to Borgman Street
RES-26:134, RES-26:135, RES-26:136: municipal liens of $275 at 2612 Crawford Drive (Randy and Aley Crawford), $275 at 700 Melody (Ignacio & Emilee Patino), and $315 at 2106 Cotton (Mickaul Rolland)

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✓ Decided: Finance Committee recommends multiple park and infrastructure contracts to Council

The committee recommended several sponsorship agreements with Cavanaugh Automotive Group and playground equipment contracts for a new park on Disciple Drive. Other recommendations included street lighting installation, property liens, and E-911 radio equipment.

Recommended sponsorship contracts with Cavanaugh Automotive Group for basketball, soccer, and admission passes (4-0)
Recommended ACS Playground Adventures contract for surfacing at Disciple Drive park (3-1)
Recommended Landscape Structures, Inc. contract for playground package at Disciple Drive park (3-1)
Recommended Wilkins Electric, LLC bid for Washington Avenue street lighting (4-0)
Recommended municipal liens on properties at 2612 Crawford Drive ($275), 700 Melody ($275), and 2106 Cotton ($315) (4-0)
Recommended budget amendment for NARTPC Regional Safety Action Plan (4-0)
Recommended right-of-way purchase at 3519 Aggie Road (4-0)
Recommended Motorola Solutions agreement for E-911 radio equipment (4-0)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Right, it's 4 o'clock. I'm going to call today's Finance Administration Committee meeting to order. Please record your attendance. All right, next up is approval of minutes from the Tuesday, September 8, 2026 meeting. I make a motion to approve unless there are changes to be noted. Second. Motion second. Any questions or comments on the minutes as presented? If not, please record your vote on whether or not to approve or approve. We'll move into new business. First item is Resolution 26126, a resolution to contract with Kavanaugh Automotive Group for sponsorship of the City of Jonesboro Parks and Recreation Elementary Basketball Program, whereas the City of Jonesboro Parks and Recreation Department provides an elementary basketball program for youth participants in Jonesboro and the surrounding area. Whereas Kavanaugh Automotive Group desires to provide sponsorship funding for elementary basketball jerseys bearing the sponsor's name and or logo, and whereas Kavanaugh Automotive Group agrees to provide sponsorship funding in the amount of $4,500 for the City of Jonesboro Parks and Recreation Elementary Basketball Program, whereas the terms of the sponsorship agreement is for one basketball season ending February 6, 2027, now therefore be resolved by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Section 1. That the City of Jonesboro shall enter into a sponsorship agreement with Kavanaugh Automotive Group for the sponsorship of the City of Jonesboro Parks and Recreation E …

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Finance & Administration Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 4:00 PM Tuesday, September 29, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:087 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:126 A RESOLUTION TO CONTRACT WITH CAVENAUGH AUTOMOTIVE GROUP FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENTARY BASKETBALL PROGRAM Sponsors: Parks & Recreation and Finance DRAFT Elementary_Basketball_Sponsorship_Agreement (1) - Copy Attachments: RES-26:127 A RESOLUTION TO CONTRACT WITH CAVENAUGH AUTOMOTIVE GROUP FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO PARKS AND RECREATION YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM Sponsors: Parks & Recreation and Finance DRAFT Basketball_Sponsorship_Agreement (1) - Copy Attachments: RES-26:128 A RESOLUTION TO CONTRACT WITH CAVENAUGH AUTOMOTIVE GROUP FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO PARKS AND RECREATION YOUTH SOCCER PROGRAM Sponsors: Parks & Recreation and Finance DRAFT Soccer_Sponsorship_Agreement (1) Attachments: RES-26:129 A RESOLUTION TO CONTRACT WITH CAVENAUGH AUTOMOTIVE GROUP FOR SPONSORSHIP OF ADMISSION PASSES AND TICKETS FOR CITY OF JONESBORO PARKS AND RECREATION YOUTH SOCCER AND FLAG FOOTBALL PROGRAMS Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 9/24/2026 …

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes Finance & Administration Council Committee 4:00 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, September 29, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Joe Hafner;Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Present 5 - John Street and David McClain Absent 2 - 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:087 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Minutes Attachments: A motion was made by Brian Emison, seconded by Charles Coleman, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Aye: 4 - John Street and David McClain Absent: 2 - 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:126 A RESOLUTION TO CONTRACT WITH CAVENAUGH AUTOMOTIVE GROUP FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENTARY BASKETBALL PROGRAM Sponsors: Parks & Recreation and Finance DRAFT Elementary_Basketball_Sponsorship_Agreement (1) - Copy Attachments: Councilmember Dr. Anthony Coleman said, I do have a question, Chairman, for Jim I think. Parks and Rec right? I have a question for you, sir. Thank you. So, it's a few questions, and this question really is, and I'm asking it now because all the rest of it, three or four other resolutions regarding contracts. So, number one, how do you find these sponsors, which lea …

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RES-26:131 — Recommended to Council

3 yea · 2 absent · 1 present · 1 nay

Joe Hafner present · John Street absent · Anthony Coleman nay · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:132 — Recommended to Council

3 yea · 2 absent · 1 present · 1 nay

Joe Hafner present · John Street absent · Anthony Coleman nay · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

The other 19 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.

Tue Sep 22, 2026 · 5:30 PM

Metropolitan Area Planning Commission

Jonesboro planning commission to weigh two rezoning requests

The Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission is meeting to consider two rezoning requests, a final subdivision plat, and a site plan review. The commission will also approve minutes from its August 11 meeting. One rezoning would change a property at 300 E Pine St from single-family to multi-family residential, and another would rezone a property from commercial to industrial and commercial.

Rezoning RZ-26-13: 300 E Pine St from R-1 Single Family to RM-12 Residential Multi-Family
Rezoning RZ-26-14: property from C-2 and C-2 LUO to I-1 and C-3
Final plat PP-26-14: Savannah Hills Phase VI
Site plan SP-26-02: Citadel Manor Minor Plat

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the City of Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meeting for Tuesday, September 22nd. I'll open up for a roll call, please, if you would. Hit your eye button if you're here. Must be blinking. Yes. It's okay. There it is. Okay, we're ready. A little technical difficulty. Okay. Thank you. Now, this is getting ready to start. No. Roll call. There you go. All right, let's try that again. Yeah, let's try that. Okay, if you're here, press your eye button, please. Well, since we're getting the new system, that may be why they're not connected anymore. This is on. Well, it may not. Okay, it may just be turned. Push the power button. Let's just go back to the regular roll call for right now and do the sheet. We're good with the arrow. We're trying. These aren't going to work. Let's go ahead and keep attendance and votes by the log. Call rolling in? Yes. Okay. Yes. We're going to roll call. Okay. Johnson. Sorry. Say Nelson. Johnson. Nelson. Here. Sterling. Here. Bailey. Here. Pointer. Cooper. Little. Roberts. So the next item we'll do is we'll open up for the discussion of the minutes from the September 11th meeting. Are there any changes to be made? I mean, yeah, August 11th meeting. Are there any changes to be made? September 11th. We'll promote we have to approve as submitted. A motion for approval. Do you hear a second? No. Second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Minutes will stand. First item we have on the agenda is a …

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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:30 PM Tuesday, September 22, 2026 1. Call to order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of minutes MIN-26:084 Minutes from 08.11.26 MAPC Minutes 8.11.26 Attachments: 4. Final Subdivisions PP-26-14 Savannah Hiils Phase VI Final Plat H22-153 - Savannah Hills ph 6 Record Plat-Rev Staff Report Savannah Hills 6 final plat Attachments: 5. Site Plan SP-26-02 Site plan review for Citadel Manor Minor Plat Citadel Manor Minor Plat Attachments: 6. Rezonings RZ-26-13 Carrington Morehouse is requesting rezoning of the property from R-1 Single Family to RM-12 Residential Multi-Family 300 E Pine St Rezoning Application Rezoning Plat Aerial Map of 1100 Warren st Neighborhood Meeting Minutes Staff Summary RZ_26_13 Attachments: Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 9/17/2026 September 22, 2026 Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Meeting Agenda RZ-26-14 Jeremy Bevill is requesting a property to be rezoned from C-2 and C-2 LUO to I-1 and C-3 Rezoning Cover Letter Concept Rezoning Plat Rezoning Application Certified Mail Receipts 1 Certified Mail Receipts 2 Staff Summary RZ_26_14 Attachments: 7. Staff Comments 8. Adjournment Page 2 City of Jonesboro Printed on 9/17/2026

Tue Sep 15, 2026 · 5:30 PM

City Council

Council to vote on liens, bank deal, zoning change, and AGFC lease amendment

The Jonesboro City Council will consider a consent agenda with routine items including minutes, a traffic control device agreement, and 15 municipal liens for code enforcement. Removed from consent are resolutions to condemn property at 2210 Willow Rd, endorse SANY Nutrition Group for the Tax Back program, and amend the AGFC lease for Crowley's Ridge Nature Center. New business includes first readings on a penalty ordinance and a private club permit for 141 Prime Restaurant, plus second readings on council procedure changes. The council will also take a third reading on a zoning change for 1411 Southern Ridge Boulevard.

Resolution to condemn property at 2210 Willow Rd (Parcel 01-144271-05300)
Resolution to endorse SANY Nutrition Group LLC for Tax Back program participation
Resolution to amend lease with Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for Crowley's Ridge Nature Center
Ordinance to change zoning from PD-M multi-family to PD-M commercial at 1411 Southern Ridge Blvd
Ordinance for private club permit for 141 Prime Restaurant

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✓ Decided: Jonesboro Council approves multiple property liens and a new banking agreement

The City Council passed several resolutions to place municipal liens on various properties for unpaid amounts. The Council also approved an agreement with Farmers & Merchants Bank for depository services and voted to condemn property at 2210 Willow Rd.

Approved Consent Agenda (10-0)
Approved traffic control device maintenance agreement (voice vote)
Placed municipal lien on 1104 Pratt Circle for $275 (voice vote)
Placed municipal lien on 5017 Mt Carmel Rd for $615 (voice vote)
Placed municipal lien on 910 Marcom Dr for $315 (voice vote)
Placed municipal lien on 406 N Drake for $315 (voice vote)
Placed municipal lien on 1702 W. Nettleton for $340 (voice vote)
Placed municipal lien on Richardson Drive parcel for $365 (voice vote)

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City Council City of Jonesboro Council Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:30 PM Tuesday, September 15, 2026 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 4:00 P.M. Council Chambers, Municipal Center PUBLIC SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M. Council Chambers, Municipal Center 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5. CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda is a meeting method to make City Council meetings more efficient and meaningful to the members of the audience. All matters listed within the Consent Agenda have been distributed to each member of the Jonesboro City Council for reading and study, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the City Council with no separate discussion. If a separate discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda by request of a member of the City Council. MIN-26:085 MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 CC Minutes 09012026 Attachments: RES-26:105 A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL DEVICES Sponsors: Engineering TCD Agreement Attachments: Legislative History 9/1/26 Public Works Council Committee Recommended to Council RES-26:106 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCI …

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes City Council 5:30 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, September 15, 2026 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 4:00 P.M. PUBLIC SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;David McClain;Joe Hafner;Kevin Miller;Anthony Coleman;Janice Porter;John Street and LJ Bryant Present 10 - Charles Coleman and Ann Williams Absent 2 - 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5. CONSENT AGENDA Approval of the Consent Agenda A motion was made by Councilperson Chris Gibson, seconded by Councilperson Chris Moore, to Approve the Consent Agenda. The motioned PASSED Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;David McClain;Joe Hafner;Kevin Miller;Anthony Coleman;Janice Porter;John Street and LJ Bryant Aye: 10 - Charles Coleman and Ann Williams Absent: 2 - MIN-26:085 MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 CC Minutes 09012026 Attachments: A motion was made that this Minutes be Passed . The motion PASSED BY VOICE VOTE RES-26:105 A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL DEVICES Page 1 City of Jonesboro September 15, 2026 City Council Meeting Minutes TCD Agreement Attachments: A motion was made that this Resolution be Passed . Th …

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🗳️ How they voted (29 roll-call votes)

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A motion was made by Councilperson Chris Gibson, seconded by Councilperson Chris Moore, to Approve the Consent Agenda. The motioned PASSED Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;David McClain;Joe…

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Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson Brian Emison, seconded by Councilperson Joe Hafner, that this matter be Postponed Indefinitely. The motion PASSED with the following vote. Brian Emison;Chris…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson Chris Gibson, seconded by Councilperson Brian Emison, that this matter be Passed. The motion PASSED with the following vote. Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson Chris Gibson, seconded by Councilperson Brian Emison, that this matter be Passed. The motion PASSED with the following vote. Page 6 City of Jonesboro September 15…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson John Street, seconded by Councilperson Chris Moore, that this matter be Passed. The motion PASSED with the following vote. Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson Brian Emison, seconded by Councilperson Chris Moore, that this meeting be Adjourned. The motion PASSED with the following vote. Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

MIN-26:085 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

Brian Emison yea · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain yea · Joe Hafner yea · Kevin Miller yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Janice Porter yea · John Street yea · Charles Coleman absent · LJ Bryant yea · Ann Williams absent

RES-26:072 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:105 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:106 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:107 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:108 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:109 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:110 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:111 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:112 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:113 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:114 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:115 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:116 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

Tue Sep 15, 2026 · 1:30 PM

Board of Zoning Adjustments

Board to hear three variance requests, including duplex and fence height

The Jonesboro Board of Zoning Adjustments will hold a public meeting to consider three variance appeals. The board will vote on requests to allow a duplex without street-facing doors, a taller front fence, and a driveway exception for a Chick-fil-A. The meeting also includes approval of the previous month's minutes.

VR-26-24: Walter Jackson requests variance to build a duplex without street-facing doors and with rear parking
VR-26-25: Moss Fencing requests variance to extend fence height to 6 ft along front northwest property line at 5435 E Nettleton
VR-26-26: Crafton Tull requests variance from access management plan for driveways at 225 Southwest Square (Chick-fil-A)
Approval of minutes from August 11, 2026 meeting

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Oh call please. Here. Miles. Here. Miller. Here. Bailey. I need a motion and a second to approve the minutes from August the 11th. So moved. Second. Thank you very much. First of all, I'd like to apologize for missing the last meeting. We did not have quorum, but we do today. So I'm going to start out with Walter Jackson. Come on up. Tell us your name and what you want to do. Walter Jackson, and I'm wanting to do a duplex at 323 North Bridge. There's an old house there that I've owned for several years that we want to tear down, and I own a lot of other duplexes and triplexes in the neighborhood in that three block area. And the lots over there, it's an old part of town, so the lots are all 50 foot wide. So it doesn't really allow for parking in the rear or drive ways to get to the rear to be able to use the lot. I own the apartments to the south of it. And to the north of it, there's Jonesboro Housing Authority owns a couple little houses there. Let me throw something out. Have you thought about building a single family home? Yeah, I mean, you could. It's zoned for multi- You might not have these troubles. Yeah, it's zoned for multifamily, and it's 204 foot deep. Yeah. The duplex is not going to take a moment. Do you know how that ordinance came about? Uh-huh. Yes, sir. You've been down Matthews and saw those- Yes, sir. What we call spaceships. Yeah, they're all- That's why we were trying to avoid in Jonesboro. Those are all vinyl siding and low-pitch roofs and- I know- Roof …

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Board of Zoning Adjustments City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 1:30 PM Tuesday, September 15, 2026 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes MIN-26:076 Minutes from August 11, 2026 meeting BZA Minutes 08.11.26 Attachments: 4. Appeal Cases VR-26-24 Walter Jackson is requesting a variance to build a duplex without having doors facing the street & parking in the rear. Variance Application Narrative Letter Map Plans Site Plan Mall Attachments: VR-26-25 Moss Fencing is requesting a variance to extending the height of the fence to 6ft along the front Northwest property line. Also, facing the pickets in towards the subject property. Application Variance Request Letter 5435 E Nettleton Site Plan Gis Map Property line pic Certified Mail Pics pic 2 Attachments: Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 9/10/2026 September 15, 2026 Board of Zoning Adjustments Meeting Agenda VR-26-26 Crafton Tull is requesting a variance from the access management plan requiring driveways at 225 Southwest sq App mail plat Chik-fill-app Chik-Fil-A Plat Attachments: 5. Staff Comments 6. Adjournment Page 2 City of Jonesboro Printed on 9/10/2026

Tue Sep 15, 2026 · 5:00 PM

Public Services Council Committee

Council to consider park camping ban and museum land-use deal

The Public Services Council Committee will consider introducing an ordinance to ban camping outside designated areas in city parks and parking lots, and a resolution for a land-use agreement with the Northeast Arkansas Children's Museum at 215 W. Monroe Avenue. The committee will also hear updates from the GOJO and Parks and Recreation directors, and approve minutes from prior meetings.

Ordinance ORD-26:038 to add Section 50-27 to park rules, preventing camping outside designated locations in city parks and parking lots
Resolution RES-26:125 authorizing a land-use agreement with the Northeast Arkansas Children's Museum for property at 215 W. Monroe Avenue
Approval of minutes from June 16 and July 6, 2026 meetings
GOJO update from Director Lee Wells
Parks and Recreation update from Director Jim Stearns

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Thank you. Uh, June 16 and July 6, I'll give you a moment to review and then I'll entertain a motion for both. Make a motion to approve unless there's any changes to be denoted. Second. Have a motion and second. All in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed, like sign. Next item of business is new business ordinance 26038, an ordinance to amend the code of ordinances and add section 5027 to park rules to prevent camping outside designated camping locations within city parks and city parking lots in the city of Jonesboro. An ordinance to amend the code of ordinances and add section 5027 to parks rules to prevent camping outside designated camping locations within city parks and city parking lots in the city of Jonesboro. Whereas the city council, the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas desires to ensure our parks and parking lots remain clean and safe for citizens. And the city council recognizes camping outside designated camping areas in the city parks and parking lots may impede the use and enjoyment of the parks for citizens. Whereas the language contained in section 5027 should be added to the code of ordinances and shall be codified. Be it ordained by the city council city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that the following language language shall be added to the code of ordinances in chapter 50 article two section 5027 and shall be shall read as follows . No persons shall camp in any city park or city on parking lot unless they are located in a designated camping area. Camping m …

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Public Services Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:00 PM Tuesday, September 15, 2026 *NOTE AMENDED START TIME OF 5:00 P.M.* 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:056 Minutes for the Public Services Committee meeting on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. Minutes Attachments: MIN-26:061 Minutes for the Special Called Public Services Committee meeting on Monday, July 6, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED ORD-26:038 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND ADD SECTION 50-27 TO PARK RULES TO PREVENT CAMPING OUTSIDE DESIGNATED CAMPING LOCATIONS WITHIN CITY PARKS AND CITY PARKING LOTS IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO Sponsors: Parks & Recreation RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:125 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO ENTER INTO A LAND-USE AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTHEAST ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S MUSEUM FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 215 W. MONROE AVENUE Sponsors: Mayor's Office 558_174_SWD (002) Deed of Lot E Childrens Musuem Land Use Agreement_BR Edits Original Survey of Jonesboro Lot E Attachments: Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 9/10/2026 September 15, 2026 Public Services Council Committee Meeting Agenda 5. PENDING ITEMS 6. OTHER BUSINESS COM-26:048 GOJO UPDATE FROM GOJO DIRECTOR LEE WELLS COM-26:049 PARKS AND RECREATION UPDATE FROM PARKS DIRE …

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🗳️ How they voted (5 roll-call votes)

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

MIN-26:056 — Passed

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Chris Gibson present · LJ Bryant yea · Joe Hafner yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Ann Williams absent · Brian Emison yea · Janice Porter yea

MIN-26:061 — Passed

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Chris Gibson present · LJ Bryant yea · Joe Hafner yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Ann Williams absent · Brian Emison yea · Janice Porter yea

RES-26:125 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Chris Gibson present · LJ Bryant yea · Joe Hafner yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Ann Williams absent · Brian Emison yea · Janice Porter yea

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Chris Gibson present · LJ Bryant yea · Joe Hafner yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Ann Williams absent · Brian Emison yea · Janice Porter yea

ORD-26:038 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Chris Gibson present · LJ Bryant yea · Joe Hafner yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Ann Williams absent · Brian Emison yea · Janice Porter yea

Tue Sep 15, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Public Safety Council Committee

Committee to consider traffic signs and downtown pedestrian all-stops funding

The Public Safety Council Committee will consider introducing an ordinance to place various traffic signs at designated locations and a resolution to amend the 2026 capital improvement budget to allocate funds for the Pedestrian All-Stops Project at 3 downtown intersections. The committee will also review the August 2026 vector mosquito control report and approve minutes from the August 18, 2026 meeting.

ORD-26:039: Ordinance to place various traffic signs at locations determined by the Traffic Control Committee
RES-26:130: Resolution to amend 2026 capital improvement budget for Pedestrian All-Stops Project at 3 downtown intersections
COM-26:047: Vector mosquito control report for August 2026
Approval of minutes from August 18, 2026 meeting

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✓ Decided: Jonesboro committee advances pedestrian safety funding and traffic sign ordinances

The Public Safety Council Committee approved minutes, recommended traffic sign ordinances to the full council, and recommended a $300,000 budget amendment for downtown pedestrian all-stops. The committee also reviewed the August 2026 Vector Mosquito Control report and discussed pedestrian safety plans, traffic data, and infrastructure with city officials.

Approved minutes for the Public Safety Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 (4-0)
Recommended to Council an ordinance placing traffic signs at designated locations determined by the Traffic Control Committee (4-0)
Recommended to Council a resolution to amend the 2026 capital improvement budget and allocate $300,000 for the pedestrian all-stops project at 3 downtown intersections (5-1)
Filed the Vector Mosquito Control Report for August 2026
Adjourned the meeting (5-1)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

📹 From the video · 44m

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Okay, good afternoon everybody. It is 4 o'clock and it is time for us to call the order of the public safety council committee meeting for the city of Jonesboro. First on our agenda, we have our roll call. So if you are on this committee and you are present, if you will denote your attendance on the device in front of you. I do show five members present, so that is a quorum. Do appreciate everybody who had time to make it to the meeting today. Next coming up on our agenda is the approval of minutes from the meeting on Tuesday, August 19th. Move to adopt unless any changes are noted. Second. I have a motion and a second to adopt the minutes as presented. Do I have any questions or comments from anybody on the committee? Any from the public in attendance? Okay, seeing none, I will call a vote on approval of minutes from the previous meeting. Okay. That item does carry. Thank you everybody. Moving on to our next item on the agenda. We're going to go ahead and we're going to start with ordinance 26039 underneath the ordinances to be introduced section, which is an ordinance to the city of Jonesboro to place various traffic signs at designated locations as determined by the traffic control committee. Now therefore, be it ordained by the city council of the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that the following changes be made as recommended by the traffic control committee. Installing stop signs at the following locations, Wellington court at Kathleen road, Rochester drive at Kathleen ro …

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Public Safety Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 4:00 PM Tuesday, September 15, 2026 *NOTE AMENDED START TIME OF 4:00 P.M.* 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:081 Minutes for the Public Safety Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED ORD-26:039 AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO TO PLACE VARIOUS TRAFFIC SIGNS AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMITTEE Sponsors: Engineering RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:130 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET AND ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN ALL-STOPS PROJECT FOR 3 DOWNTOWN INTERSECTIONS 5. PENDING ITEMS 6. OTHER BUSINESS COM-26:047 VECTOR MOSQUITO CONTROL REPORT FOR AUGUST 2026 Jonesboro August 26 Attachments: 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 9/11/2026 September 15, 2026 Public Safety Council Committee Meeting Agenda 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 2 City of Jonesboro Printed on 9/11/2026

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes Public Safety Council Committee 4:00 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, September 15, 2026 *NOTE AMENDED START TIME OF 4:00 P.M.* 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Brian Emison;Janice Porter;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller Present 5 - Chris Moore and David McClain Absent 2 - 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:081 Minutes for the Public Safety Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. Minutes Attachments: A motion was made by Chris Gibson, seconded by Kevin Miller, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Janice Porter;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller Aye: 4 - Chris Moore and David McClain Absent: 2 - 4. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED ORD-26:039 AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO TO PLACE VARIOUS TRAFFIC SIGNS AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMITTEE Sponsors: Engineering A motion was made by Chris Gibson, seconded by Kevin Miller, that this matter be Recommended to Council . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Janice Porter;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller Aye: 4 - Chris Moore and David McClain Absent: 2 - RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED Page 1 City of Jonesboro September 15, 2026 Public Safety Council Committee Meeting Minutes RES-26:130 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET AND ALLOCATE …

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A motion was made by Chris Gibson, seconded by Kevin Miller, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Janice Porter;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller

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David McClain yea

A motion was made by Chris Gibson, seconded by Kevin Miller, that this matter be Recommended to Council . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Janice Porter;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin…

1 yea

David McClain yea

MIN-26:081 — Passed

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter yea · Chris Moore absent · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain absent · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter yea · Chris Moore absent · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain yea · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

ORD-26:039 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter yea · Chris Moore absent · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain absent · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

RES-26:130 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter yea · Chris Moore absent · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain yea · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

Tue Sep 8, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Finance & Administration Council Committee

Council to vote on 15 property liens and bank contract

The Finance & Administration Committee will consider introducing an ordinance to align the city's general penalty with state law, and will review 15 resolutions to place municipal liens on properties for unpaid code enforcement costs. The committee will also discuss a banking services agreement with Farmers & Merchants Bank, a Tax Back program endorsement for SANY Nutrition Group LLC, and a lease amendment with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Ordinance ORD-26:036 to amend Section 1-7 of the Code of Ordinances to change general penalty to match state law
15 resolutions (RES-26:106 to RES-26:119) to place municipal liens on properties for amounts from $275 to $615
Resolution RES-26:120 to enter into banking depository services agreement with Farmers & Merchants Bank
Resolution RES-26:123 to endorse SANY Nutrition Group LLC for the Tax Back program
Resolution RES-26:124 to amend lease with Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for Crowley's Ridge Nature Center

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✓ Decided: Jonesboro committee advances 15 property liens and banking, tax-back, and lease items to council

The Finance & Administration Council Committee recommended 15 municipal lien resolutions to the full Council, covering unpaid code enforcement costs on properties across the city ranging from $275 to $615. It also advanced an ordinance raising the city's general penalty to match state law, a resolution to contract with Farmers & Merchants Bank for banking depository services, a tax-back incentive endorsement for Sany Nutrition Group LLC, and a lease amendment with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. All items passed 5-0, with David McClain absent. The committee took no final action itself; each item was only recommended to the City Council.

Recommended to Council: ordinance amending Section 1-7 to raise general penalty to match state law (5-0)
Recommended to Council: 15 municipal liens for code enforcement costs, $275-$615 each (5-0 each)
Recommended to Council: agreement with Farmers & Merchants Bank for banking depository services (5-0)
Recommended to Council: tax-back program endorsement for Sany Nutrition Group LLC (5-0)
Recommended to Council: AGFC lease amendment changing Nature Center building to regional office (5-0)
Approved minutes of August 25, 2026 Finance Committee meeting (5-0)
Adjourned (5-0)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

📹 From the video · 23m

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All right, let's go. All right, good afternoon, everybody. It's 4 o'clock. I'm going to call today's finance and administration council committee meeting to order. Next up is please record your attendance by pushing the appropriate button. All right, we do have a quorum. Moving to approval of minutes from the finance committee meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Move to approve. Second. Second to approve the minutes. Any questions or comments on the minutes as presented? If not, please record your vote on whether or not to approve them. All right, we'll move into new business. First up is ordinance 26036. It's an ordinance to amend section 1-7 of the Code of Ordin ance is to change general penalty to match state law, whereas section 1-7(c) sets the fine range for code violations not otherwise specified is not to exceed $500 or double such sum for each repetition thereof and allows for a daily penalty not to exceed $250 for each day. The violation unlawfully continues. And whereas this section is no longer consistent with the amount set out in state law, in Arkansas Code annotated article 14 55504. Or as it is the desire of the city council for the city of Jonesboro to amend this section to follow the fine amounts authorized in state law, be it ordained by the city council of city of Jonesboro, Arkansas that section 1, the city of Jonesboro hereby amend section 1-7(c) to remove the current language and read its follows, except it's otherwise provided a person convicted of a v …

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Finance & Administration Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 4:00 PM Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:082 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED ORD-26:036 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 1-7 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CHANGE GENERAL PENALTY TO MATCH STATE LAW RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:106 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1104 PRATT CIRCLE, PARCEL 01-144082-12300, OWNED BY MCDANIEL CLAUDE IN THE AMOUNT OF $275 Sponsors: Code Enforcement and Finance 262595_1104 PRATT CIR_VIOLATION LETTER 262595_1104 PRATT CIRCLE_COUNCIL NOTICE 262595_1104 PRATT_INVOICE Billing Request1104 PRATT CIRCLE_262595 Attachments: RES-26:107 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5017 MT CARMEL RD, PARCEL 01-133013-01500, OWNED BY KATHERINE ARTERBERRY IN THE AMOUNT OF $615 Sponsors: Code Enforcement and Finance Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 9/3/2026 September 8, 2026 Finance & Administration Council Committee Meeting Agenda 263312_5017 MT CARAMEL _ VIOLATION LETTER 263312_5017 MT CARMEL RD_COUNCIL NOTICE 263 …

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes Finance & Administration Council Committee 4:00 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, September 8, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Joe Hafner;John Street;Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Present 6 - David McClain Absent 1 - 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:082 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Minutes Attachments: A motion was made by John Street, seconded by Brian Emison, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. John Street;Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Aye: 5 - David McClain Absent: 1 - 4. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED ORD-26:036 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 1-7 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CHANGE GENERAL PENALTY TO MATCH STATE LAW Councilmember Dr. Anthony Coleman said, I do have a question, Chairman. I've read this like 50 times and it's not... City Attorney Carol Duncan said, so essentially what we have at the beginning of our code is a catch-all. If the Council has not specifically set a fine for a particular violation, it gives the judges a parameter of what they can set that fine as or what they can order if someone's found guilty. And what this does is it increases that to match state law. It hadn't been changed in the 20 years I've been here that I know o …

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🗳️ How they voted (20 roll-call votes)

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

MIN-26:082 — Passed

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

ORD-26:036 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:106 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:107 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:108 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:109 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:110 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:111 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:112 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:113 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:114 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:115 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:116 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:117 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:118 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:119 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:120 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:123 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:124 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

Tue Sep 8, 2026 · 5:30 PM

Metropolitan Area Planning Commission

Rezoning request for 1100 Warren St. to multi-family housing

The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission is meeting to consider a rezoning request for 1100 Warren St. from R-1 Single Family to RM-12 Residential Multi-Family, along with approving minutes from a previous meeting. The agenda includes this rezoning as the primary substantive item.

Rezoning RZ-26-13: 1100 Warren St. from R-1 Single Family to RM-12 Residential Multi-Family
Approval of minutes from August 11, 2026 meeting

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Tue Sep 1, 2026 · 5:00 PM

Public Works Council Committee

Jonesboro considers territory annexation and traffic control agreement

The Public Works Council Committee will review an ordinance regarding the annexation of certain territory to the City of Jonesboro. The committee will also consider a resolution to execute a traffic control device agreement for maintenance.

Ordinance ORD-26:029 regarding territory annexation
Resolution RES-26:105 for a traffic control device maintenance agreement

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✓ Decided: Public Works Committee denies annexation of 160-acre parcel

The committee voted against recommending the annexation of 160 acres of land owned by the Browning Family Trust. Members cited concerns over stretched city resources and the lack of immediate need for developable land. A traffic control device agreement was recommended for council approval.

Annexation of 160 acres (ORD-26:029) failed to be recommended to Council (2-5)
Approved minutes from August 4, 2026 meeting (7-0)
Recommended traffic control device agreement (RES-26:105) to Council (7-0)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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It's five o'clock. We'll go ahead and call the Public Works Council Committee meeting to order. If you would, please mark your attendance when prompted to do so. We do have a quorum. Next item is approval of minutes, minutes 26074 from the meeting on Tuesday, August 4th, 2026. They were included in the packet. I'll give you a minute to look at them and be ready to entertain a motion. Move to adopt. Second. I have a motion and second to adopt. Any comments or questions by anyone on the committee? Please mark your ballot. Any next item is new business. Ordinance is to be introduced. Ordinance 26029. An ordinance accepting the annexation of certain territory to the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and for other purposes. Whereas the petition was filed with the county court of Craighead County, Arkansas, pursuant to ACA 1440-609 for the annexation of certain territory into the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas. And whereas on July 24th, 2026, the county court of Craig head County, Arkansas, found that the petition was signed by 100% of landowners in said territory, that said territory was depicted on an accurate map of said territory, filed with and made a part of the petition showing the property to be contiguous and adjoining the present corporate city limits of the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas. That petitioner had provided a letter from a licensed title agent, verifying that petitioner is the sole owner of the record, owner of record of the relevant property. That petitioner had provided …

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Public Works Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:00 PM Tuesday, September 1, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:074 Minutes for the Public Works Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED ORD-26:029 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Approval Order GIS Analyst Letter Petition Plat Surveyor Letter Publication Receipt Attachments: RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:105 A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL DEVICES Sponsors: Engineering TCD Agreement Attachments: 5. PENDING ITEMS 6. OTHER BUSINESS 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/27/2026 September 1, 2026 Public Works Council Committee Meeting Agenda 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 2 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/27/2026

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes Public Works Council Committee 5:00 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, September 1, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT John Street;Kevin Miller;LJ Bryant;Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Chris Moore;Charles Coleman and Janice Porter Present 8 - 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:074 Minutes for the Public Works Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Minutes Attachments: A motion was made by Chris Moore, seconded by Charles Coleman, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Kevin Miller;LJ Bryant;Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Chris Moore;Charles Coleman and Janice Porter Aye: 7 - 4. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED ORD-26:029 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Approval Order GIS Analyst Letter Petition Plat Surveyor Letter Publication Receipt Attachments: Jim Gramling with Gramling Law Firm approached the podium and said, on behalf of the applicant. I have Terry Browning here, the Browning Family Trust. Councilmember Chris Moore said, would you speak into the microphone? Jim Gramling continued, yes, sorry. Jim Gramling, Gramling Law Firm on behalf of the applicant. So, this is a petition to annex 160 acres the south part of town. This is just about a quarter of a mile from Valley View. Ther …

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🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

ORD-26:029 — Recommended to Council

5 nay · 2 yea · 1 present

John Street present · Kevin Miller nay · LJ Bryant nay · Anthony Coleman nay · Ann Williams nay · Chris Moore nay · Charles Coleman yea · Janice Porter yea

The other 4 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.

Tue Sep 1, 2026 · 5:30 PM

City Council

Council considers new 0.625% sales tax and various local ordinances

The Jonesboro City Council will discuss introducing a new 0.625% city-wide sales and use tax and calling a special election for it. The meeting also includes votes on zoning changes, private club permits, and budget amendments for fire department vehicles.

Introduction of a 0.625% city-wide sales and use tax (ORD-26:034, ORD-26:035)
Budget amendment to purchase two 2026 Chevrolet 1500 trucks for the Fire Department (RES-26:104)
Zoning change for 1411 Southern Ridge Boulevard from multi-family to commercial use (ORD-26:030)
Private club permit for Blazing Buffalo Sports Grill at 3310 Southwest Drive, Suite 7 (ORD-26:026)
Private club permit for My Place Hotel Jonesboro at 2905 Gilmore Drive (ORD-26:027)

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✓ Decided: City Council calls special election for 0.625% public safety sales tax

The City Council approved a resolution to place a 0.625% sales and use tax on the November ballot. Other actions included approving two private club permits and funding for two fire department trucks. Several ordinances regarding council procedures and zoning were held for further reading.

Approved special election for 0.625% sales and use tax (10-0)
Approved funding for two 2026 Chevrolet 1500 trucks for Fire Department (Voice Vote)
Approved private club permit for Blazing Buffalo Sports Grill (10-0)
Approved private club permit for My Place Hotel (9-1)
Approved abandonment of 15' alley between 1810 and 1812 Henry Street (10-0)
Approved placement of various traffic signs (10-0)
Approved permanent closure of Airport Road at-grade intersection with Union Pacific Railroad (Voice Vote)
Approved free utility services for city-owned property (9-0, 1 abstain)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Yeah, there we go. Let me start over again. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm going to call this Jonesboro City Council meeting to order. The mayor is out of town on official business tonight, so I 'll be conducting the meeting. If you will, let's stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, led by the invocation by Dr. Charles Komen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation , under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Father, we thank you for granting us this time to be stewards in this community, and we just pray, Father, that the business that we take care of is in court to your will. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Dr. Komen. All right. Madam Clerk, call the roll or load it up, Boris. You would make sure that you press your button. Okay. All right. We do have a quorum to conduct business, so we'll move on. Item four, special presentations. There are none. Item five, the consent agenda. I'll entertain a motion to adopt unless there's an item to be pulled. So moved. Second. I have a motion and a second to adopt the consent agenda. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed. All right. Resolutions removed from the consent agenda. Resolution 26103. Oh, sorry. You want me to go? A resolution requesting free utility services from City Water and Light for City-owned property. Whereas the City of Jonesboro is requesting that City Water and Light provide free utilities at the followin …

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City Council City of Jonesboro Council Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:30 PM Tuesday, September 1, 2026 PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M. Council Chambers, Municipal Center 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5. CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda is a meeting method to make City Council meetings more efficient and meaningful to the members of the audience. All matters listed within the Consent Agenda have been distributed to each member of the Jonesboro City Council for reading and study, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the City Council with no separate discussion. If a separate discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda by request of a member of the City Council. MIN-26:078 MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 18, 2026 CC Minutes 08192026 Attachments: RES-26:101 A RESOLUTION AGREEING TO THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE AIRPORT ROAD (ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 351) AT-GRADE INTERSECTION WITH THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD (DOT# 787795S) UPON THE COMPLETION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED HIGHWAY CROSSING AT THIS SAME LOCATION Sponsors: Engineering Legislative History 8/18/26 Public Safety Council Committee Recommended to Council RES-2 …

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes City Council 5:30 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, September 1, 2026 PUBLIC WORKS COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Joe Hafner;Kevin Miller;Anthony Coleman;Janice Porter;John Street;Charles Coleman;LJ Bryant and Ann Williams Present 10 - Chris Gibson and David McClain Absent 2 - 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5. CONSENT AGENDA Approval of the Consent Agenda A motion was made by Councilperson Brian Emison, seconded by Councilperson Joe Hafner, to Approve the Consent Agenda. The motioned PASSED Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Joe Hafner;Kevin Miller;Anthony Coleman;Janice Porter;John Street;Charles Coleman;LJ Bryant and Ann Williams Aye: 10 - Chris Gibson and David McClain Absent: 2 - MIN-26:078 MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 18, 2026 CC Minutes 08192026 Attachments: A motion was made that this Minutes be Passed . The motion PASSED BY VOICE VOTE RES-26:101 A RESOLUTION AGREEING TO THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE AIRPORT ROAD (ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 351) AT-GRADE INTERSECTION WITH THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD (DOT# 787795S) UPON THE COMPLETION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED HIGHWAY CROSSING AT THIS SAME LOCATION A motion was made that this Resolution be Passed . The motio …

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🗳️ How they voted — 1 divided vote

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

ORD-26:027 — Passed

9 yea · 2 absent · 1 nay

Brian Emison yea · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson absent · David McClain absent · Joe Hafner yea · Kevin Miller yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Janice Porter nay · John Street yea · Charles Coleman yea · LJ Bryant yea · Ann Williams yea

The other 18 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.

Tue Aug 25, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Finance & Administration Council Committee

Jonesboro committee to consider free utilities for city property, fire trucks

The Finance & Administration Council Committee will consider two resolutions: one requesting free utility services from City Water and Light for city-owned property, and another amending the FY2026 budget to fund two 2026 Chevrolet 1500 Crew Cab 4x4 trucks for the Fire Department. The committee will also approve minutes from prior meetings.

Resolution requesting free utility services from City Water and Light for city-owned property
Resolution to amend FY2026 budget for two 2026 Chevrolet 1500 Crew Cab 4x4 trucks for Fire Department
Approval of minutes from August 6 and August 11, 2026 meetings

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✓ Decided: Committee recommends free utilities for city property and fire trucks

The Finance & Administration Committee recommended two resolutions to the full council: one requesting free utility services from City Water and Light for city-owned property, and another amending the FY2026 budget to fund two Chevrolet trucks for the Fire Department. Both recommendations passed with votes of 4-0 (with one abstention) and 5-0 (with one absence), respectively. The committee also approved minutes from two prior meetings.

Recommended RES-26:103 (free utility services for city property) to council (4-0, 1 abstention)
Recommended RES-26:104 (budget amendment for two fire trucks) to council (5-0, 1 absence)
Approved minutes for the August 6, 2026 special meeting (5-0, 1 absence)
Approved minutes for the August 11, 2026 finance meeting (5-0, 1 absence)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

📹 From the video · 9m

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Good afternoon, everybody. It's at 4 o'clock. I'm going to call today to finance administration council. As soon as you're able, please record your attendance by pushing the appropriate button. Do you have a quorum? I was too busy worrying about other people. I'm not really here. We'll move into approval of minutes. First up is approval of minutes from the special card finance committee meeting in conjunction with the public safety committee on Thursday, August 6, 20 26. Move to approve. Second. Motion to second. Any questions or comments on the minutes as presented? If not, please record your vote on whether or not to approve the minutes. All right, next up is approval of minutes from the finance committee meeting on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Move to approve. Second. Motion to second. Any questions or comments on these minutes? If not, please push the appropriate button. Please vote on whether or not to approve the minutes. All right, moving to new business. First up is resolution 26103. Resolution requesting, I sound like Elmer Fudd. A resolution requesting free utility services from city water and light for city owned property. Whereas the city of Jonesboro requesting that city water and light provide free utilities at the following locations. Section 109 East Highland Drive. Now, therefore, be it resolved by city council for the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, the section one, that city water and light request, requested by this resolution to provide free utilities to the lo …

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Finance & Administration Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 4:00 PM Tuesday, August 25, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:075 Minutes for the Special Called Finance Committee meeting in conjunction with the Public Safety Committee on Thursday, August 6, 2026. Minutes Attachments: MIN-26:077 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:103 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING FREE UTILITY SERVICES FROM CITY WATER AND LIGHT FOR CITY-OWNED PROPERTY RES-26:104 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, FY2026 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO (2) 2026 CHEVROLET 1500 CREW CAB 4X4 TRUCKS FOR THE JONESBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT Sponsors: Fire Department 5. PENDING ITEMS 6. OTHER BUSINESS 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/20/2026 August 25, 2026 Finance & Administration Council Committee Meeting Agenda Page 2 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/20/2026

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes Finance & Administration Council Committee 4:00 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, August 25, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Joe Hafner;John Street;Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Present 6 - David McClain Absent 1 - 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:075 Minutes for the Special Called Finance Committee meeting in conjunction with the Public Safety Committee on Thursday, August 6, 2026. Minutes Attachments: A motion was made by John Street, seconded by Brian Emison, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. John Street;Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Aye: 5 - David McClain Absent: 1 - MIN-26:077 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Minutes Attachments: A motion was made by John Street, seconded by Brian Emison, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. John Street;Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Aye: 5 - David McClain Absent: 1 - 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:103 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING FREE UTILITY SERVICES FROM CITY WATER AND LIGHT FOR CITY-OWNED PROPERTY Page 1 City of Jonesboro August 25, 2026 Finance & Administration Council Committee Meeting Minutes Chairman Joe Hafner said, under authority… …

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🗳️ How they voted (6 roll-call votes)

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A motion was made by John Street, seconded by Brian Emison, that this matter be Recommended to Council . The motion PASSED with the following vote. John Street;Anthony Coleman;Ann Williams;Charles…

4 absent

Anthony Coleman absent · Ann Williams absent · Charles Coleman absent · Brian Emison absent

MIN-26:075 — Passed

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

MIN-26:077 — Passed

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:103 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 1 present · 1 abstain · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street abstain · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:104 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 absent

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain absent · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

Tue Aug 25, 2026 · 5:30 PM

Metropolitan Area Planning Commission

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 4:30 PM

Nominating and Rules Committee

Committee to consider rules changes and board appointments

The Jonesboro Nominating and Rules Committee is holding a special called meeting to consider introducing three ordinances amending city council rules, including sponsorship of legislation, invocation procedures, and notice timelines for special meetings. The committee will also consider a resolution for appointments to boards and commissions as recommended by the mayor. The meeting includes approval of minutes from May 12, 2026.

ORD-26:031: Amend Chapter 2-87 to clarify how a council member may sponsor legislation
ORD-26:032: Amend Section 2-84 to add procedure for opening invocation during council meetings
ORD-26:033: Amend Sections 2-84 and 2-87 to correct outdated language and update notice timelines for special called committee meetings
RES-26:102: Resolution to make appointments and reappointments to boards and commissions as recommended by Mayor Harold Copenhaver
Approval of minutes from May 12, 2026 meeting

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Municipal Center

📹 From the video · 12m

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- Last time I bought any of this. - I am showing 4:30, so we'll go ahead and get started with the special called Nominating and Rules meeting. First item of business is roll call. Please mark your attendance. Next item of business is approval of minutes, minutes for the Nominating and Rules Council meeting on May 12th of 2026. - Move to approve. - Second. - I have a motion and second. All in favor signify by saying aye. - Aye. - Any opposed, like sign. Next item of business is new business. Ordinance is to be introduced. First is Ordinance 26031, Ordinance to Amend Chapter 2-87 to clarify how a city council member may sponsor legislation. Carol, do you have a copy of that? Will you, do you mind reading that for me? - I'll have to-- - Read it. - I'll have my computer up. - I've got a copy of it, but I don't have glasses with me. - I'll read it for you. Oh, I just pulled on my microphone. - An ordinance to amend Chapter 2-87 to clarify how a city council member may sponsor legislation. Whereas the city established the mayor's ability to assign legislation to council committee in Section 2-87B2 of the city ordinances. And whereas the council desires to clarify the procedure for when a council member sponsors legislation to be considered for approval, therefore be it ordained by the city council of the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Section 1, that Chapter 2-87B2 be amended to add the following language. Any member of the city council may sponsor a resolution or an ordinance. The c …

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Nominating and Rules Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center 4:30 PM Tuesday, August 18, 2026 SPECIAL CALLED MEETING 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:044 MINUTES FOR THE NOMINATING & RULES COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 12, 2026 NR Meeting Minutes 05122026.pdf Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES TO BE INTRODUCED ORD-26:031 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 2-87 TO CLARIFY HOW A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY SPONSOR LEGISLATION Sponsors: LJ Bryant and Chris Gibson ORD-26:032 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 2-84 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADD PROCEDURE FOR OPENING INVOCATION DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS ORD-26:033 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 2-84 AND 2-87 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CORRECT OUTDATED LANGUAGE AND UPDATE TIMELINES FOR PROVIDING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL CALLED COMMITTEE MEETING TO THE CITY CLERK AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES EXHIBIT A - Sec._2_84.___City_council_meetings AMENDED Attachments: RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:102 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER 5. PENDING ITEMS Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/14/2026 August 18, 2026 Nominating and Rules Committee Meeting Agenda 6. OTHER BUSINESS 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 2 City of Jonesboro Printed …

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🗳️ How they voted (6 roll-call votes)

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

MIN-26:044 — Passed

5 yea · 1 present

Chris Gibson present · Chris Moore yea · Brian Emison yea · John Street yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea

ORD-26:031 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present

Chris Gibson present · Chris Moore yea · Brian Emison yea · John Street yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea

ORD-26:032 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present

Chris Gibson present · Chris Moore yea · Brian Emison yea · John Street yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea

ORD-26:033 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present

Chris Gibson present · Chris Moore yea · Brian Emison yea · John Street yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea

RES-26:102 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present

Chris Gibson present · Chris Moore yea · Brian Emison yea · John Street yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

5 yea · 1 present

Chris Gibson present · Chris Moore yea · Brian Emison yea · John Street yea · LJ Bryant yea · Anthony Coleman yea

Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 1:30 PM

Board of Zoning Adjustments

Board to hear two variance requests: duplex design and fence height

The Jonesboro Board of Zoning Adjustments will hold a meeting to consider two variance appeals. The board will vote on whether to grant a variance for a duplex without street-facing doors and rear parking, and another for a 6-foot fence along a front property line. The agenda also includes approval of the previous meeting's minutes.

VR-26-24: Walter Jackson requests variance to build a duplex without doors facing the street and with parking in the rear
VR-26-25: Moss Fencing requests variance to extend fence height to 6 ft along front northwest property line at 5435 E Nettleton
Approval of minutes from August 11, 2026 meeting

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Board of Zoning Adjustments City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 1:30 PM Tuesday, August 18, 2026 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes MIN-26:076 Minutes from August 11, 2026 meeting BZA Minutes 08.11.26 Attachments: 4. Appeal Cases VR-26-24 Walter Jackson is requesting a variance to build a duplex without having doors facing the street & parking in the rear. Variance Application Narrative Letter Map Plans Site Plan Mall Attachments: VR-26-25 Moss Fencing is requesting a variance to extending the height of the fence to 6ft along the front Northwest property line. Also, facing the pickets in towards the subject property. Application Variance Request Letter 5435 E Nettleton Site Plan Gis Map Property line pic Certified Mail Pics pic 2 Attachments: 5. Staff Comments Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/13/2026 August 18, 2026 Board of Zoning Adjustments Meeting Agenda 6. Adjournment Page 2 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/13/2026

Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 5:00 PM

Public Safety Council Committee

Council to consider closing Airport Road rail crossing after new bridge built

The Public Safety Council Committee will consider a resolution agreeing to permanently close the Airport Road (Arkansas Highway 351) at-grade intersection with the Union Pacific Railroad once a grade-separated crossing is completed at the same location. The committee will also review the July 2026 vector mosquito control report and approve minutes from the July 21, 2026 meeting.

Resolution RES-26:101 to close Airport Road rail crossing (DOT# 787795S) after new grade-separated crossing is built
Vector mosquito control report for July 2026 (COM-26:043)
Approval of minutes from July 21, 2026 meeting (MIN-26:069)

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✓ Decided: Committee recommends permanent closure of Airport Road intersection at railroad crossing

The Public Safety Council Committee recommended a resolution to permanently close the intersection of Airport Road and the Union Pacific Railroad once a grade-separated crossing is complete. The committee also reviewed the July 2026 mosquito control report and discussed potential studies for expanded spraying.

Approved July 21, 2026 meeting minutes (4-0)
Recommended resolution RES-26:101 for permanent closure of Airport Road/Union Pacific railroad intersection to Council (4-0)
Adjourned meeting (4-0)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

📹 From the video · 8m

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okay good afternoon everybody it is officially five o'clock and we're going to go ahead and call to order the public safety council committee for the city of jonesboro at this time we'll go ahead and we'll take roll call and so if you don't mind to mark your attendance on the device in front of you okay and we do have five members present so that does give them a quorum does give us a quorum for today so we will move on to the next item on our agenda being the approval of minutes from tuesday july 21st of 2026 move to adopt okay i have a motion a second to adopt the minutes from the previous meeting do i have any questions or comments from anybody on the committee any from the administration and any from the public in attendance okay seeing none we'll go ahead and call for a vote on the approval of the minutes from the previous meeting okay and that motion does carry moving on to the next item on our agenda being new business we only have one resolution to consider tonight that is resolution 26101 a resolution agreeing to the permanent closure of the airport road at grade intersection with the union union pacific railroad upon the completion of a grade separated highway crossing at this same location whereas the arkansas department of transportation has entered into certain agreements with the union pacific railroad regarding the construction of an overpass to replace the existing at grade railroad crossing on airport road in the corporate city in the corporate limits of the …

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Public Safety Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:00 PM Tuesday, August 18, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:069 Minutes for the Public Safety Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:101 A RESOLUTION AGREEING TO THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE AIRPORT ROAD (ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 351) AT-GRADE INTERSECTION WITH THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD (DOT# 787795S) UPON THE COMPLETION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED HIGHWAY CROSSING AT THIS SAME LOCATION Sponsors: Engineering 5. PENDING ITEMS 6. OTHER BUSINESS COM-26:043 VECTOR MOSQUITO CONTROL REPORT FOR JULY 2026 Jonesboro_July26 Attachments: 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/13/2026

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes Public Safety Council Committee 5:00 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, August 18, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller Present 5 - Janice Porter and David McClain Absent 2 - 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:069 Minutes for the Public Safety Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Minutes Attachments: A motion was made by Chris Gibson, seconded by Chris Moore, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller Aye: 4 - Janice Porter and David McClain Absent: 2 - 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:101 A RESOLUTION AGREEING TO THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE AIRPORT ROAD (ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 351) AT-GRADE INTERSECTION WITH THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD (DOT# 787795S) UPON THE COMPLETION OF A GRADE-SEPARATED HIGHWAY CROSSING AT THIS SAME LOCATION Sponsors: Engineering A motion was made by Chris Moore, seconded by Chris Gibson, that this matter be Recommended to Council . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller Aye: 4 - Janice Porter and David McClain Absent: 2 - 5. PENDING ITEMS Page 1 City of Jonesboro August 18, 2026 Public Safety Council Committee Meeting Minutes 6. OTHER BUSINESS Chairman Brian Emison sai …

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🗳️ How they voted (6 roll-call votes)

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

A motion was made by Chris Gibson, seconded by Chris Moore, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller

1 yea

David McClain yea

A motion was made by Chris Moore, seconded by Chris Gibson, that this matter be Recommended to Council . The motion PASSED with the following vote. Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller

1 yea

David McClain yea

A motion was made by Chris Gibson, seconded by Chris Moore, that this meeting be Adjourned. The motion PASSED with the following vote. Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;LJ Bryant and Kevin Miller

1 yea

David McClain yea

MIN-26:069 — Passed

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter absent · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain absent · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

RES-26:101 — Recommended to Council

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter absent · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain absent · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

4 yea · 2 absent · 1 present

Brian Emison present · Janice Porter absent · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain absent · LJ Bryant yea · Kevin Miller yea

Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 5:30 PM

City Council

Council to consider police facility purchase and financing at 1709 E. Highland Drive

The Jonesboro City Council will hold a special called meeting with committee sessions before the regular agenda. The main items are resolutions and ordinances to purchase and finance a police facility at 1709 East Highland Drive, plus several rezoning requests and routine consent items. The consent agenda includes multiple municipal liens and engineering service agreements.

Resolution to purchase 1709 East Highland Drive for police operations
Ordinance authorizing a general revenue promissory note for the police facility
Rezoning at 1411 Southern Ridge Blvd from PD-M multi-family to PD-M commercial
Rezoning at 2038 N. Church St from C-3 to RM-12 LUO multi-family
Municipal liens of $275 each on five properties for code enforcement

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✓ Decided: Jonesboro City Council approves purchase of 1709 E. Highland Dr. for police facility

The City Council approved a contract and financing ordinance to purchase a property at 1709 East Highland Drive to serve as a new police operations facility. The council also approved multiple consent agenda items, including municipal liens and grant applications, and advanced several zoning and stormwater ordinances.

Approved purchase contract for 1709 East Highland Drive for police operations (R-EN-112-2026)
Postponed indefinitely municipal lien resolution for 211 Scott (RES-26:092)
Approved general revenue promissory note ordinance for police facility purchase and improvements (O-EN-027-2026)
Approved stormwater drainage design manual appendix amendment ordinance (O-EN-028-2026)
Approved rezoning from C-3 to RM-12 LUO at 2038 North Church Street (O-EN-029-2026)
Approved rezoning from R-1 to C-3 LUO at 1400 Southern Ridge Boulevard (O-EN-030-2026)
Approved consent agenda including various engineering agreements, partnership agreements, and municipal liens

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Good evening, everybody. Welcome to City Hall. This is City Council evening on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. And I'm going to go ahead and lead us in allegiance and start the meeting. And Councilman Anthony Coleman will lead us in prayer. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. If you would, Lord Jesus, we thank you for this time that you've given us to come, to come as one. We thank you for unity even on tonight. I pray, God, that you continue to minister to us and through us as we deliberate and share. I pray for the citizens of this great city, as well as we continue to lift up those first responders and those that work for us, for our safety and for our growth and for the manifestation of your glory in this place. Father, we forever give you the praise, the honor and the glory in Jesus's name. Amen. Amen. All right, Council, if you would, we'll go on to item number three. If you would, please make your presence known by ballot. If you would, please cast your ballot. We have 10 present. All right, we'll move on to item number four. These are special presentations. This evening, we don 't have any. We'll move on to item number five, consent agenda. Move to adopt. Second. Do have a motion on the floor to adopt. Got one. Can we pull off 26, 099? I'll amend my motion. Was there a request? And I'll amend my second. Which one? 26, 099. The police sta …

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City Council City of Jonesboro Council Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 5:30 PM Tuesday, August 18, 2026 SPECIAL CALLED NOMINATING & RULES COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 4:30 P.M. Council Chambers, Municipal Center PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M. Council Chambers, Municipal Center 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5. CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda is a meeting method to make City Council meetings more efficient and meaningful to the members of the audience. All matters listed within the Consent Agenda have been distributed to each member of the Jonesboro City Council for reading and study, are considered to be routine, and will be enacted by one motion of the City Council with no separate discussion. If a separate discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda by request of a member of the City Council. MIN-26:073 MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 4, 2026 CC Minutes 08042026 Attachments: RES-26:089 A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO ACCEPT THE ATTACHED FEE PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE MARION BERRY PARKWAY MULTIUSE TRAIL PROJECT Sponsors: Engineering Marion Berry Pkwy Multiuse Trai …

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes City Council 5:30 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, August 18, 2026 SPECIAL CALLED NOMINATING & RULES COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 4:30 P.M. PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;David McClain;Joe Hafner;Kevin Miller;Anthony Coleman;John Street;Charles Coleman and LJ Bryant Present 10 - Janice Porter and Ann Williams Absent 2 - 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5. CONSENT AGENDA Approval of the Consent Agenda Councilmember Chris Moore motioned, seconded by Councilmember Brian Emison. Councilmember David McClain asked that RES-26:099 be pulled from the Consent Agenda. Both Moore and Emison amended their motions to reflect removing RES-26:099. All voted aye on the Consent Agenda. After the vote, Councilmember John Street stated that he had be asked to postpone indefinitely RES-26:092. The owner of that property passed away and we can't enforce that one. Since there had already been a vote on the Consent Agenda, Councilmember Joe Hafner made a motion to reconsider, with Councilmember David McClain seconded the vote. All voted aye. Councilmember John Street made a motion to postpone indefinitely, RES-26:092, with Councilmember Chris Gibson se …

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🗳️ How they voted (25 roll-call votes)

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

A motion was made by Councilperson Joe Hafner, seconded by Councilperson David McClain, to Approve the Consent Agenda. The motioned PASSED Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris Gibson;David McClain;Joe…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson John Street, seconded by Councilperson Chris Gibson, that this matter be Postponed Indefinitely. The motion PASSED with the following vote: Brian Emison;Chris…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson Chris Gibson, seconded by Councilperson Brian Emison, that this matter be Passed. The motion PASSED with the following vote: Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson Chris Moore, seconded by Councilperson Chris Gibson, that this matter be Passed. The motion PASSED with the following vote. Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson John Street, seconded by Councilperson Chris Gibson, that this matter be Passed. The motion PASSED with the following vote. Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris…

2 yea

Ann Williams yea · Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson Chris Gibson, seconded by Councilperson Brian Emison, that this matter be Passed. The motion PASSED with the following vote. Brian Emison;Chris Moore;Chris…

1 yea

Ann Williams yea

A motion was made by Councilperson Chris Gibson, seconded by Councilperson Brian Emison, that this meeting be Adjourned. The motion Page 12 City of Jonesboro August 18, 2026 City Council Meeting…

9 yea

Brian Emison yea · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson yea · Joe Hafner yea · Kevin Miller yea · Anthony Coleman yea · John Street yea · Charles Coleman yea · LJ Bryant yea

MIN-26:073 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

Brian Emison yea · Chris Moore yea · Chris Gibson yea · David McClain yea · Joe Hafner yea · Kevin Miller yea · Anthony Coleman yea · Janice Porter absent · John Street yea · Charles Coleman yea · LJ Bryant yea · Ann Williams absent

RES-26:089 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:090 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:091 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:092 — Postponed Indefinitely

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:093 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:094 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:095 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:096 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:098 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:099 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

RES-26:100 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

ORD-26:028 — Passed

10 yea · 2 absent

Tue Aug 11, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Finance & Administration Council Committee

Council to consider police facility purchase, liens, and grant applications

The Finance & Administration Committee will consider several resolutions and one ordinance. These include placing municipal liens on seven properties for code enforcement costs, authorizing grant applications for parks and infrastructure, and purchasing a property for police operations. The committee will also introduce an ordinance to finance the police facility purchase.

Municipal liens of $275 each on properties at 211 Scott, 2612 Crawford Drive, 2404 Brazos, 213 Nisbett, and 700 Melody, and $335 at 823 Parkview
Resolution to apply for FY2027 Outdoor Recreation Matching Grant from Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism
Resolution to apply for Delta Regional Authority 2026 Community Infrastructure Fund
Resolution to purchase property at 1709 East Highland Drive for police department operations
Ordinance authorizing a general revenue promissory note for police facility purchase and improvements

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✓ Decided: Committee recommends $1M parks grant, police building purchase

The Finance & Administration Committee recommended several resolutions to the full City Council, including applying for a $1M state parks grant with a $500K match, purchasing a police facility at 1709 E. Highland Drive, and placing municipal liens on six properties. The police facility purchase and related financing ordinance passed with a 5-1 vote, with Councilmember David McClain dissenting due to lack of inspection and financial details. The parks grant application passed 5-1, with Councilmember Anthony Coleman voting no over funding concerns.

Recommended $1M Outdoor Recreation Matching Grant application (5-1)
Recommended purchase of 1709 E. Highland Drive for police operations (5-1)
Recommended general revenue promissory note for police facility (5-1)
Recommended municipal lien on 211 Scott for $275 (6-0)
Recommended municipal lien on 2612 Crawford Drive for $275 (6-0)
Recommended municipal lien on 2404 Brazos for $275 (6-0)
Recommended municipal lien on 213 Nisbett for $275 (6-0)
Postponed indefinitely lien on 823 Parkview (6-0)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

📹 From the video · 41m

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All right, good afternoon everybody. It's time to call this meeting to order. Um, next up is roll call, so please record your attendance. Everybody's present? We do have a quorum. Next up is approval of minutes from the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Move to approve unless there's noted change. Second. Motion to second. Any questions or comments on the minutes as presented? If not, please record your vote on whether or not to approve the minutes. All right, we'll move into new business. The first few items are municipal links, so I'll just read those by title only. Um, resolution 26092, resolution by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas. The place of municipal lien on property located at 211 Scott, parcel 01-144, 172-05700, owned by Linda Lou Lambert, in the amount of $275. Move forward to full council. Second. Any questions or comments from the committee or anyone in council chambers? Not. Please record your vote on whether or not to forward to full council. Second. Motion to approve or not to forward to full council. Resolution 26093, resolution by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas. The place of municipal lien on property located at 2612 Crawford Drive, parcel 01-144, 273-02,300, owned by Randy and Allie Crawford in the amount of $275. Move forward to full council. Second. Motion to second to forward to full council. Any questions or comments from the committee or anyone in council chambers? Seeing none, please record y …

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Finance & Administration Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church 4:00 PM Tuesday, August 11, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:070 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Minutes Attachments: 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:092 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 211 SCOTT, PARCEL 01-144172-05700, OWNED BY LINDA LOU LAMBERT IN THE AMOUNT OF $275 Sponsors: Code Enforcement and Finance 261872 211 SCOTT COUNCIL NOTICE.pdf 261872 211 SCOTT VIOLATION LETTER.pdf 261872_BILLING REQUEST_211 SCOTT.docx 261872_INVOICE_211 SCOTT.pdf Attachments: RES-26:093 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2612 CRAWFORD DRIVE, PARCEL 01-144273-02300, OWNED BY RANDY & ALEY CRAWFORD IN THE AMOUNT OF $275 Sponsors: Code Enforcement and Finance 262805 2612 CRAWFORD COUNCIL NOTICE.pdf 262805 2612 CRAWFORD VIOLATION LETTER.pdf 262805_BILLING REQ_2612 CRAWFORD.docx 262805_INVOICE_2612 CRAWFORD.pdf Attachments: RES-26:094 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2404 BRAZOS, PARCEL 01-144281-29400, OWNED BY KINGDOM ASSETS LLC IN THE …

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes Finance & Administration Council Committee 4:00 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Tuesday, August 11, 2026 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Joe Hafner;John Street;Anthony Coleman;David McClain;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Present 7 - 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MIN-26:070 Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Minutes Attachments: A motion was made by John Street, seconded by Brian Emison, that this matter be Passed . The motion PASSED with the following vote. John Street;Anthony Coleman;David McClain;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Aye: 6 - 4. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED RES-26:092 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 211 SCOTT, PARCEL 01-144172-05700, OWNED BY LINDA LOU LAMBERT IN THE AMOUNT OF $275 Sponsors: Code Enforcement and Finance 261872 211 SCOTT COUNCIL NOTICE.pdf 261872 211 SCOTT VIOLATION LETTER.pdf 261872_BILLING REQUEST_211 SCOTT.docx 261872_INVOICE_211 SCOTT.pdf Attachments: A motion was made by John Street, seconded by Brian Emison, that this matter be Recommended to Council . The motion PASSED with the following vote. John Street;Anthony Coleman;David McClain;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Aye: 6 - Page 1 City of Jonesboro August 11, …

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🗳️ How they voted — 3 divided votes

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

ORD-26:028 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 nay

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain nay · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:098 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 nay

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman nay · David McClain yea · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

RES-26:099 — Recommended to Council

5 yea · 1 present · 1 nay

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain nay · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

The other 9 items passed by unanimous or near-unanimous consent.

Tue Aug 11, 2026 · 1:30 PM

Board of Zoning Adjustments

Variance request to remove cross-access requirement at 2308 S Caraway Rd

The Board of Zoning Adjustments will hold a special called meeting to consider a variance request from William Walker to remove the requirement for a cross access at 2308 S Caraway Road. The meeting also includes approval of minutes from the July 21, 2026 meeting.

Variance request VR-26-23 by William Walker to remove cross-access requirement at 2308 S Caraway Rd

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

📹 From the video · 17m

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Welcome we're gonna have a cold water and roll call. - Gimmore. - Here. - Miles. - Here. - Millard. - Here. - Bailey. - Here. - Capers. - All right so we're gonna have a motion to prove the minutes from last month. - So moved. - All right, second. - Second. - Thank you, all right. The one and only case today, William Walker. Welcome back. What's changed besides the letter? - Not a lot. That was found after the last meeting. - In a hard place where neither party want it, both party thinks it hurts their property, both parties think it's creating a big safety issue. - At the last meeting we tried to make a point. If you just show a turnout, just show it. You can park in front of it. You can't, we can't as a city, the city cannot force your traffic to go on to the neighbor . You gotta have an agreement between you if that's gonna happen. Are you gonna show us a turnout? Just show it on the plan. You can, don't have to finish it, you just show it. And we would've been doing something else today besides coming here. - Sure. - Yeah, so. - Yes, sir. - That's the issue. We, I thought we had made that pretty clear in the last meeting. Maybe we didn't beat it enough, but it's just one of them deals if you just show it. - Yeah, and when we spoke, we're speaking with the city attorney and staff. We were, are under the impression that if we show it, it could at some point have to be built if Cooper does redevelop. That was what we were told. Even if we show it on the plan and we don't bui …

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Board of Zoning Adjustments City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church1:30 PMTuesday, August 11, 2026 SPECIAL CALLED MEETING 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes MIN-26:071 BZA minutes 7.21.26 BZA Minutes 07.21.26Attachments: 4. Appeal Cases VR-26-23 William Walker is requesting a variance to remove the requirement for a cross access at 2308 S Caraway Rd Variance Application_2 Access 25-126 TSC Jonesboro-ALTA TSC - Site Plan Cooper Ltr_(concerning cross access 2400 Caraway Rd) Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Printer Attachments: 5. Staff Comments 6. Adjournment Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/4/2026

Tue Aug 11, 2026 · 5:30 PM

Metropolitan Area Planning Commission

Rezoning request for 1411 Southern Ridge Blvd from multi-family to commercial

The commission will consider a rezoning request for property at 1411 Southern Ridge Blvd from PD-M Multi-Family to PD-M Commercial, submitted by Jeremy Bevill. The agenda also includes approval of previous meeting minutes and staff comments.

Rezoning request RZ-26-12 for 1411 Southern Ridge Blvd from PD-M Multi-Family to PD-M Commercial

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Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

📹 From the video · 15m

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Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the City of Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meeting for Tuesday, August 11th. Call the meeting to order. Would you call the roll, please, sir? Johnson? Here. Nelson? Sterling? Here. Bailey? Here. Hunter? Here. Cooper? Here. Little? Here. Sulphur? Roberts? Here. Okay, I'll open up for the discussion of the minutes from the July 28th meeting. Are there any changes to be made? Not any changes. I've got a question. Yes, sir. We tabled something last week. Yeah, we'll have to untable the first item. I'm glad you brought that to my attention. Any changes to the minutes? I make a motion to approve as submitted. Second? No. Second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? So the minutes are approved. The first item, it was tabled last week, so I'll entertain a motion. George, y'all are ready tonight, aren't you? Yes, sir. I'll entertain a motion to untable PP26-11, the Woods at 141. So moved. I hear a second. Second. All those in favor of untabling, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Okay, we're untabled. The first item we have is the Woods at 141, proponent for this item. George Hammond, Civil Logic, representing Mr. Nick Schaaf. With LCDG Investments. He's wanting to develop a piece of ground on West Thomas Green, just west of Church Street. It's a little parcel with four lots. The plat is on the screens up here, and so this is what he's trying to do. And I did attend the pre-meeting yesterday. Mr. Schaaf. I've actually got ever …

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Thu Aug 6, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Finance & Administration Council Committee

Public discussion on Shelter Insurance Agency building, no vote

The Finance & Administration Council Committee is holding a special called meeting jointly with the Public Safety Council Committee. The only substantive item is a public discussion (COM-26:042) about the Shelter Insurance Agency building, with no votes to be taken. The meeting is otherwise procedural.

Public discussion on the Shelter Insurance Agency building (COM-26:042) — no vote

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✓ Decided: Jonesboro committee holds public discussion on purchasing Shelter Insurance building

The Jonesboro Finance & Administration Council Committee, meeting in conjunction with the Public Safety Council Committee, held a public discussion regarding the proposed purchase of the Shelter Insurance Agency building on East Highland Drive for a temporary police department facility. Officials reviewed details including a $2,750,000 purchase price, estimated renovation and IT costs, short-term financing options through Arvest Bank, and facility consolidation plans. As announced at the start of the meeting, no votes were taken on the building purchase during this discussion-only session.

Adjourned the meeting (passed, 6-0)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

📹 From the video · 1h 3m

Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).

All right, good afternoon, everybody. It's 4 o'clock. I'll call today's, let's call it a meeting in conjunction with the Public Safety Council Committee to order. Please record your attendance. I'm going to have to take a roll call vote, and I've already marked everyone that's here. So because of two committees, I can't put it in one agenda. Give you some slack. Okay. All right. So she's already marked attendance? Yes. Okay. And as y'all know, today's just a discussion, public discussion. There will be no votes taken today. So it doesn't really matter if we have a quorum or not, I guess. But we obviously do. But just a few housekeeping things today. I think probably the best thing to do is let the mayor and his team go through any presentation they have. Then the committee members can ask questions. I just ask that you wait until you're recognized before you speak. So we kind of keep some form of control in here, some form of order. Not control. That wasn't a good term. And then if someone's in the public wants to come to the podium and make a comment, we just ask that you state your name and address for the record. So with that, we'll move to item number three, other business, a public discussion about the shelter insurance agency building. And I will turn the floor over to the mayor. The flair. I'm combining words trying to save time. All right. Thank you, Councilman. I appreciate it. Councilman, I thank you for attending a special call meeting. I just want to start by than …

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Finance & Administration Council Committee City of Jonesboro Meeting Agenda Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 Municipal Center, 300 S. Church4:00 PMThursday, August 6, 2026 SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT 3. OTHER BUSINESS COM-26:042 PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SHELTER INSURANCE AGENCY BUILDING (No votes to be taken: Discussion Only.) 4. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 City of Jonesboro Printed on 8/5/2026

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Municipal Center 300 S. Church Street Jonesboro, AR 72401 City of Jonesboro Meeting Minutes Finance & Administration Council Committee 4:00 PM Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Thursday, August 6, 2026 SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT Joe Hafner;John Street;Anthony Coleman;David McClain;Ann Williams;Charles Coleman and Brian Emison Present 7 - 3. OTHER BUSINESS Chairman Joe Hafner said, as you know today is just a discussion, a public discussion. There will be no votes taken today. So, it doesn’t really matter if we have a quorum or not I guess but we obviously do. But just a few housekeeping things today. I think probably the best thing to do is let the mayor and his team go through any presentation they have. Then the committee members can ask questions. I just ask that you wait until you are recognized before you speak so we kind of keep some form of control in here, some form of order. Not control, that wasn’t a good term. And then if someone’s in the public and wants to come to the podium and make a comment, we just ask that you state your name and address for the record. COM-26:042 PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SHELTER INSURANCE AGENCY BUILDING (No votes to be taken: Discussion Only.) Slides for Finance 08.06.2026 Proposed Jonesboro Police Department Admin Attachments: Chairman Joe Hafner said, so, with that, we will move to …

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🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)

Named votes as recorded in the official record.

ADJOURNMENT — Adjourned

6 yea · 1 present

Joe Hafner present · John Street yea · Anthony Coleman yea · David McClain yea · Ann Williams yea · Charles Coleman yea · Brian Emison yea

Tue Aug 4, 2026 · 5:30 PM

City Council

City Council to vote on alley abandonment and zoning changes at 5:30 PM

The Jonesboro City Council will meet at 5:30 PM on August 4, 2026, to decide on municipal liens, zoning changes, and a public hearing on a 15-foot alley abandonment between 1810 and 1812 Henry Street. The meeting includes a consent agenda with routine items and a special presentation on the NEA Children's Museum project.

Public hearing on abandoning 15-foot alley between 1810 Henry St and 1812 Henry St
Vote on municipal liens totaling $2,785 for code violations at 218 W. Forrest ($315), 413 Parkview ($1,240), 616 E. Oak ($275), 704 Vine ($275), 1702 W. Nettleton ($315), and 5017 Mt. Carmel ($465)
Consider zoning changes: 2038 N. Church St from C-3 to RM-12 LUO, 1400 Southern Ridge Blvd from R-1 to C-3 LUO, and 2911 Browns Lane from R-3 to C-3
Approve $2.1M contract with RL Persons Construction for South Caraway Road widening project
Adopt revised 2026 employee handbook

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✓ Decided: Council approves consent agenda, traffic, zoning items

The Jonesboro City Council approved the consent agenda, which included municipal liens, a revised employee handbook, and a contract for the South Caraway Road widening project. It also passed ordinances on third reading, including traffic pattern changes and a rezoning at 2911 Browns Lane. Several items were held at first or second reading, including a private club permit for Blazing Buffalo Sports Grill and a rezoning at 2038 North Church Street.

Approved consent agenda (11-0)
Approved municipal liens on 6 properties (consent agenda)
Approved revised employee handbook (consent agenda)
Approved contract with RL Persons Construction for South Caraway Road widening (consent agenda)
Passed ordinance modifying school traffic patterns (11-0)
Passed ordinance placing traffic signs at designated locations (11-0)
Passed rezoning at 2911 Browns Lane from R-3 to C-3 (11-0)
Passed rezoning at 1004 N. Caraway Road from R-1 to PD (11-0)

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church