Jonesboro meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Jonesboro agendas: library and pension millage proposals, rezoning and liens await action

No minutes have been published for the meetings in this week's records, so no votes, outcomes or decisions are recorded here. Everything below is drawn from agendas and agenda summaries; the linked official documents are the authoritative record.

Library and pension millage proposals

The City Council agenda for its 2026-10-20 5:30 PM meeting lists three proposed property tax levies: RES-26:141, a 1 mill tax for the public library; RES-26:142, a 0.5 mill tax for the local fire pension and relief fund; and RES-26:143, a 0.5 mill tax for the local police pension and relief fund. The same three proposals appeared on the Finance & Administration Council Committee agenda for 2026-10-13 4:00 PM. Agenda summaries describe the council items as scheduled for a vote. The supplied records do not include estimated revenue from the levies.

Rezoning requests

Two rezoning requests are listed for the City Council: 300 E Pine Street from R-1 to RM-12 multi family residential, and 3030 Whiteman Creek Dr from C-2 to I-1 limited industrial and C-3 general commercial.

Municipal liens

Council agendas list liens of $275 at 823 Parkview and $315 at 1323 Haven. A separate Finance & Administration committee agenda for 2026-10-27 4:00 PM lists additional proposed liens: $335 at 2624 Richardson Drive, $415 at 300 E. Pine, and multiple liens of $275 for properties including 1220 W. Monroe and 619 Fox Run.

Parks camping ordinance

City Council agendas include an ordinance to prohibit camping in city parks and parking lots outside designated areas.

Public safety items

The Public Safety Council Committee agenda for 2026-10-20 5:00 PM lists RES-26:148, a resolution to condemn property at 600 & 602 N. Church St. (Parcel # 01-144074-10300), and ORD-26:042, an ordinance to place traffic signs at locations determined by the Traffic Control Committee. The committee was also scheduled to review minutes from its September 15, 2026 meeting.

Zoning variances

The Board of Zoning Adjustments met on the 2026-10-20 1:30 PM agenda with two cases: VR-26-31, a Davidson Engineering request for 6% additional lot coverage for a drive through lane, and VR-26-32, a Darrell Martin request to eliminate a sidewalk and reduce required trees and shrubs. The board was also scheduled to review minutes from September 16, 2026.

Arkansas State University agreement

The Finance & Administration Council Committee agenda for 2026-10-27 includes a proposed affiliation agreement with Arkansas State University for an infiltration partnership, and a proposed amendment to the capital improvement budget to allocate funds for the partnership. No dollar amount for the amendment appears in the supplied records.

Coming up

The upcoming-meetings list supplied for the next 14 days is empty, so no further meetings can be confirmed from that source. One meeting does appear in the current records: the Finance & Administration Council Committee on 2026-10-27 at 4:00 PM, with the lien items and the Arkansas State University agreement on its agenda. Residents can check the city's published agenda page for confirmation and any additional meetings added after this roundup.

Jonesboro agendas: library and pension millage proposals, rezoning and park contracts await action

Jonesboro council committees and the City Council have a stack of tax, zoning, contract and property measures on their agendas, according to the meeting records supplied this week. None of those records includes published minutes, so no vote, tally or outcome is confirmed in the material available as of Oct. 19. Everything below is what was listed for consideration, not what was decided.

Library and pension millage proposals

The Finance & Administration Council Committee agenda lists three proposed property tax levies: RES-26:141, a 1 mill tax for the public library; RES-26:142, a 0.5 mill tax for the local fire pension and relief fund; and RES-26:143, a 0.5 mill tax for the local police pension and relief fund. (A mill is a unit used to set property tax rates.) The same three millage proposals also appear on the City Council agenda. The records do not state how much revenue the levies would raise or what the current rates are.

Liens on private property

Two municipal lien requests are listed before the Finance & Administration committee: RES-26:144, a proposed $275 lien on 823 Parkview, and RES-26:145, a proposed $315 lien on 1323 Haven. The City Council agenda lists the same two amounts at the same addresses, plus liens of $275 at 2612 Crawford Drive, $275 at 700 Melody and $315 at 2106 Cotton. The records do not describe what work or costs the liens relate to.

Zoning changes

The City Council agenda lists a rezoning of 300 E Pine Street from R-1 to RM-12 multi family residential, and a rezoning of 3030 Whiteman Creek Dr from C-2 to I-1 limited industrial and C-3 general commercial. An earlier committee record described the Whiteman Creek item only as a change "to I-1 and C-3."

Park contracts, lighting and museum agreement

Also listed for the City Council: contracts with ACS Playground Adventures and Landscape Structures, Inc. for a new park on Disciple Drive; a purchase order for Wilkins Electric, LLC for street lighting on Washington Avenue; a land-use agreement with Northeast Arkansas Children's Museum for 215 W. Monroe Avenue; and several resolutions for youth sports sponsorships. Contract values are not given in the records.

Drainage easements, camping and public safety

The Public Works Council Committee agenda lists RES-26:121, a permanent drainage easement from Southern Hills Real Estate LLC, and RES-26:122, a permanent drainage easement from Evelyn M. Abbott Trust, both for construction and maintenance of drainage improvements. The City Council agenda includes an ordinance to prohibit camping in city parks and parking lots outside designated areas. The Public Safety Council Committee agenda lists ORD-26:042, an ordinance to place traffic signs at locations determined by the Traffic Control Committee, and RES-26:148, a resolution to condemn property at 600 & 602 N. Church St. (Parcel # 01-144074-10300).

Grants

RES-26:146 and RES-26:147 are listed as applications for state and federal grants, described in the records as relating to crisis response and the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership.

A note on the records

Several entries carry a date field that does not match the meeting date written in the body of the same entry — for example, an entry dated 2026-10-08 for a Finance & Administration committee meeting listed as 2026-10-13 at 4:00 PM. Readers should check the linked agendas for confirmed times.

Coming up

The supplied list of upcoming meetings for the next 14 days is empty. The agendas in these records do reference a Public Safety Council Committee meeting at 5:00 PM and a City Council meeting at 5:30 PM, both on 2026-10-20, where the millage, rezoning, lien and camping items are listed.

Jonesboro agendas: park contracts, rezoning, drainage easements and tax levies

Jonesboro's City Council and its Finance & Administration and Public Works committees were scheduled to take up park construction contracts, two rezoning requests, drainage easements and new property tax levies in meetings dated Sept. 29 through Oct. 13, according to the agendas provided. The records supplied are agendas only; minutes have not been published, so no votes, approvals or outcomes are established for any item below.

Finance committee: park contracts, E-911 radios (Sept. 29)

The Finance & Administration Council Committee was scheduled to meet Sept. 29 at 4:00 PM at the Municipal Center, 300 S. Church Street. Its agenda listed resolutions to contract with Cavenaugh Automotive Group for Parks & Recreation sponsorships of elementary basketball, youth basketball, youth soccer, and admission passes and tickets (RES-26:126 through RES-26:129).

Also listed: agreements with ACS Playground Adventures and Landscape Structures, Inc. for playground and synthetic turf surfacing at a new city park on Disciple Drive (RES-26:131, RES-26:132); accepting a low bid and issuing a purchase order to Wilkins Electric, LLC for a street lighting circuit on Washington Avenue from Marion Berry to Borgman Street (RES-26:133); a Motorola Solutions agreement for E-911 radio equipment and dispatch consoles (RES-26:140); a 2026 Capital Improvement Budget amendment for the NARTPC Regional Safety Action Plan (RES-26:137); purchase of right-of-way at 3519 Aggie Road (RES-26:138); and an application for the FY26 Edward Byrne Memorial JAG grant (RES-26:139).

Three municipal liens were listed: $275 at 2612 Crawford Drive, $275 at 700 Melody, and $315 at 2106 Cotton (RES-26:134 through RES-26:136).

City Council: rezoning and park camping rules (Oct. 8)

The City Council meeting was rescheduled from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8 at 5:30 PM at the Municipal Center because of National Night Out. Most items were on the consent agenda, meaning they are passed in one motion unless a council member pulls one for separate discussion.

First-reading ordinances included rezoning 300 E Pine Street from R-1 single family to RM-12 multi-family, requested by Carrington Morehouse (ORD-26:040), and rezoning 3030 Whiteman Creek Dr from C-2 to I-1 and C-3, requested by Jeremy Bevill for Heartland Self Storage, LLC (ORD-26:041). Another first-reading ordinance (ORD-26:038) would bar camping outside designated camping locations in city parks and parking lots. Third readings were scheduled on council procedure changes.

One version of the agenda also listed a land-use agreement with the Northeast Arkansas Children's Museum for 215 W. Monroe Avenue and a legislative audit update.

Public Works: drainage easements (Oct. 8)

The Public Works Council Committee was also rescheduled from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8, meeting at 5:00 PM. It was to consider two resolutions authorizing the mayor and city clerk to accept permanent drainage easements for constructing and maintaining drainage improvements — one from Southern Hills Real Estate LLC (RES-26:121) and one from the Evelyn M. Abbott Trust, John Engelhardt, trustee (RES-26:122). No dollar amounts were stated in that agenda.

Finance committee: library and pension millages (Oct. 13)

The Finance & Administration Council Committee was scheduled for Oct. 13 at 4:00 PM to discuss a proposed 1 mill tax for the public library (RES-26:141) and proposed 0.5 mill taxes for the fire and police pension and relief funds (RES-26:142, RES-26:143). Also listed: a proposed $275 municipal lien at 823 Parkview (RES-26:144), a proposed $315 lien at 1323 Haven (RES-26:145), and grant applications for crisis response and the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (RES-26:146, RES-26:147).

Coming up

The records provided list no upcoming meetings for the next 14 days. That absence is not evidence that none are scheduled; the supplied data simply does not include any.

Jonesboro boards weigh police facility purchase, zoning changes

The most consequential item on recent Jonesboro agendas was a proposal to purchase a property at 1709 East Highland Drive for police operations, along with a related financing ordinance. The City Council and its Finance & Administration Committee both had the purchase on their Aug. 18 and Aug. 11 agendas, respectively. No minutes have been published for any of the meetings, so no decisions are confirmed.

Police facility purchase and financing

The City Council's Aug. 18 agenda included a resolution to purchase 1709 East Highland Drive for police department operations and an ordinance (ORD-26:028) authorizing a general revenue promissory note to finance the purchase and improvements. The Finance & Administration Committee had introduced the same items at its Aug. 11 meeting. The purchase was also listed on the council's consent agenda.

Zoning and subdivision requests

The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC) had two items on its Aug. 11 agenda: a rezoning request (RZ-26-12) by Jeremy Bevill to change 1411 Southern Ridge Blvd. from PD-M Multi-Family to PD-M Commercial, and a preliminary subdivision plat (PP-26-11) for The Woods at 141. The same rezoning request appeared on the City Council's Aug. 18 agenda as ORD-26:030.

The council also had two other rezoning items on its Aug. 18 agenda: ORD-26:022 to rezone 2038 North Church Street from C-3 to RM-12 with a limited use overlay, and ORD-26:025 to rezone 1400 Southern Ridge Blvd. from R-1 to C-3 with a limited use overlay.

Municipal liens and other items

The Finance & Administration Committee's Aug. 11 agenda included six resolutions to place municipal liens on properties for code enforcement violations, with amounts ranging from $275 to $335. The properties were at 211 Scott, 2612 Crawford Drive, 2404 Brazos, 213 Nisbett, 700 Melody, and 823 Parkview. The City Council's Aug. 18 agenda listed five liens of $275 each, though the addresses were not specified in the summary.

Other agenda items

• The Public Safety Council Committee's Aug. 18 agenda included a resolution (RES-26:101) to permanently close the Airport Road (Arkansas Highway 351) at-grade crossing with Union Pacific Railroad once a grade-separated crossing is completed. The committee also received a vector mosquito control report for July 2026.
• The Finance & Administration Committee's Aug. 25 agenda (upcoming) includes a resolution (RES-26:103) requesting free utility services from City Water and Light for city-owned property, and a resolution (RES-26:104) to amend the FY2026 budget to purchase two 2026 Chevrolet 1500 crew cab 4x4 trucks for the Fire Department.
• The Finance & Administration Committee also had resolutions to apply for an FY2027 Outdoor Recreation Matching Grant from the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism and for the Delta Regional Authority's 2026 Community Infrastructure Fund.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings are listed in the next 14 days. The next scheduled meeting is the Finance & Administration Committee on Aug. 25 at 4:00 PM, per the agenda summary.

Jonesboro council weighs $1.2M road widening contract, police facility purchase

Jonesboro city committees and the City Council met over the past two weeks to consider a $1.2 million road widening contract, zoning changes, municipal liens, and trail projects. All items were on agendas only; minutes have not yet been published, so no final votes are confirmed.

South Caraway Road widening

The Finance & Administration Council Committee on July 28 considered a resolution to accept a $1.2 million low-bid contract for the South Caraway Road widening project (RES-26:086). The City Council on August 4 also had the contract on its agenda, with a resolution to accept the low bid and contract with RL Persons Construction, Inc. for Job No. 2026:20. No vote results are available.

Employee handbook and municipal liens

The Finance & Administration Committee on July 28 considered amending the city employee handbook (RES-26:074) and placing liens on six properties for unpaid code enforcement totaling $2,885. The City Council on August 4 had liens on its agenda for properties 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). The council also held a public hearing on abandoning a 15-foot alley between 1810 and 1812 Henry Street.

Zoning changes

The City Council on August 4 had second readings for rezoning 2038 North Church Street from C-3 to RM-12 (NK & Sons Investment) and 1400 Southern Ridge Blvd. from R-1 to C-3 (Fisher Arnold), plus a third reading for 2911 Browns Lane from R-3 to C-3. No votes were reported.

Trail projects and wetland partnership

The Public Works Council Committee on August 4 considered three resolutions: accepting a fee proposal for construction administration and inspection services for the Marion Berry Parkway Multiuse Trail (RES-26:089), an agreement with Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering & Testing for Higginbottom Trail professional services (RES-26:090), and an affiliation agreement with the University of Arkansas for the Turtle Creek Wetland Partnership, including a capital improvement budget amendment (RES-26:091).

Other recent meetings

The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission on July 28 reviewed a final plat for Brookshire Place Phase III (PP-26-13), a preliminary plat for The Woods at 141 (PP-26-11), and a first replat for East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging (PP-26-12).

A special called meeting of the Finance & Administration and Public Safety committees on August 6 was limited to public discussion of the Shelter Insurance Agency building; no votes were taken.

Coming up

The Finance & Administration Council Committee will meet on August 11 at 4:00 PM to consider purchasing 1709 East Highland Drive for police department operations, authorizing a general revenue promissory note for that purchase and improvements, applying for an FY2027 Outdoor Recreation Matching Grant from the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, and applying for the Delta Regional Authority’s 2026 Community Infrastructure Fund. The committee will also vote on seven municipal liens for code violations, each $275 or $335, on properties at 211 Scott, 2612 Crawford Drive, 2404 Brazos, 213 Nisbett, 700 Melody, 823 Parkview ($335), and others.

All meeting minutes are pending publication; outcomes of the items above have not been confirmed.

Jonesboro agendas point to $1.2M road contract, liens, and zoning changes ahead of Aug. 4 meetings

Jonesboro's most consequential pending item is a proposed $1.2 million low-bid contract for widening South Caraway Road, scheduled for City Council action on Aug. 4. Because minutes have not yet been published for any of the meetings below, the outcomes listed here are what the agendas show were scheduled — not confirmed decisions.

South Caraway Road widening contract

The City Council is set to consider a contract with RL Persons Construction, Inc. for the South Caraway Road widening project. The Finance & Administration Council Committee agenda listed acceptance of a $1.2 million low-bid contract for the same project under resolution RES-26:086. No vote tally is available because minutes have not been published.

Municipal liens for code enforcement

The Finance & Administration Council Committee agenda included votes to place municipal liens on six properties for unpaid code enforcement violations totaling $2,885. The City Council agenda lists the same set of liens:

• 218 W. Forrest — $315
• 413 Parkview — $1,240
• 616 E. Oak — $275
• 704 Vine — $275
• 1702 W. Nettleton — $315
• 5017 Mt. Carmel — $465

The committee agenda named only four of the six properties; the full set appears on the council agenda. Outcomes are not yet confirmed.

Employee handbook revision

Both the Finance & Administration Council Committee and the City Council are scheduled to act on amending and adopting a revised city employee handbook under RES-26:074. No details on the substance of the changes are included in the agenda summaries.

Zoning changes and alley abandonment

The City Council agenda includes two proposed zoning changes:

• From C-3 to RM-12 LUO at 2038 North Church Street
• From R-1 to C-3 LUO at 1400 Southern Ridge Blvd

A public hearing is also scheduled on the abandonment of a 15-foot alley between 1810 and 1812 Henry Street.

Subdivision plats before Planning Commission

The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission met July 28 to consider three plats:

• Final plat approval for Brookshire Place Phase III (PP-26-13), a residential subdivision
• Preliminary plat review for The Woods at 141 (PP-26-11)
• 1st replat for East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging (PP-26-12)

Minutes from that meeting have not been published, so approvals are not confirmed.

Trail and wetland projects before Public Works Committee

The Public Works Council Committee, meeting Aug. 4, is scheduled to vote on three resolutions:

• Accept a fee proposal for construction administration and inspection services for the Marion Berry Parkway Multiuse Trail Project
• Enter an agreement with Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering & Testing for Higginbottom Trail professional services
• Affiliate with the University of Arkansas for the Turtle Creek Wetland Partnership, with a capital improvement budget amendment

No dollar amounts for the fee proposal or agreements are listed in the agenda summaries.

Coming up

Two meetings are scheduled for Aug. 4 at Jonesboro City Hall: the Public Works Council Committee at 5:00 p.m. and the City Council at 5:30 p.m. The City Council agenda — covering the South Caraway Road contract, zoning changes, liens, the employee handbook, and the Henry Street alley hearing — is the meeting most likely to affect residents directly. No other upcoming meetings are listed for the following two weeks.