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Minutes for the Stormwater Management Board Meeting on July 19, 2017
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STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Date: July 19, 2017
Location: Municipal Center
First Floor Conference Room
300 South Church
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Opening: Chairman Beisner called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.
In Attendance marked in bold
Members:
Dewaine Beisner, Chairman
Jeremy Bevill
Charles Coleman
Marvin Day, Vice-Chairman
Darrel Dover
Jeannie Gillis
Jerry Farris
Woody Freeman
Garry Meadows
Bob Harrison - 8:30 - 9:26
Rick Wyatt
Officials & Staff:
Harold Perrin - Mayor
Derrel Smith - Director of Planning & Zoning
Craig Light - Chief City Engineer
Roger Gibson - Stormwater Manager
Eugene Neff - Road Superintendent
Bobby Clark - ASU
Tracey Cooper - Secretary
I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Beisner.
II. ROLL CALL
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
• Minutes for the March 15, 2017, Stormwater Management Board Meeting
Motion to approve the minutes was made by Wyatt and seconded by Farris. The minutes were unanimously approved.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
Light gave a Corps of Engineers update. They plan to have a running model of Phase 2 of the study by the end of October. The preliminary flood maps for Craighead County are complete. There are currently
some areas that are undeveloped. FEMA will be in Jonesboro in September or October to discuss the final map.
V. NEW BUSINESS
Light discussed the Stormwater Utility Fee. The City has a proposal from a consulting firm to develop the fee. It will take approximately nine months to one year to lay out rate schedule. It would take an additional six months to implement. Upon on implementation, the Board will make the decision on project priority. Light stressed this is a fee not a tax. A tax would be passed by a general vote. A fee requires two public hearing and then to City Council for a vote to set the fee. Light stated he would send the proposal to the Board for review.
VI. OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
Beisner stated that he would like to see the Board meet with more consistency. He would like a meeting to be held in August.
VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Beisner adjourned the meeting at 9:43 a.m.