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Minutes for the City Council meeting on August 2, 2004
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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - AUGUST 2, 2004
The Jonesboro City Council met Monday, August 2, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. A full quorum was in attendance. Present were: City Clerk, Donna K. Jackson, City Attorney Phillip Crego and eleven council members. Those members were: Farmer, Province, Hargis, Moore, Young, Perrin, Street, Dover, Furr, McCall and Roddy. Councilwoman Williams was unable to attend. Councilman Perrin presided over the meeting in the absence of Mayor Brodell.
Councilman McCall moved, seconded by Councilman Province to approve the minutes of July 19, 2004, as provided. A voice vote was taken resulting in all members voting aye. Those members were: Farmer, Province, Hargis, Moore, Young, Perrin, Street, Dover, Furr, McCall and Roddy.
FINANCIAL REPORT - Mr. Flowers reported revenues were at 52% for June with a $1,000,000,000 increase over last year. He explained the increase was from sales tax, commercial sanitation fees, privilege licenses, fines, and state turn-back revenue. Mr. Flowers reported the overall expenditures were at 45%, a $42,000 decrease from last year, contributing the decrease, to only 12% being spent in the Capital Improvement Fund. Councilman Young questioned what areas had not been spent that had been budgeted for Capital Improvements. Mr. Flowers responded saying 3.6 million had been budgeted for capital improvement but through June only $442,000 had been spent. He explained there were approximately 15 to 20 appropriations that have not been expended naming, Corp of Engineers drainage project, Outdoor Grant, Hazmat Fire Grant, and ADA Street Specifications. It was explained that good information was not available on the front end, and that was the purpose of striving to provide for long range planning. Councilman Dover raised the question why there seems to be no follow through on some of the capital improvement projects, pointing out the projects have been approved by th...
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