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Minutes for the Finance Committee meeting on November 17, 2005.
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Finance & Administration Committee Minutes
Thursday, November 17, 2005
4:00 p.m. - City Council Conference Room - Huntington Building
Members Present: John Street, Harold Perrin, Ann Williams and Darrel Dover. Other present were: Mayor Formon, City Clerk Donna Jackson, staff and media. Councilmen Alec Farmer and Jim Hargis were unable to attend.
MINUTES
Councilwoman Williams motioned, seconded by Councilman Street, for the approval of the minutes for the October 27, 2005, meeting as provided. All voted aye. Copies were provided to all those in attendance.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
PENDING: Ordinance requiring electronic plat submission: Mr. Alan Young explained he was not able to make it to the Planning Commission’s November meeting, but does plan on attending their next meeting. He stated he’ll try to present the ordinance at the December Finance meeting.
ADMINISTRATION
Downtown Jonesboro Association Reimbursement: The DJA is asking to be reimbursed for money spent on the downtown parking lot in the 300 block of Main Street. A letter was sent to Mr. Brian Wadley and Finance committee Chairman Harold Perrin from Dr. Steve Golden in which he stated the project total was $9991.71 and they would like to be reimbursed that amount. Chairman Perrin noted that he and City Clerk Donna Jackson looked through the minutes and other related documents to find if the City Council voted on reimbursing the DJA for the parking lot, but were unable to find any such documents. Questions were raised concerning why the DJA was asking to be reimbursed for the full amount of the project when Representative McDaniel had already appropriated $5,000 for the project. Mr. Brian Wadley noted that the state has already begun to release some of the funds. It was also questioned as to why they did the work to the parking lot first and then asked for the money. It was decided that in the future, approval will n...
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