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RESOLUTION REFRAINING THE CITY OF JONESBORO FROM BIDDING AGAINST PICKETT POST NO. 21 ON THE ARMORY PROPERTY
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WHEREAS, the Arkansas National Guard is reportedly going to exercise its option to purchase the Armory property in Jonesboro and then offer said property for sale on the open market; and
WHEREAS, Pickett Post No.21 of The American Legion which originally donated more than half, in value, of the land on which the Armory now sits, desires and needs the Armory property in the development of its long-range plans for a beautiful and useful veterans’ center in Jonesboro; and
WHEREAS, local members of the American Legion individually and through Pickett Post No.21 have made invaluable contributions to the welfare and improvement of the Jonesboro community and will no doubt continue to do so in the future; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, in regularly meeting assembled this 23rd day of January, 1961:
Section 1: That the City of Jonesboro should and will refrain, from bidding against Pickett Post No.21 of The American Legion if and when the Adjutant General offers the Jonesboro Armory property for sale.
Section 2: That private investors and businesses should be and they are hereby requested and urged not to bid against Pickett Post No.21 at any sale of the Armory property.
Section 3: That the Adjutant General of Arkansas National Guard should be and he is hereby requested and urged to give every consideration and preference permissible under the law, consistent with the welfare of the Guard, to the needs and the bid of Pickett Post No.21 for the Jonesboro Armory.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 23rd day of January, 1961.