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AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A CITY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF JONESBORO PURSUANT TO ACT 108 OF ACTS OF ARKANSAS OF 1929 AND AMENDMENT BY ACT 295 ACTS OF ARKANSAS OF 1937 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, THAT:
Section 1. A City Planning Commission of the City of Jonesboro is hereby created consisting of nine members all of whom shall be owners of real estate and residents within the City of Jonesboro and qualified electors therein. No member of the board shall hold any other municipal office or appointment and the board shall elect a chairman and secretary with the usual duties of those offices and in case of vacancy of any of the memberships the City Council by a majority vote shall select a qualified successor and each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified.
Section 2. The member shall serve without compensation but any expense considered proper for payment by the city shall be approved by the chairman and secretary of the Commission and presented as a claim against the city and paid only after approval for payment by the council in the usual manner in which other bills are paid by the city.
Section 3. The following persons, who are found to be qualified are named as the original nine members of said Commission, to-wit:
Elton Patterson
Eric Rogers, Sr.
Neal Thayer
Morris McKinney
Joe Burns
Oscar Melton
Albert Herringer, Jr.
Ralph Sloan
George Greenhaw
The said Planning Commission shall meet and determine by lot three members who shall serve for a period of one year, three other members who shall serve for a period of two years and three other members who shall serve for a period of three years after this date. At the termination of the term of each group of three members, the City Council shall appoint their successors who shall serve for a period of three years so that the terms of the members will be staggered and three new members will be elected each ...
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