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Minutes for the Public Safety Committee meeting on May 17, 2005.
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PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE MINUTES
May 17, 2005
The Jonesboro Public Safety Committee met May 17, 2005 at 5:15 p.m. in the City Council Conference Room of the Huntington Building located at 900 W. Monroe, Jonesboro, Arkansas. A full quorum was in attendance. Present were: Judy Furr, Tim McCall, Jim Hargis, Mitch Johnson, Chris Moore, Harold Perrin, City Clerk Donna Jackson, Staff, Press, and Audience.
Chairman Moore opened the meeting at 5:15 p.m.
MINUTES
Councilman Perrin moved, seconded by Councilman Hargis to approve the minutes as submitted for the April 19, 2005 committee meeting. All voted aye. Copies of the minutes were provided to all in attendance.
POLICE
Wayne Dowdy Firing Range Resolution: Councilman McCall moved, seconded by Councilman Hargis to recommend to the full council a resolution naming the Jonesboro Police Department firing range the “Wayne Dowdy Memorial Police Firing Range”. The original resolution was amended with the correction of capitalization of the word “The” in the title of the resolution and correcting the word “Policing” to the word “Police” in the body of the resolution. It was recommended that a quality sign displaying the new name be placed at the fire range. All voted aye.
Cell Tower: Councilman Perrin reported the temporary tower was up and reception was better than before due to the height being decreased. He offered to consult with Alltel regarding their topography maps for placement of multiple towers. He stated a good engineering study was needed in order to provide the best service to Jonesboro. It was explained clean up of the old tower was waiting on Gallagher & Gallagher who would haul off the debris. Chairman Moore explained clean up needed to be done quickly due to the debris lying across the landfill.
Report Sex Offender Notification: Interim Police Chief Tim Eads provided a report stating notification of sex offende...
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