title
Minutes for the City Council meeting on March 18, 1996
body
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES, MARCH 18, 1996
The Jonesboro City Council met Monday, March 18, 1996, at 6:30 p.m. A full quorum was in attendance. Present were: Donna Jackson, City Clerk; Phillip Crego, City Attorney, and 10 council members. Those members were: Vance, Wise, Evans, Province, Hannah, Young, Rega, Tate, Roddy, and Harpole. Councilman Kelton and Councilman Perrin were unable to attend. Vice Mayor, Gary Harpole presided over the council meeting in Mayor Brodell’s absence.
The minutes of March 4, 1996, were approved as mailed by Councilman Young and seconded by Councilman Tate. A voice vote was taken resulting in all council members voting aye. Those members voting aye were: Vance, Wise, Evans, Province, Hannah, Young, Rega, Tate, Roddy, and Harpole.
The next item of business was a ruling by Council, regarding the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission’s decision to grant Dr. Jack Jones a “Special Use Permit”. The appeal decision had been postponed a total of four times. The first time was by Gary Winters and his attorney, Mr. Skip Mooney on January 15, 1996, then Council moved to postponed the appeal decision, once on February 5, 1996, and again on February 19, 1996, to allow time for negotiations between the City and Dr. Jack Jones. The last postponement was made at the request of Dr. Jack Jones, on March 4, 1996. The appeal hearing was held January 2, 1996, but no action had been taken by Council. Mr. Donn Mixon was the attorney representing Dr. Jack Jones, and Attorney Charles (Skip) M. Mooney, was representing Mr. Gary Winters in the appeal. Mr. Mixon claimed negotiations had taken place between Dr. Jones and Mayor Brodell, to relocate the trailer and to end the terms of an $80.00 per month lease. The total settlement was to be $7,500.00 plus any lease costs, however negotiations were ended by Mayor Brodell. Discussion began with Mr. Mooney, stating city ordinances had been ignored, and...
Click here for full text