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Minutes from the special called City Council meeting on July 8, 2005
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SPECIAL CALLED MEETING July 8, 2005
The Jonesboro City Council met Friday, July 8, 2005, at 12:00 noon in a special called meeting called by Mayor Formon. A full quorum was in attendance. Present were: Mayor Doug Formon, City Clerk, Donna K. Jackson, and nine council members. Those members were: Province, Hargis, Williams, Perrin, Street, Johnson, Dover, Furr, and McCall. Councilmen Farmer, Moore, and Ashley were unable to attend.
The purpose of the called meeting was to discuss the purchase of approximately 15 acres from the Humane Society to house the Street, Sanitation and Animal Control departments. It was explained the Humane Society would retain approximately 2.5 acres for their facility. Mayor Formon explained the property was located on the fringe of the Industrial Park east on Highway 18. He stated it was a good location with proper zoning and very little residential housing. It was further explained they would be extending the sewer system over on Commerce Drive for approximately $110,000. Mayor Formon provided a PowerPoint presentation showing the structures that would be constructed to house equipment as well as the public works offices, stating they wanted to provide a professional looking facility that employees and the community would be proud of. The presentation provided an aerial view of current city facilities which are located over the Class I landfill site. Mayor Formon explained there was a problem with methane gas seeping through the floor of city buildings and showed a video of this activity to council members. It was explained FTN, an engineering firm out of Little Rock had conducted a preliminary test and recommended immediate ventilation. A proposed layout of the new facility was provided with an estimated cost of 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Mayor Formon stressed the urgency of the project due to the methane gas leaks.
Several members of the city council...
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