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Minutes from the City Council meeting on April 19, 1993
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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - APRIL 19, 1993
The Jonesboro City Council met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. Present were the Mayor, City Clerk, and all Council Members, with the exception of the City Attorney who was unable to attend.
The minutes of April 5, 1993, were approved as mailed by motion of Councilman Evans seconded by Councilman Perrin. A roll call vote was taken resulting in all council members voting aye.
The following ordinance was to be decided on:
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS BENTON SUBDIVISION STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 5, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
In the absence of Attorney Frierson, Commissioner Glen Bradly represented the Benton Improvement District. Mr. Billy West spoke in opposition to the Improvement District stating, the assessed property values did not total fifty-one percent. Mr. West stated he had sent certified letters to Mayor Brodell, City Clerk, and Mr. Frierson requesting the assessed values and was not provided a copy until just before the council meeting. Mr. West requested the Council to reject the ordinance and to establish a set of procedures to be followed in the future. Mr. Bradly recommended that citizens who wanted to remove their names from the petitions appear in person before the Council. Councilman Vance requested that Mr. Bradly, Mr. West, and the Representative for Markle Abstract to come back later on in the council meeting after determining the certification of the petitions on hand.
The following ordinance was on the third reading:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES AND OTHER PURPOSES.
Councilman Hannah questioned why the MAPC had denied the request and was told it was due to the absence of a site development plan. Mr. Lyons, Attorney representing Mr. Kent Arnold, stated the reason was insuf...
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