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Minute for the City Council meeting on August 19, 2002
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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - August 19, 2002
The Jonesboro City Council met Monday, August 19, 2002, at 6:45 p.m. The City Council meeting was delayed due to an extended 5:00 p.m. Street Committee meeting where drainage issues were discussed. A full quorum was in attendance. Present were: Mayor Brodell, City Attorney, Phillip Crego, City Clerk, Donna K. Jackson, and twelve council members. Those members were: Kelton, Tate, Rorex, Crockett, McCall, Rega, Province, Moore, Young, Perrin, Copeland, and Roddy.
Councilman Perrin moved, seconded by Councilman Roddy to approve the minutes of August 5, 2002, as previously delivered. Councilman Young asked for a correction to the date of the minutes, and City Clerk Donna Jackson stated the correction would be made. A voice vote was taken resulting in all members voting aye. Those members were: Kelton, Tate, Rorex, Crockett, McCall, Rega, Province, Moore, Young, Perrin, Copeland, and Roddy.
Mayor Brodell recognized Mr. Darrell Dover who was on the agenda to address City Council regarding the recent flooding of his property. Mr. Dover had spoken to the Street Committee at their meeting held at 5:00 p.m. He stated the problems with flooding could have been prevented, but the Mayor nor City Officials have offered a solution. He explained he has lived at 611 E. Nettleton for twenty-two years without a flooding problem to his home or his vehicle, but since the completion of concrete work in 2001, his garage has flooded three times, as well as his home and vehicle. Mr. Dover stated he had met with Claude Martin, City Engineer three times and each time Mr. Martin explained the culvert located under Nettleton Ave. is not large enough to handle the amount of water flowing through it. He stated due to the paving of the ditches the water flows faster and reaches the culvert more quickly causing the flooding problems. He also explained due to new construction of St. Berna...
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