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RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE 6-POINT LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM OF THE ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
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WHEREAS, adequate municipal services are of the utmost importance in attracting and serving industrial growth, and
WHEREAS, Arkansas towns and cities are 49th in the nation per capita revenues to render municipal services, and
WHEREAS, Arkansas municipal governments are unable to compete with municipal governments in other states in municipal services and our municipal governments are the weakest link in our industrial and economic development programs; and
WHEREAS, the 6-point legislative program of the Arkansas Municipal League is fair and equitable to all concerned and will be of great value in improving the financial condition of Arkansas municipal governments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF JONESBORO, ARK.:
That the City Council of Jonesboro, Arkansas does hereby go on record in full support of the 6-point Legislative program of the Arkansas Municipal League. That signed copies of this resolution be mailed to Governor Orval Faubus, Senator Douglas Bradley and Representative Roscoe Brown and Norman Wimpy, and to all news media and to the offices of the Arkansas Municipal League.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of January, 1965.