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March 17, 2026 ·5:30 PM Final

Municipal Center, 300 S. Church

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Agenda — 42 items

  1. 1 PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 5:00 P.M.
  2. 1 SPECIAL CALLED NOMINATING & RULES COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING AT 4:45 P.M.
  3. 1. CALL TO ORDER BY MAYOR HAROLD COPENHAVER AT 5:30 P.M. ▶ jump to 0:03
  4. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION ▶ jump to 0:09
  5. 3. ROLL CALL (ELECTRONIC ATTENDANCE) INITIATED AND CONFIRMED BY CITY CLERK APRIL LEGGETT ▶ jump to 1:09
  6. 4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ▶ jump to 1:15
  7. 5. CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 28:07
  8. 7 MINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 3, 2026 MIN-26:021 Passed Pass
  9. 7 PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING TRANSIT APPRECIATION FOR JETS GOJO COM-26:015 Read
  10. 8 A RESOLUTION BY THE JONESBORO CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO ACCEPT A PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT FROM BRIDGE DISTRICT INVESTMENTS, LLC. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS RES-26:017 Passed Pass
  11. 8 JETS BRANDING GOJO AND UPDATES COM-26:016 Read
  12. 9 A RESOLUTION BY THE JONESBORO CITY COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH MEADOWS CONTRACTORS, LLC. FOR A CRAIGHEAD FOREST PARK ATV TRAIL REHAB PROJECT (ARDOT JOB NO. 101148 (2026:01) RES-26:020 Passed Pass
  13. 9 Mayor Copenhaver said, I also had a presentation that was going to be led this evening as well by our Engineering Department, but Craig’s had to unfortunately step out for a funeral service to attend. And, so with that, I think, Councilman Moore, did you get your request on the roads? Councilmember Chris Moore responded, yes, I did. I appreciate that. I asked at the last meeting for a road list and Tracey gave it to me so I’m good to go. Mayor Copenhaver said, great, good deal. I think it is important too council, just real quick, Jim, if you would come forward and just kind of give us, we have meetings on Monday mornings with all of the Directors and they last quite a while, but I think it is important that the community realize, hey, we’re kicking the season off and Jim, you have got a lot going on. So, just real quick, give us a real wrap up with things. Parks & Recreation Director Jim Stearns said, well, we’re in our slow season. We have youth basketball going on with third week. We have almost 1,000 kids signed up. We are playing 37 games every Saturday at the three community centers. We had a friendly soccer tournament this past weekend with about 14 teams that came to Jonesboro and played. We had 8-man tackle football this weekend out at Joe Mack Campbell on the turf field, semi-pro tackle football. Southside Softball had a most recent tournament, had 28 teams on the youth side and 6 teams on the adult side this past weekend at Southside. Many comments were made about Southside, this was the biggest crowd they have seen in years. This next weekend we have a high school team Friday and Saturday, high school tournament. 48 teams signed up at Southside. Shooting Sports Complex had the greatest weekend in a long time. We had an ATA Trap Tournament with 200 participants. We had a 3-D archery tournament with 38 participants. We had a 22 long rifle tournament with 20 participants this past weekend. So, just a short version on our slow season. In April, we are going to double all of that up. Mayor Copenhaver said, thanks Jim, appreciate it very much.
  14. 10 A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE BID AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO VANS FOR THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT (JET) RES-26:021 Passed Pass
  15. 11 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO PLACE A MUNICIPAL LIEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 233 S. FISHER, PARCEL 01-144181-44700, OWNED BY MICHAEL KEVIN KELLY IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,754.56 RES-26:022 Passed Pass
  16. 11 Approval of the Consent Agenda Adopt the Consent Agenda Pass
  17. 12 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF JONESBORO TO ENTER INTO A 60 MONTH SERVICE LEASE CONTRACT FOR 12 COPY MACHINES RES-26:023 Passed Pass
  18. 13 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE WILLINGNESS OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO AUTHORIZE THE GRANTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA), FY2025 49 U.S.C SECTION 5339 FORMULA GRANTS FOR THE JONESBORO ECONOMICAL TRANSPORTATION (JET) SYSTEM RES-26:025 Passed Pass
  19. 14 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE WILLINGNESS OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO AUTHORIZE THE GRANTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA), FY 2025 49 U.S.C SECTION 5307 FORMULA GRANTS FOR THE JONESBORO ECONOMICAL TRANSPORTATION (JET) SYSTEM RES-26:026 Passed Pass
  20. 15 A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS TO ACCEPT THE LOW BID AND ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER TO WILKINS ELECTRIC, LLC FOR THE HUNTINGTON AVENUE LIGHTING PROJECT (2026:02) RES-26:027 Passed Pass
  21. 16 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF JONESBORO TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT TO LEASE OFFICE SPACE FOR E-911 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND AMEND THE FY2026 BUDGET RES-26:028 Postponed Temporarily Pass ▶ jump to 28:40
  22. 17 RESOLUTIONS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA ▶ jump to 31:17
  23. 18 RESOLUTION REQUESTING FREE UTILITY SERVICES FROM CITY WATER AND LIGHT FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL RES-26:018 Passed Pass ▶ jump to 31:20
  24. 19 RESOLUTION REQUESTING FREE UTILITY SERVICES FROM CITY WATER AND LIGHT FOR BUS SHELTERS RES-26:019 Passed Pass ▶ jump to 33:56
  25. 20 A RESOLUTION BY THE JONESBORO CITY COUNCIL TO ACCEPT AN OFFER TO SETTLE EXISTING LIENS END DUAL LITIGATION EFFORTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF JONESBORO AND LAUREL PARK, LLC RES-26:024 Passed Pass ▶ jump to 37:38
  26. 21 RESOLUTIONS TO BE INTRODUCED ▶ jump to 52:59
  27. 22 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT TO SELL 1025 HOPE AVENUE and 405 McDANIEL STREET TO CLINT JACKSON RES-26:030 Passed Pass ▶ jump to 53:03
  28. 6. NEW BUSINESS ▶ jump to 54:39
  29. 24 REQUEST TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION BY GUSTAVO FLORES-CABRERA TO ESTABLISH A TAXICAB SERVICE COM-26:013 Read ▶ jump to 54:44
  30. 25 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING ▶ jump to 55:28
  31. 26 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 117, ARTICLE III, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES FROM C-2 TO C-3 FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2005 EAST HIGHLAND DRIVE ORD-26:011 Held at one reading ▶ jump to 55:31
  32. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS ▶ jump to 56:04
  33. 28 ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING ▶ jump to 56:04
  34. 29 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF JONESBORO TO PLACE VARIOUS TRAFFIC SIGNS AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMITTEE ORD-26:006 Held at second reading ▶ jump to 56:06
  35. 30 ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING ▶ jump to 56:30
  36. 31 AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON A DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED IN LOT 5R OF THE SECOND ADDITION OF BLOCK C, SOUTHERN HILLS, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS: ORD-26:005 Passed Pass ▶ jump to 56:33
  37. 32 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 117, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES FROM R-1 TO RS-6 FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 900 N. CARAWAY ROAD AS REQUESTED BY KLAUS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC ORD-26:007 Passed Pass ▶ jump to 57:06
  38. 8. MAYOR'S REPORTS ▶ jump to 57:55
  39. 9. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS ▶ jump to 70:13
  40. 10. PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 92:04
  41. 11. ADJOURNMENT Adjourned Pass ▶ jump to 107:02
  42. 42 _____________________________ Date: ____________ Harold Copenhaver, Mayor Attest: _____________________________ Date: ____________ April Leggett, City Clerk