City Council - Regular Meeting

Alright, counsel. We're gonna go ahead and, get this meeting started. I'm gonna have to, talk to Brian Emerson about, his length of meeting schedules and times, but mosquitoes are important. And now that you are all etymologists, we can move forward with that. So that's a lot of good question and answer session. That's what we're here to do. I just wanted to make you aware as well that we got ball games going on. So I got a grandson, so we gotta get out there tonight. So anyhow, let's go ahead and begin tonight's city council meeting. We'll start it off. I'll lead us in pledge allegiance, and then councilman Janet will, lead us in prayer.

Please pray with me. Dear father in heaven, we thank you with grateful hearts for your bountiful blessings. We thank you for the

thank We you

walk humbly with you. This we ask for in the name name of of Christ. Amen. Amen. You, miss Ward.

Counsel, if you would, please go ahead and mark your presence. And we do have members present, all members present. So I would like to make this. She doesn't know I'm gonna do it. But April Leggett, she's dedicated a decade of service to the city of Jonesboro.

And we yes, please. Come on down. Come on down. And you play a vital role in ensuring transparency, accuracy, and accessible to local government. She began her tenure at the city clerk's office in April 2016, advancing the deputy clerk and ultimately being elected as city clerk in 2020.

Throughout her service, Leggett has been responsible for maintaining city records, supporting city councilman operations, and serving as a key link between the citizens and their local government, Duties that are in high standard with integrity, and I appreciate that, April. April also has contributed to the professional beyond Jonesboro. She is in leadership involvement with the Arkansas City Clerk, Recorders and Treasurer's Association, AML, and our own Citizens Fire Academy. So her ten years of service reflect a continued commitment of excellence, accountability, and public service for the residents of Jonesboro. So I want to thank you for your service.

Here's your ten year. All right, counsel. Now we'll move on to item number five. These items on consent agenda.

Move to adopt. Second.

Do I have a motion on the floor to adopt? If you would, please go ahead and mark your ballot. And that does carry. So council will now move on to resolutions removed from the consent agenda. The first resolution is twenty six zero three seven.

Resolution requesting free utility services from city water and light for a lighting pedestal along Huntington Avenue. I know y'all in a hurry, but I gotta read it. Whereas the city of Jonesboro is requesting that city water and light provide free utilities at the following location, 423 U West Huntington Avenue. Now therefore be it resolved by city council for the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas that section one that city water and light requested this resolution to provide free utilities to the locations listed above section two to permit such services to be provided without charge. The city of Jonesboro hereby affirms to the city water and light that the ultimate use of CWL utilities so provided is now and shall remain a use or purpose which the city is engaged in as part of its governmental or proprietary functions under the authority to it by state law. You can go.

Member this, that'll be recused from voter discussion because my membership was CWL board. Same movement to adopt. Second. We do have motion on the floor to Any discussion by counsel? Anyone in counsel chambers? I don't see any. If you would, please go ahead and cast your ballot. Okay, that does carry. Next we'll move on to resolution twenty six zero four two.

Resolution requesting for utility services from City Water and Light for city owned property. The city of Jonesboro is requesting that City Water and Light provide for utility services at the following location. 6106SouthwestDrive. Now therefore be it resolved by city council for the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas that section one, City Water and Light requested by this resolution to provide free utilities to the location listed above. Section two to permit such services to be provided without charge. City of Jonesboro hereby affirms to City Water and Light that the ultimate use of CWL utility so provided is now and shall remain a use of purpose which the city is engaged in as part of its governmental or proprietary functions under authority to it by under authority to it by state law.

I move to adopt. Second. You have motion on be recused from voters. Duly noted and we do have a motion on the floor. If you would please cast your ballot. First of all, I don't see anyone in council chambers. I don't see any as well. You would, please cast your ballot. That does carry. Now counsel will move on to item number six and these are items on new business. These are ordinances on their first reading. This would be ordinance 20 six-fourteen. Move suspend rules and offer by title only. Second. Do I have motion on the floor? All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

An ordinance to amend chapter one seventeen known as the zoning ordinance providing for changes in zoning boundaries from I one to c three l u o for property located at 5925 East Johnson Avenue.

Any discussion by council or questions? I don't see any. Anyone in council chambers? I don't see any as well. So that ordinance will now move on to its second reading. Now we'll move on to ordinance twenty six zero one five.

Move to suspend the rules

and offer by title only. Second. Do you have motion on the floor? All in favor, aye. Aye. Any opposed?

An ordinance to amend chapter one seventeen known as the zoning ordinance provided in changes in zoning boundaries from r m eight to r s five for property located at 1601 Granger Drive as requested by Crafton Toll.

Any discussion by counsel or questions? I just wanted to mention I did go by and look at that property and mister Conrad's here tonight. He simply wants to split that property in half and build two single family homes. Thank you for your input, councilman. Do we have any other questions or comments? Anyone from the audience? I don't see any. So that will now move on to its second reading. Now we'll move on to item number seven. These are items on unfinished business. These are ordinance, first of all, on the second reading, ordinance twenty six zero zero eight.

Ordinance to amend ordinance ninety three seven forty one to reinstate the multiway four way stop signs at Raines And Wilkins. Intersection.

Any discussion by council or questions? I think we all know where this is. Anyone in the council chambers? The audience? I don't see any as well. That will now move on to its third reading. Now we'll move on to ordinance twenty six zero zero nine.

An ordinance to the city of Jonesboro to place various traffic signs at designated locations as determined by the traffic control committee.

Any questions by council? I don't see anyone in council chambers. I don't see any as well. That'll move on to its next reading. Now we'll move on to ordinance twenty six zero one zero.

Jonesboro or an ordinance by the city of Jonesboro to place various traffic signs at designated locations as determined by the traffic control committee.

Any questions or comments from council? I don't see any. Anyone in council chambers? I don't see any as well. That'll move on to its next reading. We'll move on to ordinance twenty six zero one two.

An ordinance to amend chapter one seventeen known as the zoning ordinance providing for changes in zoning boundaries from r one to c three for property located at 6904 East Highland Drive.

Any questions or comments by council? I don't see any. Anyone in council chambers? I don't see any as well. That'll move on then to its third reading. Now we move on to ordinances on the third reading. Ordinance twenty six zero one one, and this this would be voted on by council.

In ordinance to amend chapter one seventeen article three known as the zoning ordinance of the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas providing for changes in zoning boundaries from c two to c three for property located at 2005 East Highland Drive.

Move to adopt. We

have motion on the floor, counsel. Any questions or comments? I don't see any. Anyone in counsel chambers? I don't see any as well. If you would, please go ahead and cast your ballot. And that does carry. Next we'll move on to mayor's reports. Do have financial reports. Statements are online and available to counsel.

If you would, please go ahead and look at that. If you have any questions for Steve, I know he'll be happy to take those whether here tonight or in his chambers. I would like to say spring weather has allowed for an enjoyable time outdoors, activities, and our parks are busy as well as construction work and road overlays are going on. So if you've been downtown at all, you've probably seen Main Street one lane pilot project. This will be roughly six month project from Main Street from Washington to Creff has brought forth by ivity Committee.

We've had a lot of input. Most of it is very positive, and I think there's some ideas that can come from it. I'll be meeting with a resident or actually a business owner downtown tomorrow with some concerns that we might be able to address. The striped markings on the right side of the road are designed for delivery, emergency lane, allowing the local downtown deliveries and emergency vehicles to park as needed without causing stop on the roadway. In the next month, you'll utilize some of the youth council to collect feedback through surveys on utilizing downtown for suggestions for improvements.

Upon the completion of a six month pilot, we will return the full feedback to council. I appreciate the input of residents that allow us to continue making these improvements in our city. Please remember, though, the design week for plan Jonesboro is complete, and as the thirty year plan is being designed by DPZ co designed in Crafton Tall, the public input survey is still open for residents to make their ideas known. Please visit planjonesborough.com to ensure your voice is heard. I was pleased to join the chamber of commerce for the fly in to D.

C. Last week with city staff members Brian Richardson and Chris Ritchie. We met with Senator Bozeman and Rick Crawford. Now we had individual meetings for the city and then later in the week we met with those members of the Chamber of Commerce that flew in. We discussed items and projects like public safety, industrial development, and the importance of a vibrant medical community and safety shelters.

I can personally attest that each and every member is very supportive of what this community is doing. They like seeing projects that we as a community have engagement in financially, and they like seeing projects completed. So again, I want to say thank you to them personally for providing us millions of dollars in appropriations beyond typical grant cycles that have helped us make significant improvements in Jonesboro. I was fully enjoyed also with the residents of the Chamber carnival commerce business expo at First National Bank on April 10. The energy, think they had over 215, which is the largest since COVID.

They've had participation. It's wonderful to see new development, economic development opportunity, talent recruitment, and retention. Jonesboro is thriving, folks. The Foundation of Arts Porchlight Film Festival is April brought its creativity and local filming providing hands on workshop workshops and filmmakers. And don't forget the FOA Oasis Arts and Eats Festival downtown on April 25.

That's this weekend. Here we even have a special guest appearance by Big John, the Rodeo Bull. Don't miss your opportunity to get a picture with him. And thank you to many of our departments for preparing the annual Touch a Truck event sponsored by East Nettleton East and NEA Baptist Hospital on April 25 this weekend as well from 9AM to 1PM. It's a beloved event, gives a real hands on of kids, showing, what we do in the community and their engagement.

It's really exciting to see their eyes pop open when they can get on vehicles and normally just see driving down the road. We celebrated an amazing e nine one dispatcher's, National Public Safety Telecommunications Week on April, and, they serve obviously a vital role in our community. From hearts behind the head sets. These dispatchers are often seen but heavily are not often seen, but, they're heavily dependent on. The April, April neighborhood cleanup on the West End had a great turnout.

We had 9.38 tons of trash and 57 tires collected with, I'm sure, many mosquitoes were in those tires, as well as glass and cardboard with volunteers help picking up trash and continued beautification efforts. Keep Jonesboro Beautiful Commission combined this event with their clean sweep in honor of birthday and extra efforts. Don't forget to mark your calendars on May 2. Cleanup is at Annie Camp Junior High back parking lot for another opportunity for volunteers to drop off bulky items. As spring here and more events are offered citywide, please stay informed of the following city social media and websites as we continue to tour Jonesboro.

There's a lot to do around town, and these opportunities allow us to build within city. That's the end of my mayor's reports. Next we'll move on to city council reports.

Ms. Bordert?

Nothing at this time. Thank you.

Mr. Emerson?

No, thank you.

Doctor. Charles Coleman? Mr. Moore?

No ma'am.

Ms. Williams?

No, thank you.

Mr. Gibson?

Yes, Public Services had a special call meeting earlier this evening and I would like to suspend the rules and walk on ordinance 26,013.

Second. I have a motion to suspend the rules and walk on what was it again? Twenty six thousand and thirteen. Twenty six thousand and thirteen. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

You want me to read it in its entirety? I can do that. Then we need a motion.

Just to read it by title only? Yes. Second. Second. I have a motion to read by title only. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?

An ordinance to establish a sports advisory committee providing for membership purpose and duties and for other purposes.

Any discussion by counsel? Anyone in counsel chambers? I don't see any. If you would, please go ahead and cast

your vote.

I just gotta go to second.

Excuse me. Motion to adopt. Motion to adopt.

Woah, woah, woah.

It's an ordinance. So it this is just the first reading.

We gotta waive. Okay.

If if you wanna approve it today, there needs to be a motion to waive second and third reading. If there's no emergency, then it would just go to its second reading. Okay.

Non urgent.

It'll be on its second reading at

the next So we're on the first reading discussion. It'll move on to the second reading. Okay. All right. All right. Thanks, counsel. All right. Now we'll move on to this

We'll get another half. Doctor. Anthony Coleman.

Yes, sure. Thank you. It feels as if I haven't been here. It's ages, but actually I was missing for a good reason two things. One, I've been here since '96, so I'm in year 30 of my anniversary as a resident in Jonesboro. And I say that because I missed the last meeting, I want to honor my wife that we have been married for twenty five years, and that date fell on city council. So I think family was a little bit more important than

I want city

to stay with her another twenty five, right? Yes. But the thing that I want to say about that is that we're grateful to see over the past several years how Jonesboro has expanded and grown the quality of living here. I was just amazed that we did not have to travel an hour or two hours out of town to find fine dining and just have time to just relax and to see in the green spaces. And so I appreciate what Jonesboro is doing.

We were able to eat and just have a good time here and we're doing well. But I also know that there are challenges and one thing that I don't want to do is and I've heard one of my colleagues say this before kicking the can down the road because I heard a definition that says if you keep doing the same thing expecting a different result, it's insanity. And so there are some things I know we've been speaking about and getting information, being transparent, communicating. I want to ensure that we are continuing to do that. I've asked a few times, months ago, weeks ago, the East Side, the East Park that's being planned.

And I was promised to be a part of that. I haven't heard anything yet. So I'm waiting to hear that. We have residents that are really eager and want to know what's happening and how that's going. But also that there is a lot of traffic on Prospect.

We know that part of the plan is to expand some of the road in Prospect. And I know we've already gone over that and done some of those having those discussions. But I think we need to do I would like to see done maybe another study or something down Prospect even beyond where the park is because it's that community, that area is growing fast. It's a lot of houses and neighborhoods being built across the track in the fields off Kathleen Street. And then it's a lot of speeding going on on that Kathleen Street.

So I'm mentioning that because I don't know where else to mention other than a year. But it's a lot of traffic and there's a lot of speeding going on Kathleen, on Pros Pect, which of course feeds those communities. And so I'd like for us to consider that. And on an ending note, I was able to host a Grammy award winning artist here on this past Sunday. We got that out and it was well attended.

It was on ASU campus. And we're just grateful I'm grateful to the Lord for the success of it. But also just the city of Jonesboro coming and just being a part and to know that we can have groups and camaraderie and have a good time without having fights and all the other things that people try to portray and say about certain groups or individuals. But I just want to say that I appreciate being here in Jonesboro and I'm sorry I missed but I think home was first. Thank you all.

Councilman, just in response to that, I know Brian and I actually discussed today we're about 60% on that completion on the East Side project and when we have that, it should be here by the end of this week. I think we're ready. We can present that. So we'll be contacting and reaching out. So we want you involved in your district, obviously, both of y'all. You bet.

Mr. Haffner? Mr. Bryant? Mr. Miller?

Mr. Street? Next

we're moving on to item 10. This is open for public comments. Anyone can come forward and you can make your comments. You are limited to five minutes.

Patty Lack, 4108 Forest Hill Road. I just wanna share with you guys, being a citizen and listening to citizens is that a lot of the city is losing respect and a lot of trust in the city. And I only say that because of what came out when I requested the expense report from the volleyball tournaments earlier in the year. And I wanna tell you that there was three separate meetings. One was is that we had great tournaments.

The next meeting, I heard that we lost 6,500, and then last week, I heard that we made $10,000. So we would don't really know where those numbers are. I know that last week is that mister McClain asked mister Stearns to come up and talk about a couple of the employees of the parks department that were on the expense report just to show that they were there to help out with the numbers of how much they make and all that to show that they were actually working. Well, one of them is a pool director. The pool closes in September and doesn't open in January or February, and I don't know why we have to show that he was working at the tournament on an expense report.

I questioned some of the expense. I don't know if you all got expense report on here, but it needs to be redone. Because the reason why I questioned it is because that's why we're having a FBI investigation is that we don't know where the numbers, how many, and how much. On some of this expense report is, like, there was gatekeepers, and it get gives a dollar amount. But how much per hour and how many did we have?

The concession workers, I know that I saw $11 an hour, that we're paying our concession workers, but it says concession workers was a price. Food and snacks, 825. Drinks, 540. But what happened to the rest of the food that was left over? And I don't know of what tournament you cannot make money on a concession stand. So apparently, we we made some money, but we lost money all the way around. On this expense report, it says lunch boxes from Potbelly, $3,100. Who ordered Potbelly, And who did got who got the food? It doesn't say, but it gives a dollar amount. It gives hotels.

Did we pay? What hotels did we pay for? And who stayed in the rooms? We don't know. We have a dollar amount. It's questionable there. The cleaning staff, there's a dollar amount on one of them that says $600. What did they clean? Did they clean every single day? How much were they paid an hour? I know of the people that put together the tournament, but we also had some sports coordinators, and we had Jim Stearns, which I'm gonna assume has the knowledge of running these things. So we had a lot of people that cost a lot of money. So who was running it? The concession stand manager, we paid $22 an hour. I don't know who gets $22 an hour to run a concession stand.

What I'm just saying to you guys, and I know that, Anne, you had mentioned that Steve and or Steve Pertte and Jim Stearnsworth's gonna work on a different expense report. It needs to be crystal clear to what is spent and what is taken in to the public because that's where the trust and the respect is gonna come from all of you. And we want the city to run, but we need to know what is taken in and what is not. And I would have hoped that this new this expense report would have done been done correctly the first time around instead of having to go and redo it again and being more clear. So I hope that we can work on it.

I know mister Sterns is, and I know mister Petit can work it on. But that's the reason why you're losing trust and you're losing respect from a lot of citizens. And we don't need that to happen in our city right now. So I hope we can get it right the next time around. Thank you.

Yes. If you would, please come forward. State your name and address.

Carol White, 5001 Nicole Cove. Just wanted to show y'all these these pretty tickets. They cost $3 a piece to get into the Joe MacCampbell flag football game. So you can see they're really nice. I mean, they're they're very colorful. They're really nice paper they're printed on. I have a little bit of a problem with that. Well, for the first thing, my grandson plays flag football. There

are

two entries to get in and pay your fees and and and everything. Well, my daughter, she waited she's the mother. She waited in line. She got there in plenty of times. So she waited in the long line twenty, twenty five minutes.

Then she gets up to the ticket takers, and there's three of them, very well mannered. I mean, I have no problem with them whatsoever. They were doing their job, but but the way it's set up, there's no way that they can monitor who what what cars in the line have been taken care of, you know, have paid their fees. And each person in the car pays $3 and gets this ticket. And so I'm just wondering why we are spending I don't know how much these costs mister Stearns might have an idea, but, you know, when we go to the basketball games, they're just a little tear off ticket.

And, you know, they seem to be a little bit more economical. But, anyway, I just wondering how much it it costs for those. And then this like I said, the sale of the tickets and collecting the money took the all that time. So she made it into the game. She was in plenty of time. My husband, he got in line probably fifteen minutes before the game. Well, he waited and he waited and he waited to get through the line. Well, the the games had started. So, he turned around and left, you know, because it it wasn't gonna be he might have got five minutes. But anyhow okay. So that being said, I'm sorry. I'm nervous.

It's okay.

You know, I wanted to give a positive comment to the Craighead Forest groundskeepers. That forest looks so good. We we camped out there. We're we're local campers. But but I was very impressed.

Whoever's taking care of that, one little hiccup and I know y'all probably knew that. But we went over to the the kids area where the playground is and the fishing, you know, where the little ones play. Well, let me just say, there were some older teenage boys that were on the dock, and they were using some really foul language, loud. So we're walking by with my little seven year old grandson, you know, what do you do? Well, then I also saw a gentleman sitting on the park bench or the picnic table, I'm sorry, that was just observing the kids.

I don't know his motives or anything, but he did not look like he had children out there. So I guess and then I saw a bunch about five junior high kids that were throwing a big huge rocks into the to the lake where the kids were fishing. So, I just wonder, you know, what kind of supervision is going on out there. I know we can't monitor everything and I'm not asking. I don't want any freedoms taken away. I want people to be able to enjoy what we have and I I do appreciate the the cleanliness and and everything about Cricket Forest except for that one thing. So, you know, in in a supervisor position, maybe somebody has some answers. That's it.

Thank Thank for your comments Ms. White. If you don't mind visit with Jim after the meeting it'd be just fine.

All

right. Yes sir. We have a comment here.

I'm Eugene Holloway, and only having five minutes because I gotta get right to the heart of the matter. Mayor, you and I met at my church back on

me, Mr. Holloway, I don't mean to interrupt. What's your address?

My address? Yes. 408 Marshall Street here in Jonesboro, Arkansas. We had a meeting conference at our church March 12. You and some of your associates came down there. We talked about sidewalks, curbs, traffic lights, and things such as that with playing Jonesboro. However, I wanna get right to the heart of the matter about why I'm here. This is from an article that I wrote ten years ago that was published in Jonesboro Sun. And this is these are just some excerpts from it, and I'm gonna read to you. I'll get to the heart of the matter.

During May of the of this year, which is 2016, the city of Jonesboro established a committee to discuss and submit a property maintenance code to govern existing building structures to ensure a minimum level of public health, safety, and welfare for the general public in the occupants of the structure. It is my opinion that this code and this intent are honorable and beneficial to all the citizens of Jonesboro. However, the intent of this property maintenance code is to ensure that the tenant and the landlord owner had legal avenues to take when a health, safety, or welfare issue arises within or without the city structure. That's it. That's it.

And this is why I'm here. I had a friend of mine who recently got I I want to speak to someone after this. I have a video here of an apartment here in Jonesboro that he was he put the down payment on, and they gave him this apartment. There's no one in this room here right now that will go into this place. Absolutely no one. I don't care if he was homeless. I think he's just the best two terrible. I'd rather go out on the street. And we've got to do something. We've got to make some changes with this landlord tenant relationship here in Jonesboro.

It's absolutely terrible. It's horrendous. I don't know if you've ever been into one of them to go look, but you need to we need to get some kind of group to start this movement so that some of these events some of these issues can be taking place. Despite long opposition, strong opposition from realtors, city council passed the property maintenance code that day. Just back in '20 what?

2011 or 2015, 2016? The new code, which kicks in March 15, will require owners to maintain both inside this is what they tried to do. We are to maintain both inside and outside the properties, locked doors and windows need to work, insects and rodents to be controlled. If the plumbing, electricity, or heat isn't working, needs to be fixed. In the past, court enforcement officers could list two complaints about such issues but that was about but but that was about it.

These are the events or rather these are the issues that were being presented with that property maintenance code, which was what appealed that they were to use, appealed, repealed, honorable word to use because it went into effect. And then just within a matter of weeks, I think, it was turned around completely. But we've got to do something here because people are living in turmoil. This is a friend of mine, apartment he went into. My daughter right now, she was gonna come down here with me today.

She was unable to get here. She has there's a snail that was on the wall in her son's bedroom. Now they came to cut the grass in front of her apartment. Okay? But now all of the the the shrubberies and and not shrubberies, but just plants and weeds and things that are growing up around, they cut the grass, but they didn't cut those things.

So they told her that if you don't like it, you can move. That's what she told me they told her. And so now, what, property maintenance and where you're renting from, taking care of the yard and garden, you have to do that yourself. I think that's going a little bit too far. But there's a complete denial, and there's so much more I want to reveal, but I don't have the time to do it here right now today. But I thank you for this time for me to bring this to you. I would really love to hear from someone else so that we can discuss this. It's not a protest. I'm just like like TD Jakes says, I'll talk to the left wing and the right wing so the whole bird can fly. Thank you.

Thank you, mister Hardaway. We'll get with you after the meeting. Thank you very much. Is there anybody else who'd like to make any comments? Yes, ma'am. If you would, please come forward and state your name and address.

Latoya Yarborough, 4610 Prospect Road. I don't care about apples and oranges. This is my second time seeing y'all today. I don't care about mosquitoes. I care about my father laying in Oak Lawn Cemetery in the wrong grave because the city instructed the grave diggers to dig the wrong grave.

I care about my 81 year old mother who cannot properly grieve because I'm having to be here because I had to meet with them today. So while we're fixing roads, while we're making tickets for little league games, what are you going to do about the parks and recreations department records? Because apparently, my father's not the only person that was in the wrong grave. Because the information that I received on the day that my mother and I stood at Oak Lawn to pick my father's grave was not the right information or or somebody somebody dropped dropped the the ball. Ball.

Come to find out after my father was buried that somebody dropped the ball. The supervisor that this city hired dropped the ball. And so now my father who died on Good Friday is laying in a grave that does not belong to him and now has to be exhumed at this city's expense. Someone made mention earlier that people are losing trust. I've never not trusted this city.

I've never not trusted this council. But how do you expect me to trust you and the people who you hire and the people who you put in place to handle my father's remains to tell me that he can lay in a grave that initially you said belong to someone else? How do you expect me to trust you to do something with some mosquitoes and some kids tickets to a game when my father is laying in a grave that does not belong to him until he's approved to be ex exiled. I'm going be I'm not not and I promise you we will do respond. I appreciate you meeting with my mom and I today.

I appreciate you explaining what you were trying to explain but that does not negate the fact that for the last week of the of my life where I was supposed to be grieving my father has been disrupted because now I have to figure out whose responsibility it is to have his body exhumed so that he can be in the grave that my mother and I chose and paid for. So while you're meeting in your chambers, in your offices, over the phones and at your house ask yourself how would you feel if it was your spouse and your father laying in the wrong grave? How would you feel if on the day you buried your father and you went the next day because your grieving mother wanted to go visit her deceased husband's grave only to find out that it was the wrong one. And today, I get an apology. It's almost like giving a criminal a slap on the wrist.

So if we wanna talk about doing something for the city of Jonesboro, bump these streets, bump the sidewalks, bump the mosquitoes, take yourself out there, and get the records together so that we will know where our people are or where they're supposed to be. Because it is unfair to my 81 year old mama to have to be going through this today. So if you want my suggestion, do something different because apparently the parks and recreations department is falling apart. Apparently, and just paperwork. Because when I went out there last week, he couldn't even show me a map, but today they could create one after a very strong demand letter.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Yarlborough. All right, we've meet the end of public comments. Next we'll move on to item 11. That's adjournment. So moved. Second. We have a motion on the floor. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed?