City of Alexander Mayor Paul Mitchell has called a Special Meeting for
tonight; Friday, August 21, 2015. Meeting time and place is 6 PM in the courtroom
at city hall.
There are two items on the agenda. One is listed as “Pat Marshall”
while the other is “State Highway Department Plan.”
A vacancy in the city attorney position was created when former City
Attorney Kevin Lemley was hired by the Arkansas Attorney General’s office. The city’s
current Prosecuting Attorney Pat Marshall has offered to also serve as the city
attorney.
A resolution allowing the state highway commission to proceed with
taking bids to repair several streets in Alexander must be approved before the
bidding process can begin. This is part of the process to receive the $250,000
bonus Arkansas cities are being given as their share of the special fuel tax
passed by voters a few years ago.
Both items were on the agenda for Monday’s August 17 Regular Meeting. One
issue failed in a vote and the other was tabled.
The vote for Pat Marshall failed five to three. Now one alderman claims
she meant to vote “Yes” instead of “No.”
The resolution for the $250,000 was tabled because the street repair
plan includes two streets in St. Joseph’s Glen. Aldermen want Mitchell to
verify with the state highway department if the city will now be responsible for
those two streets. None of the streets in St. Joseph’s Glen has been turned
over to or accepted by the city to be maintained by the street department.
The streets to be repaired were selected by former Mayor Michelle Hobbs in December, 2014. She lost to Mitchell in the 2014 General Election.
The streets to be repaired were selected by former Mayor Michelle Hobbs in December, 2014. She lost to Mitchell in the 2014 General Election.
First meeting I have attended in many a meeting!
ReplyDeleteCould anything be clearer, the left (politically) ‘spokesperson’ sat with her back to the camera, and again tried to run the meeting. Two of her minions did the same and followed her lead at every opening; even trying to tell the acting Mayor, Sharon Bankhead she couldn’t vote!
Looks are deceiving, folks – just because someone might ‘look’ smart doesn’t guarantee a thing! I don’t think there was but one person in the room (maybe 3) who didn’t get that message.