Texarkana Arkansas City Board Meets Tonight

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The Texarkana Arkansas City Board of Directors meets tonight beginning at 6pm at City Hall.

The board will be looking at amending the Fiscal Year 2020 budget to complete a couple of projects.

Here is the complete agenda for tonight’s meeting:

Call to Order

Roll Call

Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance given by Director Terri Peavy

PRESENTATION(S)
1. Presentation of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas Employee Service Awards. (CCD)
CONSENT

2. Approval of the minutes of the rescheduled regular meeting February 18, 2020. (CCD)

3. Adopt a resolution making staff appointments to the Personnel Policy Committee: TAPD
Finance Officer Dara Cornett, Assistant Public Works Director Tracie Lee and Deputy Clerk
Jenny Narens. (CCD)

4. Adopt a Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager to enter into a renewal
agreement with the Texarkana Housing Authority for services of two (2) officers assigned
from the Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department for special patrols and enforcement
operations on Housing Authority properties. (TAPD)

5. Adopt a Resolution to accept the 2019 Audit Engagement Letter prepared by the accounting
firm BKD, LLP. (FIN)

REGULAR

6. Consider the following action concerning an amendment to the FY 2020 Budget:
Conduct a Public Hearing to allow citizen input regarding amending the FY 2020 Budget.
Adopt a Resolution amending the FY 2020 Budget (Resolution No. 2019-45) and the Public
Works Budget to include the expense for Palomino Drive Drainage Improvements and Ermer
Dansby Pondexter (EDP) Sports Complex Concession Stand/Bathrooms. (PWD) Public
Works Director Tyler Richards

7. Adopt an Ordinance amending the City of Texarkana, Arkansas Code of Ordinances to accept
the petition by Thomas and Lisa Looney and Rodney Tefteller to vacate the east 212.09 feet
of the undeveloped, platted 1200 block of Mitchell Street. (PWD-Planning) City Planner Mary
Beck. The applicant requests an emergency clause. An emergency clause requires a separate and
distinct vote of the board and is valid only if there is a two-thirds vote of approval by the
board.

CITIZEN COMMUNICATION

NEXT MEETING DATE: Monday, March 16, 2020

ADJOURN

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