The Jonesboro City Council met on September 16, 2025, at 5:30 PM in the Municipal Center. The meeting included approval of a consent agenda, passage of a zoning ordinance, updates from Mayor Harold Copenhaver on multiple city projects, council reports, and public comments. All votes were unanimous with 10 members present and 2 absent.
The morning that's scary. Good evening, everybody. Let me look at my clock here, 5 31. So we're a minute behind. Um welcome to the City of Jonesboro and City Council meeting on September 16, 2025. I'll go ahead and get us started. We'll stand for pledge allegiance, and then uh Councilman Coleman will lead us in invocation. I pledge allegiance to the United States of America. And to the republic under God with liberty and justice. Our heads, if you would. Father, we thank you for this day and this time you have gathered us together. I thank you, Father, for this moment that we can call you our Lord and our Savior. Father, thank you for the men and women who serve this great community. We thank you, God, for their safety and their continued support and wisdom as we continue to go in and out and to and fro. Well, your word declares that among the righteous there is favor. We thank you for that favor. And as we share tonight, you speak to us and through us in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you, Doc. Thank you, Councilman. Next, we'll move on to item number three, and this is roll call. If you we would please mark your attendance. And we do have a quorum present with 10 members this evening. So we'll move on to item number four, and these are items uh special presentation. And this evening we do not have any special presentations. So we'll move on to consent agenda, and this is item number five. Move to adopt unless there's an item to be removed. Second. We do have a motion on the floor to adopt unless there's an item removed. I don't hear any counsel, so if you would please go ahead and cast your ballot on items on consent agenda. And that does carry. So next, council, we'll move on then to items number seven. These are items on unfinished business, and we'll start with ordinances on the second reading. We have ordinance 25030. An ordinance modifying ordinance 24037, which established and consolidated special traffic patterns near Jonesboro Public Schools, campuses, and for other purposes. Do we have any discussion by council? I don't see any anyone in council chambers. I don't see any as well. So that item will now move on to its third reading. Now we'll move on to ordinance 25031. An ordinance to the city of Jonesboro to place various traffic signs at designated locations as determined by the traffic control committee. Any discussion by council. I don't see any. Anyone in council chambers. I don't see any as well, so that item will now move on to its third reading as well. Now we'll move on to ordinances on the third reading, and this is ordinance that city council will vote on. This will be ordinance 25032. An ordinance to amend chapter 117, known as the zoning ordinance providing for changes in zoning boundaries from PDM multifamily use and office senior living use to PDM commercial use for property located at 3412 Southwest Drive as requested by Jeremy Bevel on behalf of Southern Hills Real Estate LLC. Move to dump second. We do have a motion on the floor to adopt with a second.