The Jonesboro City Council's Nominating and Rules Committee held a special called meeting on May 12, 2026, at 5:15 PM at the Municipal Center. The committee approved prior meeting minutes and considered a resolution for appointments to various boards and commissions, ultimately amending it to remove the Advertising and Promotion Commission appointments due to procedural requirements.
Next item of business is approval of minutes 26026. I'll give you a moment to review those if you're not already looked over them and then I'll entertain a motion. Move to approve lessons noted change. Second I have a motion and second. All in favor signify saying aye. Aye. Any opposed like signed. Next item of business is new business resolutions to be introduced. Resolution 2605. Uh resolution by the city council, City of Jonesboro, Arkansas to make appointments and reappointments to boards and commissions as recommended by Mayor Hill Copenhager, whereas the following appointments, reappointments have been recommended by Mayor Hill Copenhager. Now there be it resolved by the City Council for City of Jonesboro, Arkansas. The following appointments, reappointments be confirmed. CDBG Citizens Advisory Committee, reappointment of Pedro Ramirez, Reggie Prunny, Trina Long to three year terms ending 5-1929. Appointment of Mark Morrow, Carly Steele, Dalton Hodges, Aaron Smith, and Christie Adams, three-year terms ending 5-1929. Advertising and Promotion Commission appointment of Andy Shatley to a five-year term ending four or five 2031. Janine Gillis to three-year terms ending 6 2029. Land Bay Commission reappointment, Corey Mills and Daisy Freeman to four-year terms ending 517-2030. Civil Services Commission reappointment, Amy McDonald to a six-year term ending 5-19-2032. Municipal Air Cor Airport Commission reappointment of Brandon Winters, Alan Williams, Bob Gibson to three-year terms ending 6, 2029. Move forward to full council. We we actually Mr. Chairman, I would like to make a amendment to resolution 26055. Okay. Specifically section that's regarding the advertising and promotions commission. I would like to remove that section of the resolution, please. And I'll I'll explain briefly and Carol can interject if I make a mistake, but that goes against state law and our uh AMP bylaws. Those have to be made by the committee, so we need to pull those off and let the committee meet first before we move forward. Make a motion to amend that. Yes, sir. Yes, okay. Have motion second. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed like sign? Any other discussion by the committee on this resolution? I do have a question about that. Um so the reason we're pulling it is because of what exactly? Under state law, the at-large position is nominated by the AMP commissioners themselves and then approved by city council. It's just different. And it got it. My understanding is it was an oversight that it was put on here, but it is put on by who then. Well, the mayor's office sent out all the whole laundry list. They were looking at appointments that were expiring and just you know, nominating people with those appointments, and and this got put on there, but it is correct that that nomination has to be made by the AMP commission and then approved by city council. So I've my understanding is they're gonna have a meeting Monday that's great in order to vote on who their nominee is, and then it'll be presented possibly Tuesday if we call another meeting or whenever rules and nominating meets again. Okay, follow up two things. One um is that the same with all of the other commissions and committees? That particular one, just that one. Second question. What is civil service commission? Anybody had I had the same question that has to do with the fire department?