I am showing 4 30, so we'll go ahead and get started with the special called nominating and rules meeting.

First item of business is roll call.

Please mark your attendance.

Next item of business is approval of minutes, uh minutes for the nominating and rules council meeting on May 12 of 2026.

Move to approve.

Second.

Have a motion and second.

All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed like sign.

Uh next item of business is new business ordinances to be introduced.

First is ordinance 26031.

Ordinance to amend chapter 2-87 to clarify how a city council member may sponsor legislation.

Will you do you mind reading that for me?

I'll have to read it.

I've got a copy of it, but I'm I don't have glasses with me.

I'll read it for you.

Oh, I just pulled on my microphone.

An ordinance to amend Chapter 2-87 to clarify how a city council member may sponsor legislation.

Whereas the city establish the mayor's ability to assign legislation to council committee in section two-eighty-seven B2 of the city ordinances.

And whereas the council desires to clarify the procedure for when a council member sponsors legislation to be considered for approval.

Therefore, be it ordained by the city council of the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Section 1, that chapter 2-87B2 be amended to add the following language.

Any member of the city council may sponsor a resolution or an ordinance.

The council member shall provide said resolution or ordinance to the city attorney's office for review and approval to ensure it meets all legal requirements and is in the proper format.

Once approved by the city attorney, the ordinance or resolution shall be forwarded to the mayor and city clerk and shall be assigned to the appropriate committee by the mayor or their staff within five business days of the receipt of said resolution or ordinance.

Section two, that any ordinances which may conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Move forward to full council.

Second any discussion by the committee.

Question.

So I tried to see the difference, and maybe I didn't see the language difference.

So let me know what's coming.

Apologize.

Um just wondering what the language difference was.

I I did see that, but I didn't see the two.

I'm sorry, I didn't see.

I'll defer to Carol on that since she made the challenge.

I think the biggest change is putting a time limit on it.

Um right now and clarifying in the rules, and LJ correct me.

This was sponsored by council member Bryant, but in the rules, it specifically stated how a citizen could get um legislation before the committee, the council as a whole, and it stated that you would bring it to your council member and that they would sponsor it and that it would come to the city attorney's office for approval, and it had all that same procedure and this, but it didn't specifically say that's the way a council member would do it on their own without a citizen initiating it.

And it was just kind of to clarify that, I believe, and then also to put a timeline on it so that it doesn't it there's a time frame for how long it takes to get it before council or to get it assigned to a committee.

Sure, sure.

That's my understanding.

LJI that on because I think over the years when stuff comes up, there's been times where we're like, well, we think it takes two council members to do something, and then we'll be like, oh no, it just takes one council.

So it's just been like to me a lack of clarity.

So this it was real clear how a citizen could do it.

It actually wasn't very clear how the 12 of us that are you know charged with doing it, we're supposed to do it.

So this cleans it up a little bit.

And the review by my office was in the citizen one, so we just kept it the same.

And that's not to say whether it's a good idea or a bad idea, that's only to say whether it's legal and whether it's in the right format.

Gotcha.

Thank you.

Any other questions by the committee?

Hearing none, let's cast our votes, please.

That does carry on to full council.

Uh second item of business is order ordinance 26032, an ordinance to amend section two-84 of the code of ordinances to add procedure for opening invocation during council meetings.

I'll ask Carol to read that one as well.

That one an ordinance to amend section two-eighty-four of the code of ordinances to add procedure for opening invocation during council meetings, whereas section two-eighty four sets out various rules and procedures for city council meetings, and whereas this section has no policy for conducting the opening invocation during city council meetings.

And whereas it is the desire of the city council for the city of Jonesboro to ensure that every council member has the opportunity to conduct the opening invocation in the faith of their choosing or invite a community member to participate in council meetings to conduct the invocation.

Be it ordained by the city council of the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that section one.