The Texarkana, Ark., City Board meets for the final regularly scheduled meeting for the month of May at 6:30 tonight at the Arkansas side City Hall.

The board will have a presentation on RailFest, among other items.

Here is the complete agenda:

1.Call to Order
2.Roll Call
3.Invocation given by Director Tim Johnson
4.Pledge of Allegiance by Director Tim Johnson
5.Comments from the Mayor
6.Questions from Directors and other business
7.Presentation(s):
RailFest presentation by Advertising and Promotion Commission Chairman Claude Moore and Parks Superintendent Ross Cowling.
8.CONSENT:
A.Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting May 2, 2016. (CCD)
B.Adopt a Resolution granting permission to the Pitch Please Softball Team to hold a Coed Softball Tournament Fundraiser for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital from 8PM until 8AM each day on Thursday, June 16, 2016, Friday, June 17, 2016 and Saturday, June 18, 2016.
C.Adopt a Resolution supporting an application from the Arts and Historic Committee (AHC) to the Texas Cultural District Commission for the designation of the Main Street boundaries that includes both Texas and Arkansas areas as a Texas Cultural District. (PWD/Planning)
9.Adopt an Ordinance to establish a policy for the sale and disposal of equipment determined to be surplus, obsolete, in disrepair, and/or not needed. (BOD) (This item was added to the agenda at the request of Assistant Mayor Laney J. Harris.)
10.Citizen Communication [Agenda Item Card and Citizens’ Communication Card]
A limit of five (5) minutes per subject is allotted for any person to express a written or oral viewpoint, grievance or other message to the Board of Directors, with a maximum of fifty (50) minutes allotted for citizen communications.  No advance permission is required, but persons wishing to address the Board are requested to fill out a “blue” card listing the subject to be addressed and hand it to the City Clerk upon arrival.  Citizen’s communications will be immediately following the Regular Agenda items on each agenda.
11.Executive Session
A.Adopt a Resolution making appointments to various boards, commissions, and committees. [Board of Adjustment, Electric Board of Review, Heating and Air Conditioning Board of Review, Housing Authority, Planning Commission, and Plumbing Board of Review] (CCD)
B.Boards and Commissions Expiration of Terms. (CCD)
12.Adjourn

 

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