By Martin Couch
There were six resolutions passed in last Thursday's Bryant City Council meeting.
The Council approved the access management plan for Alcoa Road/Benton Parkway as resolution 2010-17. Resolution 2010-18 was passed supporting the amendments to the constitution of the state of Arkansas.[more]
Resolution 2010-19, authorizing the mayor to apply for an Arkansas Community and Economic Development Grant and expend such grant monies for the purposes of purchasing equipment to be used by the Bryant Senior Citizen Center, $127,834.
A resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Caterpillar Financial Services and J.A. Riggs tractor company for lease of a hydraulic excavator for 24 months at $1,202.39 was approved. Then a resolution to participate in NLC prescription card program was passed as was the resolution consenting to and approving the assignment of the cable franchise and system to Cobridge Broadband, LLC.
The Bryant Police Department ECD policy was okays as was the Springhill Fire Protection agreement. An approval of revised finance department job descriptions was passed and approval was given for the Jesap job descriptions, which includes the Fire Department secretary, mechanic labor foreman and truck driver labor foreman.
Approval was given on the new water tank bid that goes to Landmark for $2,685,000 and approval was given of the light duty policy for the fire department.
The ordinance amending the comprehensive zoning ordinance to rezone certain property from R-x residental mixed use to C-2 highway commercial at Ethel went back for a second reading.
The first reading of an ordinance amending the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city of Bryant to rezone certain property from R-1 to C-2 for a Dollar General was tabled until next month.
And the ordinance to establish traffic regulations on certain private property within city limits and for other purposes asked for by the Police Department will be on the agenda again next month.
