Stories from Monday, July 15, 2019

During the brief meeting, the council heard reports from the Harrisburg police department and fire department, as well as discussed new resoluitions for the town of Harrisburg. Resolution 2019-005 aimed to re-establish compensation time for specific city employees, a previous ordinance stripped comp days from most city employees. ...

Marked Tree city council meeting held July 8, was a brief one, but one that saw three new resolutions be passed. Resolution one authorizes the mayor of Marked Tree to submit an Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) Application. Resolution two authorized the mayor and clerk to to execute a contract with the East Arkansas Planning and Development District to increase and improve infrastructure in the town. ...

We the people at the Marked Tree senior center are o.k. We wish you were here. We had our council meeting July 1. Those in attendance were Inez, Winnie, Mary Louise, Joan, Barbara and Carrol. The center was closed July 4. July 5 was Carol's last day. ...