Agenda Highlights 7/12/22
The Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting scheduled for 7-12-22 will begin with the presentation of the results of the Audit Advisory Committee’s review of the 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The Audit Advisory Committee is made up of Directors Morton, Dawson, and Martin and 4 other citizens and reviews the audit findings from the outside auditors hired by the City. The Board will vote on accepting the Audit Report.
This week’s meeting will include lots of voting on whether or not to approve zoning change requests. The first will be a request for 8120 Phoenix to allow for a Whataburger restaurant to be built on an undeveloped lot.
The second zoning issue is a change for 8301 Rogers that would allow for the Walmart at that site to remodel to accommodate an expanded pickup area.
The third zoning issue will be for a change at 1 Essex Place to allow for a fitness and health club and restaurant to go in in the vacant building that was formerly the Fianna Hills Country Club.
The fourth zoning issue will be a change for 10200 Chad Colley Boulevard to allow for a residential development made up of 44 detached homes and 48 row houses to be built on a 16.4 acre undeveloped lot.
The fifth zoning issue will be a change to 8055 and 8101 Massard to allow for a 20.95 acre undeveloped lot to be developed into a mixed use multi-family residential and commercial development.
The sixth zoning issue will be a change for 7701-7801 Massard to allow for a mixed use development of town homes, duplexes, and triplexes and commercial spaces to be built on 10.6 undeveloped acres.
The final zoning issue of the evening will be a change to allow for a triplex to be built at the corner of Jenny Lind and South X.
The Board will vote on distributing $384,787.77 in federal funds from the CARES Act to Next Step Homeless Services.
The Board will vote on the purchase of 3 new CNG powered roll-off trucks for the Department of Solid Waste Services. The total cost of the trucks would be $813,618, with $200,000 of that cost going to be covered by a grant from the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment.
The Board will vote on appropriating federal funds from the American Rescue Plan with $15 million going to consent decree sewer projects and $6,220,634 to reimbursement of public safety personnel costs.
The Board will vote on whether to renew the lease on the drive-through utility bill payment facility at 517 Rogers (behind the former Tip Top Western Wear building) for another year at a price of $1,100 per month.
