Public safety committee advances multiple ordinances, adopts firefighter bill of rights and moves two condemnations to full council

The Jonesboro Public Safety Committee recommended several ordinances to the full council and approved a locally enacted firefighter bill of rights at its most recent meeting. Committee members also forwarded two resolutions to condemn properties to the full council and accepted the meeting packet’s Vector Mosquito Control end-of-year report with no discussion.

Ordinance 25033: The committee recommended that the full council approve an amendment to Chapter 6 (Alcoholic Beverages) to align Jonesboro’s definition of a “private club” with recent changes in Arkansas law that removed a requirement that a private club be organized as a nonprofit corporation. A staff member identified as Carol explained that the state removed the nonprofit requirement and that the city amendment deletes references that are no longer applicable. The…