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Conway council OKs ordinance to take sales-tax bonds to voters, sets Nov. 18 special election
Summary
The Conway City Council adopted Ordinance O-25-70, approving a special election on Nov. 18, 2025, to levy three local sales taxes to pay capital-improvement bonds for public safety, streets and drainage, and bond retirement; the council approved the ordinance and emergency clause by unanimous vote.
The Conway City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance O-25-70 and send a sales-and-use tax bond package to a special election on Nov. 18, 2025.
The ordinance, adopted with an emergency clause, would: levy a 3/8 of 1 percent local sales-and-use tax to retire issued bonds; levy a 1/4 of 1 percent local sales-and-use tax dedicated to public-safety capital improvements (the package includes the CEOC/SEOC component); and levy a 1/8 of 1 percent local sales-and-use tax for streets, drainage and related capital improvements. Council members voted 7 to 0 both to waive three readings earlier in the meeting and to adopt the ordinance with the emergency clause.
The vote sends to voters a package of bonded projects that city staff and consultants described as a mix of multi‑phase infrastructure and facility projects, including a proposed outdoor performance amphitheater (music venue), a convention center, the Grand Theater…
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