Conway City Council approves multiple ordinances, nominations and funding items in single meeting

Conway City Council approved a slate of ordinances, nominations and appropriations during its regular meeting, voting to advance utility financing, airport capital projects, permit-fee updates and other items.

The council acted on both routine and substantive measures that will fund infrastructure and city operations, confirm board appointments and change local rules affecting permits and property uses.

Taken together, the votes allocate borrowed funds and local appropriations, change fee schedules that affect builders and commercial users, and adopt land-use and program rules that city staff said will support growth and operations.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of Dec. 10, 2024 minutes — Motion adopted, 8–0. - Motion to waive standard reading and consider all three readings of scheduled ordinances on Jan. 14 agenda — Adopted, 8–0. - Ordinance O02501: Issuance and sale of $6,000,000 in Electric Revenue Improvement Bonds for Conway Corporation operations campus — Adopted, 8–0. The ordinance funds completion of a new operations campus on South German Lane; council was told the issue will not trigger a utility rate increase. - Public hearing: Water revenue improvement bonds for Roger Q. Mills Water Treatment Plant expansion — Public hearing held and closed (no final ordinance vote recorded at this meeting). Staff said the project will add 8 million gallons per day of treatment capacity, bringing total…