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Committee recommends ordinance adopting firefighter bill of rights modeled on new state law
Summary
The Public Safety Committee recommended that the council adopt a local firefighter bill of rights mirroring Act 686 of 2025; the department said the ordinance formalizes pre-discipline procedures already in routine use.
The Jonesboro Public Safety Committee voted to recommend to the full City Council an ordinance enacting a local "firefighter bill of rights" consistent with Act 686 of 2025, which the Arkansas General Assembly adopted earlier this year.
The ordinance, read into the record as Ordinance 25-039, would add Section 2-289 to the Jonesboro Code of Ordinances. The ordinance text was incorporated into the meeting packet as Exhibit A and would establish procedures for pre-discipline investigations and…
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