Fayetteville board approves parade and event permits, accepts safety grant, changes employee insurance payment policy and keeps urban growth boundary

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Fayetteville on Sept. 9 approved a set of routine event permits and three formal resolutions that affect public safety equipment, employee health-plan contributions and the city’s urban growth boundary.

In votes recorded at the meeting, the board approved a permit for the Lincoln County High School homecoming parade, an event permit for the Parks & Recreation “Monster Mash Bash,” accepted a public safety matching grant to buy ballistic vests, adopted a change to employee insurance payments for the city’s extended network plan and voted to keep the municipal urban growth boundary unchanged for transmission to Lincoln County.

Those items were presented together as part of new business. The board voted unanimously on each item with the aldermen present recorded as voting “aye.”

The board approved the parade permit for the Lincoln County High School homecoming parade (held Sept. 5) on a motion by Alderman Small, seconded by Alderman Alder. The vote recorded the following members voting “aye”: Alder, Allen, Bradford, Faulkner and Small.

The board approved an event permit for the Parks & Recreation “Monster Mash Bash” at Stonebridge Park (4:30 p.m.–8 p.m.) on a motion by Alderman Allen, seconded by Alderman Faulkner. The vote recorded the same members voting “aye.” The police department had previously reviewed and approved the event, the board noted.

The board adopted Resolution R-2025-11 to accept a Public Entity Partner/Judy Housley Safety Partners matching grant totaling $4,000, of which $2,000 is grant funds and $2,000 is a required city match. The resolution authorizes the city to use the funds to purchase ballistic vests. The motion was made by Vice Mayor Bradford and seconded by Alderman Allen; Alder, Faulkner, Mullen, Allen, Bradford and others were recorded as voting “aye.”

The board adopted Resolution R-2025-12 regarding employee insurance enrollment. As read into the record, the resolution grandfathered current employees who are already enrolled in the city’s extended network plan so they will not pay additional premiums, and it requires any current employee not already enrolled and any employee hired after the effective date who chooses the extended network plan to pay the difference in premium cost between the standard and extended network plans. The city is authorized to deduct the difference from employee paychecks. The motion to adopt the resolution was made by Alderman Faulkner and seconded by Alderman Alder; the vote on the motion was recorded as unanimous among those voting.

On planning matters, the board voted to keep the city’s urban growth boundary as currently presented for submission to the Lincoln County growth plan exercise. The motion to keep the boundary unchanged was made by Alderman Faulkner and seconded by Alderman Small; Alder, Small, Allen, Faulkner and Bradford were recorded as voting “aye.”

The board also announced a five-year reappointment of Dr. Mike Carey as planning commission secretary, with a new term expiring Aug. 1, 2030; the mayor said the appointment did not require a roll-call vote and that the reappointment had been made.

No motions in this sequence failed or were tabled during the meeting, and no amendments to the resolutions were recorded.

Votes at a glance - Parade permit (Lincoln County High School homecoming): Moved Alderman Small; second Alderman Alder; vote recorded a set of “aye” votes; outcome: approved. - Event permit (Monster Mash Bash, Stonebridge Park): Moved Alderman Allen; second Alderman Faulkner; outcome: approved. - Resolution R-2025-11 (public safety matching grant, $4,000 total; $2,000 city match): Moved Vice Mayor Bradford; second Alderman Allen; outcome: approved. - Resolution R-2025-12 (employee extended network premium policy; grandfather clause and payroll deduction for future enrollees): Moved Alderman Faulkner; second Alderman Alder; outcome: approved. - Urban growth boundary (retain current map): Moved Alderman Faulkner; second Alderman Small; outcome: approved. - Planning commission reappointment (Dr. Mike Carey, term through 08/01/2030): announced; no roll-call vote required.

The board did not record any dissenting votes on the items listed above.

Ending The board moved on from new business after the votes and then adjourned the meeting.