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Jonesboro committee forwards five easements and right-of-way items to full council
Summary
A Jonesboro committee unanimously moved six routine items—including five property easements or right-of-way transactions and approval of prior meeting minutes—forward to the full City Council with no substantive public comment or debate.
A City of Jonesboro committee meeting voted to forward six items to the full City Council, including five resolutions authorizing acceptance or purchase of easements and rights of way for sidewalk, drainage, roadway, pedestrian and bicycle improvements.
The committee approved minutes from the June 3, 2025, meeting and then took up five resolutions. Each resolution was moved, seconded and forwarded to the full council for final action; there was no substantive public comment recorded and no extended debate during the committee session.
Resolution 25063 would authorize the mayor and city clerk to accept a permanent right of way at 593 South Madison Street for construction and maintenance of sidewalk improvements. The recorded legal description notes a five-foot permanent right of way totaling approximately 1,000 square feet.
Resolution 25065 would authorize acceptance of a drainage easement from Patsy Sue Brown. The easement is described as a 15-foot strip along and parallel to the south rear property line for construction and maintenance of drainage improvements; the legal description was included with the resolution.
Resolution 25069 would authorize acceptance of a permanent right of way from James Keller, trustee of the James Keller Living Trust, for roadway improvements. The parcel described in the resolution contains approximately 0.25 acres.
Resolution 25073 would authorize acceptance of a permanent construction easement at 1509 Wood Street for sidewalk construction and maintenance. The resolution’s legal description states the easement contains about 466 square feet.
Resolution 25074 would authorize the mayor and city clerk to execute documents to purchase additional right of way at 101 Mark Street for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. The described parcel totals about 383 square feet; the resolution records an agreed purchase price of $1,149 and states funding for the purchase will come from the capital improvements budget.
All items were moved and seconded at the committee level and will be presented to the full City Council for final approval. The committee chair called for votes on each item and indicated they would be forwarded to full council. No vote tallies by name were recorded in the committee transcript and no motions to amend or additional conditions were recorded.
The meeting closed with no other business and no public comments on non-agenda items.
