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Jonesboro finance committee forwards sports-rental contracts, sponsorship and multiple grant applications to full council

3745680 · June 10, 2025
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The City of Jonesboro finance committee voted to forward a set of routine rental contracts, a five‑year field sponsorship and several grant applications — including a traffic enforcement grant and a parks trails grant — to the full city council for final consideration.

The City of Jonesboro Finance Committee on June 4 voted to forward a package of resolutions to the full City Council, including two fourth‑of‑July sports complex rental agreements, a five‑year softball‑field sponsorship, a state traffic‑enforcement grant application and a parks trail grant application.

The committee moved each item to full council after short presentations and questions about costs and implementation. The items advanced were: a $1,000 rental agreement with East Arkansas Broadcasters for Joe Mack Campbell Sports Complex (3021 Dan Avenue); a $1,000 rental agreement with Saga Communications of Arkansas LLC d/b/a Jonesboro Radio Group for Southside Sports Complex (301 Stadium Boulevard); a $7,500 sponsorship with Dairy Queen of Jonesboro for naming recognition at one Southside softball field (paid as $1,500 per year over five years); an application to the Arkansas State Police FY 2026 Selected Traffic Enforcement Program requesting $103,600.75 of a $156,028.75 project (with a $52,420 local in‑kind match) that would fund overtime enforcement and purchase 125 child safety seats; authorization for the mayor and city attorney to sign the City’s annual Federal Transit Administration certifications and assurances for the Jonesboro Economical Transportation system; and…

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