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Jonesboro task force limits review to site selection for new 911 dispatch center, schedules expert briefings
Summary
At its first meeting the City of Jonesboro Capital Improvement Bond Task Force agreed to focus on choosing a site for a new combined 911 dispatch center and police facility, not on whether the city needs a new building, and identified experts it will invite to provide cost, engineering and flood-mitigation information.
The City of Jonesboro Capital Improvement Bond Task Force at its first meeting agreed to limit its study to selecting a site for a new combined 911 dispatch center and police facility rather than re-litigating the need for a new building.
Task force members said the location decision — between expanding the existing Caraway Road facility and a downtown property that currently houses the Justice Complex and a leased district court space — will drive development costs, flood mitigation needs and the sequencing required if demolition or phased construction is necessary.
The decision to focus the group’s work on site selection followed a motion that members approved in the meeting. Members also accepted the police chief’s recommendation that the…
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