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Resident urges more transparency on proposed bond and capital plan during public comment

3764665 · June 10, 2025
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Summary

A Jonesboro resident told the Finance Committee she and others are confused about differences between a capital plan presented in September and a later bond proposal, and asked why the bond had not returned to the committee for more discussion.

During the Finance Committee’s public-comment period, Patty Lack of 4108 Forest Hill Road urged committee members to provide clearer public information about a previously discussed capital plan and a more recent bond proposal.

Lack said the capital plan presented in September included items and funding sources — an $8.25 million allocation of remaining ARPA funds and a planned $4 million congressional appropriation for a land purchase on Caraway Road — that were not reflected in the later bond materials presented to the…

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