Jonesboro public-safety committee forwards traffic sign ordinances, tables one condemnation item and sends another to full council

At a meeting of the Jonesboro Public Safety Council Committee, members voted to recommend two ordinances that place 25 mph speed limits on multiple neighborhood streets and install stop signs at several intersections; the committee also voted to table one condemnation resolution indefinitely and forwarded a separate condemnation resolution to the full City Council.

The committee read Ordinance 25-012, which would establish 25 mph speed limits on several streets and add stop signs at intersections including Court Street and Manila Street, Boydston Street and Manila Street, East Street and Monroe Avenue, and Walnut Street and Cherry Street. Members moved to recommend the ordinance to the full council; the motion carried and the item will go forward for final consideration.

The committee then considered Ordinance…