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 25-015, another traffic-control measure that would set 25 mph limits on streets listed by the traffic control committee and add additional stop signs (the ordinance text as read names streets including Dalton Farmer Drive, Fox Road, Silverstone Drive, Copperstone Drive, Whitestone Drive and Orville Orland Drive and lists stop locations). Committee members moved and seconded to recommend Ordinance 25-015; the motion carried and the ordinance will be placed before the full council.

A separate resolution, 25-046, concerning condemnation of an identified property was pulled at the request of code enforcement and the committee voted to postpone that resolution indefinitely; code enforcement reported the property had been sold, and the agency asked that the item be withdrawn.

The committee voted to forward Resolution 25-047, a condemnation resolution for property at 1208 North Floyd Street (Parcel number 0114312401600), to the full City Council for further action.

During consideration of the traffic ordinances, Councilman McLean urged the city to study lowering neighborhood speed limits from 25 mph to 15 mph, citing concerns about pedestrian safety; committee members and staff said they would consult with the traffic control committee and legal counsel and follow up with McLean on whether a recommendation could be developed. That proposal was discussed but no ordinance or formal vote on a 15 mph neighborhood speed limit was taken.

Votes at a glance: - Ordinance 25-012 — motion to recommend to full council (mover: committee member, second: committee member); outcome: recommended to full council (vote tally not specified in the record). - Ordinance 25-015 — motion to recommend to full council (mover: committee member, second: committee member); outcome: recommended to full council (vote tally not specified). - Resolution 25-046 — motion to postpone indefinitely (mover: committee member, second: committee member); outcome: tabled indefinitely at code enforcement's request; code enforcement reported the property had been sold. - Resolution 25-047 — motion to recommend to full council (mover: committee member, second: committee member); outcome: forwarded to full council for consideration.

The committee did not provide vote tallies in the meeting record for the items above; where tallies were not read aloud the article reports only the recorded procedural outcome. The committee also approved minutes and completed roll call earlier in the meeting.