Jonesboro committee forwards $500,000 in ARPA humanitarian awards, sends two municipal lien resolutions to full council

The Jonesboro Finance Administration Council Committee voted to forward to the full City Council a resolution awarding $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to local nonprofit organizations and to forward two municipal-lien resolutions for properties at 1104 Pratt Circle and 2016 Cotton Street.

Committee members read and advanced Resolution 25-016, which approves awards from the city's ARPA-funded Humanitarian Outreach Fund and directs the Grants and Community Development Department to process payments. The committee also moved both Resolution 25-012, placing a municipal lien on property at 1104 Pratt Circle for $4,045.33 (owner Claude McDaniel), and Resolution 25-013, placing a municipal lien on property at 2016 Cotton Street for $6,046.23 (owner Michael Bridal), to the full council.

Why it matters: The awards are drawn from $500,000 the City of Jonesboro set aside in a prior action establishing the Humanitarian Outreach Fund (referenced in the resolution as resolution 204-140). The grants are intended to support nonprofit capacity and…