Jonesboro committee forwards council rules changes, appointments and committee reorganization to full council

The Nominating and Rules Committee of the Jonesboro City Council at a special-called meeting forwarded an ordinance to amend council rules (Ordinance 25008), a resolution to create a Jonesboro Multimodal Connectivity Committee, and an amended appointments resolution (Resolution 25015) to the full council for consideration. The committee also approved dissolving the public services committee and reassigning its duties to other committees.

The ordinance to amend the Jonesboro Code of Ordinances, chapter 2, article 3, contained mostly housekeeping changes, including revised language about electronic devices during meetings, a new electronic balloting procedure with limited circumstances for abstention, and a reconfiguration of the internal nominating-and-rules committee membership. The committee voted to “walk on” the ordinance to the full council agenda that same evening.

Committee members described the amendments to the electronic-voting…