Votes at a glance: key Springdale council actions Oct. 28, 2025
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Summary
Council adopted a package of planning, zoning, infrastructure and municipal finance items. Major votes included attachment of the downtown addendum (7–1), master street plan adoption (8–0), multiple rezonings and waivers, library vehicle purchase, a bond invoice payment, roof repairs using prior insurance proceeds, and pension/EMS rate actions.
The Springdale City Council took votes on multiple ordinances, resolutions and waivers on Oct. 28. Key outcomes were: adoption of the H3 downtown addendum (attached to the 2022 downtown master plan) and approval of a revised master street plan; a series of rezoning approvals and site waivers; municipal finance actions including a library vehicle purchase, a bond invoice payment, and authorization to spend prior insurance proceeds on roof repairs; and public safety funding changes (ambulance billing rate and pension‑related measures). Below is a concise list of the formal actions taken, the council’s recorded outcomes, and key notes where available.
Votes (selection):
- Revised downtown master plan (attach H3 addendum): carried 7–1. Note: staff to return with form‑based code amendments and implementation steps.
- Master street plan (ordinance adopting updated master street plan): carried 8–0.
- Ordinance correcting replat of Bluff Cemetery (RP25‑04 legal description correction): carried 7–1; emergency clause carried 8–0.
- Rezoning R25‑60 (2083 S 40 Eighth Street) from agricultural to neighborhood office (O‑1): carried 8–0 (applicant requested and agreed to a neighborhood office outcome after planning commission modification).
- Rezoning (2232 Butterfield Coach Road to general commercial): carried 8–0.
- Rezoning (2009 North Thompson from C‑6 to C‑5): carried 8–0.
- Rezoning (Jake’s Fireworks property at 5993 North Thompson to C‑5): carried 8–0 (applicant noted off‑season non‑fireworks uses would be allowed under C‑5).
- Waiver W205‑39 (Johnson Avenue, Wright’s Barbecue, option 1): resolution carried 7–0.
- Tabling of planning waiver item N to Nov. 10 at applicant’s request: carried 8–0.
- Resolution approving purchase of a new library work vehicle (not to exceed $45,000): carried 8–0.
- Resolution authorizing payment of a bond project invoice (2023 bond project #23BSC1) in the amount of $2,292,562.08 (final retainage to be held until punch list completed): carried 8–0.
- Resolution appropriating insurance proceeds for roof repairs (senior center and Powell building): carried 8–0.
- Resolution (committee of the whole) regarding Kendrick Avenue / Springdale Public Facilities Board retaining and repurposing funds: carried 6–2.
- Ambulance billing ordinance (customary rate adjustment to 200% Medicare fee schedule): carried 8–0.
- Fire pension cash‑flow certification resolution and police pension COLA ordinance: carried 8–0 (police pension COLA includes emergency clause; fire pension certification retroactive to March 4).
This list highlights the council’s formal recorded votes from the meeting. For most adopted planning items staff indicated follow‑up work (ordinances or code amendments) will return to council.