Committee forwards ordinance to remove Home Builders president from Jonesboro Stormwater Management Board

The Jonesboro Public Works Committee on Nov. 4, 2025 voted to forward Ordinance 25-041 to the full City Council, a measure that removes the president of the Northeast Arkansas Home Builders Association as a permanent technical member of the Stormwater Management Board.

Chair (Speaker 1) read the ordinance and its rationale to the committee, saying the ordinance would amend the board’s membership because the Northeast Arkansas Home Builders Association chapter will dissolve effective Dec. 31, 2025. The ordinance, as introduced by the committee, directs that the vacated position be filled in the same manner as other technical members on the board.

The ordinance text references prior actions establishing the board’s membership and notes that a prior ordinance had permanently filled one technical position with the Home Builders chapter president. The committee recorded a motion and second to forward the ordinance; members were asked to mark their votes and the motion passed to send the measure to full council for consideration.

The committee did not record individual mover or seconder names in the transcript. No amendments or conditions were recorded during the committee’s consideration. The next step is full City Council consideration, where the ordinance will receive further debate and a formal council vote.

Details from the meeting: the ordinance specifies the effective date of the Home Builders chapter dissolution as Dec. 31, 2025, and instructs that the vacated technical seat be filled according to the existing process used for other technical members.