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City attorney outlines three options after errors found in improvement-district ordinance
Summary
Following public concern about the Kanawha and Pecan Lake improvement districts, the city attorney told the board March 17 there are three legal options — reappoint commissioners, allow a petition to county court, or abolish the district — and explained a drafting error that misstated term lengths.
The Little Rock Board of Directors spent part of its March 17 meeting addressing governance problems in local improvement districts after residents and a public commenter flagged errors in ordinances that expanded commission terms.
Ed Buffington told the board that the expansion ordinance passed in 2021 contained errors and proposed two preferred solutions: dissolve the district and refund assessments, or amend the 2021 ordinance to comply with Act 1043 (2015) and set staggered three-year…
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