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Council adopts multiple condemnations, budget amendment and an appointment
Summary
The council approved a 2026 budget amendment, confirmed an appointment to a local recreation district, and adopted several resolutions condemning specific vacant properties while offering rehab and lien procedures; one condemnation was held two weeks to allow purchase documentation.
The North Little Rock City Council approved a series of routine but consequential actions, including a budget amendment, an appointment to a recreation improvement district and multiple resolutions declaring specific properties public nuisances and condemning structures.
Council unanimously adopted R-26-141 to amend the 2026 city budget to include additional expenses. The council also approved R-26-137 appointing Shawn Harms to the Board of Directors of Lakewood Recreation Improvement District No. 4; the mayor recused from that discussion and the remainder of the vote proceeded with recorded roll calls.
On a block of nuisance and condemnation resolutions (R-26-142 through R-26-149), council members conducted public hearings, heard brief statements from speakers and then adopted the resolutions. At the public hearing for R-26-143, James Boggs said he is "in the process of obtaining the property from Ms. Annie Hale," described work he has performed and asked for more time to complete repairs; council members expressed concern that Boggs had not completed ownership paperwork and agreed to hold that specific condemnation for roughly two weeks so he could provide documentation and pursue a rehab agreement if ownership is confirmed.
Other condemnations and a resolution certifying cleanup liens (R-26-148 and R-26-149) proceeded after public hearings with no speakers and were adopted by recorded votes. Planning and code staff explained the process to property owners and prospective purchasers, noting that a condemned property may be offered a rehab agreement with required performance assurances if the purchaser is willing and eligible.
Council members directed staff to continue standard condemnation procedures where owners have not taken action and to coordinate rehab agreements and inspections where appropriate. The council’s votes on these routine items were carried by roll-call votes recorded in the meeting minutes.
