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Jonesboro council approves small budget amendments, adopts social media policy and authorizes market road closures
Summary
Council approved budget amendments totaling $31,600 (including a $9,100 facility amendment and $22,500 for events), adopted a social‑media policy, authorized trial road closures for the farmers market, and received updates on hydration stations and street-sweeping scheduling.
At its June 8 meeting the Jonesboro City Council approved multiple operational items: two budget amendments, adoption of a social-media and digital-communications policy, authorization for temporary road closures to support an expanding farmers market, and staff updates on hydration stations and street-sweeping work.
Budget actions: staff requested and the council approved a $9,100 amendment to the building and maintenance line to cover repairs at 173 Cloud Street (funded from fund balance/prior year funds). The council also approved recognizing $22,500 in donations and increasing the donation/sponsorship and city events line items to allow those funds to be spent on city events; staff confirmed the sponsorship receipts had been verified.
Policy adoption: the council adopted a social-media and digital-communications policy that clarifies that official city accounts are city property, sets authorization and tone requirements for employee posts on official channels, and prohibits employees from using official accounts for personal political commentary. Council members asked for clarifications about whether "post" includes replies and whether the policy applies to personal accounts (staff confirmed it applies only to official city platforms; personal-account speech remains protected though may have employment consequences in some circumstances).
Events and operations: council authorized trial road closures for two upcoming market dates (Saturday the 13th and 27th) to expand the farmers market footprint on South Main (from West Mill to Church Street), with the police chief and city manager authorized to coordinate signage and closures as needed. Staff reported hydration stations are below procurement thresholds and will be ordered; the city also updated the council on street-sweeper contracting and said vendor pricing and scheduling are expected imminently.
Votes and next steps: the budget amendments and social-media policy were adopted by voice votes. Staff will circulate copies of event procurement and hydration-station details to council members and will report back on street-sweeper scheduling if the contractor does not provide pricing by the staff deadline.
