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West Memphis council approves club management, street renaming and energy purchase ordinance; several items tabled
Summary
At its Feb. 19 meeting the West Memphis City Council approved a Metobrook Country Club management agreement, redesignated South 25th Street as Mayor Leo Chitman Drive and passed an ordinance allowing the city to exercise a right of first refusal on additional ownership of the Independence combined-cycle gas plant (Ordinance No. 2721). Several items, including a library renaming resolution, were tabled.
The West Memphis City Council on Feb. 19 approved several resolutions and ordinances affecting city property, utilities and development.
The council voted to authorize the mayor to execute a management agreement between the city and Keer Sports Management LLC for the Metobrook Country Club; the measure was recorded as Resolution No. 2350. Council also approved Resolution No. 2351 to redesignate South 25th Street as Mayor Leo Chitman Drive.
In a multi-reading sequence, the council approved Ordinance No. 2721 to permit the city to exercise its right of first refusal under the Independence combined-cycle gas plant ownership agreement and to purchase additional ownership interests; the ordinance passed with an emergency clause. Council also read and approved Ordinance No. 2722, granting a special-use permit for a 4.98-acre College Boulevard lot to allow multifamily housing in SC-2 zoning.
City business included routine permissions to shred records and several administrative appointments. The council tabled R1 — a resolution concerning renaming a public building — indefinitely after members said the former mayor's family and nearby property owners were already pursuing a related street-naming solution. Another property item (R2) was tabled until the buyer completes paperwork.
The city attorney and staff handled all readings, and the mayor presided; the meeting record shows motions, seconds and roll-call confirmations for the carried items. The council also asked that missing exhibits and cost estimates be attached before considering a railroad crossing agreement and tabled that item to the next meeting.
The council scheduled the State of the City address for March 24 and set a March 18 groundbreaking for the new aquatics and recreation center at Rodney Park.
