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Bel-Nor aldermen approve $350,000 immediate interfund repayment, award City Hall flooring and appoint city attorney
Summary
Bel-Nor's Board of Aldermen approved an immediate $350,000 repayment of interfund balances, awarded a City Hall flooring contract to FSI Flooring and appointed Stephanie Karr as city attorney. The board also increased tree-services funding and tabled several items for further work sessions.
The Bel-Nor Board of Aldermen on April 20 approved a plan to repay $350,000 immediately toward $506,222 in interfund balances and took several administrative actions, including awarding a City Hall flooring contract and appointing a city attorney.
The repayment resolution, presented by Mayor Anna Vogel, lists interfund amounts owed as Sewer Lateral $135,209, Capital Improvement $145,148, Public Safety $131,512 and Debt Service $94,353, for a total of $506,222. The board chose Option 2: immediate repayment of $350,000 with the remaining balance to be repaid over the next two to three years. Alderman Ryan Brockschmitt moved the resolution and Alderman Mike Capstick seconded; the motion carried.
Also on the consent side, the board awarded the City Hall flooring replacement project to FSI Flooring after discussion of vendor solicitation, an existing carpet credit and a replacement of carpet with luxury vinyl tile. Mayor Anna Vogel presented the resolution to execute the proposal with FSI (Resolution No R26-001); the motion carried.
The board approved adding City Administrator Rachel St. Pierre as an authorized signer on City of Bel-Nor accounts at Simmons First National Bank (Resolution No R26-003). The aldermen also approved a second-reading ordinance increasing the FY2026 appropriation for tree services to cover roughly $22,500 in trimming and removals (Ordinance No O26-002); the original line item had been $20,000.
In personnel business, the board approved a resolution appointing Stephanie Karr as City Attorney (Resolution R26-004).
Why it matters: The immediate $350,000 repayment reduces short-term interfund borrowing and signals prioritization of internal fund balance stabilization. The tree-services appropriation addresses an identified shortfall for work already completed. The administration will implement the flooring project and update bank signatory records.
What’s next: The repayment plan sets a schedule for the remaining interfund balances; the board did not set a public date for follow-up reporting in the meeting minutes. The flooring contract execution and the city attorney appointment were approved and will proceed under the city administrator and mayoral oversight.
