It was a relatively short – about 35 minutes – Board of Aldermen meeting for the Town of Jonesboro last night.
During public comments, the Jackson Parish Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Wilda Smith spoke about the condition of Main Street Jonesboro sidewalks. Apparently, the pea-gravel/expoxy overlay that had been placed on the sidewalks some thirty years ago has deteriorated to the extent that it has made the sidewalks unsafe, Smith said.
Said Smith, “Something needs to be done before somebody else gets hurt.”
District A’s Sam Lamkin echoed Smith’s concerns. He and District B’s Renee Stringer promised to address the issue.
Smith wanted the item to be placed on the agenda for next month’s meeting.
The issue of the police department’s cars came up during department head reports. Chief Wesley Horton noted that some of the communications and camera equipment in the cars were supplied by U. S. Homeland Security, he had signed for it, and he would be responsible for returning it to the agency, if ever that were required.
The vehicles still carry liability insurance, but not collision and comprehensive, Horton said.
Horton also noted that he didn’t know what the current status of his budget, as he had not seen any figures since last summer.
Two other agenda items – airport sealcoat and LCDBG signatory authority – were tabled, since the town remained on the Legislative Auditor’s non-compliance list, and it was unknown when/if the town would be eligible for grant funds.
02/14/2013 at 7:33 am |
Interesting….how did the Mayor appear? Same as usual? Any hint of being worried by him or his followers?
02/14/2013 at 9:49 am |
So where will the money come from to repair the sidewalks downtown? I remember when they were overlaid and I use to shop all up and down those sidewalks. Those where the better days. The police cars should be left alone until we get our police dept re-instated. Why would a business, or anyone for that matter, want to come to a town without a police dept.? The pea-gravel needs to be scraped off the sidewalk for now. It may be recyclable. The value of our town is decreasing everyday. There was an upward movement due to the news but will that create enough momentum to continue that upward movement and cause a change in the trendline? Should I sell or hold?
02/14/2013 at 10:16 am |
Sell or Hold??? How about FOLD!!!
02/14/2013 at 11:06 am |
Sell (trading) is same as fold (poker).
02/14/2013 at 11:26 am |
The pea gravel could be used to fill up the holes that have more coverage area than the asphalt on the streets, by the way -that wonderful tax that was voted in, where has that revenue gone other than purchasing 4 trucks for the soldiers to run the wheels off and wind up in the auto grave yard at public works……gee wonder if they are ever going to purchase that 1/2 page add Lumpkins made the motion to buy to thank everyone for supporting he and his leader’s tax.
Maybe Lumpkins can get the king to spread some of the tax money around and they can pull up that nasty old stuff and build a golden side walk for all the “important” people to trod along as they count their coins and contemplate their plans and aspirations to have the “trend” to either become a bear or a bull.
02/14/2013 at 7:19 pm |
Anyone know if the concrete underneath the pea-gravel overcoating is in a state of disrepair? If not, why not stain all the sidewalks. Stain goes a very long way.
02/14/2013 at 1:57 pm |
We need more news to validate and continue the sharp upward movement.
02/14/2013 at 2:53 pm |
Assume from the previous e-mail that Lamkin’s motion to purchase a half-page ad thanking the voters (51%) passed. Who voted for and against, and from what account was the ad going to come?
02/14/2013 at 3:20 pm |
read it in the minutes of the meeting published in the Jackson Independent. who knows where or how it was to be paid for, since when did accounting play a role in jtown in the recent years?
02/15/2013 at 4:58 pm |
Looked in the Feb. 14th issue of the Independent, but didn’t find the minutes of the Town of Jonesboro aldermen’s meeting. They had North Hodge, Quitman, and Hodge in there. Anyway, didn’t see any half-page ad either, unless it was in an earlier edition, so I guess it is academic who voted for or against, because they probably won’t have one since they have no funds to pay for it. Can’t remember that being done before, guess Lamkin wanted to get it to compete with Renee’s full-page messages about the status of the Town of Jonesboro, all of which are being borne out daily.
02/17/2013 at 10:48 am |
Big deal. How many people do you think read every line of the two or three pages of legal notices in The Jackson Independent each week except for their proofreaders? Guess that is why Lamkin wanted a half-page ad, but he didn’t specify where the money would come from. Better use that amount to pay some bills with..