Event Calendar

2012 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

The 2012 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival website is up and full of information. We will update the site as often as we get new information so please check back often. Go to the BBQ site!

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515 W. Washington
Jonesboro AR, 72401
870-932-1052

City Directory

2013 A&P Funding Application

To apply for 2013 Advertising and Promotion Commission funding CLICK HERE.

2012 Ward Meetings

For a list of the 2012 Ward Meetings dates, times and locations please CLICK HERE.

2011 State of the City

Mayor Harold Perrin gave the 2011 State of the City during the February 21st Council Meeting. To view his State of the City Address please Click Here.

We will be airing a recording of the State of the City Address on Ch 24 and on the website in the near future.

Storm Shelter Registry

The City of Jonesboro Storm Shelter Registry is a program initiated by the City of Jonesboro E911 Department . The purpose of the Storm Shelter Registry is to provide a database of storm shelter locations in Jonesboro to assist emergency agencies in providing aid to victims of severe weather. The registry will be a valuable tool for emergency agencies in locating and assisting residents that may have been trapped in their storm shelters by tornado debris.

Register Here - (pdf)

New Ward Boundaries

Based on the 2010 census figures the City of Jonesboro has approved new ward boundaries. To view these boundaries please click on the link below.

New Ward Boundaries Map (pdf)

Text 911

Got an emergency and can't talk?
TEXT IT!
870-882-0911

For more info regarding text 911 please watch our interview with E911 Director Jeff Presley - Click Here

"Welcome to the city of Jonesboro. I am very thankful for each and every citizen in this fine city. Please take the time to look around our site. My Administration has been working hard to provide you the first class service you deserve. I look forward to serving you as the Mayor."

Jonesboro, Arkansas is a first class city, with a population of about 68,000. The city has a Mayor-council form of government.The regular council meetings are the first and the third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 PM at 900 West Monroe.

• Legislative Duties of the Mayor
  
  • In all municipalities in Arkansas, the mayor presides over the meetings
  of the council in cities and towns with mayor/council form of government. The mayor may vote when the mayor's vote is needed to pass any ordinance, bylaw, resolution, or motion.
  • After the passage of an ordinance setting the procedure for special council meetings, the mayor has the authority to call the council into session for a special meeting.
  • The mayor is required to sign all ordinances, resolutions, and city council minutes.
  • If provided by council rules, the mayor may introduce ordinances and resolutions and recommend policy.
  • The mayor in cities and towns with the mayor/council form of government may veto any ordinance, resolution, or order adopted by the council.
  Councils may override the veto by two-thirds vote of the total membership of the council.
  
  
• Administrative Duties of the Mayor
  
  • Mayors of cities and towns with mayor/council form of government are required to prepare and     submit  a budget to the city council for approval on or before December 1 of each year.
  • All mayors of cities of the first class must submit to the city council within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year a complete report on the financial and administrative activities of the city during the previous fiscal year. (State of the City report)
  • The mayor administers the day-to-day activities and supervises the city department heads and officers.

The Office of City Clerk is an elected position with duties prescribed by the Arkansas State Constitution through various legislative acts of the Arkansas General Assembly.

City clerks of cities of the first class, having the mayor-council form of government, are elected for four-year terms.

In cities over fifty thousand (50,000) population, the election is in November of 1968 and every four years thereafter, e.g. 1996, 2000, 2004. The term of office commences January 1 following the November election.

To contact the City Clerk please CLICK HERE

A few of the duties prescribed by state law are as follows:

• A.C.A. §14-43-506 - Stipulates that the city clerk “shall have custody of all the laws and ordinances of the city, and shall maintain a correct journal of the proceedings of the city council.”
  
• A.C.A. §14-43-406 - Requires the city clerk to maintain the official seal of the city to be affixed to all transcripts, orders, and certificates for the purpose of authenticating city documents.
  
• A.C.A. §14-54-302 - Executes the purchase, lease and sale of property, in conjunction with the mayor, when authorized by resolution by a majority vote of the city council.
  
• A.C.A. §16-17-211 - Receives, files and retains the Code of Ethics and Financial Disclosure Statements from appointed municipal commissioners and elected officials, including the mayor, aldermen, clerk, treasurer, city attorney, and municipal judge.

The clerk’s supportive duties, to citizens and the city council comprise the office’s most important set of responsibilities. It is the clerk who is the contact between the citizens and the government, and the establishment of a clear and lasting record of the governing body’s actions will be as important today as it will be in the future.

For a listing of City Documents and Public Records, please enter the Legistar Site.

Trash Pickup Schedule

For a schedule of your trash pickup please Click Here
For a schedule of our limb removal service Click Here
For a schedule of our holiday pickup please Click Here

2012 City of Jonesboro Meeting Schedule

For a list of all the monthly scheduled city meetings Click Here!

2012 Budget Available Online

The 2012 budget is available for public view on our Finance page or just Click Here!

Jonesboro GIS Service

Looking for the Parcel Service? We have upgraded to a newer system. Geostor.gov is now our parcel map service provider.
Click Here

New Fee Schedule (2010)

Inspections (pdf)
Engineering (pdf)
Planning (pdf)
Parks (pdf)

Master Land Use Information

Land Use Narrative (pdf)
Proposed Land Use Map (pdf)
Land Use Survey Results (pdf)