Departments

Animal Control

Animal Control helps our city by catching dangerous animals, collecting stray pets, and helping stray and abandoned animals find homes to adopt them.

Cemeteries

The City of Jonesboro Cemeteries Division, a division of the Parks and Recreation Department, operates four municipal cemeteries.

Code Enforcement

Effective code enforcement initiatives seek to achieve voluntary compliance of city ordinances, while still accomplishing what is best for the community in terms of quality of life, safety and beautification. Our mission is beautification, education and compliance.

Engineering

Engineering provides all engineering services for all the city departments. Duties include inspecting new streets and subdivisions, reviewing subdivision plans before they go to the planning commission, and reviewing drainage problems.

E911

The Jonesboro E-911 center, as public safety servants, is comprised of people dedicated to preserving the value of life of all citizens of, and visitors to, our diverse community.

Finance

The Finance Department is responsible for all aspects of accounting and funds management for the city. It consists of 8 employees who perform record keeping, accounts payable, purchasing, revenue collections, budgeting, semi-monthly payroll, and financial reporting.

Fire Department

On behalf of the personnel and staff of the Jonesboro, Arkansas Fire Department, welcome to this web site. Jonesboro is a wonderful place to live and work, and we want to keep it that way by providing fire protection and life safety services to the people we serve... the citizens and visitors of our great community.

Grants & Community Development

The Grants and Community Development Department handles the research, writing, reporting, and management of all federal, state, and private grant funds for the City of Jonesboro.

Human Resources

The Human Resources Department is committed to the recruitment, retention and development of staff that will provide effective and efficient services to the residents of Jonesboro.

Inspections

The duties of this department includes plan reviews, overseeing Inspections/Code Enforcement, performing electrical, plumbing, and HVAC and structural inspections on residential, commercial and industrial construction.

Jonesboro Economical Transportation (JET)

Jonesboro's transit system, providing public transit services in the city.

Land Bank

Parks & Recreation

Keep up with what's going on in the Parks and Recreation Department.

Planning & Zoning

Find out about the responsibilities and duties of the Planning and Zoning Department.

Police Department

The City of Jonesboro Police Department shall strive to ensure that all of our citizens are served in a professional, ethical and equitable manner that respects individuals, protects our democratic ideals and system of government, pursues greater accountability of police, greater public share in decision making and greater concern for civil rights and liberties.

Purchasing

The Purchasing Department's goal is to obtain quality goods and services at the lowest reasonable cost, while operating at the highest standards of ethical conduct.

Sanitation

The Sanitation Department is responsible for collection of refuse from residential homes within the city of Jonesboro.

Street

Find out about the 2 divisions of the Street Department, Construction and Maintenance.

Staff Directory