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Jonesboro, Arkansas is a first class city, with a population of about 50,000. 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.
                                                                                                                                                          Mayor Harold Perrin

• 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 Mayor's duties of Appointment and Removal

Appointment
Mayors of cities of the first class without civil service have the absolute right to appoint the police chief and fire chief. The council has no say in the matter.

Unless otherwise provided by state law, mayors in all cities with the mayor/council form of government have the power to appoint and remove department heads. (City councils have the authority to override the mayor's action by two-thirds vote of all members.)

Mayors may Appoint

• Board of library trustees
• Board of plumbing inspectors
• A plumbing inspector
• A health officer
• Airport commission
• Parks and recreations commission

Suspension
The mayor of a first class city with mayor/council form of government with non-civil service fire and police departments may suspend the fire or police chief for inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty until the next meeting of the city council. At that meeting, the mayor shall lay the matter before the council. Unless his action is approved and the chief is removed from office at the meeting within 5 days thereafter, by a majority vote of the council-elect, the suspension shall cease.

Duties of the Aldermen/Council Members
City council members are officers and officials of their city.

The city council...
• Has the management and control of the city finances and all real and personal property belonging to the city.
• Approves or disapproves an annual operating budget by February of each year.
• Sets the procedures by ordinance for making purchases that do not exceed the sum of $5,000 in cities of the first class.
• May override the mayor's appointment and removal of department heads by two-thirds vote of the total membersnip.
• May override the mayor's veto by two-thirds vote.
• Calls for a special election in cities of the first class to fill the vacancy of the unexpired mayor's term of office, if the unexpired term is for more than six months.
• May fill, by appointment in cities of the first class, the vacancy to the office of mayor if the expired term is less than six months.
• Sets the salaries of the mayor, council, and other municipal officials. Salaries may be increased during the term, but not decreased during the term of office.
• May remove, on the mayor's recommendation, and by a majority vote of the members of the council in a non-civil service city, the police or fire chief in cities of the first class.

Information quoted from the Guidebook for Newly Elected Municipal Officials Of Mayor-Council Cities.

Rules for City Council agenda submissions

• In order to submit something to be considered for the city council agenda, the proposal must be turned in by 10:00 AM the Thursday prior to the council meeting. 20 copies of the proposal must be collated and stapled.
• Persons wishing to address the council must submit the request to the City Clerk in writing by 10:00 AM the Thursday prior to the meeting.
• Other rules, specific to the type of proposal, are too numerous to list here. For specific information, contact Donna Jackson at 935-0305.

A physical description of the Ward Boundries can be found here. here

Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3
Charles Frierson, position 1 932-8153 Email Me	Jim Hargis, position 1     935-7463 - Home Email Me	Ann Williams, position 1 932-3114 - Work Email Me
Gene Vance, position 2 Email Me	Chris Moore, position 2 972-1365 - Home Email Me	Chris Gibson, position 2 974-7522 Email Me
Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6
John Street, position 1 972-5788 - Work Email Me	Darrel Dover, position 1 910-7809 - Work Email Me	Tim McCall, position 1 931-7546 - Home 974-5750 - Work Email Me
Mitch Johnson, positon 2 930-9467 - Home Email Me	Rennell Woods, position 2 932-9398 Email Me	Mikel Fears, positon 2 761-0769 Email Me
Staff	address	Phone
Harold Perrin, Mayor
Email Me
Gary Harpole, Operations Director	City Hall
Email Me	515 W Washington Ave	(870) 932-1052
	Jonesboro, AR 72401
Chrystal Glisson, Office Manager
Email Me