by - March 25, 2024 4:40 pm
Two more candidates enter Ward 3 Fort Smith Director race
Two more candidates have thrown their hat into the ring in the race for Fort Smith City Director Ward 3. Carl Nevin and Russ Bragg have announced they are running…
Tag: Fort Smith Board of Directors
by - February 6, 2024 10:24 am
Fort Smith director elections move to November; George Catsavis seeks re-election
Fort Smith municipal elections will be different from in years past thanks to a law – Act 328 – passed in the 2023 Arkansas General Assembly. The new process pushes…
by - October 24, 2022 11:23 am
Fort Smith Director-at-Large, Position 5: Q&A with Christina Catsavis and Director Robyn Dawson
Fort Smith City Director Robyn Dawson and challenger Christina Catsavis will once again face each other in the general election Nov. 8 for the Director-at-large Position 5 seat on the…
by - December 28, 2020 4:56 pm
Incoming Fort Smith Director brings a ‘B.I.G.’ agenda
Jarred Rego has visionary plans for the city of Fort Smith that he hopes to work toward when he takes up his seat representing Ward 1 on the Fort Smith…
by - August 12, 2020 11:49 am
Fort Smith Board talks balanced budget, spending priorities for 2021 budget
The Fort Smith Board of Directors met for a study session Tuesday (Aug. 11) to discuss goals, changes to policies and revenue stream. Directors agreed that the biggest priority for…
by - July 7, 2020 8:27 pm
Fort Smith board OKs resolution encouraging mask use, to consider mask ordinance in special meeting
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 7) approved a resolution that “strongly encourages” the use of face masks in public. The board also set July 11 to…
by - June 1, 2020 2:50 pm
With no opponents, no election date set for Fort Smith Board of Director seats
Don’t look for yard signs or any other campaign material from candidates for the four Fort Smith Board of Director seats. All four who filed for the seats saw the…
by - March 31, 2020 3:14 pm
Fort Smith Board suspends town hall meetings, encourages residents to livestream meetings
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Tuesday (March 31) to suspend town hall meetings for April, May and June in order to comply with directives from the Centers for…
by - August 27, 2019 5:32 pm
Controversial hire-fire authority returns to Fort Smith board agenda
A past controversy in Fort Smith city government has returned. The Fort Smith Board of Directors will have the opportunity to vote to revise a city ordinance that gives hiring…
by - March 28, 2019 9:24 pm
Fort Smith Board moves to appoint Lavon Morton as Ward 3 Director
Following a relatively short executive session Thursday (March 28), the Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to put the appointment of former ArcBest officer Lavon Morton as the Ward 3…
by - July 13, 2018 9:35 am
Fort Smith Civil Service Commission dinged for ‘subjective’ interviewing, short notice times
The Fort Smith Civil Service Commission came under closer scrutiny by the city’s Board of Directors at a study session on Thursday (July 12), with Board members calling for more…
by - June 12, 2018 6:16 pm
Fort Smith Finance Director explains why old police, fire pension plan insolvency ‘is not an emergency’
Old Local Police and Fire (LOPFI) retirement pension plans that ended in 1983 have a new projected insolvency date of 2026 with an estimated unfunded liability of $18-20 million, according…
by - March 27, 2018 8:30 pm
Fort Smith Board weighs nonprofit funding recommendations, Dayroom objection raised
The Fort Smith Community Development Advisory Council (CDAC) presented its final recommendations for 2018 disbursement of area nonprofit funding at the city’s Board of Directors study session on Tuesday (March…
by - March 7, 2018 5:46 pm
Fourth, four-year term sought by Fort Smith Director Settle
Fort Smith City Director Kevin Settle is seeking a fourth, four-year term to the Position 6, At-Large seat, saying he wants to continue the “progress of making our city great.”…
by - February 7, 2018 6:21 am
Fort Smith Board appeals court ruling, approves $400,000 for skate-bike park
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Feb. 6) formally endorsed appealing Fort Smith attorney Joey McCutchen’s legal victory against the city for violations of the Arkansas Freedom of…
by - January 30, 2018 4:56 pm
Fort Smith in running for national grant assisting with multi-year financial plan, Board weighs benefit
After three years of budgetary belt-tightening, the Fort Smith Board of Directors are now considering the development and implementation of a multi-year financial plan. The Board met with representatives from…
by - December 11, 2017 1:11 pm
Fort Smith Director Catsavis reconsiders business license vote ahead of special meeting
Fort Smith City Director and business owner George Catsavis was a swing vote on the Dec. 5 decision to enact a $100 business license fee on the approximately 5,000 businesses…
by - November 14, 2017 6:01 pm
Fort Smith Board considers sanitation schedules, sets special meeting for new jobs project
The Fort Smith Sanitation Department requested the Board consider a return to task-based work scheduling used from 1989 through August 2016. The request came at a Tuesday (Nov. 14) study…
by - October 3, 2017 11:45 pm
Fort Smith Board approves zoning to make way for controversial Dollar General
A planned Dollar General store that stirred controversy at a recent Fort Smith planning commission meeting has won approval to move forward from the city’s Board of Directors. The Board…
by - August 29, 2017 4:01 pm
Fort Smith Board sets pay increases as top priority for 2018, talks increasing revenues
The Fort Smith Board of Directors once again broached the “unpopular” topic of increasing revenue at a Tuesday (Aug. 29) study session. On the topic of city-wide budget goals for…