The meeting can be seen in the video below this article.

The meeting featured Clay Gill from Bild Architects who showed new renderings on screen of the Recreation Aquatic Center being planned and fielded questions from board members. 

Next, City Engineer Jeremy Stone appeared and also fielded questions about plans for pickle ball courts and a splash pad. 

The board approved letting the splash pad project out for bid through advertisements. A 2002 Chevy Pickup was declared surplus property. It had formerly been used by the Sanitation Department. 

The quarterly finance report was inspected by the board. There were very few questions about it from board members compared to previous meetings. Items that showed a higher percentage of spending, City Manager J.R. Wilson said, were likely because of one-time costs.

In the city manager's report, J.R. Wilson praised those who participated in Firefighter Tristan Johnson's service and helped his family. He cited numbers of material collected on City Cleanup Day April 19th. Closing documents pertaining to the bond issue for the Hope for the Future project were signed May 5th. 

A luncheon at Stephens Inc. headquarters will take place May 13th with City Board members attending. Parking striping has been done in the city and groundskeeping work has been done on the site where the Kopecky Memorial will be built. 

Wilson also gave the news of another train derailment which took place recently and will likely cost the city. The West Wastewater treatment plant has also sustained damage after a valve failure caused the flooding of motors that pump wastewater into the plant. A temporary solution is in place now, but permanent repairs are expected to take months. Funds from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission could be used. 

A 25-minute executive session was called by Mayor Don Still. When the board returned, Still announced no decision was made. He asked for Citizens Comments, but there were none. So the meeting adjourned.