SPRINGDALE -- The city will hold a public meeting to discuss the proposed construction of a Criminal Justice Complex and the renovation of the City Administration Building.
The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the City Council Chambers in the City Administration Building at 201 Spring St., according to a city news release.
This will be an opportunity for residents to visit with the design consultants and city staff, ask questions and leave comments, the release stated.
City leaders hope to pay for the complex, which will house the Police Department, with a 2018 bond issue. The bond also would pay for renovation of the City Administration Building, where the Police Department is now. The building inspection office at 107 Spring St. and community engagement office, across the street from the administration building, would move to the administration building's renovated space.
Wyman Morgan, city administrative and financial services director, estimates city residents will be asked to vote on the bond in February or March next year. The complex and renovation will be among many projects in the bond issue, which also will likely include a new animal shelter, two new fire stations, a northwest park and road improvement, Morgan said.
"Right now, we're estimating we can fund $140 million worth of projects," Morgan said.
The bond would be a continuation of a sales tax the city levied for the first time in 2004, Morgan said.
NW News on 06/25/2017