GRAVETTE -- Gravette city council members dispensed with business quickly at their regular meeting Thursday, Oct. 20. No citizens were present to comment, and agenda items were covered in less than 10 minutes.
Council members voted to approve the minutes of the September council meeting and the Oct. 6 Committee of the Whole meeting.
In other business, they voted to approve the transfer of Gravette case files by attorney John Peiserich from PPGMR law firm to his new firm, J.S. Held, and to approve Cassie Elliott, president of Visionary Milestones, as the grant administrator for the city's ARPA grant application.
Approval of an engineer for the ARPA grant application was tabled.
Three resolutions were passed. The first authorizes opening a new general operating account at Arvest Bank and closing another account there. The second authorizes Mayor Kurt Maddox to negotiate a temporary contract for the services of a city community development director since David Keck has accepted employment at Cave Springs. The third approved needed adjustments in the 2022 budget.
Finance director Carl Rabey reported there was no change in the financial statement since the Oct. 6 Committee of the Whole meeting. He gave a bond update and reported all bond funds had been spent except for $8,880.47 in the parks bond fund.