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READY? EVERYBODY'S HERE. GREAT. OKAY. LET'S GO. IF I COULD HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. IT IS MAY.
MAY 19TH, 2025. IT'S 6 P.M. IT'S TIME FOR OUR SHERWOOD CITY COUNCIL MEETING. CAN I PLEASE HAVE THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ELDER RON O'NEILL, TO PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. BE GLAD TO. THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE GATHER FOR THIS COUNCIL MEETING, WE HUMBLY ASK YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM. MAY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROACH THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH OPEN MINDS AND HEARTS, SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND AND SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY. GRANT THEM THE WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE JUST, FAIR AND BENEFICIAL TO ALL. MAY THEIR ACTIONS REFLECT YOUR VALUES OF COMPASSION AND INTEGRITY. WE PRAY FOR UNITY AND COOPERATION AMONG THE MEMBERS AND THOSE THAT COME BEFORE THEM, THAT THEY MAY WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A STRONGER, MORE VIBRANT CITY. WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING AND UPON ALL THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THEIR DECISIONS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ROLL CALL PLEASE. BROOKS, HERE. WILLIAMS. HERE. BRODERICK. HERE. THOMAS. PRESENT. WADE, HERE. MCCULLOUGH. HERE. TOWNSEND. HERE. TREAT.
[4. Presentation of Mayors Youth Council graduation certificates ]
HERE. WE HAD A WONDERFUL MAYOR COUNCIL THIS YEAR. THEY WERE AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE, RESPECTFUL BUNCH. COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE PLEASED. AND SURE, WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF ITS YOUTH. THEY CAME FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. SOME WERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SOME WERE PRIVATE, SOME WERE HOME SCHOOLED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS GREAT IS WATCHING THE BARRIERS KIND OF BREAK DOWN AMONGST THEM AS THEY MADE FRIENDS, AS THEY WORK TOGETHER, AS THEY GOT TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING. THEY WERE SO RESPECTFUL, CAME WITH QUESTIONS WHEN WE HAD SPEAKERS. WE DID A TOUR OF THE CAPITOL. THEY WERE AMAZING. IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROUDER OF THE WAY THAT THEY HANDLED THEMSELVES. THEY REALLY DID SHERWOOD PROUD, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE THEM COME UP. WE. THIS IS THE GRADUATION CEREMONY. WE HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR THEM AS WELL AS THE SHERWOOD PEN. SO. GO. HOW MANY WERE THERE? SINCE 2015? PLUS 15. YEAH. Y'ALL ARE SO TALL. I WILL ALSO SAY AT THIS TIME, MAITLAND HARRISON DID A WONDERFUL JOB FACILITATING THIS GROUP AND ORGANIZING AND SCHEDULING AND SO FORTH WITH THEM. MAITLAND IS MOVING ON, GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, GETTING HER MASTERS. TOOK HER A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND YOU NEED A LITTLE TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE A PLACE FOR HER TO KIND OF FIGURE THAT OUT. SHE LEARNED THAT SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVES WORKING WITH YOUTH, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE IS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL GETTING HER MASTER'S IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY, WHERE SHE HOPES TO WORK IN A SCHOOL AND WORK WITH YOUTH. SO JUST KNOW YOU GUYS WERE IMPACTFUL AS WELL. SO, AUBREY, CAN I SQUEEZE IN IN BETWEEN YOU GUYS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU GUYS WILL JUST STEP FORWARD WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TYSON BAKER. JACKSON.CRUZ. HEY. SIT BACK AND JUST HOLD IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE AT THE END. AND ALSO
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HERE IS YOUR PIN OF COMPLETION. YOU'RE WELCOME. NINA EVANS, NIA. NIA. CAMERON MATTHEWS. THANK YOU. YOUR PICTURES. AUBREY MESSICK. RAMSEY. MESSICK. HE DIDN'T DO THAT TO YOU, DID HE? OKAY, GOOD. HUNTER. MONTGOMERY. MORGAN. PERRY. DOUGLAS. REEVES. TATE. SCHULTZ.DID I DID I DID YOU SLIDE IN? OH. OH. YOU JUST. OKAY. GOOD. WELL, I'M GLAD YOU GOT IT. OKAY.
ISABELLA. SIEBEL. THANK YOU. CAN I ATTACK IT? SHAKAYLA. WASHINGTON. HERE. CALEB. WATSON.
YOU MIGHT LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY BEHIND ME. ANNIE ZIMMERMAN. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, LET'S GET A PICTURE. TRY TO GET EVERYBODY UP. IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE SHORT. OKAY? YOU DON'T HAVE TO SQUAT. YOU'RE FINE. IT'S THE STORY SQUAD SEVERAL TIMES. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO. YES, MA'AM.
ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE, TWO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR PARENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY YOU GUYS HELP TO TRANSPORT THEM. YOU RAISE THEM. THEY ARE. THEY ARE SUCH JOYS. AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THEM WITH US. OKAY. CLEAR THE ROOM.
FOR A PICTURE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON AS THEY DEPART. NEXT UP, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF
[5. Approval of the minutes of the regular called meeting on April 28, 2025, as transcribed. ]
THE REGULARLY CALLED MEETING ON APRIL 28TH, 2025 AS TRANSCRIBED. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRODERICK. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.WADE. ABSTAIN. BRODERICK. I TREAT I WILLIAMS. I MCCULLOUGH. I THOMAS, I TOWNSEND. I BROOKS.
[6. April 2025 Financials ]
I. YOU ALL RECEIVED THE APRIL 2025 FINANCIALS. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP[7. Committees/Commissions ]
AT THIS TIME. GREAT. THANK YOU. MOVING ON. FIRST UP UNDER COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS.WE'VE GOT PERMITS AND PLANNING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. SHELBY NOTED CITY PLANNER. SO THIS IS A PREMATURE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. THIS IS FOR IT'S CALLED POSH PARK, AND IT IS ON THE JUNE 10TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. IT IS UNDER SITE PLAN REVIEW CURRENTLY WHERE IT WILL BE GOING BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME. SO WITH THAT, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN EXTERIOR WALL COVERING THAT IS NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED LIST OF ORDINANCE 2074. AND WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. SO BASICALLY IT WOULD BE COUNCIL APPROVAL OF WHAT IS
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PROPOSED. AND THAT IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. I BROUGHT TWO PRINTOUTS THAT JUST PROVIDES A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT'S PROPOSED TO LOOK LIKE ON THE OUTSIDE, AND ALSO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL INTO THE WALL COVERING PROPOSED. AND WHAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COVERING? YES. SO WITH THAT STAFF, WE ON STAFF LEVEL, WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. SO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS BEHIND THAT, THAT WOULD BE AT THE LIBERTY OF THE COMMISSION.THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE MORE OF A BEAUTIFICATION TO THE SITE UPON REDEVELOPMENT. BUT WITH THAT, YOU ALL WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS THEN.
OKAY. WOULD YOU READ THE RESOLUTION, PLEASE? A RESOLUTION REGARDING AN APPEAL OF A BUILDING OFFICIAL'S DECISION PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 2074 REGARDING 200 HILLCREST ROAD, SHERWOOD, ARKANSAS. I SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST. YES. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS. YES, MA'AM. MISS SHELBY. HAVING GONE AND OBSERVED THIS SITE, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THIS LOCATION IS, THIS APPEARS TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE APPEARANCE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THAT AREA, FROM THE PRESENT CONDITION OF WHAT'S THERE. YES, CERTAINLY. THAT CORRECTLY? YES, NICELY. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST. THEY'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE METAL, BUT YOU'VE SEEN IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S TALKING ABOUT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AS HIGH A STANDARD AS WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. SO IN REGARDS TO THE SAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD IN THE PAST BY APPLICANTS, IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT WAS PLANNING TO ATTEND THIS EVENING AND BRING A SAMPLE, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT SEE THEM IN THE CROWD. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TYPICALLY DONE IN THE PAST, AND THAT WAS ENCOURAGED OF THE APPLICANT TO DO SO. IS THAT SOMETHING THEN THAT? ARE YOU THINKING THEN MAYBE IT SHOULD BE TABLED FOR A MONTH UNTIL YOU CAN SEE A SAMPLE OF IT? OR DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE? I WAS ASKING IF YOU WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE FROM IF WE'RE NOT SEEING IT, THAT WE COULD YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE APPROVED IN THE PAST? CORRECT. YOU WOULD NOT LET ANYTHING TO BE OF LOWER GRADE OR LOWER QUALITY OR LOWER ESTHETIC VALUE TO BE. CERTAINLY. THAT IS CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENTRUST HER TO DO THAT, IF THAT'S OKAY. I'LL DEFINITELY SECOND. WHAT SHE SAID IS DEFINITELY AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA. AND SO I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WADE. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. WADE. YES.
BRODERICK I TREAT. YES. WILLIAMS. YES. MCCULLOUGH. YES. THOMAS. I. TOWNSEND. I. BROOKS.
I. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE STREET COMMITTEE. IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE ORDINANCE. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2460 REGARDING THE SPEED CUSHION TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY FOR THE CITY OF SHERWOOD, ARKANSAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND READING. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THANKS FOR JUST READING THAT ONE TIME AS I WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE LAST MONTH. AS YOU KNOW IT. COME, COME FROM THE STREET COMMITTEE ON A UNANIMOUS VOTE THERE. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL NOT NOT.
WHERE WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE DEALT WITH THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, LOOKING LOOKING AT SOME THINGS AFTER THE ORDINANCE HAD BEEN OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND SOME, SOME IMPROVEMENTS WE COULD MAKE TO IT. AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHAT THAT DOCUMENT AND THE THINGS THAT WERE IN THERE HAS DONE SO FAR. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I JUST HAVE ONE MAYBE GRAMMATICAL QUESTION OR JUST ONE QUESTION. SO ONE, 23456. ON THIS 123456. SEVENTH BULLET. YOU'VE GOT MINOR ARTERIAL STRUCK OUT IN RED ON THE SECOND LINE. AND THEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE NEXT SENTENCE WHERE IT SAYS COLLECTOR AND MINOR ARTERIAL. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT STRUCK OUT IN RED MINOR ARTERIAL ON THE SEVENTH. THE 616616 BULLET POINT. OKAY. I COULDN'T FIND IT THERE. OKAY. ON THE SIXTH BULLET POINT, MINOR ARTERIAL WAS STRUCK OUT IN THE SECOND LINE. IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE STRUCK OUT IN THE ONE, TWO, THREE FOURTH LINE. BECAUSE I KEEP THAT CONSISTENT BECAUSE
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WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THIS IN MINOR ARTERIAL. YES, MA'AM. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT WAS JUST MISS BROOKS. THANK YOU. ARE WE COMFORTABLE? I'M JUST ASKING THIS AS A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE AN OPINION. WE PURPOSELY HAD RESIDENTS, AND THEN WE GOT INTO THIS THING ABOUT. IS IT THE OWNER OF THE RESIDENCE, THE PERSON THAT'S LIVING THERE? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTY IN OUR WARD AND IN SOME AND MAYBE IN WARD FOUR AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PERSON THAT'S SITTING THERE EVERY NIGHT GOING TO BED, NOT THE PERSON IN CHICAGO OR CALIFORNIA THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY. YES, MA'AM. WITH RESIDENTS. OKAY. YES. DID WE COME UP WITH ANY KIND OF DEFINITION FOR WHAT IS A RESIDENT? I THINK THE DEFINITION JUST NEEDS TO BE WHATEVER THE WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY STATES, RESIDING IN THAT HUMBLE ABODE. YEAH, BUT THEY'RE GIVEN THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST MONTH THAT AGREE WE NEED TO AT LEAST DEFINE IT, DEFINE IT JUST SO THAT MOVING FORWARD, THERE IS NOT A QUESTION, NO GRAY AREA. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL. AND IT'S AND BRIAN MAY HAVE HIT THIS LAST LAST MONTH. BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, CHASE PEOPLE DOWN. ONE DEFINITION, THE MOST COMMON ONE IS THE PERSON WHO LIVES PERMANENTLY OR IN A LONG TERM BASIS, OKAY. OR IN A LEGAL CONTEXT, IT'S A RESIDENCE TYPICALLY DEFINED AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN A PARTICULAR PLACE, OFTEN FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD, AND MAY BE CONSIDERED THEIR DOMICILE. SO I, I THINK THAT CERTAINLY WE KEEP THESE RECORDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION. CERTAINLY THIS DISCUSSION CAN BE BROUGHT UP. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION IN THE FUTURE. BUT I THINK THE HAVING IT, BEING SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY RESIDES THERE, THEIR DOMICILE IS CLEAR ENOUGH. CAN WE JUST INCLUDE OR PERMANENT OR PERMANENT RESIDENT? A PERMANENT RESIDENT? NO, THAT WOULD EXCLUDE YOUR RENTERS. THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF RESIDENT AND RESIDENTS. WHAT'S CALLED OUT IN THIS POLICY. SO THE DEFINITION OF RESIDENT IS A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF WHAT I'M WHAT I WOULD WORRY ABOUT WOULD BE TRANSIENT, LIKE A BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND THAT'S JUST THERE AND SIGNS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. BUT IT BECAUSE FOR THE LIKE FOR THE PIN WOULD THOSE PEOPLE IT MATTERED TO THEM. THERE WAS A LARGE I MEAN IT WAS BARELY GOING TO MAKE IT. AND SO IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND OF A COLLEGE AGED CHILD AND THEY JUST SIGN NOT KNOWING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM. WELL, THEY WOULDN'T BE DEFINED AS A RESIDENT, THOUGH. YEAH. AND THAT WAS NOT THE CASE ON PINEWOOD.WE'VE NOT HAD THAT SITUATION ACTUALLY RESIDE. WE ACTUALLY THE PERSON WHO RESIDED AT THAT HOME DID INDEED SIGN IT. AND THE OWNER OF THE HOME ALSO. WAS AGREED TO IT, WHICH WAS THE PERSON'S MOTHER THAT THEY WERE RENTING FROM. BUT AND I DO THINK WE INCREASED THE PERCENTAGE, WE DID INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE AND THE DISTANCE. YES. SO BOTH THINGS NOT ONLY DID WE UP THE STANDARDS IN TWO WAYS, THE PERCENTAGE REQUIREMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF DISTANCE ON EITHER SIDE. ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, SINCE THIS HAS BEEN OUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE ADDED, IT MAY ALREADY BE A KIND OF AN INTERNAL POLICY ANYWAY, BUT THE FACT OF IF SOMEBODY DOES PETITION AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SIGNATURES, GIVEN THAT THAT CAN'T BE REDONE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AND I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY HAVE NOT RUN INTO THAT YET, SOMEBODY RESUBMITTING QUICKLY OR ANYTHING, BUT IT IS KIND OF SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT LANGUAGE. I THINK IF WE WERE GOING TO GO THAT ROUTE, YOU KNOW, EVEN EVEN IF SOMEONE REQUESTS IT AND IT DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA, I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT A YEAR BEFORE WE RETEST. I WILL TELL YOU, JUST LAST WEEK, I HAD SOMEONE AND COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND TOWNSVILLE'S WARD WHO WAS VERY UPSET WITH THE RESULT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T PASS. IT DID NOT NO, IT DID NOT QUALIFY. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD SAID, LOOK, IN SIX MONTHS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AND TRY AGAIN, WE'D BE HAPPY TO.
THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME, NOW THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY MONITORED THAT ROAD. BUT WE ALSO GET THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, LIKE WHEN ROADS CHANGED, LIKE HEMPHILL, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THEY'VE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES. AND SO WE CERTAINLY DO. BUT EACH TIME IT HAS NOT QUALIFIED. THE STANDARDS ARE PRETTY HIGH. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP BECAUSE A NON HAPPY
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PERSON COULD REQUEST IT WEEKLY OR MONTHLY. SO WE MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT LIKE IF IT DOESN'T QUALIFY YOU CAN'T REQUEST AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OR YOU OR WHATEVER I DON'T CARE WHAT WITH THAT TIMELINE. I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA MYSELF. PARDON ME, I KIND OF LIKE THE YEAR. THAT'S FINE WITH ME. A YEAR IF IT. IF IT DOESN'T MEET, IF IT DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA BY THE, YOU KNOW, THE RADAR UNIT WE PUT OR IF YOU'RE UNSUCCESSFUL WITH YOUR CIRCULATION OF THE PETITION, WE COULD WE COULD ADD THAT LANGUAGE. COULD WE ADD A BULLET ALONG THE LINES OF, WELL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO A BULLET, OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST PUT IT ON. I WAS JUST READING ONE TALKS ABOUT SPEED CUSHIONS MUST BE REQUESTED BY BY THE RESIDENTS. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER ADDING A SENTENCE AT THE END OF THAT THAT SAYS ANY PETITION FAILING TO QUALIFY MAY NOT BE RESUBMITTED FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS. PERFECT. THAT'S PERFECT RIGHT THERE. YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT ONE OF THESE BULLETS. RIGHT. THE ONLY THING ABOUT THAT IS WE ALSO NEED TO PUT. UNLESS Y'ALL DON'T CARE. BUT IF THEY REQUEST IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I TOLD THAT RESIDENTS, IT'S WAIT SIX MONTHS, GIVE US SIX MONTHS AND THEN WE'LL TRY AGAIN. DO YOU WANT ANY DISTANCE OF TIME SO THAT IT'S NOT? COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS SAID. WHERE LIKE EVERY MONTH THEY'RE REQUESTING IT. YEAH, I'M GOING TO WIN BY BY PERSEVERING. BUT. OR WERE YOU NOT DOING THAT FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12 MONTHS WOULD DO THAT? BUT THAT'S JUST THE PETITION. IF THE PETITION FAILS, OKAY. READ THAT AGAIN, STEVE.WHAT WHAT THAT WAS UNDER THAT IS A GOOD SET IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WELL, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. YOU WERE IMPRESSIVE. THAT IS WHAT I WAS WRITING WAS PETITIONS THAT DO NOT QUALIFY MAY NOT BE RESUBMITTED FOR A PERIOD OF 12 OR FOR ONE YEAR. SO YOU NEED TO ADD ABOUT A REQUEST FOR. SO PERHAPS UNDER THE 123 FOURTH BULLET POINT TO THE SECTION OF THE STREET THAT HAS BEEN AIMED AT. BUT YOU SAID THE PETITIONER DOESN'T QUALIFY. THE DOESN'T QUALIFY MEANS WE DID THE STUDY. IT DOESN'T. THAT DIDN'T MEAN IT DIDN'T GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES. I THINK STREETS I THINK IT SHOULD BE STREETS THAT HAVE I DON'T THINK PETITIONS. I THINK THAT STREETS HAVE BEEN THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO BE STUDIED CANNOT BE STUDIED FOR IT WITHIN IN ANOTHER YEAR. BECAUSE WHAT IF I SUBMIT A PETITION AND THEN I CALL MISS WILLIAMS BECAUSE WE LIVE ON THE SAME STREET? AND I SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, BEVERLY? I HAD A PETITION. IT DIDN'T PASS. SO HOW ABOUT YOU DO A PETITION AND SEE IF IT PASSES? YEAH. SO IT'S NOT THE SAME PETITION. THE STREET. I LIKE THE STREET IDEA. STREET IDEA BETTER THAN PETITION, BECAUSE ANYBODY ON THAT STREET COULD SUBMIT A PETITION. HOW ABOUT IF WE SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES A QUALIFYING. STREET CAN ONLY BE EVALUATED ONCE PER YEAR. OKAY, QUALIFYING. I SAY QUALIFYING BECAUSE. AND THIS WOULD BE AT THE END BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE A MINOR ARTERIAL. IT CAN'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE. AND IT HAS TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN PARAMETER OF CARS AND SO FORTH. SO DOES THAT SOUND GOOD. SO A QUALIFYING STREET CAN ONLY HAVE A PETITION NOT ONLY BE EVALUATED. SO THAT WOULD COVER BOTH ASPECTS OF IT ONCE PER YEAR THAT ONE. AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO TRY AGAIN, IF IT QUALIFIES AGAIN. AND OR WE COULD ADD THE LANGUAGE ALSO THAT CITY. YES. REGARDING THE PETITIONS WE COULD DO BOTH. AND THAT WAY IT'S QUALIFIED. SO THE DEAL THERE I DON'T THINK THE PETITION PART MATTERS BECAUSE IF I IF I GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES, I MEAN, IF I TRY TO GET SIGNATURES AND IT DOESN'T QUALIFY, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF MY NEIGHBOR TRIES TO DO IT. IF IT IF IT DOESN'T QUALIFY, THE KEY IS WE'RE ONLY GOING TO LOOK AT IT ONCE EVERY 12 YEARS. RIGHT. AND I LIKE 12.
SO I DON'T CARE ABOUT PETITION PIECE. I REALLY LIKE 12 MONTHS BETTER THAN A YEAR BECAUSE I COULD APPLY IN NOVEMBER OF 25 AND THEN SAY, WELL, IT'S JANUARY, THAT'S THE NEW YEAR.
YEAH. SO LET'S SAY 12 MONTHS, RIGHT? YEAH, I SAY 12 MONTHS. OKAY. SO WE ADD A BULLET POINT.
A QUALIFYING STREET CAN ONLY BE EVALUATED EVERY 12 MONTHS. ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT OR ONCE IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD? A 12 MONTH PERIOD. ONCE IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD, YES. OKAY. ONCE IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD. OKAY. I SAY, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S JUST TO PROTECT OUR DEPARTMENT FROM HAVING TO GO OUT. I AGREE. LIKE MISS WILLIAMS SAID, IF IT'S DONE IN NOVEMBER AND THEN JANUARY 1ST, IT'S RIGHT BACK. OKAY. LET ME SAY THIS ONE MORE TIME. QUALIFYING STREET CAN ONLY BE EVALUATED ONCE IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD. PERFECT. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. YES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION AMENDED TO THIS RESOLUTION? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS TO ADD THAT BULLET POINT OF A QUALIFYING STREET CAN ONLY BE EVALUATED ONCE IN A 12 MONTH
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PERIOD. ROLL CALL. PLEASE. WAIT. THEN WHAT ABOUT MY THAT THAT LANGUAGE CHANGE ON THAT OTHER AS WELL AS AMENDING ON BULLET POINT NUMBER SIX ON THE SCRATCHING, THE FOURTH SIXTH BULLET POINT, FOURTH LINE, THE SECOND TIME MINOR ARTERIAL PLEASE STRIKE. AND SO IT WILL ONLY SAY COLLECTOR MUST MEET. YES. YEP. SO I CAN DO IT. ONE BIG, ONE BIG. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT. YOU'RE EDITING OUR AMENDMENT. I'M EDITING. YOU NEED TO RESTATE YOUR AMENDMENT OR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. YOU'VE GOT IT. SO WE'VE GOT ON COLLECTOR. OR LOCAL. SO THE SECOND ONE NEEDS TO SAY COLLECTOR OR LOCAL. YEAH. TO BE CONSISTENT MUST MEET THE ABOVE CRITERIA. SO WE ARE STRIKING AND MINOR ARTERIAL AND ADDING OR LOCAL. YES. STREET. OKAY. SO EVERYBODY GOT THAT ROLL CALL PLEASE. WADE I BRODERICK I TREAT YES WILLIAMS I MCCULLOUGH I THOMAS TOWNSEND I BROOKS I THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2460 REGARDING THE SPEED CUSHION TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY FOR THE CITY OF SHERWOOD, ARKANSAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AS AMENDED.FIRST READING. MAY WE SUSPEND THE RULES IN PLACE ON SECOND READING, AS AMENDED? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADVANCE THE READINGS BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOWNSELL. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. WADE I BRODERICK TREAT. YES. WILLIAMS I MCCULLOUGH I THOMAS TOWNSEND I BROOKS I AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2460 REGARDING THE SPEED CUSHION TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY FOR THE CITY OF SHERWOOD, ARKANSAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AS AMENDED.
SECOND READING MOVE. WE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PLACE THIS ON THIRD READING, AS AMENDED.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. ANOTHER READING AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TOWNSEND WADE I BRODERICK TREAT YES. WILLIAMS I MCCULLOUGH I THOMAS TOWNSEND I BROOKS I AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2460 REGARDING THE SPEED CUSHION TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY FOR THE CITY OF SHERWOOD, ARKANSAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AS AMENDED.
THIRD READING MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WADE. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. WADE I BRODERICK I TREAT YES WILLIAMS I MCCULLOUGH I THOMAS TOWNSEND I BROOKS I THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY OKAY
[8. A resolution amending the 2025 General Fund Budget, approving purchases, and for other purposes (Mayor Heye-Townsell) ]
WE'LL ADVANCE NOW TO ITEM EIGHT A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET, APPROVING PURCHASES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. OKAY. WHAT ARE THE PROFESSIONAL FEES THAT WE'RE NEEDING HERE? OKAY. SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS DOING IS WE ARE MOVING THE TENNIS PRO SALARY AND BENEFITS, BASICALLY FROM ONE ITEM TO ANOTHER ITEM. SO IT'S NOT CHANGING THE BUDGET. IT'S JUST MOVING THE LINE ITEM. YES MA'AM. IT IS JUST A SHIFT. IT'S JUST TAKING THE FULL TIME POSITION AND MAKING IT A CONTRACT WITH LABOR POSITION. SO WE JUST NEEDED A DIFFERENT LINE.AND THEN THE SAME THING GOES WITH THE SMALL OR SMALL ENGINE MECHANIC. WE HAD A TRAGIC SITUATION THAT HAPPENED. WE LOST OUR MECHANIC. SO WE NEEDED TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO BRIDGE THE GAP UNTIL WE HIRE SOMEBODY ELSE. SO IT'S GOING TO GO TO CONTRACT LABOR FOR THAT AS WELL. SO WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A LINE ITEM SET FOR THESE. SO THIS IS GOING TO COVER BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. YEP.
AND IT'S NOT NEW MONEY. IT'S JUST FROM THE YOU KNOW SALARY LINE. SO IN YOUR SALARY LINE THAT 6665 BOTH THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DIMINISHED BY THE SAME 25,000. CORRECT. GOOD GOING. ALL RIGHT. MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. SECOND MOTION TO ADOPT BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. WADE I BRODERICK TREAT. YES. WILLIAMS I MCCULLOUGH I THOMAS TOWNSEND I BROOKS I THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MOVING FORWARD TO
[9. An ordinance to adopt the Sherwood Police Department Policies and Procedures; declaring an emergency and for other purposes. (Link to the policy on the city of Sherwood website Public Documents Directory - Sherwood Police Department (AR) - PowerDMS) (Mayor Heye-Townsell) ]
ITEM NINE AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE SHERWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. FIRST READING. FLOOR IS YOURS. CHIEF HAGER, I[00:30:08]
HEAR THAT. OKAY, SO THE WE PASSED THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK THAT CAME BEFORE Y'ALL IN THE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. MR. COBB AND I HAD DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, BUT WE THOUGHT IT BEST TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER Y'ALL HAD DEALT WITH THAT BEFORE WE BROUGHT THIS. BUT SO WE HAVE A POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL THAT IS, THAT BELONGS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THESE ARE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE FOLLOW THAT ALL OF OUR OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WORKS, OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE BASED ON WHAT ARE CONSIDERED MODEL POLICIES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE ARKANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE AND REVIEWED BY THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. BECAUSE WE'RE A MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MEMBER, THEY THEY SIGN OFF ON THESE. SO KIND OF THE PROCESS IN WHICH THAT WORKS IS IF WE HAVE A POLICY AFFECTING ANYTHING. AND I KNOW Y'ALL GONE OUT AND LOOKED AT IT AND IT'S AN EXTENSIVE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A LOT OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. SO THE PURPOSE OF THOSE ARE FOR US TO GIVE IT ITS THE BOUNDARIES IN WHICH WE WORK IN AND HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING OUR BUSINESS. SO KIND OF THE WAY THAT THAT WORKS IS IF WE IF WE NEED A POLICY TO COVER A PARTICULAR PROCEDURE THAT WE DO, WE GO OUT AND WE RETRIEVE THE MODEL POLICY FROM THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OR ARKANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE. AND THESE MODEL POLICIES ARE THEY'RE REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED BY A COMPANY CALLED MINE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REPRESENT THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THAT COVER POLICE POLICIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW, STATE LAW AND BEST PRACTICES ACCORDING TO COURT DECISIONS AND SO FORTH. SO WHEN WE WRITE THESE POLICIES, THEY THERE'S CRITERIA THAT HAVE TO BE MET. THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THOSE ABOVE LISTED THAT I JUST GAVE YOU THE CRITERIA. AND THEN YOU PUT IN YOUR PARTICULAR PROCEDURES ON HOW YOU ACCOMPLISH THAT. SO WHEN WE WRITE A POLICY, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WRITE A NEW POLICY FOR SOMETHING, THAT POLICY WILL BE WRITTEN AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS INTERNALLY WITH US. AND ONCE WE ARE GOOD WITH IT, WE SEND IT TO, TO MR. COBB. HE REVIEWS IT, THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE REVIEWS IT, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE POLICIES FALL WITHIN ALL OF THE CRITERIA THAT HAS TO BE MET. FURTHER TO THAT, AS AN ACCREDITED POLICE AGENCY THROUGH THE ELITE PROGRAM, EVERY TWO YEARS, OUR POLICIES ARE REVIEWED AS PART OF OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS. SO THEY REVIEW ALL OF THOSE POLICIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE POLICIES ARE WITHIN STANDARDS AND WITHIN THE RULES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED, SO THAT THAT GOES FORTH. WELL. THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE RECOMMENDS, AND I CAN LET MR. COBB SPEAK TO THIS. HE SPOKE TO THEM, BUT THEY RECOMMEND AS WELL AS OUR ACCREDITING AGENCY, A LEAP. THEY RECOMMEND THAT THAT WE BRING THESE TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THEM APPROVED. SO THERE'S TRANSPARENCY. SO THERE IS OVERSIGHT AND THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROCEDURES THAT WE WORK WITHIN. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO Y'ALL. JUST SO Y'ALL CAN BASICALLY AFFIRM THE, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THAT WE OPERATE BY. MR. COBB, DID I MISS ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT YOU JUST TURNED YOURSELF OFF. OH, I DID, I'M SORRY. THERE YOU GO. OH. I'M BACKWARDS. WHAT WHAT THE KIND OF THE WHAT THE MOTIVATION FROM THIS WAS, IS YOU MAY RECALL THE LAWSUIT AGAINST BENTON, AND THERE WAS A SITUATION WITH A WITH A EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGED INDIVIDUAL AND A POLICY THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO USE TO FOLLOW THAT. AND THE LEAGUE AT THE, AT THE LAST MEETING WAS JUST EMPHATIC THAT NOT ONLY DID WE NEED TO HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE, BUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THAT POLICY APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY. SINCE YOU SET POLICY AS WELL. AND I WENT BACK TO HIM AND SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? LET US HAVE THAT POLICY AND, AND ENCLOSE THAT OR MAKE THAT A PART OF THE GENERAL POLICY. WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER IF WE ADOPTED THE WHOLE THING? THEY SAID YES. SO IT PROVIDES A GREATER LEVEL OF INSULATION FOR THE CITY FROM POTENTIAL LITIGATION, FROM ISSUES AGAINST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE[00:35:05]
CITY. THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. SO BASICALLY WE'RE JUST BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THIS POLICY. THERE'S NO CHANGES TO ANY POLICY. THIS IS JUST A POLICY WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE. YEAH. THE ONLY POLICY THAT IS THAT IS ADDED TO THE CURRENT POLICY IS THE ONE THAT MR. COBB SPOKE OF ABOUT THE AND THAT WAS THAT THAT POLICY WAS ADDED TO SAY SOMETHING. I HAD A CONVERSATION HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING THIS. AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE DID THE HANDBOOK FOR THE EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THIS IS A POLICE OFFICER'S HANDBOOK, SO TO SPEAK. AND HAVING READ THAT PART, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT TWO OF THE SECTIONS HERE, AND I I'M THE BECAUSE THERE'S A ONCE WE APPROVE THIS, THEN THERE'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IF THEY START TWEAKING AND MAKING SOME CHANGES, DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE EVERY ONE OF YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE WE BRING THIS BACK EVERY YEAR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ADDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED OR PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO POLICY. NOW, I GUESS UNDER SECTION FIVE, BECAUSE THERE WAS SUCH A BIG PRESS THING LAST MONTH OR LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ABOUT EMERGENCY CLAUSES IN THINGS. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE. IT'S 30 DAYS VERSUS TOMORROW. I'M NOT. WE ACTUALLY WERE KIND OF TOLD, DON'T PUT THEM IN THERE UNLESS IT HAS TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. SO JUST THAT'S A QUESTION MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED. ALSO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SECTION FIVE ON HERE, SECTION FIVE ON THE SECTION FIVE ON THE ORDINANCE. ORDINANCE. YES. I'M LOOKING I'M LOOKING IN HERE. YEAH. OH NO NO NO. SO AND THIS WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THIS THIS HELPS TO PROTECT US. SURE. IN THE CASE OF A SUIT TYPE OF A THING. AND THAT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING TO. BUT IT'S LIKE TO KEEP IN MIND IF THIS IS NOT IN PLACE, WE'RE NOT AS PROTECTED. SO I COULD SEE WHY THAT EMERGENCY CLAUSE WOULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT COULD GO NO, I AM BECAUSE THE LEAGUE WAS MOST EMPHATIC ABOUT PLEASE ADOPT THESE AND GET THEM IN PLACE. BUT THEY ALSO SAY AND DON'T PUT EMERGENCY CLAUSE ON EVERYTHING. SO THAT WAS THE POINT. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXCEPTION. OKAY.AND THEN UNDER SECTION TWO OF THE ORDINANCE, LADIES OKAY. THE REVISIONS AND UPDATES, I WOULD JUST LEAVE IT WITH THE CHIEF AND HE KNOWS WHAT WHAT THE A LEAP GROUP IS GOING TO TELL YOU TO DO OR THE MRI GROUP IT'S TELLING YOU TO DO. I MEAN, HE'S A PROFESSIONAL ON THAT ONE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY HE WOULD MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE MAKING THE POLICY. SO I WOULD. WELL, I MEAN, THE I AM THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND ULTIMATELY THAT THAT DECISION DOES FOLLOW ME. BUT SHE IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CITY. SO SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO AFFECT THOSE DECISIONS. YEAH. I DON'T I THINK THAT SHE I THINK THAT SHE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE THE, THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF SHE DISAGREED, YOU KNOW WITH I MEAN I THINK SHE'S GOT THE FINAL SAY ON DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. SO I PERSONALLY I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WITH THE MAYOR BEING THERE. OKAY. I CAN'T IMAGINE TELLING HIM THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, HOW TO RUN THE POLICE. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, THAT ULTIMATELY I AM THE ONE WHO IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE EXPERT THAT WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON, RIGHT? BUT I WOULD STILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF THEY THEY DID SOMETHING. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY HE FELT THAT WAY. BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A DEAL BREAKER. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND. SO WOULD WE COME BACK LIKE ONCE A YEAR AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES, MIGHT YOU HAVE A UPDATE FROM YOU ON ANY CHANGES THEN? YES. SO AND ME AND MISS WILLIAMS DISCUSSED THIS TODAY. THERE ARE TIMES THAT THERE ARE PROCEDURAL CHANGES.
AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE IF THERE IS A IF THERE WAS A PROCEDURAL CHANGE THAT WE NEEDED TO. INSTEAD OF TRANSPORTING, WE ARREST SOMEBODY. AND UPON ARREST, INSTEAD OF TRANSPORTING THEM DIRECTLY TO PULASKI COUNTY JAIL, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM HERE TO DO SOME KIND OF PAPERWORK, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TRANSPORT THEM TO PULASKI COUNTY JAIL. IF PROCEDURALLY, WE MADE A CHANGE IN THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY THINK WOULD NECESSARILY RISE TO THE LEVEL OF NEEDING TO COME TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE MAKE PROCEDURAL CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME. REMEMBER, THIS IS POLICY AND PROCEDURES, THE ACTUAL PRACTICE OF WHAT WE DO. WE TRY TO PUT THAT IN WRITING SO WE CAN HOLD
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OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT. BUT ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE, ANY ANY CHANGE THAT IS A IS A SHIFT IN POLICY OR A NEW POLICY. I WOULD YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD NEED TO BRING THAT TO Y'ALL THEN. I MEAN, IF WE WRITE A NEW POLICY IN TWO MONTHS, THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDED TO THIS DOCUMENT. AND, MR. COBB, I MEAN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. I, I GUESS WE WOULD BRING IT IN TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THAT NEW POLICY. AND THEN IF, IF ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, YOU KNOW, IN JANUARY EVERY YEAR IF Y'ALL WANT TO, TO WHETHER IT'S BY ORDINANCE OR. WELL, RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT CHANGES, I MEAN, HOWEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO THAT IS FINE WITH US.BUT I, I HAVE I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE IN POLICY SOMEHOW OR A NEW POLICY BRINGING THAT TO Y'ALL WITHIN THE YEAR. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ALL YOUR LITTLE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, YOUR OPERATIONAL CHANGES. I DON'T THAT I THINK THAT'S AN OVERSTEP ON OUR PART AS A CITY COUNCIL. AND IF WE WANT TO DO A BLANKET, YOU KNOW, HERE'S HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST 12 YEARS, I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION IF THAT'S GOING TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THE LEGAL PROCEEDING, YOU KNOW, LEGALITY OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, AS, AS IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN CHECKING AND DOUBLE CHECKING THESE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CORRECT. SO, I MEAN, NOW WE WOULD JUST WANT TO SEE ANY MAJOR ANY MAJOR, I DON'T WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR LITTLE STUFF. YOUR DAY TO DAY STUFF DOESN'T NEED WE DON'T NEED WE DON'T NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT STUFF. I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD EVEN BE IN MR. COBB CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO THIS BETTER THAN I. I COULD, BUT EVEN EVEN A ANOTHER LAYER BECAUSE THIS IS SAYING YOUR CURRENT. SO AS OF TODAY'S DATE. AND IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN THREE YEARS FROM NOW, IF WE'VE NOT REVISITED THIS AT ALL, SOMETHING COULD, YOU KNOW, A CRACK, A CRACK COULD BE OPENED UP. SHAME ON US. YOU.
YEAH. I MEAN, LIKE I SAY THAT I WOULD DEFER TO MR. COBB ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE I. I HAVE FAITH IN JEFF AND HIS DEPARTMENT AND I THINK THIS COUNCIL DOES, TOO. AND THE MAYOR, I THINK IT'S. APPROPRIATE TO LET JEFF AND THE MAYOR MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO IF IT'S A MINOR TWEAK OR IF IT'S A MAJOR POLICY SHIFT, AND TO DECIDE IF THAT SHOULD COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL OR NOT. I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM THAT LATITUDE. AGREED. I THINK THE ONLY TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR CHANGE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO KNOW ABOUT IT. I MEAN, SOMETHING MAJOR IS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WE NEED A POLICY CHANGE, CORRECT? SOMETHING. SO, YEAH, I HAVE TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN THE CHIEF DOING THE JOB. AND WE DON'T NEED TO REVISIT IT UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING MAJOR. AGREED? AGREED. AGREE. ALL RIGHT, I MOVE, WE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PLACE ON SECOND READING. SECOND MOTION TO ADVANCE THE READINGS BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. WADE I BRODERICK, I TREAT YES WILLIAMS I MCCULLOUGH I THOMAS I TOWNSEND I BROOKS I AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE SHERWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THIS IS THE SECOND READING TO SUSPEND THE RULE IN PLACE ON THIRD AND FINAL READING. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADVANCE A READING BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS.
ROLL CALL PLEASE. WADE I BRODERICK I TREAT YES WILLIAMS I MCCULLOUGH I THOMAS TOWNSEND I BROOKS I AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE SHERWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THIRD READING MOVE FOR ADOPTION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BROOKS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE. WADE I BRODERICK I TREAT YES WILLIAMS I MCCULLOUGH I THOMAS TOWNSEND I BROOKS I THERE IS AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE WADE I BRODERICK I TREAT YES WILLIAMS MCCULLOUGH I THOMAS TOWNSEND I BROOKS I. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ALL RIGHT UNDER OLD BUSINESS. I DID WANT
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TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT NEXT MONTH WE SHOULD HAVE PRICING AND DRAWINGS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE POTENTIAL BOND INITIATIVE. SO THAT WILL BE VERY[00:45:08]
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POTENTIAL FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ABOUT THAT. IT'S IT INVOLVES A DERANGED YOUTH CENTER, AND WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT SOME EXCUSE ME, THE PARK. THE PARK, NOT THE PARK. YES, PLEASE EXCUSE ME. THE DURAN PARK. IT WILL INVOLVE THAT. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL BE CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, AS IS REQUIRED FOR THE GRANT BEFORE THAT MEETING. SO? SO, WAIT, WHAT? INVOLVES WHAT? NO. BECAUSE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE OUR PICTURES. OH, YOU ARE CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT GOT RESCHEDULED. YES. SO HEATHER'S ALREADY DEPARTED. HEATHER'S LEFT THE BUILDING. OKAY, WELL, MAYBE IT'LL BE AFTER. OR YOU WILL JUST LET US. WE'LL LET YOU ALL. YOU'LL LET US KNOW. THANK YOU. YOU ARE CORRECT. AND PICTURES ARE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD CALL. BEFORE I GO OVER ALL OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, I DO NOT WANT TO OVERLOOK. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS HAS A QUICK ONE. YEAH, GO. I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE IN THE CITY KNOW THAT THE ROTARY CLUB OF SHERWOOD DID A FANTASTIC SCHOLARSHIP IN ETHICS AWARDS. SEVERAL OF YOU AT THIS TABLE HAVE HAD CHILDREN WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS. WE RECOGNIZE 27 FANTASTIC STUDENTS FROM SHERWOOD, VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS WITH ETHICS AWARDS. 13 OF THEM AND 14 STUDENTS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS. ROTARIANS INTERVIEWED PROBABLY FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS SUNDAY WEEK AGO. 21 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CITY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. SEVERAL OF THEM WHO GOT SCHOLARSHIPS WERE WRITTEN. THIS LITTLE YOUTH GROUP. TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING OUR CITY IN GREAT HANDS WITH THE LEGACY OF THESE CHILDREN THAT WE'VE MET. SO JUST SOME. I WAS VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE ON THE INTERVIEW TEAM AND WE HAD SOME VERY, VERY GOOD TALENT TO INTERVIEW. I JUST HAVE TO SAY, GREAT. JUST HAVE TO SAY, JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT GREAT CHILDREN WE HAVE OUT THERE. ABSOLUTELY. MAYOR, REAL QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS AND MR. COBB MAY WANT TO SAY MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT COME TO ME BECAUSE I WAS ABSENT LAST, LAST MONTH. AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE NOTICED IN PRIOR MONTHS THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE COME BY TELEPHONE OR BY ZOOM OR WHATEVER. BUT MR. COBB SAID, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? THERE'S A NEW ACT THAT WAS PASSED, THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT REQUIRES THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIAL AT THE MEETINGS FOR PURPOSES OF COUNTING A VOTE OR A QUORUM. OKAY. SO WE JUST THAT JUST WE JUST FOUND THAT I JUST FOUND THAT OUT PRIOR TO THAT MEETING. YEAH. JUST PAST. YES. I THINK IT HAPPENED. RIGHT, RIGHT. RIGHT BEFORE THAT MEETING. YEAH.YEAH. AND IT WAS JUST THIS SESSION BECAUSE I STARTED LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR GOING. OH SHOOT, WE HAVE TO FIX SOME THINGS. ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP. COUNCIL
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MEMBER WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE THAT THE MONTH OF MAY IS ALS AWARENESS MONTH. SO EVERYBODY OUT THERE TERRIBLE DISEASE. AND I DO WANT US TO BE SYMPATHETIC TO THAT AND BE AWARE OF IT ALSO. MAY IS ALSO THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO TORI, BETH AND HER PLATFORM FOR MISS ARKANSAS, SO THAT THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF. NOW WE'VE GOT ON MAY 22ND, WE HAVE THE SHERWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT TORCH RUN AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO THAT ENTERS 107 COMES DOWN KEEL AVENUE. WE TYPICALLY ARE CHEERING THEM ON DOWNHILL. SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT. MAY 23RD. WE'VE IS THE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION AT THE JACK EVANS SENIOR CENTER. AND THAT'S FROM 10 A.M. TO 12 P.M. ON MAY 24TH.THE SHERWOOD POOLS ARE OPEN FOR THE SEASON. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT'S ALREADY HERE, BUT IT IS.
OF COURSE IT. YOU COULD REALLY TELL THAT LAST WEEKEND. SO SOMEBODY TURNED THE AC DOWN AND THE HEAT UP ON MAY 26TH, CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY. ALSO ON MAY 26TH, THERE WILL BE A FOOD DRIVE AT THE THORNHILL AND FAIRWAY POOLS. YOU GET FREE ENTRY WITH A NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEM. MAY 28TH. WE'VE GOT THE BLOOD DRIVE AT THE BILL HARMON RECREATION
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CENTER FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. ON JUNE 2ND WILL BE THE SUMMER CEREAL DRIVE. IT'S THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO DONATE TO THAT CAUSE, THEY WILL BE AT THE WALMART SUPERCENTER, LOCATED AT 9053 HIGHWAY 107. WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL BE THERE BETWEEN 11 TO 1230 12:30 P.M. PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO THAT CAUSE. JUNE 14TH. WE'VE GOT EDUCATORS APPRECIATION DAY AND FREE POOL ENTRY WITH A VALID SCHOOL ID. SO TEACHERS, TIME FOR YOUR PLUNGE.ON JUNE 15TH WE HAVE FATHER'S DAY. SO HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. JUNE 19TH, THE CITY WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE JUNE 19TH HOLIDAY, AND SO THEREFORE OUR CONCERT SERIES GOT MOVED TO JUNE 26TH. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE CLIFF AND SUSAN. THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN. SO PLEASE COME OUT FOR THAT ON JUNE 21ST MOVIE NIGHT AT THE THORNHILL POOL AND IT WILL BE STAR WARS. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON. TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS ALL AROUND THE CITY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS GO RIGHT AHEAD ON MONDAY, MAY 26TH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE DAY OF MEMORIAL DAY AT THE ARKANSAS VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY ON MEMORIAL CEMETERY ON WEST MARYLAND IS THE ANNUAL ARKANSAS MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT 9 A.M. AND I BELIEVE GOVERNOR SANDERS IS GOING TO BE THE GUEST SPEAKER THERE. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE A HUGE IT'S A HUGE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY OUT THERE. SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN THAT, AND THEN THIS IS IN ADVANCE. BUT FOR NEXT MONTH, FOR JUNE 25TH, THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR, KOREAN WAR IS GOING TO BE A CEREMONY AT 10 A.M. AT THE MACARTHUR MILITARY MUSEUM IN LITTLE ROCK. SO I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT FOR NEXT MEETING. BUT JUST IN ADVANCE IF YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ON THEIR CALENDAR. SO GREAT. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF THERE BEING NONE, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROOKS. AMEN. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER I
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