October 6, 2026 Finance and Agenda Prep Meeting

The City of Russellville, Arkansas, held a Finance and Agenda Prep Meeting on October 6, 2026. The finance committee voted to recommend several items to the full council: authorization to apply with Friends of the Lattimore Tourist Home for an Arkansas Historic Preservation Program grant; $39,240 from the Parks and Recreation sales-tax fund for a Hickey Pool cover; $292,865.90 from that fund for a playground at the Russellville Soccer Complex; and $6,198 from the economic development capital fund to repair a damaged airport fence. The committee also forwarded reimbursement requests of $19,596.79 for the Boys and Girls Club and $50,000 for the Arkansas Valley Alliance for Economic Development. A 2026 property-tax millage resolution was forwarded with one member abstaining. Members recommended accepting Bowden Specialties, Inc.’s bid for site clearing and grading at 1055 Elmira Avenue (Project 20-013), after a lower bid was rejected for a procedural issue; the bid amount was unclear in the transcript, and an additional appropriation from Fund 3 was expected at a later finance meeting.

The agenda-prep portion included a presentation on preparing Russellville’s address data for the 2030 Census and the potential effects of undercounting on public funding, as well as updates on drainage, sidewalk, trail, and bridge projects. The council discussed a possible downtown two-hour parking ordinance and speed-awareness signs, with no action recorded on either. A resolution to prohibit renewal of the city’s Flock Safety agreement was listed for council consideration, and a resident requested removal of the cameras and a moratorium on mass surveillance; neither proposal was decided at this meeting. The speaker cited a prior $69,110 Flock appropriation and waiver of competitive bidding in 2024. No final contract awards or spending approvals by the full council are recorded in this transcript; the finance items were recommendations forwarded for council consideration.