City & Town, July 2019 Vol. 75, No. 07
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JULY 2019 VOL. 75, NO. 07 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE New leaders named during 85th Convention Mayor Gary Baxter Mulberry First Vice President Mayor Harold Perrin Jonesboro President Mayor Paul Wellenberger Council Member Allan Loring Fairfield Bay Wrightsville Vice President, District 1 Vice President, District 2 Mayor John Mark Turner Mayor Parnell Vann Siloam Springs Magnolia Vice President, District 3 Vice President, District 4 How do you think new money becomes old money? Ashley Dixon John Monroe Gene Jennings Chuck Tlapek Personal Trust Administrator Senior Vice President, Trust Officer Senior Vice President Senior Vice President, Simmons Bank, Trust Department Simmons Bank, Trust Department Simmons Bank, Trust Department Chief Investment Officer Simmons Bank, Trust Department At Simmons, our Investment Management services help you get the most out of your money. Our wealth management professionals have on average more than 20 years of experience and are responsible for over $4 billion in assets. We will manage your portfolio with a diligent approach and in-depth knowledge of the marketplace. We’ll devise clear strategies to help protect and grow your assets. That way, you can continue to work towards the future you’ve always envisioned. Put our experience to work for your legacy. Speak with one of our wealth management experts and start planning your tomorrow. Trust | Investments | Insurance | Private Banking Simmons Wealth Management is a marketing name for certain business operations of Simmons Bank (Member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender) (“Bank”) and its affiliates, including securities and other investments, which are offered through Simmons First Investment Group, Inc. (Member FINRA and SIPC); insurance offered through Simmons First Insurance Services, Inc. and Simmons First Insurance Services of TN, LLC; and the trust and private banking operations of the Bank. Investment Products Are: Not FDIC Insured | Not Bank Guaranteed | May Lose Value simmonsbank.com MUNICIP S AL A L S E N A A G K U R E A ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE G GREAT CITIES MAKE A GREAT STATE E R T E A A T T S C T I A TI E ES GR MAKE A ON THE COVER—The League welcomes our new slate of officers for 2019-2020. They began their How do you think new money terms on June 14, the final day of a great 85th Convention in Little Rock. Beginning in the August Cover photos by issue, City & Town will visit with our president and district vice presidents and see what’s happening Mark Potter. in their hometowns. Read our wrap-up of the Convention in this issue beginning on page 6. Read becomes old money? also about Siloam Springs’ new Memorial Park, the wrap party for Small Business Revolution—Main Street in Searcy, and more.—atm Features City & Town Contents Arkansas Municipal League Officers .............5 League preps for year at 85th a'TEST Consultants, INC. ..........................42 Convention 6 The Arkansas Municipal League elected new Directory Changes ...................................38 officers, adopted its policies and goals for the Economic Development .............................45 year, voted on a package of resolutions, and Engineering .............................................50 covered an array of issues important to cities Fairs & Festivals .......................................34 and towns at its 85th Convention, held June Meeting Calendar ....................................34 12-14 at the Marriott Hotel and Statehouse Municipal Mart .......................................58 Convention Center in Little Rock. 12 Recognition for one year of service Municipal Notes ......................................56 14 Convention snapshots Planning to Succeed .................................40 18 Convention delegates listed President's Letter ........................................4 24 Thank you, sponsors and exhibitors Sales Tax Map .........................................53 Memorial Park opens in Siloam Springs Sales Tax Receipts ....................................54 Ashley Dixon John Monroe Gene Jennings Chuck Tlapek Personal Trust Administrator Senior Vice President, Trust Officer Senior Vice President Senior Vice President, Siloam Springs celebrated the opening of its Turnback Estimates ...................................52 Simmons Bank, Trust Department Simmons Bank, Trust Department Simmons Bank, Trust Department Chief Investment Officer 30 Simmons Bank, Trust Department new five-acre Memorial Park in May, and it Urban Forestry .........................................48 features an amphitheater, a pavilion, a splash Your Health .............................................46 pad, and plenty of lush green space. At Simmons, our Investment Management services help you get the most out of your money. Our wealth management professionals have on average more than 20 years of experience and are responsible for over $4 billion in assets. We will Small Business Revolution—Main Street manage your portfolio with a diligent approach and in-depth knowledge of the marketplace. We’ll devise clear strategies wraps in Searcy to help protect and grow your assets. That way, you can continue to work towards the future you’ve always envisioned. 32 Publisher Deputy Director Searcy’s downtown was filled with supporters Mark R. Hayes Whitnee V. Bullerwell Put our experience to work for your legacy. June 21 to celebrate the final day of filming Speak with one of our wealth management experts and start planning your tomorrow. Editor Graphic Designer for the show Small Business Revolution—Main Andrew T. Morgan Mark R. Potter Street, which is set to air in October on Hulu. Trust | Investments | Insurance | Private Banking Advertising Assistant Email: Tricia Zello [email protected] Simmons Wealth Management is a marketing name for certain business operations of Simmons Bank (Member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender) (“Bank”) and its affiliates, including securities and other investments, which are offered through Simmons First Investment Group, Inc. (Member FINRA and SIPC); insurance offered through Simmons First Insurance Services, Inc. and Simmons First Insurance Services of TN, LLC; and the trust City&Town (ISSN 0193-8371 and Publication No. 031-620) Facebook.com.com/ twitter@ARMuniLeague greatcitiesgreatstate.com is published monthly for $20 per year ($1.67 per single copy) and private banking operations of the Bank. Arkansas.Municipal.League by the Arkansas Municipal League, 301 W. Second St., North Little Rock, AR 72114. Periodicals postage paid at Investment Products Are: Not FDIC Insured | Not Bank Guaranteed | May Lose Value youtube.com/user/ flickr.com/photos/ North Little Rock, Ark. ARMunicipalLeague arkansas_municipal_league www.arml.org POSTMASTER: Send address changes to City&Town, simmonsbank.com P.O. Box 38, North Little Rock, AR 72115. JULY 2019 3 PRESIDENT'S LETTER Dear friends and fellow public servants, Thank you for making my introduction as your 2019-2020 League president such a memorable occasion. I believe the 85th Convention was one of the best ever. The credit goes to our wonderful League staff, outgoing President Joe Smith of North Little Rock, and all of you who make this the invalu- able organization it is. Because of you, I think it will be a landmark year. We have selected a great slate of officers for the coming year, and we are now in the process of filling positions on the executive committee and the advisory councils. I am eager to get started, as I know you are eager to see what is in store. As I announced at the Convention, my platform focuses on public-private partnerships. We are in a day and time in which we simply do not have the tax base to run our municipalities, whether you hail from the largest city to the smallest town. It is critical that we find other means of funding. Seeking out public-private partnerships has always been among my priorities as I approach my 11th year as mayor of Jonesboro. It is private donors who each pay $12,000 a year to keep our cloverleaf interchanges at each exit/entrance ramp along I-555 mowed and looking clean. I-555 is the gateway of Jonesboro, and I have always believed that we must appear welcoming when people come to town. We know the state cannot afford to mow all our many miles of highway roadsides as often as we would like. So we mow it ourselves, funded by private business owners who take pride in our appearance. That is but one benefit of partnering with those who live in and care about our community. In the future I will share many more experiences of what we have done, and what we would like to do. We have learned that it doesn’t take a monolith to provide the amenities that we enjoy, but it does take a lot of community buy-in and commitment. As we prepare for our Annual Planning Meeting Aug. 21-23 in Jonesboro, we have a lot to address. I am ready to get down to business, and I know you have a lot of issues and concerns about your community, as well as our state as a whole. Please know that my doors are always open, and my phone (870-932-1052) and email ([email protected]) will always be answered. We are all in this together. Warmly, Harold Perrin Mayor, Jonesboro President, Arkansas Municipal League 4 CITY & TOWN ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OFFICERS Mayor Harold Perrin, Jonesboro ..................................... President Mayor Gary Baxter, Mulberry .......................... First Vice President Mayor Paul Wellenberger, Fairfield Bay ....Vice President, District 1 Council Member Allan Loring, Wrightsville .Vice President, District 2