24-06-2025
The Agenda: City councils weigh trails, federal grants, RV parks
Here's what your city councils plan to discuss tonight.
Bentonville will vote on:
🏃♀️ A contract worth about $602,000 with NEC for trail construction on the Razorback Greenway Trail from Bentonville High School to 14th Street, and an $80,240 agreement with CEI Engineering for construction administration services for the project.
🏋️♂️ Establishing fees for the new Adult Recreation Center set to open next year.
The proposed fees include $15 monthly memberships for Bentonville residents or $19 for non-residents.
Rogers will vote on:
🏠 Accepting a Community Development Block Grant from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development worth about $529,700.
🚒 A resolution expressing the city's willingness to use federal grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security to help pay for nine additional firefighters and emergency medical technicians. The total cost is about $1.24 million, with the city covering $463,783.
🚐 Establishing a new zoning district for recreational vehicles to provide temporary housing.
