FORT SMITH City Directors are considering temporarily halting residential building surrounding the Fort Smith Regional Airport to conduct a sound study and potentially modify area building codes in preparation for the Foreign Military Sales program.
City Directors have agreed to submit a grant to the Federal Emergency Management Administration to help purchase and remove 12 homes in the city's flood plain.
A sales tax extension in Fort Smith, liquor sales in Decatur on Sundays and a special election for mayor in Tontitown are among the items added to ballots in Northwest Arkansas as special elections.
City department heads are discussing how an extension of the 1% in sales taxes could address park, fire, police and utility needs, as well as what must be done if the extension isn't approved in the May 24 election.
FORT SMITH City directors held a special study session Thursday to answer questions and hear comments about Next Step Homeless Services constructing a shelter community downtown.