The Prairie Grove City Council voted 7-1 last week to make an offer to purchase the vacant land next to the police station for $325,000 and also approved the preliminary plat for a new single-family residential subdivision off Butler Road.
The low bid on a major city project to extend Viney Grove Road from the middle school to Buchanan Street was about $300,000 under the engineer s cost estimate.
The Prairie Grove City Council heard that plans are moving ahead on adding a restroom facility and a playground structure to Muddy Fork Park during its Sept. 19 meeting.
PRAIRIE GROVE The City Council approved a resolution last week to authorize Mayor Sonny Hudson and Public Works Director Chuck Wiley to apply for a low-interest loan from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission to help with costs to expand the sewer treatment plant.
In the future, the Prairie Grove Police Department will have two protective ballistic shields that officers can use when they respond to high-risk calls.