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The Arkansas County Courthouse Annex on South College is the site of early and election day voting for mayor of Stuttgart.
Early voting for Stuttgart’s mayoral special election began this morning and will continue through Monday, April 12. Early voting will take place weekdays between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Arkansas County Courthouse Annex at 312 S. College St. Election day is Tuesday, April 13, and polls will open at 7:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. that day.
During their March meeting, the Stuttgart City Council voted to have only one central polling location for the election, after the Grand Prairie Center closed temporarily due to significant flooding damage experienced during February’s snow storm.
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Stuttgart City Council heard a proposal last night from local businessman David Leech for a study on a one-cent sales tax to help fund repairs of city streets.
Street woes dominated much of Tuesday night’s Stuttgart City Council meeting, held at city hall with all aldermen present.
The conversation sparked when local businessman David Leech addressed the council and suggested a plan to improve city streets, which he said need a major overhaul.
“We’re gonna have to do something,” Leech said. “We’re gonna have to look at the streets. If we wait for Little Rock or Washington, D.C. (to provide funding) we’d be back to dirt roads before we know it.”
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Becky Burgess will serve as interim mayor until a new mayor can be elected in April. (Photo courtesy of Becky Burgess)
When the Stuttgart City Council declared the mayor’s seat vacant on Jan. 5, they appointed city clerk Becky Burgess as interim mayor for the next several months.
“My job is to make sure the city runs as usual and that all the city services are rendered for our citizens,” Burgess said.
Burgess has been Stuttgart’s city clerk for two years. She was elected into the position after serving as deputy city clerk since July 2011 under former city clerk, Mitri Greenhill. She also worked as a clerk in the district court for a short time before making the move to city hall.