The Pine Bluff City Council approved a resolution during Monday s meeting to fund a project to improve pedestrian infrastructure along Second and Third avenues in downtown Pine Bluff. According to the resolution, the Federal-aid Transportation Alternative Funds are available at 80 percent federal participation and a 20 percent local match.
After a considerable amount of discussion during Monday's meeting, the Pine Bluff City Council approved an ordinance that would create a Convention Center and Hotel Public Facilities Board by a 7-1 vote.
An ordinance creating the Pine Bluff Convention Center and Hotel Public Facilities Board will be up for discussion at 5:30 p.m. today during the city council meeting at the Pine Bluff Convention Center.
The office of Mayor Shirley Washington recently gave an update on several initiatives and projects happening in Pine Bluff, specifically concerning the former Bank of America building, Opportunity House, Enterprise Fleet Management and Pine Bluff Aquatics, as well as a field trip city officials took to Texarkana.
Pine Bluff council members pulled a resolution that would have named a future police training center after slain officer Kevin D. Collins during Monday's regular meeting.