Press Argus-Courier
Alma Mayor Jerry Martin gave the State of the City address at a recent monthly city council meeting. Here are five important takeaways from the presentation.
1. According to Martin, Alma was the first city to reach out to Micheal Pakko, Arkansas chief economist, and ask for projections on revenue for the city at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although Martin said the projections were not good, because of their early action, the city was able to be proactive by furloughing employees to protect them financially and keep the employees safe from the virus. Alma was used as a model to help other Arkansas studies on cities during the pandemic.