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Fort Smith approves water bill adjustments after winter storm

Fort Smith approves water bill adjustments after winter storm
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Arkansas weather: 3-5 inches of snow, single-digit temps in Fort Smith

Fort Smith Times Record Fort Smith has received 3-5 inches of snowfall throughout the city and could get up to 11 more inches through Thursday. The temperature in the city was at 4 degrees at 7:59 a.m. Monday and is forecast to drop to -3 degrees on Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service forecasts a second snowstorm will begin after midnight Tuesday and taper off Thursday morning, bringing 8-11 inches of snow. It will not begin to melt at least until Friday, which is the first forecast day with temps above freezing. NWS Meteorologist Tyler Snider said roads will hopefully be drivable by the weekend. But the snow could stay at least another week after Friday due to the snowpack affecting high temperatures in the 40s or 50s.

Fort Smith s 5-year consent decree extension still not in effect

Times Record A five-year extension offered in May 2020 to Fort Smith for sewage system improvements, which could help stabilize sewer rates, has yet to be approved by the city s Board of Directors.  The extension, granted to the city by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality, came after Fort Smith fell five miles short of replacing sewer lines required for that piece of a 12-year consent decree timeline for 2019. As per terms of the decree, the city had $246.1 million remaining to pay as of Monday for sewage system improvements to fix sewer runoff into the Arkansas river, which the EPA and Department of Justice lodged for Fort Smith in 2015.

Vaccines distribution, water leaks to be discussed by city Tuesday

Two topics of public focus will be discussed Tuesday evening by the Fort Smith Board of Directors. The board will first discuss the city government s possible role in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process in the city, which was requested Jan. 5 by Ward 3 Director Lavon Morton. Directors will then discuss its plan for water leak mitigation in the city. The board will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Fort Smith Convention Center. Vaccines Ward 3 Director Lavon Morton at the Jan. 5 meeting said he wants Fort Smith to help roll out the COVID-19 vaccine efficiently, and the city is responding. City and county officials on Tuesday will assess how they can use their resources to better distribute the vaccine. These resources could include providing facilities for vaccine administration and communicating to the public which groups of people can get the vaccine and when.

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