Stories from Saturday, August 13, 2016

The agenda was light as the monthly Poinsett Quorum Court meeting Monday at the annex building in Harrisburg. First on the agenda was a resolution for the quorum court to endorse Greenfield Brown Rice Co., LLC, to allow them to participate in the tax back program. The justices passed the resolution and it went into effect immediately...

The Trumann city council passed five resolutions at their monthly meeting Tuesday. In new business, the council voted to amend the personnel policy for fire department sick days. The policy states that 20 days will be allowed. That numbers were based on eight hour work days, and since the fireman work 12-24 hour shifts, the days were changed to ten days...

The last item of business during Monday night's Marked Tree City Council meeting involved appointing a new alderman to take the place of Mary Smith, who announced her resignation at the end of the meeting. Smith has served in the position since 2011, when she offered to fill her husband Dr. Vestal Smith's position after he passed away...

Trumann Water Works services around 3,100 properties with miles of water and sewer lines. While developing a new well is the top priority among the potential projects to be paid for using a proposed one cent sales tax, should it pass in Sept. 13's special election, Mayor Barbara Lewallen said maintenance to sewer lines is another major project the tax could be used to fund...