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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Jonesboro public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Invocation procedure for council meetings
The council adopted a written procedure letting council members lead or invite the opening invocation — prompted partly by ACLU inquiries and concerns about who might be invited to pray.
Clean legislative audit, 17 years running
Mayor Copenhaver announced the city earned another clean state legislative audit with zero findings — the 17th straight year — with a full presentation coming next meeting.
Gibson conflict-of-interest question
Councilman Gibson asked whether his daughter's swim team membership creates a conflict; the city attorney said only financial benefit counts, so it does not.
Permit volume reporting
LJ Bryant wants the committee to see building permit volumes — commercial and residential — every six months again. Staff said a Matrix Group study covering three years of permitting data comes to council in early April.