Mayor· 2021-2028
Harold Copenhaver
Jonesboro
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 21
- Total speaking time
- 5:04:00
- Avg per meeting
- 14:29
- Segments
- 4719
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Top issues during term (16)(Development)
New residential subdivisions in Jonesboro
No new public infrastructure costs since water, sewer, and streets already exist.
160-acre annexation petition near Valley View
Annexing would eventually obligate the city to provide police, fire, sanitation and road maintenance to the property, which members said the budget can't absorb right now.
NEA Children's Museum land request
Both leases are symbolic $1-a-year rents — no meaningful revenue to the city.
ARcare clinic drive-through pharmacy at 22211 Fowler Avenue
No direct city cost; the applicant will pay for detention improvements and any required landscaping.
Summit Utilities sidewalk and landscaping obligations
Sidewalk in-lieu fees roughly equal the cost of the sidewalk itself; temporary CO extensions run $500 per 45 days.
Chick-fil-A site variances at Southern Creek Lane
Downtown demolition of old City 57 and Justice Complex
Permitting Process Efficiency Study Findings
Most changes cost little; a new commercial plans reviewer hire is the biggest near-term expense, and software integration could be a future capital cost.
Restaurant development in Greensboro Village pattern-book relief
No direct public cost; new restaurant construction and operation add private investment to the development.
Lot split variance at 1601 Granger Drive
Avoids detention pond and sidewalk costs for an existing neighbor's home; the two new lots would each get a new single-family home.
Brookshire Place Phase III completion
No direct city cost; infrastructure was completed by the developer.
Citadel Manor apartment development
New single-family home on a 50-foot lot at 1423 Angelus St
No public cost; the applicant plans to demolish a structure on which he still owes roughly $40,000 and rebuild.
Rebuilding a house on a 40-foot-wide lot at 307 N. Allis St
New construction adds to the property tax base on a lot that's sat vacant.
Twin Oaks Reserve Commercial Subdivision
Triplex driveway setback at 3406 Meador Dr.
Decisions during term (9)
Recorded while Copenhaver was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.