Monticello Live

The City of Monticello Fire Department is currently seeking Part-time Volunteer Firefighters. Pay is per call. (more…)

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The City of Monticello Police Department is currently taking applications for Full Patrolman. Salary Range: $30,804.32 – $36,781nn.97, benefit package included. (more…)

MLive photo from 2011 shows this has been an ongoing problem for years.

At the recent Parks Commission meeting, Mayor Anderson and other city officials were present. One of the topics discussed was the overfilling of the city park dumpsters, as well as construction debris and other piles of garbage being left on the ground, there. (more…)

The ew ladder truck had a price tag of $850,000.

It has a extendable ladder length of 107 foot, and is expected to have a life span of 20–30 years.

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According to reports from Wednesday’s meeting, the previous owners of Arkansas Midland Railroad did not get approval from Union Pacific to install the crossing of the intermodal access road, before authorizing the intermodal authority to build the road across the track at its current location and where to install the switch.

Railroad officials notified the contractor of the problem as the road was reaching the railroad right-of-way. That was the first time anyone local knew this was an issue.

The specific problem is that according to Union Pacific, the railroad track swith and the road crossing must be a specific distance away from each other.




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The city council budget/finance committee met, Tuesday night, with Mayor David Anderson in attendance. (more…)

After the presentation from The Call of Drew County, the Rotary club presented their organization with a check for $750, to help support their projects.