Monticello Live

The Monticello City Council met in budget committee, Thursday night to discuss the total $7.3 million bids that were received on Tuesday for moving the water and sewer lines out from under Main Street, north and south, and the possible ways to finance the higher than expected costs.

After an hour long meeting, the council agreed to reject both bids, instead of saddling the city with the long-term expense of paying the debt, which was higher than the bids were expected to come in at.

They will likely meet in a special call meeting to pass a resolution to make this official, but they were unanimous in their decision, at this point.

They agreed to have ARDOT mI’ll and pave Main Street, as was previously set out in the  Scogin Drive Extension agreement.

The council agreed that the waterlines do need to be moved out of the street, also that the sewer lines are not a top priority, at this point, and to consider other ways to take care of the waterline relocation, in the near future, just not at the current bid expense.

According to Monticello Mayor Jason Akers, City crews began addressing drainage and infrastructure issues in the Western Pines neighborhood this week, beginning at the Western Pines Park. (more…)

According to Mayor Jason Akers, the Main Street water and sewer line replacement will going out for bids in September, with the bid opening to occur at City Hall on September 23rd at 4 p.m. (more…)

The City of Monticello is currently applying for a $500,000 Matching Park Grant through the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. The grant will be used to renovate the basketball and tennis courts at McCloy Park.

The plan includes the removal and replacement of the current basketball, tennis, and pickle ball courts. The plan also includes adding benches, new fencing, and an asphalt parking lot around the courts for additional parking and ADA accessibility. (more…)

According to Mayor Jason Akers, City personnel began last week removing remaining collapsed culverts in Oakland Cemetery so dirt work and new drainage piping could be installed and covered this week. (more…)

On July 09, 2024 at approximately 7:18 P.M. MPD was dispatched to Glenwood Drive in reference to a disturbance. (more…)

“I have been briefed on a domestic situation involving a council member. This is a very unfortunate incident and I believe it is solely a matter for the Monticello Police Department and the court system to resolve”. – Mayor Jason Akers

According to Mayor Jason Akers, the City of Monticello received a $224,997 reimbursement for expenses this week for a recently completed infrastructure project.

Bids were opened for the Godfrey Ditch project on March 14, 2024, and the project began in April. It was completed in early June, with drainage work being performed on Jackson, Pauline, Conley, Shelton and ending at Gaines Street. (more…)