Monticello Live

The cemetery is maintained by the city of Monticello.

If you think this should be added to tonight’s City Council agenda, please contact your City Council representative.

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

The walking trail at Jordan Park has been completed, and is open to the public.

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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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