Former UAM Chencellor Jack Lassiter updated the group on the status of the proposed convention center.

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Mayor Zack Tucker summarozes the recent alchohol time service changes, approved at the last City Council meeting, and upcoming events to the MEDC board and guests.

The event was held at the UAM Library, and was sponsored by the Chamber of Comerce.

Due to technical difficulties, the narration of the video did not sustain its quality through production.

The excercie was planned to train Monticello Fire Dept. personell to perform “rope rescues” for trapped fictims, whether it be from outside a building, or inside of an industrial site.

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A well-needed, somewhat-heated discussion developed, Tuesday night, from a boring topic, dealing with water meter deposits for multi-unit complexes.

The long-time question of home/businesses getting commercial bills was brought up by councilman Joe Meeds, and will get studied and clarified in the near future.

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As whatever is going to happen, Saturday draws near,  local residents are agreeing that it doesn’t belong in Drew County, and not taking sides about who is right.

In an earlier “summary” of a potential out-of-town group meeting, MLive did not use their accepted name or initials.  Again, this report will not do so, in order to “Google proof” the article.

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An ordinance was presented to amend Monticello City Code to amend the limitations of hours of operation of private clubs within the city limits, at Tuesday night’s meeting.

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SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. vs. CITY OF MONTICELLO vs. SIEMENS A.G.

Listed here are the primary focal points of the CITY OF MONTICELLO’S ANSWER TO THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND COUNTERCLAIM AND ADDITION OF COUNTER-DEFENDANT, as submitted to the US District Court, in response to SEIMENS recent federal lawsuit against the The City of Monticello, the city’s special attorney, Cliff Gibson, has answered SIEMENS’ lawsuit against the city.

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Last Tuesday, Siemens and the City of Monticello met in Little Rock in an attempt to mediate hte situation, to avoid a lawsuit, by reaching a compromise.

It appears that on the way out of town, Siemens filed that lawsuit in the U.S. Eastern District Curt.

A Public Involvement Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 30th from 4:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m at the MEDC office.

The format of the meeting will be come and go. Outcomes from the 2007 Strategic Plan will be shared and participants will be asked to share opinions of the 2007 outcomes as well as give input on goals and objectives for the 2015 plan.

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Last Tuesday, Monticello mayor Zack Tucker, attorney Witt Barton, special attorney Cliff Gibson, and city clerk Andrea Chambers traveled to Little Rock, in an attempt to settle the ongoing water system improvement $10 million battle with Siemens through legal mediation.

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Attorney Cliff Gibson, hired last year to represent the City of Monticello’s best interest in the ongoing “water improvent project” with Siemens, has recently released the latest in a series of letters between Gibson & Keith and the firm representing Siemens.

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The City Council approved Mayor Zack Tucker’s plan to begin reducing the city’s ongoing battle against residential flooding.
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At the last City Council meeting, W. J. McKeiver asked the city to widen a section of Old Troy Road, due to increased big rig traffic around Price Lumber Mill.
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Glen Dabney, of Eagle Forestry Service, has been appointed to the airport commission, replacing Charles Savage.

The decision is expected to be approved by the City Council, next week.

In a special called meeting Wednesday evening, January 7, the Monticello City Council passed a resolution to reject the bids submitted for economic development services on November 21, 2014; to declare economic development services as professional services; to authorize the publication of requests for qualifications for economic development; and to extend the current “contract” with Monticello Economic Development Commission to February 28.

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The City Council held a special called meeting 6 pm, Wednesday, January 7, for a vote to authorize special legal council to pursue mediation with Siemens, Inc., in order to dissolve the City’s contract with the company and to recover from Siemens damages and the City’s $7 million dollar financial investment in the water rehabilitation project.
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