The city council of Monticello will be considering a “food truck“ ordinance at tonight‘s meeting.

We are planning to post the video of the meeting on MonticelloLive, Wednesday morning.

The intent is not to ban food trucks, but to “level the playing field” and ensure quality and safety for local customers and businesses.

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“First, let me be clear in saying that I support mobile vendors. I think they bring variety, culture, convenience and many other positive aspects. Our local vendors (in my experience) are all great people providing a service to our communities. We want to encourage that, but also set guidelines for operating in the City of Monticello. This will allow vendors and property owners as well as City or State entities responsible for the safety of our public, to know the rules as to when, where and how food trucks operate. (more…)

This photo shows the amount of damage to Davis Street, after years, possibly decades, of flooding to the street have eroded around culverts and caused the road to collapse in several locations.

The bid opening and explanation of the flood prevention project are posted below.

As part of Monticello’s City Wide Clean Up Weekend, City Police, Fire, Public Works, Parks, Administrative Staff, MEDC as well as local churches and the local NAACP Chapter picked up over 1500 pounds of trash and and litter inside the city.

The Church of Christ, Emmanual Baptist, Morningstar Baptist, the United Methodist Church, The Revival Center and NAACP Chapter 6042 for their hard work on Saturday as well. Many others assisted as well.

Supplies for the cleanup were provided by Keep Arkansas Beautiful. Mr. Kelly Koonce helped organize the event.

On behalf of the City, a big thank you to everyone who came out and put in work to show how much they care for their community!

The city Park slide has been repaired, after being damaged by a storm. The section below describes the repair process directly from the minutes of the Park, commission from their March meeting.

The City of Monticello will be conducting a city wide clean up effort this week, starting on Friday with city workers cleaning up and Saturday, with several local churches and civic organizations participating. Trash bags, vests, signs and related supplies for the clean up are being provided by Keep Arkansas Beautiful and being distributed by the Mayors Office should anyone want to come out and help either day. (more…)