Bluff City, AR

The Pine Bluff City Council approved an ordinance Monday, November 2nd, increasing the construction project valuation threshold for requiring certified architectural plans from $100,000 to $250,000. The change applies to qualifying residential construction projects where residents act as designers without using the professional title of [...]

The Pine Bluff City Council approved a $168,272 contract Monday, November 2nd, for the installation of a new roofing system at Opportunity House. The facility, located at 1305 East Sixth Avenue, serves individuals experiencing homelessness and is operated by Depaul USA. Opportunity House provides daytime [...]

The Pine Bluff City Council approved a $117,000 budget adjustment Monday, November 2nd, to provide additional funding for completion of the city's Fire Training Center. The resolution transfers unused salary funds from the Pine Bluff Fire Department into the city's Capital Projects Fund. During the [...]

Five months after a weapons-related disturbance at the Pine Bluff Aquatic Center prompted promises of increased security, some of those improvements remain unfinished. The issue resurfaced following Monday's Pine Bluff City Council meeting when Patricia Barbie, representing members of the facility's swimming classes, asked Mayor [...]

Aging computer equipment, unreliable network connections and ongoing software problems have prompted the Pine Bluff City Council to approve nearly $95,000 in technology upgrades aimed at improving operations across city government. During Monday's meeting, the council authorized a $94,880.36 contract with NextStep Innovation to replace [...]

The Pine Bluff City Council approved several expenditures, budget adjustments and ordinance changes during its meeting Monday, November 2nd, at the Detective Kevin D. Collins Center. Among the items considered were technology upgrades, property rezoning requests, construction requirements and funding for city facilities. Before the [...]

Pine Bluff Fourth Ward Alderman Stephen B. Mays Sr. has reversed his previous decision to leave the Pine Bluff City Council and plans to serve another term. During an interview with Deltaplex Radio's Floyd Donald on Monday, November 2nd, Mays announced that he had reconsidered [...]

The Pine Bluff City Council will meet Monday, November 2nd, at 5:30 p.m. at the Detective Kevin D. Collins Center, located at 200 East Eighth Avenue, to consider property rezoning requests, city service contracts, fire department funding and several proposed budget adjustments. The meeting agenda [...]

The Pine Bluff City Council will hold a special-called meeting Monday, October 26th, at 6 p.m. to consider a temporary moratorium on certain transitional residential facilities, two city service contracts totaling more than $162,000, and other proposals involving emergency planning and city property. The meeting [...]

Getting around Pine Bluff could soon become easier for residents who live beyond the city's existing bus routes, while new animal shelter kennels, efforts to tackle neglected properties and public safety improvements are also moving forward. Those were among the developments during the Pine Bluff [...]