2026-09-29 - City Council Agenda Session

Summary

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Built from the posted tentative agenda; outcomes are not stated.

• Presentation: the monthly sales tax and financial report.
• Consent (11 items): minutes of September 15; three dump trucks for Water and Sewer ($628,500); fleet fuel ($425,000) and wastewater plant fuel ($75,000) budget amendments; E Cinnamon Way drainage ($354,067); a fueling station at the Police Department ($219,950.76). See Equipment Purchases and Service Contracts.
• Consent: Garver Amendment 3 for the Noland wastewater facility ($2,294,000), McClelland Amendment 1 for utility relocations near Hwy 264 and future I-612 (up to $565,430), Goshen water tank rehabilitation ($356,000) and three Noland sludge blowers ($365,976). See Water and Sewer Projects.
• Consent: federal-aid agreement for the MLK Blvd and E Huntsville Rd corridor. See Street and Trail Projects.
• Unfinished: ADM 2026-0024 (streamside protection zone along Tanglewood Branch near W Center St and S Gregg Ave) and RZN-2026-0027 (N Oak Dr, appeal of a Planning Commission denial). See Rezonings and Land Use Requests.
• Unfinished: appeal of CUP 2026-0031 for cluster housing on N Bear Tree Ct, brought by Council Members Sarah Bunch, Sarah Moore, Teresa Turk and Scott Berna, tabled to October 6. See Council Member Appeals of Development Approvals.
• Unfinished: annexation ANX 2025-0002 (11.17 acres northeast of W Weir Rd) and planned zoning district PZD-2025-006 (51.4 acres). See West Weir Road Annexation and Planned Zoning.
• New: VAC 2026-0012 (E Millsap Rd, 0.448 acres) and rezonings RZN 2026-0026 (W 22nd St), 0028 (N Starr Dr), 0029 (W Mount Comfort Rd) and 0030 (W Wedington Dr). See Rezonings and Land Use Requests.
• New: the property tax millage levy (2.3 mills General Fund, 0.4 Firemen's Pension, 0.4 Policemen's Pension, 2.5 Library operations, 1.2 Library expansion). See 2027 Budget and Property Tax Millage.
• New: purchase of property on E 15th St for $690,000 plus $10,000 contingency. See Animal Services Facility.
• New: an ordinance letting certified Fire Marshal personnel initiate nonconsensual tows (with an emergency clause) and an ordinance prohibiting city funds and property for automatic license plate reader systems. See License Plate Readers and Public Safety Ordinances.

Agenda

1. Call to order; roll call; pledge of allegiance; Mayor's announcements
2. Presentation: sales tax and monthly financial report
3. Consent A.1-A.11: minutes; dump trucks; fleet fuel budget amendment; E Cinnamon Way drainage; MLK Blvd/E Huntsville Rd federal-aid agreement; Garver Amendment 3; McClelland Amendment 1; Goshen water tank; Noland sludge blowers; WWTP fuel budget amendment; Police Department fueling station
4. Unfinished business B.1-B.5: ADM 2026-0024; appeal of CUP 2026-0031 (N Bear Tree Ct); ANX 2025-0002; PZD 2025-0006; RZN-2026-0027
5. New business C.1-C.9: VAC 2026-0012; RZN 2026-0026, 0028, 0029, 0030; 2026 millage levy; Animal Services property purchase; Fire Marshal nonconsensual tows; license plate reader funding prohibition
6. Proposed agenda additions; agenda session presentations; City Council tour; announcements; adjournment

Sources

• Meeting page (agenda, packet, minutes): https://fayettevillear.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1457/files
• Agenda: https://fayettevillear.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5847,plainText=false)
• Agenda packet (not read): https://fayettevillear.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5848,plainText=false)
• Video: https://reflect-fayetteville-ar.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/show/9710?channel=1 (City of Fayetteville Government Channel on Cablecast, titled "City Council Agenda Session 9.29.2026"; runtime 61 minutes)

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