Board of Directors

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF S[ LOAM SPRINGS, BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, HELD AUGUST 19, 2025 The City of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, met in regular session at the City of Siloam Springs Administration Building on August 19, 2025. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Judy Nation. Roll Call: Hunt, Wiles, Blair, Rissler, Carroll, Bums— present, Allen— absent. City Representatives Present: Christina Petriches, Interim City Administrator; Jene Fain City Clerk; Scott Miller, Police Chief; Dustin Kindell, Fire Chief; Joshua Napier, Public Works Director; James Harris, Airport Manager; Kris Paxton, Administrative Services Director; Travis Chaney, Parks& Recreation Manager; Maegan Thomas, Current Planner. Director Burns led the opening prayer. Mayor Nation led the Pledge of Allegiance. At this time, Mayor Nation asked if there were any comments from the audience regarding an item not on the City' s agenda. Randy Torres, 19208 Fisher Ford Road, Siloam Springs. On behalf of the Chamber of Siloam Springs he looks forward to the opportunity to work with the board of directors. I look forward to creating a story that I will want to share with one voice and look forward to helping serve. Reminder that 4th Friday is this Friday at Memorial Park. The mayor asked if there were any comments on an item on the Consent Agenda. There were none. Consent Agenda A. Regular Meeting Minutes/ August 5, 2025 A motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Rissler and seconded by Burns. Motion passed unanimously. Regularly Scheduled Items Item B: Contract/ 250 HP Centrifugal Blower/ Public Works Department/ Wastewater Division/ Instrument& Supply, Inc./$ 123, 377. 57. Joshua Napier briefed this item. A motion was made to approve the contract by Rissler and seconded by Hunt. Motion passed unanimously. Item C: Ground Lease/ Community Services/ Airport/ Bravo Mike LLC. James Harris briefed this item. A motion was made to approve the grant acceptance by Rissler and seconded by Hunt. Motion passed unanimously. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Page 12 August 19, 2025 Item D: Ordinance 25- 26/ 2nd Reading/ Amending Section 102- 21 of the City Municipal Code/ Rezoning form R- 2 to C- 2/ 1200 Block of East Lake Francis Drive. Maegan Thomas briefed this item. Zack Hixon, 2543 S. Cobalt Avenue in Fayetteville with Site Wise Engineering requesting this matter be read on the 2nd and 3rd reading. A motion was made by Rissler and seconded by Burns to place Ordinance 25- 26 on its second and third reading, suspending the rules and ready by title only. Motion passed 5- 1. An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 102- 21 OF THE SILOAM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE (CITY ZONING MAP); REZONING (FROM R-2 TO G- I) PROPERTY LOCATED AT 900 BLOCK OF CHERI WHITLOCK DRIVE was read on its second and third reading. A motion to adopt Ordinance 25- 26 was made by Rissler and seconded by Carroll. Motion passed unanimously. Item E: Ordinance 25- 27/ 2" d Reading/ Amending Section 102- 21 of the City Municipal Code/ Rezoning from R- 2 to C- 2/ 1200 Block of East Lake Francis Drive. Maegan Thomas briefed this item. A motion was made by Rissler and seconded by Wiles to place Ordinance 25- 27 on its second reading, suspending the rules and ready by title only. Motion passed unanimously. Item F: Resolution 34- 25/ Parks and Recreation/ WFF Grant Application/ Historic Twin Springs Recreation. Travis Chaney briefed this item. A motion was made by Rissler and seconded by Hunt to approve Resolution 34- 25. Motion passed unanimously. Administrator' s Report— Administrator' s Report is attached. Directors Reports— Hunt — Thank you Randy and Lindsey for coming tonight and congratulations on your new position. She has not heard anything negative about school. Watch out for the kids. JBU students come back next week. Wiles— No comment. Blair-Finn— Congrats to Randy Torres and Josh Napier on their new positions. Rissler— Congratulations Randy you have a great team. She can only imagine what the Chamber can do. Congrats Josh on his promotion and look forward to collaborating with him as well. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Page 13 August 19, 2025 Carroll —School has begun, and newly painted crosswalks look good. He has followed the Bird Streets, and they look good as well. He is glad we have found our niche of what we do best and what we allow others to do. He likes the new striping in the parking lot at City Hall. He is hopeful as the city grows that we can put our best food forward in receiving some industries coming in and we can see the city grow as it needs to. Bums— I will not be so kind, Randy we shall see which hat you wear best. Josh has gone; Travis thank you for the presentation. American Legion Carnival is August 27`h- 30th. Check them out. He reads a statement he released to Marc Hayot at the paper, and he does not normally release statements to the paper but felt it needed to be said. A motion was made by Rissler and seconded by Burns to go into the executive session to consider the employment, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of an employee. The board retired to executive session at 7: 01 pm. The meeting was called back to order at 8: 10 p. m. The mayor announced no action was taken by the board in that no decision was to be made at this time. The board has directed the mayor to move forward with getting names for a company that will start the search for a new City Administrator, and they are also going to collaborate with the City Attorney to make changes to the City Administrator Contract and Job Description. With no further business, a motion was made to adjourn by Rissler and seconded by Carroll. Meeting adjourned. ATTEST: APPROVED: Jene' 011 AK. A , Jit rty Clerk udy Ivatio , ain, ay. G . .. .. LFq pORATe' 1/4.,, SILOAM S 09 SPRINGS ... G  Prigi Siloam Springs Report August 19, 2025 Administrator' s NOTES: Expenditures: In excess of$ 30, 000: 32, 057. 38 for an emergency vehicle in- frame for the fire department. Per Resolution 11- 25: None 1. The last 4th Friday of the season is this Friday, August 22, from 4 to 8 p. m. in Memorial Park with the Back to Kool Bash. Oreo Blue will take the stage at 6: 30 for a night of music. This event closes out the season, so it' s a chance to enjoy food, music, and fun as we say goodbye to summer and celebrate the new school year. 2. The Family Aquatic Center will close for the season on Saturday, August 30. Since school started last week, the center has been open only on weekends. 3. Last Friday, we surprised Siloam Flowers& Gifts with the 2nd Quarter Green Business Recycling Award. This award is presented quarterly to local businesses that go above and beyond in their recycling efforts, helping create a cleaner and greener Siloam Springs. 4. On August 15, the Siloam Springs Fire Department Honor Guard proudly presented colors at a Northwest Arkansas Naturals home game on August 14th. We are proud of our Honor Guard members for their dedication, service, and pride in representing Siloam Springs.