July Council Meeting 2026

Emily Young
4 hours ago
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UPDATED: 7/17/26

Our agenda and regular meetings are both held in the 2nd floor Chambers of City Hall. They are also both live streamed on Facebook and YouTube.

See the full agenda items here:

This post covers the city council meeting on July 16th, 2026.

Personnel Committee

Paul Gray (chairman), Joe Pearson, Laura Wetzel, and Emily Young

No items.

Finance Committee

Justin Keller (chairman), Nathan George, Seth Bradley, and Chris Olson.

Finance meeting at 5:30

Item 1: Appropriation of $1,860 to fund the remaining cost of the 20' trailer for Parks & Rec.

Item 2: Appropriation of $7,031.90 to fund the Shiloh Park Restroom Wastewater System Design.

Item 3: Resolution to authorize city to apply for and accept two grants for the Russellville airport to replace the existing Papi System and conduct a flight check.

Item 4: Appropriation of $263,120 to fund the purchase of replacement Airport PAPI (precision approach path indicator) lights.

Grants cover $215,000

City covers $48,120

Item 5: Appropriation of $83,790 to fund the ladder truck 2 refurbishment change orders and equipment.

Item 6: Ordinance approving private club permit for Morelos Mexican Grill Club.

Item 7: Ordinance approving private club permit for Heartland Pizza, LLC (Pizza Hut).

Item 8: Moved to next months agenda.

Finance Meeting during Council

Item 1: Resolution to authorize city to sign economic development agreement with TR LLC for reimbursement of site development.

Item 2: Appropriation of $500 to create a pass thru for the Historic District Commission's implementation of a Certificate of Appropriateness application fee and associated costs of notifications.

Item 3: Reimbursement request for $49,424.98 from Arkansas Valley Alliance for Economic Development for 2nd Qtr of 2026.

Item 4: Reimbursement request for $16,389.10 from Boys & Girls Club of Arkansas River Valley for 2nd Qtr of 2026.

Old Business

Item 1: Ordinance rezoning property at 120 E Main St. from C-1 to C-2.

Planning department recommends denial. 2 of 3 readings.

Item 2: Ordinance authorizing city to sign interlocal agreement with Pope County to split operation expenses 1/2 each for the recycling facility at 1801 S Knoxville Ave. 3 of 3 readings.

New Business

Item 1: Ordinance amending the current Russellville Historic District Commission code.

Item 2: Ordinance for rezoning property located at 2304 SR-124 from R-1 to C-2.

Item 3: Ordinance imposing temporary moratorium on data centers within city limits and to establish a temporary committee to regulate them.

*Next council meeting to be held on August 20th, 2026 at 5:30pm.*