In a significant shift to local civic engagement, the Fayetteville City Council voted to amend Policy 120.09, moving the traditional public forum to a new standalone session held on the first Monday of each month. Under the newly approved schedule, council work sessions will begin at 3 p.m., followed by official announcements and the public forum at 6:15 p.m.
The council also unanimously decided to demolish and rebuild Fire Station No. 4 following an independent report by Applied Building Sciences, which identified systemic structural failures. Council directed staff to prepare demolition plans for the unfinished $9 million facility on Bragg Boulevard.
In other actions, council members authorized the city to apply for a FY2025 Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant that would support the redevelopment of mixed-income housing, approved a contract to convert Tokay Park into three tennis courts and ten new pickleball courts and authorized two infrastructure contracts for the Arran Lakes West Dam Overtopping Protection Project and for the Fire Station No. 9 relocation…