The Forrest City City Council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, at city hall.
Councilmen have several items of unfinished business to discuss, beginning with the third reading of an ordinance to set the hours to sell, serve or permit consumption of beer, wine or alcoholic beverages. Councilmen will also hear the second reading of an ordinance to waive the competitive bidding requirement for the sale of an aerial truck.
Councilmen will also be asked to select the site for the city's new multi-purpose center and approve the definition of a landscape buffer.
Under new business, the council will consider an ordinance regarding dilapidated vehicles on residential property, and consider a 20-foot variance for David Bokker at 625 W. Broadway for the placement of a sign.
Forrest City Police are investigating the alleged theft of more than $3,000 worth of computer equipment from a building at East Arkansas Community College.
According to the police report, the items were apparently taken over a period of time, probably between Jan. 1 of this year and the date of the report last Friday. The report stated that the items were discovered to be missing after an audit was done.
The equipment was taken from Classroom 201 in Building 4.
Some of the missing items included computer monitors, cases, keyboards, CD drives, modems, ethernet cards, video cards, sound cards, CPU coolers, CPU's, floppy drives, hard drives, mother boards, memory sticks, speakers and software.
The total value of the stolen items was put at $3,252.25.
While most people were home enjoying the Memorial Day holiday, members of the Forrest City Fire Department were hard at work this morning. A fire at 218 W. Franklin St. sent firefighters into action just before 9 a.m. Extensive interior damage was caused by the blaze.