Nashville Solar Farm to go on-line in 2023

Nashville City Attorney, Aaron Brasel presented Resolution 2022-06 during the Nashville City Council meeting on Monday. The Resolution amends the 2022 Adopted Budget for the purpose of paying a $5,000 stipend for eligible full-time law enforcement officers per ACT 224 of 2022.

This provides a one time $5000 salary stipend to certain full-time law enforcement officers employed by an eligible municipal law enforcement agency. Each eligible full time law enforcement officer is entitled to a one time salary stipend of $5000 and employee payroll deductions will be made as required by law.

ACT 224 requires that an officer that receives the stipend must continue his or her employment with an eligible law enforcement agency for a minimum of 180 days after receipt of the stipend or must pay the money back to the city, which will in turn pay the money back to DFA.

The City of Nashville received $80,737.50 from the State of Arkansas per ACT 224 to cover salary and employer taxes.

The Nashville City Council also set a motion to approve to pay off the Knuckle Boom Truck loan in the amount of $132,000.37.

Mayor Billy Ray Jones passed Resolution 2022-07 to levy the City Millage for 2022 to be collected in 2023. The City millage rates for 2021 were: 3.6 Mills for Real Estate and 3.6 Mills for Personal Property. The millage rates will stay the same for 2022 to be collected in 2023.

The Solar Farm construction is complete. It won’t go online until January of 2023 so the city will receive a 45% rebate from the Federal Government in the amount of 800 to 900,000 dollars.