During the tele-conference meeting of the Jonesboro Board of Aldermen held on April 21st a Public Hearing was set for May 12th 2020 at 5:45 PM that is scheduled to be conducted at the meeting room of the Jonesboro City Hall providing current Coronavirus restrictions will be lifted.

The hearing which was decreed through Ordinance #2020-001 was voted for by Devin Flowers, Robbie Siadek and James Ginn. Pete Stringer and Nia Evans-Johnson were absent. This regards asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or any other source available to municipalities for reimbursement of wages paid to non-essential town employees affected by the Shelter-In-Place order issued by Mayor Leslie Thompson