See Boone’s Report – Posted at 4:45 p.m. on August 3, 2010
Mike Boone Posts Another Timely Report Showing City Finances (report due 8/17/2010)
USDA-Sponsors Housing Seminar
Michelle Stinnett from Washington, DC, provided a seminar to local residents on the various housing programs provide by USDA and Rural Development on Thursday, July 22, 2010.
For more information, please contact:
The Office of Mayor James F. Valley
226 Perry Street
P. O. Box 248
Helena-West Helena, AR 72342
(870)817-7400 Phone
(870)817-4035 Cell
(800)517-7240 Fax
mayorjfvalley@gmail.com (email)
Michelle Stinnett from Washington, DC, provided a seminar to local residents on the various housing programs provided by USDA and Rural Development on Thursday, July 22, 2010. Her contact information, as provided, at the meeting, is as follows: Email: michelle.stinnett@wdc.usda.gov | Cell phone: (870)643-7079 | Forrest City Rural Development Office: (870)633-3055
July Financial Report and Semi-Annual Financial Statement
City Treasurer Mike Boone has presented the document found at the following link as his July and Semi Annual Financial Report:
Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact:
Michael L. Boone, City Treasurer
(870)995-8565 Cell
michael.lynn.boone@gmail.com Email
or
James F. Valley, Mayor
(870)817-4035 Cell
mayorjfvalley@gmail.com Email
Mike Boone’s Financial Report 2007-2010
Click on the link below to see the full report provided, again, by Mr. Michael Boone, City Treasurer.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the city treasurer or other elected officials as you see best fits your concerns.
City Treasurer’s Reports March-April 2010
Please see the reports listed below:
Mayor Valley Prepares to Call Special City Council Meeting
Petitions for Referendum Election on Merger of Offices of Clerk and Treasurer
Attached is the Petition for Referendum Election on the question of merging the offices of city clerk and city treasurer. We need about 700 registered voters to sign this petition within the next 20 days in order to have an election on the issue. The petition is two (2) pages. If you print and copy the petition, please make sure that you have both pages with the petition at all times. We need to move in a hurry. But we need to get this “right.”
Link to Petition: Petition for Referendum Election
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call upon me.
Mayor James F. Valley P O Box 248 Helena-West Helena, AR 72342 866-825-2460 Phone 870-817-4035 Phone Email: mayorjfvalley@gmail.comFiling Requisites for City Offices in 2010
According to the Running for Public Office A “Plain English” Handbook for Candidates published by the State Board of Election Commissioners, 501Woodlane, Suite 410N, Little Rock, AR 72201 in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of State and Arkansas Ethics Commission (Revised October 2010), the following are the requisites for elected municipal (city) office in the Mayor-Council form of Government:
- Must file a petition, political practices pledge, and an affidavit of eligibility with the county clerk not more than ninety (90) nor less than seventy (70) days before the general election by noon.
- The petition must be signed by not fewer than thirty (30) electors of the ward or city in which the election is to be held when running as an independent municipal candidate in cities of the first class.
- The petition must be signed by not fewer than thirty (30) electors of the ward or city in which the election is to be held when running as an independent municipal candidate in cities of the second class or incorporated towns.
A municipal candidate in a mayor-council form of government seeking election at the November 2, 2010 General Election must file a petition, a political practices pledge, and an affidavit of eligibility between August 4, 2010 and 12:00 noon on August 24, 2010.
The petition must identify the office sought and position number, if any.
The position sought cannot be changed once identified on the petition. The petition must be withdrawn and a new petition designating a different position filed before the filing deadline.
Here’s a link to some forms that will help you in this process:


