Requirements already are encoded in the Arkansas Manufactured Home Standards Act. The commission will have to formally adopt the changes at a regular meeting. The Sentinel-Record Board compensation, suspending composting operations and restructuring the Planning Commission were discussed among other things at a work session Monday night by the Hot Springs Board of Directors. City Attorney David White said the board should consider some sort of pay for its services. Most cities pay their board members, which must be approved by the voters either in a special or at the next general election.
Voters decide if the board is paid while the board sets the amount of pay.
It s astonishing to me the number of people I talk to who think the board members are paid, White said. Director Bob Wheeler said he would not accept pay if approved by the voters. White cited board pay in other Arkansas cities. These jobs have value. They have great value, he said.