Board to consider May 14 special election date for proposed change in city government

Following verification and acceptance by the Hot Springs City Clerk’s office of the required number of signatures required to call for a special election to consider a change to the aldermanic form of city government, the Hot Springs Board of Directors will consider the proclamation of a May 14 special election date at their regular meeting on March 5.

The City Clerk approved 518 signatures, which exceed the required number of 468, and subsequently contacted the Garland County Election Commission for an acceptable date that the Election Commission and County Clerk could accept for workload purposes, taking into account the other special elections already on the calendar.  A total of 220 signatures were rejected.