At-Large Director, Position 6· 2023-01-01 - 2026-12-31
Kevin Settle
Fort Smith
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 5
- Total speaking time
- 37:29
- Avg per meeting
- 7:30
- Segments
- 767
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Top issues during term (20)(Parks Rec)
Maybranch Greenway connection approved as sharrows
The city commits $2,440,937.55 in matching funds from the parks sales tax on top of the $2.44 million federal grant.
Maybranch Greenway within Levee Improvement District No. 1
No new yearly maintenance staff needed per staff; lifetime inspection and maintenance obligations run in perpetuity.
Tilles Park splash pad
$998,934.60 from the 1/8% parks sales tax.
Butterfield Trail Monument
CBID pledged up to $10,000; total project value estimated at $150,000–$200,000 largely through donations.
Creekmore Park tennis court rebuild
Girl Scouts Artwork at Creekmore Pumphouse
$145,520 plus reimbursables, from parks sales tax funds.
Bass Reeves Legacy Loop revised scope
The city keeps the federal RAISE/BUILD grant by trimming the project scope.
Operation of Kelley Ballfields Complex
Farmers market solar canopies and stagecoach statue
Up to $13,000 from the district's budget, split 50-50 with the city.
Cisterna Park Pump House restoration
Pump house at $138,968, under the $215,000 budget; fountain liner replacement quoted near $45,000.
Honorary street designations for Madison Marsh and Judge Jim Spears
Just the cost of installing the honorary street signs.
Creekmore Park tennis court change order
Award came in roughly $60,000 below the apparent low bidder thanks to the local vendor preference.
Future of Deer Trails Golf Course
A purchase could add an ongoing operating cost to the city; rezoning avoids a purchase price but limits future development of the land.
Cisterna Park Project
Rough estimates discussed ranged around $1 to $1.5 million, but no formal price has been presented.
Creekmore Park Tennis Center operations
Rental is nominal — $10 per year from WATA.
Return of Leo Fondren Park to the Fondren family
Not specified in the agenda materials.
Parrot Island Waterpark waterslide construction
$1.74 million contract, flagged as not budgeted.
Cisterna Park Darby Rangers memorial during pumphouse construction
The family reports nearly $400,000 invested including the monument, with roughly $10,000 personal spending at stake in damaged landscaping.
Regional Art Museum expansion plan
Expansion estimated at $8–10 million; feasibility study testing a $15 million goal.
Cemetery operations update
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Settle was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Parks Rec.
Voting record (0)(Parks Rec)
No votes found matching Parks Rec.