LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Holiday Island, a lakeside community in Arkansas, has received enough signatures from voters to try once again to become an incorporated city after a failed effort in 2017.
State laws regarding incorporation were changed this year, making it easier for Holiday Island to incorporate this time around, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. The changes include exemptions in population limits, allowing Holiday Island to incorporate should voters approve a ballot initiative.
As an incorporated city, Holiday Island will be able to enforce its own codes and receive state money from taxes to maintain streets and roads.
A spokesman for Holiday Island Citizens for Incorporation, Dan Kees, said the petition drive to get the incorporation on the 2020 general election ballot received 557 signatures from voters; only 498 were needed.
“After the signatures are verified, the petition will go to the county judge, Sam Barr, who will schedule a public hearing on the matter,” Kees said.
