Mayor Dan Kees
New Faces and Other Updates
After 29 months of manning the city office with volunteers on a “when we could be there” basis, we felt it was time to add an Office...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Holiday Island Now "Primary" City for Zip 72631
Ever since we became incorporated as a city Ken Mills has been working with the Post Office and Congressman Womack’s office to get the...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Mar 1
- 5 min
State of the City of Holiday Island
State of the City of Holiday Island Let me begin with an apology and a correction. I neglected to provide a “State of the City” message...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Dec 4, 2022
- 3 min
Latest Actions of Your City Government with Code Enforcement and Public Safety
Time for a couple updates. Relative to code enforcement, we have had a Code Enforcement Officer on board for several months now, but a...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Sep 23, 2022
- 3 min
Update on Zoning Ordinance, Sheriff’s Deputy Contract, Code Enforcement, & Trash Service Transition
Thought I might update everyone on what’s going on in the city. First of all, our zoning ordinance has passed the 2nd reading at this...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
Welcome to the City's new Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector
I am pleased to announce that Aaron Hoyt has been hired as the City of Holiday Island Code Enforcement Officer. Aaron will be working...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
ITS TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Its time to start thinking about municipal elections. Municipal elections in Arkansas are nonpartisan so there are no primaries. As such,...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Apr 20, 2022
- 3 min
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
On 4-19-22, The City of Holiday Island passed Ordinance 2022-004 requiring that all residents and businesses that have water utilities...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Mar 10, 2022
- 4 min
Latest Developments with Trash Collection, Property Tax for Roads, Road Paving, & Speed Limits
It’s been a while since I put out an update. And since some things have been happening, I thought it was time. Trash Collection At next...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Jan 20, 2022
- 5 min
January 2022 State of the City Report & 2022 Objectives
As could be expected in the 1st year of operation for the newly created city of Holiday Island, some things went as planned and some did...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Dec 27, 2021
- 2 min
2022 To Bring New City Responsibilities & Positions of Building Inspector & Code Enforcement Officer
The first year of Holiday Island as a city is coming to a close. In January I will present a “State of the City” report at the city...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Nov 20, 2021
- 3 min
Apology for City Council Meeting Zoom on Nov. 18 & Update on Current Agenda Items
Let me start with an apology. In the meeting on November 18th we had an issue with people being able to participate remotely due to our...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Upcoming City Decisions: Election of Council by Wards, Health & Sanitation, Bldg. Code & Enforcement
In the October 19th City Council meeting, the council had the 3rd and final reading of Ordinance 2021-007, establishing three wards for...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
Official City Population Count and City Planning News
This past week we received the official population estimate for Holiday Island based on the 2020 census. Holiday Island now has an...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Current City Business: Wards, Liquor By the Drink, Broadband Internet, and Planning Commission
At this week’s city council meeting we had the first reading of two ordinances that should be of interest to the residents of Holiday...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
Establishing Wards for Future City Elections
When Holiday Island incorporated last November, the five serving council members were elected at large. Meaning each council member...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Highlights of HIHA Presentation July 8, 2021
If you missed the Holiday Island Hospitality Association meeting last Thursday, Linda Graves did a presentation on the City website and I...
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Mayor Dan Kees
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
Covenants vs. Ordinances, July 10, 2021
There was a question posted on Facebook recently about building restrictions in Holiday Island which led to a lot of follow up chatter...
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