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Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Patrick Burnett, who was appointed to the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission last month, has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed against several of the commissioners as well as the mayor and his chief administrative assistant. Eureka Springs attorney Tim Parker confirmed Tuesday that he has filed a supplemental complaint adding Burnett as a defendant in the lawsuit. Parker filed the suit March 10 in Carroll County Circuit Court on behalf of...

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit are CAPC finance director Rick Bright, group sales coordinator Karen Pryor, former publicist Gina Rambo, former events coordinator Tracy Johnson and former commissioner Greg Moon. Defendants are Berry, Stryker, CAPC commissioners Jeff Carter, Carol Wright, James DeVito, Melissa Greene and Harry Meyer, the city of Eureka Springs, Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company and State Auto Mutual Insurance Company. Both Greene and Meyer are members of the Eureka Springs City...

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of reports about the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission. Emails quoted in this report have not been edited for punctuation or spelling. The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission considered a motion to vacate the seat held by Greg Moon at its Jan. 27 meeting. Although then-commission chair Carol Wright declared the seat vacant after a roll call vote on the motion, she never actual...

Thursday, February 4, 2021 The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission isn’t currently hiring a special events coordinator. At the commission’s regular meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27, a discussion about the 2021 budget ended with a motion to wait to hire a special events coordinator and to form a committee to address special events in the meantime. Commissioner Melissa Greene kicked off the discussion about the budget, saying the commission shouldn’t have approved its 2021 ...

Dec. 2019 Nov. 2020 Dec. 2020 Jan. 13, 2021 • CAPC plans a special meeting to address the position Jan. 20, 2021 • CAPC votes to pay Johnson a contract rate from Jan. 1 through Jan. 31 Interim director Gina Rambo said she believed Johnson was transitioning from contract to full-time work, something the commission continues to debate. The commission agreed to hold a special meeting on Jan. 20 to discuss the events coordinator and Auditorium manager position, where Johnsons pay was a hot topi...

Dec. 2019 Nov. 2020 Dec. 2020 Jan. 13, 2021 • CAPC plans a special meeting to address the position “We have an employee that has worked for us for two years and did not receive a paycheck,” Foster said. “I feel like this is something that needs to be rectified and handled.” Foster said she didn’t remember voting to post the events coordinator job online. Foster said she spoke with Mayor Butch Berry, who told her the job posting would stay on the city’s website until Jan. 31. She emailed...

Dec. 2019 Nov. 2020 Dec. 2020 Jan. 13, 2021 • CAPC plans a special meeting to address the position “We have an employee that has worked for us for two years and did not receive a paycheck,” Foster said. “I feel like this is something that needs to be rectified and handled.” Foster said she didn’t remember voting to post the events coordinator job online. Foster said she spoke with Mayor Butch Berry, who told her the job posting would stay on the city’s website until Jan. 31. She emailed ...