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City directors will appoint the next member of the Hot Springs Housing Authority board of commissioners, voting Tuesday to use the city’s regular procedure for soliciting and appointing applicants to volunteer commissions and advisory committees.

City directors will appoint the next member of the Hot Springs Housing Authority board of commissioners, voting Tuesday to use the city’s regular procedure for soliciting and appointing applicants to volunteer commissions and advisory committees.

HOT SPRINGS -- Directors who offered insight into the executive session the Hot Springs Board of Directors convened last month said the evaluation tool the board used supported 10% bonuses paid to the citys chief executive and legal officers.

HOT SPRINGS -- Directors who offered insight into the executive session the Hot Springs Board of Directors convened last month said the evaluation tool the board used supported 10% bonuses paid to the citys chief executive and legal officers.

The Hot Springs Board of Directors agreed to extend Tuesday nights public comment period to accommodate Greenbriar Apartment tenants who didnt get to speak earlier this month.

Renters at an apartment complex in Hot Springs have expressed their frustrations after they say management made them pay to have air conditioning in their units.

The Hot Springs Board of Directors will consider setting maximum air temperature standards for tenant-occupied dwelling units next week.

The Hot Springs property maintenance code doesnt require landlords to furnish cooling during hot weather, a fact revealed by the removal of air-conditioning units at Greenbriar Apartments.

The concentration of vacation rentals on Lake Hamilton Drive influenced the Hot Springs Board of Directors 4-3 vote Tuesday to keep another property from adding to that density.

A city directors position on the Hot Springs Board of Directors gained its first new face in 24 years, and the Garland County Quorum Court gained possibly its youngest member ever Sunday morning during a swearing-in ceremony at the Garland County Court House.