Contact Information:

Meg Matthews

Public Relations Manager

(501) 371-4421 – office

(501) 804-4822 – cell

mmatthews@littlerock.gov

Media Advisory

When: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 – 11:30 a.m.

What: LR CENT Committee Meeting

Where: Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center 3805 W. 12^th St.

Members of the new Little Rock Citizen’s Evaluation of New Tax Committee (LR CENT) will have a public meeting on Wednesday, June 18th at 11:30 a.m. in the Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center at 3805 West 12^th Street. This evaluation committee monitors the spending of the additional revenue that is a result of the recently enacted one cent sales tax increase. The LR CENT Committee members will serve four year terms.

The Committee members are:

• Dr. Sybil Jordan Hampton      Co-Chair
• Peter McKinney O’Connor     Co-Chair
• Chrystal Gray                         Ward 1
• Dr. Anika Whitfield                 Ward 2
• Steve Strickland                      Ward 3
• Kyle Demilt                             Ward 4
• Kenneth Gill                            Ward 5
• Masheerah Tharpe                  Ward 6
• Don Shellabarger                     Ward 7
• Charles Blake                          At-Large
• Khayyam Eddings                   At-Large
• Troy Laha                               At-Large

LR CENT committee members will hear from the City’s Department Directors who will describe upcoming projects pertaining to the areas they oversee.