City Hall
224 North Rosser
Forrest City, AR 72335

870-633-1315

Office of the Mayor

As Mayor of Forrest City, I would like to welcome you to our official web site. We are excited about this new addition and hope that you will take advantage of our Internet services from the convenience of your home or work, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Here you can find out even more about what's happening with your local government as we are using our web site as the official repository for public documents such as City Council Meetings and public notices.

One of the best things about the Internet is that it is interactive. I urge you to take advantage of our Web site to communicate with the city, or send some feedback to the web site project team. Our government works best when we know what you think.

I invite you to visit Forrest City's web site often. We are always looking for innovative ways of bringing people and government closer together through the Internet.

Thank you again for visiting us on the Web.
Gordon McCoy, Mayor

Email the Mayor @: fcmayor@forrestcity-ar.com

Calendar of Events

Email: fcmayorasst@forrestcity-ar.com

About the Mayor

Mayor Gordon McCoy is a graduate of Forrest City High School. He furthered his education at Tuskegee University in Alabama where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics. He is also a graduate of the Arkansas Military Academy and has completed training from a number of Arkansas Banking Schools. He has 23 years of military service and currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

McCoy is the Chief Finance Officer for Camp Robinson. He completed active duty in Iraq in 2005 and received the Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman Badge for his service in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Prior to becoming mayor, he served as Assistant Vice president of the First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas. McCoy is past president of the Forrest City School Board. He gave up his school board membership due to his call to active duty in Iraq. He is also a member of the Kiwanis Club and serves on the boards of the Boys and Girls Club and the St. Francis County Community Foundation. In 2005, he was appointed by Gov. Mike Huckabee to the Arkansas Motor Vehicle Commission.

Some of the powers and duties of mayor generally include (14-43-504):
(a) The mayor of the city shall be its chief executive officer and conservator of its peace. It shall be his special duty to cause the ordinances and regulations of the city to be faithfully and constantly obeyed. (b) The mayor shall: (1) Supervise the conduct of all the officers of the city, examine the grounds of all reasonable complaints made against them, and cause all their violations of duty or other neglect to be properly punished or reported to the proper tribunal for correction; (2) Have and exercise the power conferred on sheriffs, within the city limits, to suppress disorder and keep the peace; and (3) Perform such other duties compatible with the nature of his office as the city council may from time to time require. (c) (Repealed). (d) The mayor shall, at the second regular meeting of the council in each year, and at such other times as he shall deem expedient, report to the council the municipal affairs of the city and recommend such measures to it as to him may seem advisable.