Williams v. City of Fayetteville

Jim Hannah, Justice.

This case involves the question of whether a bond measure presented to the public for approval pursuant to Amendment 62 of the Arkansas Constitution may not only approve issuance of bonds but may also act as a restraint on a municipality’s ability to expend other funds on the same project. This case also presents questions of illegal exaction in expenditure of general funds.

Appellants present three issues in their brief. The first issue is whether the ballot measure on the bond issue set the total amount of money that could be spent by the City in building a civic center,…