Sara Lenehan Archives

City Budgets Find Inflation Gives, Takes Away

A stubborn trend of 8% inflation has compounded revenue from municipal sales taxes, including a flood of steel purchases for the Interstate 30 Crossing project. read more >

by Kyle Massey - June 6, 2022, 12:00am

A former rent house at 2100 Ringo St. was condemned and demolished by the city of Little Rock. The property began collecting statutory liens in February 2016. It bears three totaling $844 for cutting and cleaning the yard topped with a $13,124 lien for the cost of demolition.

Nuisance Properties Challenge Little Rock Coffers

The largest city in Arkansas is working through fiscal issues inherited by a new mayor and concerns about an out-of-balance budget. Buried in Little Rock’s debits and credits is a potential pool of cash that isn’t what it seems. read more >

by George Waldon - June 24, 2019, 12:00am

Sara Lenehan, City of Little Rock (Education/Public Sector Finalist)

Sara Lenehan loves her job as finance director for the city of Little Rock because of its diversity and challenges. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - October 24, 2016, 12:00am

Sara Lenehan of the City of Little Rock (CFO of the Year Finalist, Public Sector)

Sara Lenehan applies her skills with numbers for the city as part of a 30-year career in the industry, mostly in the private sector. She went to work for Little Rock in 2004 as comptroller and became finance director in 2008. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - October 28, 2013, 12:00am