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At the brief December Quorum Court meeting Tuesday night, JPs approved numerous changes to the County Personnel Manual, while also approving monthly appropriations as well as the Ordinance specifying how the County’s $10 million...
At their last meetings of 2023, the Budget and Personnel Committees rather quickly dispatched their very few agenda items, including unanimous approvals of new Library Board member Kellie Cardin, as well as the monthly...
The 11 JPs at the November Quorum Court meeting flew through a lengthy agenda, including consideration of changes to the Enola-Holland Fire Department geographical boundaries and the approval of the 2024 County budget with...
The Quorum Court Personnel Committee met in November to consider Judge Allen Dodson’s appointment of Cindy Stage to the open Library Board position. After Dodson’s statement and a glowing recommendation from JP John Allison...
Under the chairmanship of JP Tyler Lachowsky (R, Dist. 6), the Budget & Finance Committee is getting a good head start on the 2024 Budget process as compared to past years, with an orientation...
In comparison to the 3-hour-plus committee meetings the week before, October’s Quorum Court meeting covered a lot of ground in only about an hour. JPs had a second reading on the proposed dues election...
October’s Personnel and Budget Committee meetings were a mixed bag of failed Joint Resolutions to raise salaries of numerous County employees again, amid successful votes to amend the County Personnel manual and handle routine...
Conway Public Schools received annual school letter grades for 2022-2023 from the Arkansas Department of Education in late September, and the measurements show most schools are improving or at least holding their own. Four...
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