Seeing Through the 2019 Budget Process
On December 18, JPs on the full Quorum Court wrestled with the same sensitive budget issues that the Budget & Finance Committee had heard from department heads the week before — where to find...
Category: 2019 Budget
“We Don’t Have a Revenue Problem, We Have a Spending Problem”
At yet another dramatic moment at the December Quorum Court meeting, Republican JP Steve Goode (District 3) criticized the animal shelter proposal that would have created a tax hike by vote of the Quorum...
Circuit Clerk Kudos: Returns $250,000 to County
Crystal Taylor, Faulkner County’s Circuit Clerk, received a standing ovation at December’s Quorum Court meeting for returning $250,000 to the 2019 County General fund — which paid for most of those 4% across-the-board employee...
Lame Duck JP Hawks: QC Salary Hike “An Injustice”
December’s Quorum Court meeting had no shortage of dramatic moments where the audience reacted strongly, alternating between vocal disagreement and loud applause.
Lame Duck JPs Finish Their Terms With A Walk-Out
At its December meeting, the Faulkner County Quorum Court voted 8 to 5 against a proposed .25-mill tax hike to fund an as-yet-unplanned animal shelter. As soon as the last vote was cast, 3...
Got a Second?
Hey, you got a second? Go ahead, look at your watch… but that’s not the second we’re talking about here. For lack of a second, a motion made at a Quorum Court meeting will...
Sheriff to Court: Inadequate Funding “Puts Lives in Jeopardy”
Funding for a new Public Defender Investigator position was an ongoing bone of contention throughout the Faulkner County Quorum Court’s 2019 budget deliberations. At the last Budget & Finance Committee meeting, Democrat JP John...
2019 Budget Approved; Animal Shelter Tax Hike Fails
The Faulkner County Quorum Court faced up to some difficult choices when considering the 2019 Faulkner County Budget at Tuesday night’s monthly meeting. The full Court approved the budget of around $43,000,000, but first...
