Accountability, Ethics, & Transparency in Government
At the first of two Budget & Finance Committee meetings in July, Chairman JP John Pickett (D, Dist. 11) rejected the County’s need to move forward on jail expansion, while the Committee approved monthly...
Chairman JP Steve Goode (Dist. 3) conducted a quick Personnel Committee meeting on July 14, skipping one of two proposed agenda items. The Committee, by unanimous voice vote, passed the only item considered —...
With COVID-19 on everyone’s minds, County revenue discussions and forecasts took up a lot of time during the June Quorum Court meeting. JPs also looked at how health insurance costs affect the County General...
When it met on June 16, the Budget & Finance Committee took only about 5 minutes to approve the routine monthly financial transfers ordinance, as well as a confusing transfer ordinance to fund health...
The May Budget & Finance Committee meeting was held after the April Quorum Court meeting on May 12. All Committee members were present or attended online. (There was no Budget & Finance Committee meeting...
Faulkner County Judge Jim Baker delayed the April Quorum Court meeting for almost a month after COVID-19 cases surfaced in the County beginning in March, 2020. The April Quorum Court meeting held on May...
In about an hour, JPs at the March 17 Quorum Court meeting had approved the 2019 Carryover Ordinance, Election Commissioners Pay Ordinance, and the special COVID-19 Employee Pay Ordinance. After he had questioned whether...
JPs displayed a wide variety of reactions to several trial balloons floated at the March 10 standing committee meetings, but detailed discussion over almost three hours resulted in an affirmative vote for only one...
