Category: 2022 Budget

JPs Pass ARP Funding, Library Raises & Holiday Bonuses

November’s Quorum Court repeated the Budget Committee’s unanimous passage of all nine Ordinances on the November agendas. JPs also revisited their improper passage of Ordinance 22-43 last month, correcting that action to pass that...

Second November Budget Meeting: Museum Shortfall

At its second meeting in November, the Budget Committee announced and unanimously voted to amend two Ordinances they approved last week in order to provide additional money for the Museum, which has run short...

September Court OKs Water Resolution & Sheriff’s Bonus Payments

JPs again quickly dispatched County business at the September 20 Quorum Court meeting that lasted barely half an hour, passing a resolution for a new water source as well as bonus payments for the...

Wow! Improved Video/Audio for Some September Committee Meetings

Wow, what an improvement! Imagine our surprise when we tuned in to watch the video of September’s Quorum Court Infrastructure Committee meeting and could see all the JPs interacting and hear what they all...

Monthly Appropriations, Sheriff’s Stipends Move Forward

The Budget & Finance Committee quickly ran through their short agenda on Tuesday, September 13, taking less than 10 minutes to unanimously pass monthly expenditures and approve recently legislated $5,000 stipends for Sheriff’s Department...

Court Passes 7 Ordinances, 4 Resolutions in August

Faulkner County’s Quorum Court zipped through its agenda with near-unanimous votes and very little discussion on seven Ordinances and four Resolutions presented at the August 16 meeting. With only a scattering of remarks, JPs...

Budget Committee Makes Quick Work of Five Votes

Switching the always-first Budget & Finance Committee meeting to come after the Personnel Committee on Tuesday, August 9, allowed the Budget Committee to go ahead and approve two new school resource officers as part...

New Court Spot, Greenbrier School Officers Get Nod, but Pay Hike Tabled

At the August 9 Personnel Committee meeting, JPs approved two of three items on the agenda but chose not to act upon a proposed pay hike for the County Judge & Sheriff that the...