Category: 2023 Budget

Committees OK All Actions After Walkout

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...

JPs OK Ordinances & Grant Positions

After very quick last-minute Personnel and Budget Committee meetings (the second for both this month), JPs at September’s Quorum Court meeting followed the Committees’ lead, approving four Ordinances: Ordinance 23-23 – Amended Appropriation Ordinance...

Budget Committee Delays Museum; Judge Updates on ARP Funds

A quick 30-minute Faulkner County Quorum Court Budget Committee meeting on August 8 saw two of three agenda Ordinances passed, while one was tabled after County Judge Allen Dodson updated JPs on the County’s...

Quorum Court Committees Pass All Ordinances

Faulkner County Quorum Court committees met on July 11 to consider the following ordinances. As usual, all issues passed the Committees, and will be brought to the July Quorum Court for approval. Courts &...

Committees: “Budgeting 101,” Pay Bands, & Another ARP Application

The Quorum Court’s committee meetings for March began with a session on County budgeting and accounting processes and ended with a lengthy discussion about another application for ARP funds from a local nonprofit. “County...

JPs Take On Routine Agenda; Judge Explains Issues, Processes

With only one less-than-unanimous vote, JPs approved four Ordinances, one Resolution, and two appointments at the February 21 Quorum Court meeting. Boy Scout Troop 78 opened the meeting with the prayer and Pledge of...

Quorum Court Committees Name Chairs & Begin Work

Three of Faulkner County Quorum Court’s new working committees met for the first time on February 14 to select their chairs and begin the work of the 2023-2024 term. In less than 90 minutes,...