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...
JPs at the July Quorum Court meeting, one of the longer ones this year, passed all the Ordinances on the agenda — as well as a Resolution approved just moments before at a five-minute...
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 &...
JPs at the June Quorum Court meeting quickly approved four Ordinances after Judge Allen Dodson honored JP Jerry Boyer (R, Dist. 12), who passed away on May 31, but took no votes/official action on...
As our physical infrastructure continues to age, water and water usage is coming more and more to the forefront for local governments. Faulkner County’s Quorum Court has considered several potable water projects over the...
Three Quorum Court committees met on Tuesday, May 9. Two committees quickly dispatched their brief business, but a last-second ARP funding request from Guy Water brought opposition and made for an almost-hour-long Infrastructure Committee...
Faulkner County Judge Allen Dodson unveiled his vision for spending the County’s remaining unencumbered COVID relief funds at Tuesday night’s otherwise-routine Quorum Court meeting. Unfortunately, audio on the livestream is hampered by some sort...
For the fourth month in a row, the Quorum Court’s Infrastructure Committee laid out, but the Budget Committee met for five minutes on April 11 while the Courts & Public Safety Committee held an...
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