Newly Elected Quorum Court Begins Work
Tuesday night at 6 pm is the first Quorum Court meeting of the 2023-24 term, seating four new JPs and presided over by our new Republican County Judge Allen Dodson. A quick look at...
Category: Health Insurance Contract (2018)
Process for vetting & awarding the health insurance contract for county employees
Last 2021-2022 QC Meeting: Some Easy Choices, Some Not
It took JPs almost three hours to work their way through easy choices and some not-so-easy Ordinances at the last Quorum Court meeting of the 2021-2022 term on December 20. The outgoing Court eventually...
Take Some Time, Do It Right
Republican voters are looking for a new way of doing business in Faulkner County after November’s elections. But last week’s sudden announcement of a proposed new $77,000/year position in the County Judge’s office is...
Committee Approves New “ARP Administrator” Spot for 2023
JPs spent most of the December 13 Personnel Committee meeting hearing JP Jerry Boyer (R, Dist. 12) lay out Ordinance 22-59 — a “request by County Judge-elect Allen Dodson” to create a new “ARP...
Budget Requests: New Timekeeping System, Stable Health Insurance Costs
Continuing its speedy 2023 Budget review, the Budget & Finance Committee met for about an hour on Monday, December 5, to read out the remaining 30-odd department requests. One request — the Circuit Clerk’s...
Health Insurance Contract: Summary
The County’s response to our Health Insurance Contract FOIA Request has left us with questions and concerns. No Bids Required We learned that state law exempts county employee health insurance contracts from a competitive...
Health Insurance Contract: Response
Regarding the response to our Health Insurance Contract FOIA Request: 8/22/18: We sent a FOIA request to Faulkner County Judge Jim Baker, asking for information about the process for awarding the annual health insurance...
Health Insurance Contract: FOIA Request
Regarding the Health Insurance Contract FOIA Request: 8/22/18: We sent a FOIA request to Faulkner County Judge Jim Baker, asking for “the process by which Faulkner County obtained competitive bids to purchase employee health,...
