Accountability, Ethics, & Transparency in Government
A top budget item in Faulkner County, and perhaps the most forward-facing.
October’s Personnel and Budget Committee meetings were a mixed bag of failed Joint Resolutions to raise salaries of numerous County employees again, amid successful votes to amend the County Personnel manual and handle routine...
Input? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Input The Quorum Court, in a special meeting, passed a Resolution to go forward with building a new jail and to get the animal shelter up and running....
After a marathon meeting last night, the Faulkner County Quorum Court authorized a Resolution to spend the County’s $10 million in unrestricted ARP funds for an animal shelter and new jail, plus funding for...
Most of the Courts & Public Safety Committee’s meeting on September 12 was spent on updates about two important County issues, the proposed animal shelter and a long-awaited jail expansion project: Animal Shelter Chair...
As we reported earlier, Faulkner County’s Quorum Court Committees took major action at Committee meetings on September 12. In addition to routine business, JPs approved a dues election in March for the Pine Village...
Faulkner County’s Quorum Court Committees are kicking into gear for the 2024 budget cycle, with about $300,000 in proposed salary hikes on September agendas. There’s also a proposal for an election to allow the...
County Sheriff Tim Ryals reports he’s been working with County Judge Allen Dodson and County Attorney Phil Murphy on plans to build a new Unit 1 county jail (for violent offenders) behind the existing...
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...
