Category: OEM

Faulkner County’s Office of Emergency Management

April Quorum Court: Judge Dodson Unveils ARP Spending Plan

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...

Still No Infrastructure Meeting But Some JPs Discuss Cybermining, ARP, & Animal Shelter

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...

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,...

2023 Budget Session Talk Centers on Sheriff’s Department

JP Tyler Pearson (D, Dist. 7) continued his now-familiar close questioning of anything related to the Sheriff’s Department, and County Treasurer Scott Sanson updated the Committee on current revenue figures as the Budget &...

Personnel Committee OKs 5 Raise Requests for Judge’s Office

In a pro forma 15-minute meeting held immediately before this year’s first meeting on the 2023 Budget, JPs quickly and unanimously passed a series of five Personnel Resolutions calling for raises ranging from 10%...