Accountability, Ethics, & Transparency in Government
Faulkner County’s public 2022 Budget deliberations took off right away with a proposal for a 12% across-the-board salary hike for employees described as a COLA raise that Committee members eventually agreed on with a...
At the August 10 Budget & Finance Committee meeting, JPs quickly dispatched pay raises that have been circulating since May along with the monthly routine appropriations, sending both Ordinances to the full Court for...
A title change for a Library staff member was the only agenda item discussed at the Personnel Committee meeting on June 8, though the original public agenda also included proposed Ordinance 21-16 (raises for...
At its May 11 meeting, the Personnel Committee quickly selected one of two applicants for the Equalization Board and then tabled the remaining agenda item because Committee member JP John Pickett (D, Dist. 11)...
JPs attending the April 13 Courts & Public Safety Committee meeting quickly disposed of the only voting matter — a Resolution approving the County Hazard Mitigation Plan — after hearing reports on the court...
At its Tuesday night meeting, the Infrastructure Committee discussed a proposed 9-page Ordinance outlining a cell tower application and enforcement process, eventually deciding to table the issue. As acting Committee Chair, JP Jim Houston...
Part 2 of our 2-part series on the 911 program. Why is adequate funding for 911 so difficult? After exploring Faulkner County’s 911 complex program and how it works, FCR began looking at the...
Part 1 of our 2-part series on the 911 program. County Judge Jim Baker and others say that Faulkner County’s largest challenge is adequate funding for 911, and we agree that public safety issues...
