Accountability, Ethics, & Transparency in Government
As we’ve pointed out before, looking at Faulkner County Court Orders reveals a significant amount of County business conducted by the County Judge as the executive branch of County government. These public documents are...
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...
The short Quorum Court meeting on Tuesday, March 21, still allowed JPs time to dispatch three routine appropriations ordinances and hear several routine reports from County officers. Because of spring break, JPs Justin Knight...
You’ve heard the old saw about Legislative sessions: “Committees are where good bills go to die.” Yesterday’s (in)action at the House Judiciary Committee seemed to prove that, as SB81 failed in a voice vote...
February’s routine Quorum Court agenda gave County Judge Allen Dodson a great opportunity to explain details on various agenda items and processes as the meeting progressed — again, it’s a welcome change from “the...
It’s another refreshing change in how the Quorum Court operates, and one we hope is a permanent change: Documents up for discussion at the Committee level — including full standard committee agendas — were...
A new County Judge, a new Quorum Court, and a refreshed and clean-up Courtroom greeted folks who attended January’s Quorum Court meeting in person at the Courthouse annex. When you walked into the room,...
County Judge Allen Dodson has appointed the Quorum Court’s 2023-2024 working committees:
