We Get No Respect
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....
How Does Government Spend Our Taxpayer Dollars?
JPs OK Judge’s ARP Spending Plan for Animal Shelter & Jail
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...
JPs OK Ordinances & Grant Positions
After very quick last-minute Personnel and Budget Committee meetings (the second for both this month), JPs at September’s Quorum Court meeting followed the Committees’ lead, approving four Ordinances: Ordinance 23-23 – Amended Appropriation Ordinance...
What’s In A Name?
Nothing it seems…. Nine months into the year and the Infrastructure and Roads Committee didn’t meet again. Faulkner County announced Quorum Court Committee meetings for this week, and as usual there was no meeting...
JPs Hear Proposed Animal Shelter, Jail Expansion Plans
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...
JPs Move on Salary Hikes, VFD Dues Election, Overdose Response Team
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...
Governor Sanders Drives FOIA Changes, Legislature OKs Bills in Special Session
After as many as five different FOIA bills were offered over three long days of the Legislature’s Special Session, things at the State Capitol are quiet now, after Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders finalized the...
Testimony Opposes Legislature’s FOIA Changes; New Bills Filed
After a third attempt in less than five months to drastically alter the state’s Freedom of Information Act, the Republican-majority Arkansas Legislature has narrowed its current legislation to contain only security plan-related information. Filed...
