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CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO GO AHEAD AND MAY I GET EVERYBODY TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEIR SEATS SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING STARTED? IT IS.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.WE'LL HAVE AN INVOCATION BY JUSTICE MCCOY, HE'S OUT THERE.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO FILL IN FOR JUSTICE, MCCOY? OK. JUSTICE [INAUDIBLE] WILL FILL IN FOR JUSTICE MCCOY AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY JUSTICE GREEN, IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? ALMIGHTY GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND FOR YOUR MERCY.
WE ASK THAT IN THIS TIME THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND HUMANITY AROUND THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY IN THE LANDS OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, THAT THE GOODNESS AND GOOD WOULD PREVAIL IN THAT EVIL AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS WOULD CEASE.
THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THOSE THAT ARE FIGHTING ON THE SIDE OF GOODNESS AND END OF FREEDOM . WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR STANDING.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REED. HERE.
PRESENT. MR. ELLIOTT. HERE AND MS. MEDLOCK IS ABSENT.
THIRTEEN PRESENT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION? AND BEFORE WE VOTE, MAKE SURE YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN MICROPHONE, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE TURN THEM ON AND I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.I'LL DO MY BEST. IF THERE'S A QUESTION COMMENT, I'LL MAKE DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE I CATCH YOUR HAND GOING UP. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE APPROVED THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE THOSE OPPOSED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING JUST JUSTICE GULLEY? WELL, I NOTICED THAT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, TWENTY-TWO OUT OF SEVEN HAS AN ABSTENTION, BUT I THOUGHT I VOTED NO BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN ABOUT THE PROVIDER AND THE LAWSUITS THAT I SAW ONLINE.
REMEMBER, I SAID I SUPPORTED MENTAL HEALTH, BUT I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE LAWSUITS.
BUT MAYBE, MAYBE IT WAS ABSTENTION, BUT THAT'S FINE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS THAT HER MOTION TO THAT REGARD WAS CONCERNING THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE JAIL AND NOT RELATED TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE.
OH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M SORRY. OK, THANK YOU, JUSTICE STOWERS.
SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED JUST BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT JUSTICE MEDLOCK HAS ARRIVED.
AND JUST A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY THAT'S RUNNING UNOPPOSED FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND SUPPORT. ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT UNFORTUNATELY GOT AN OPPONENT.
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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.[22-I-11 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING AND MAINTAINING RITE TRACK DATA SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR THE JUVENILE COURTS.]
AMY, WHAT YOU READ 21 I-11, PLEASE.AN ORDINANCE LIMITING ORDINANCE 21OR26 2022 IN YOUR BUDGET PULASKI COUNTY ARKANSAS TO APPROPRIATE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING AND MAINTAINING RIGHT TRACK DATA SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR THE JUVENILE COURTS.
YES, I SECOND. MOTION WAS MADE THAT WE SEND 22 IE11 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION. HOWEVER, THERE IS.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS AN AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE.
YES, SIR. SO, AMY, WOULD YOU READ THE AMENDMENT? YES. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD DELETE THE STRICKEN LANGUAGE AND ADD THE UNDERLINE AND ITALICIZED LANGUAGE, WHICH WOULD BE ADDED ARTICLE THREE THE DATA COLLECTED SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE QUORUM COURT AGENDA COMMITTEE BEGINNING JUNE 1ST, 2022 AND BY THE 1ST OF EVERY MONTH THEREAFTER.
THESE REPORTS WILL ALLOW THE COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY TRENDS AND EVALUATE YEAR TO DATE DATA ON DATA PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE NON IDENTIFIABLE AND INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING ONE TOTAL NUMBER OF JUVENILES ON PROBATION IN PULASKI COUNTY, AS WELL AS A.
ORIGINATING ZIP CODES OF INDIVIDUALS ON PROBATION SEE PROBATION, DEMOGRAPHICS, RACE, AGE, GENDER AND TWO TOTAL NUMBER OF PROBATION REVOCATION FILED FOR THE REPORTING MONTH VERSUS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REVOCATIONS BY COURTS AND THREE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROBATION COMPLETED WITHOUT REVOCATION, NEW ARRESTS AND OR NEW CHARGES FILED.
AN ARTICLE THREE BECOMES ARTICLE FOUR AND ARTICLE FIVE.
ARTICLE FOUR BECOMES ARTICLE FIVE.
THANK YOU, AMY AND JUSTICE STOWERS.
MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE AMENDMENT.
A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE ADOPT THE AMENDMENT TO ITEM 22 I-11 JUSTICE STOWERS. GO AHEAD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN OR? THANK YOU, MR. KEITH. SO MOST OF US HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS ON THIS BODY AND WILL REMEMBER THAT WE HAD A JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS A CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM COMMITTEE.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASK OF JUVENILE COURTS WAS THAT THEY PROVIDE CERTAIN FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION TO THIS BODY SO WE COULD WORK TOGETHER IN COLLABORATION.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS IT IT ENSURES THAT AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE TWO JUVENILE JUSTICES, EXCUSE ME, THE TWO JUVENILE JUDGES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN OFFICE TO WORK WITH US TO THIS REGARD AND TO PROVIDE NON IDENTIFIABLE FEEDBACK TO THIS BODY, TO THIS TO THIS CONCERN AND THEREFORE FOR US, YOU KNOW, TO TO SPEND THE FIFTY THREE FIVE THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS MATTER.
IN RETURN, WE'LL HAVE THE COLLABORATION COOPERATION WITH THE JUVENILE JUDGES.
OK. SO THANK YOU, JUSTICE STOWERS.
AND I SEIZE SO ON HAND, SO JUSTICE GULLEY AND THIS IS AND REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST ON THE AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO WE'RE NOT GOING.
WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE FULL ITEM YET.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING THAT THE AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED. THE ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
YEAH. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE YOU WANTING THEM TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY MADE A REQUEST TO RESCUE THAT FUNDS, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT'S MY QUESTION. WHO IS THAT QUESTION TO? HAVE CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE BODY? I WOULD DEFER TO THE COMP CONTROLLER OR TWO IF THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE FROM REPRESENTING THE THE JUVENILE JUDGES TO THAT REGARD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO THEY'RE WANTING SOME OF THE RESCUE ACT FUNDS, CORRECT? OK. YES.
WHAT'S THE AMOUNT? A LITTLE OVER $500,000, ISN'T THAT GREAT.
IT CAN COME THROUGH THE RESCUE FUNDS BECAUSE OF THE ATTACHMENT TO THE JUVENILE AND ALSO BECAUSE IT IS A SEPARATION WHERE YOU'RE NOT MEETING IN PERSON AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO FACE TO FACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OK. SO IN RETURN, WE'RE REQUESTING WHAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR THIS FOR THEM
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TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION MONTHLY.I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE THE AMENDMENT.
YES, HE SAID. IS THAT A QUESTION FOR THAT, WE NEED TO GET ONE OF THE JUDGES UP TO ASK ANSWER.
WELL, PHIL IS THE ONE WHO PROVIDED THE AMENDMENT.
IT WASN'T THE JUDGES, BUT HE BUT THE AMENDMENT HAD TO COME THROUGH.
I'M SURE THE JUDGES WOULD BE AWARE OF THE.
I BELIEVE THEY SAID MONTHLY WHILE THEY WHEN I WERE READING THE AMENDMENT.
OOPS, SORRY, CAN I BE RECOGNIZED? OK, SO THE JUDGE IS SAYING THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE AMENDMENT IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? OK, HOLD ON. HOLD ON.
THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THIS IS.
YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT THEM GETTING MONEY.
I USED TO BE A FOSTER CARE CASE WORKER, I UNDERSTAND THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GET INTO, WE'RE NOT ASKING OTHER GROUPS OR AGENCIES TO PROVIDE DATA TO OUR RESCUE FUNDS AND I BELIEVE THE JUSTICE.
EXCUSE ME, JUDGE MANNING AND JUDGE JOHNSON KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM THEM.
WE SHOULD JUST GIVE THEM THE FUNDS AND BE DONE WITH IT.
OKAY. YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT NOT MIND PROVIDING IT, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THE APPROPRIATE THING FOR US TO DO.
YES, I DO WANT SOME CLARITY ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MONTHLY BI-MONTHLY, SEMI MONTHLY OR ANNUALLY.
SO CAN WE HEAR FROM THE JUDGES ON THAT? OK. ONE TIME CALLS.
JUSTICE MASSEY, I REALLY DO SUPPORT THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET INFORMATION AND DATA FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
IT IS VITAL TO THE WORK THAT WE DO IN REGARDS TO ENHANCING THE LIVES OF THIS YOUTH, THESE YOUTH. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WANT TO KNOW THE PROGRESSION.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE DOING.
SO WHY WOULD WE NOT WANT TO DO THIS IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS? WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND I THINK THE TIME IS NOW.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT. I SUPPORT IT.
JUSTICE MCCOY IT WAS MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT WE TYPICALLY DON'T COLLECT INFORMATION FROM OTHER.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE WORD IS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WE DO FREQUENTLY COLLECT AND REQUEST INFORMATION FROM DEPARTMENTS DIVISIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN REGARDS TO THIS MONEY AND OR OTHER THINGS, GENERAL REVENUE, WHATEVER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE THE JUDGES WERE UNAWARE OF THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I'LL ASK IF EITHER ONE OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE REQUESTED INFORMATION. JUDGE MANNING, JUDGE JOHNSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING? SURE. AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING FROM US ON THIS.
NEITHER OF US IS OPPOSED TO THIS AMENDMENT.
OK. IN FACT, WE'VE PROVIDED OR WE SENT OVER THE THE MEANS BY WHICH WE COLLECT DATA NOW AS A RESULT OF THE 2016 STUDY IS REALLY JUST KIND OF A WHAT YOU CALL IT.
WELL, AND IT'S A SPREADSHEET THAT THE THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN.
IT TAKES MANPOWER, WHICH THIS WILL TO, BUT IT'S A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION.
WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT BENEFITS THE COUNTY AND IT BENEFITS US THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT WE CAN GET YOUR SUPPORT WHEN WE NEED IT AND TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU HOW WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS WITH THE YOUTH AND PULASKI COUNTY SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JUDGE MANNING.
JUDGE JOHNSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? WELL, AS SHE INDICATED, WE'RE BOTH IN AGREEMENT.
I MEAN, WE'RE BOTH WE BOTH BEEN WORKING TO HARD TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE GDI RECOMMENDATIONS PRIOR TO OUR TAKING THE BENCH RECOMMENDED AND OVERSEEING THAT, AS WELL AS EVEN WORKING WITH ULAR ABOUT DATA COLLECTION.
AND THEY HAVE DONE REPORTS AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK AS WELL.
BUT THE ISSUE WITH THAT SYSTEM IS THAT IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED OUR OWN CENTRALIZED SYSTEM TO KEEP, TRACK AND ELIMINATE THE MANUAL DATA ENTRY, WHICH IS ARCHAIC AND TIME CONSUMING AND BETTER TIME CAN BE SPENT TO ACTUALLY SERVE THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JUDGE JOHNSON.
JUDGE [INAUDIBLE] ELEVATED TO YOU.
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JUSTICE STOWERS, GO AHEAD.YES, I WANT TO SAY I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT BOTH OF THE JUVENILE JUDGES HAVE BEEN WITH US IN A QUORUM COURT MEETING.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO BE WITH US AND TO COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS MATTER.
AND WE SINCERELY, I THINK YOU'LL FIND THIS BODY TO BE VERY OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO YOUR IDEAS, TO YOUR THOUGHTS, TO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO TO ENHANCE AND BETTER SERVE THE YOUTH OF THIS COUNTY AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT THAT GET INTO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THAT WE HELP THEM TO GO ON TO BE SUCCESSFUL ADULTS.
I'M SORRY. JUST ONE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO NOTE WE BOTH HAVE BEEN HERE ONCE BEFORE THEY HAD A SIT IN THE OTHER ROOM WHEN WE FIRST TOOK OFFICE.
BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
[LAUGHING] WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD FROM.
THANK YOU. WE'RE IN COURT PRETTY LATE.
AND SO WE JUST WE WANTED TO BE HERE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'VE ASKED US TO COME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUSTICE MCMULLEN.
YES, THANK YOU, MR. KEITH. I JUST WANT TO AT THIS TIME ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. STOWERS FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO COME FORWARD WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. JUST HAVE A GOOD OLD TIME TONIGHT.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL ON THE AMENDMENT.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, AMY OF MR. DEN JUSTICE DENTON HAS ARRIVED.
SO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE AMY IS GOING TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE AMENDMENT.
JUST THE AMENDMENT. MR. REED. YES. MR. DENTON. YES.
FIFTEEN AYE'S 22I-11 HAS BEEN HAS BEEN AMENDED.
OK, WE'RE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOVE FOR ADOPTION, NO, NOT MOVE FOR ADOPTION, MOVE THAT WE SEND US TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT AS AMENDED.
ALL RIGHT. A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 22 I-11 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT AS AMENDED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? THERE BEING NONE.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. MEDLOCK. AYE.
WE WILL SEND 22I-11 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT AS AMENDED AND IT WILL APPEAR THE FULL QUORUM COURT ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
AGAIN, THANK YOU JUDGE JOHNSON AND JUDGE MANNING FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU. THERE IS NO OTHER UNFINISHED BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF.
[22-I-18 A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY COMMEMORATING MR. DARRYL LEE CAPPS FOR HIS SERVICE TO PULASKI COUNTY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PULASKI COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA) PROGRAM.]
SO WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEW BUSINESS.AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 22I-18 A RESOLUTION OF THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY COMMEMORATING MR. DARRELL [INAUDIBLE] FOR HIS SERVICE TO PULASKI COUNTY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PULASKI COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM.
MOVE WE SEND THIS FULL QUORUM COURT DUE PASS. SECOND.
A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 22I-18 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
JUSTICE MCCOY WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? I WILL. MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER MR. [INAUDIBLE] COMING BEFORE US REPRESENTING THE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM AND UNFORTUNATELY IS MAYBE MANY OF YOU HEARD HE PASSED AWAY, SO JUST WANTED TO DO A RESOLUTION IN HIS HONOR AS ALL. APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR TO THIS AND.
DID EVERYBODY WANT TO BE AT IT? HOW ABOUT THIS? DOES ANYBODY NOT WANT TO BE ADDED? LET'S DO IT THIS WAY. MAYBE.
OK, AMY, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD DEAL. GO AHEAD.
I KNEW MR. [INAUDIBLE] PERSONALLY.
PROFESSIONALLY. ONE OF THE MOST GRACIOUS, KIND, HUMBLE HUMAN BEINGS THAT I'VE EVER MET.
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MANY OF US KNEW HIM IN SOME CAPACITY AND SO DID WANT TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT IN THE LAST JUSTIN AMY, IF YOU COULD HELP US CORRECT THIS IN THE FINAL FINALITY OF THIS RESOLUTION, IT REFERS TO HIS NAME AS MR. JOHN DARRELL [INAUDIBLE] AND THE JOHN NEEDS TO BE STRICKEN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO AMEND THE ITEM OR IF WE CAN JUST CORRECT THAT BEFORE THE FULL QUORUM COURT.ANY OTHER QUESTION? ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THERE BEING NONE.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REED.
YES. MR. KEITH. YES. MS. GREEN.
YES. AND MS. MEDLOCK. AYE. FIFTEEN AYES.
FIFTEEN AYES, ZERO NAYS, WE WILL SEND 2218 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION. MR. KEITH, A POINT OF ORDER.
YES, SIR. ASSUMING THIS PASSES AT THE FULL QUORUM COURT, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO AS MANY OF US REMEMBER ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES FROM A WHILE AGO SAYING, LET'S PUT THIS ON PRETTY PAPER AND PRESENT IT, POSSIBLY IN APRIL TO THE FAMILY.
OK. AND THAT WAS MS. DEAN. ALL RIGHT.
[22-I-14 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM THE COLLECTOR’S SALARY & EXPENSE FUND INTO THE COLLECTOR’S DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAX REFUNDS FOR NED LITTLE ROCK, LLC AND PARK PLAZA MALL.]
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 22I-14 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21OR462022 IN YOUR PULASKI COUNTY ARKANSAS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM THE COLLECTOR'S SALARY AND EXPENSE FUND INTO THE COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAX REFUNDS FOR NED LITTLE ROCK LLC AND PARK PLAZA MALL.MOVE INTO THIS FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS.
MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 22I-14 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION JUSTICE MCCOY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? IN THE ABSENCE OF OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, OH, NEVER MIND THERE HE IS.
I WAS LOOKING FOR HIM. AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO OR SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE HAD TO AS A RESULT OF A LAWSUIT, WE HAD TO REFUND A PROPERTY TAX PAYER OWNER HERE IN PULASKI COUNTY. I BELIEVE THIS IS VERY SIMILAR, AND I'LL LET ADAM TAKE IT FROM HERE.
THE TAXES WERE PAID IN PROTEST.
THAT MEANS THAT A LAWSUIT WAS INITIATED REGARDING THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY FOR TAX PURPOSES BEFORE THEY PAID THEIR TAXES.
THE LITIGATION HAS BEEN RESOLVED, AND THERE'S A COURT ORDER THAT REFLECTS THE RESOLUTION OF VALUE AND SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A A REFUND ON THOSE TWO PROPERTIES.
THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY QUESTIONS.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. MEDLOCK. MR. ELLIOTT. YES.
YES. MR. DENTON AND MR. REED YES. FIFTEEN AYES.
FIFTEEN TO ZERO, WE WILL SEND 22I-14 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 22I-15, PLEASE?
[22-I-15 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.]
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21OR462022 ANNUAL BUDGET PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS TO RECOGNIZE AN APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.I MOVE WE SEND TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS.
SECOND. MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 22I-15 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
JUSTICE ROBINSON WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? IS THERE? I THINK THIS IS JUST CLEANUP, BUT.
SAME REIMBURSEMENT WE DO EVERY MONTH.
YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET TO SEE ME AGAIN NEXT MONTH AND A MONTH AFTER.
OH. NO QUESTIONS, NO CONCERNS.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 22 I-15? MR. REED. YES.
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AYE. MS. MASSEY. AYE.I VOTE FIFTEEN AYES WITH ZERO NAYS, WE WILL SEND 22I-15 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
[22-I-16 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND TO FUND A HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR POSITION.]
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 22I-16? AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21OR46 2022 ANNUAL BUDGET PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS TO RECOGNIZE AN APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND TO FUND A HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR POSITION.SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 22I-16 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
JUSTICE LEWISON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? I'M GOING TO ASK REVEREND LOVE TO COME UP HERE AND EXPLAIN.
OH, I'LL TAKE IT. GOOD EVENING COURT.
REVEREND LOVE COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THIS IS WE JUST BEEN REWARDED.
OUR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE GRANT AN AMOUNT ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND OF COURSE, WITH THIS GRANT, WE HAVE A POSITION WHICH IS THE TENANT BASE AROUND ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATOR.
LET ME SEE. I SAW SOME HANDS GO UP, SO PLEASE STAND.
YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK AND DIRECT YOUR LOVE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE MANY TITLES, BUT HERE YOU DIRECTOR, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW ANYONE.
WE WOULD HIRE THE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THAT WE EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT IF THE GRANT EVER WENT AWAY, THAT THE POSITION WOULD GO AWAY AS WELL.
THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU, JUSTICE STOWERS. JUSTICE LEWISON AND JUSTICE GULLEY I'M SORRY.
UNLESS YOU WANTED TO SPEAK. SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I HOPE I'M ON TOPIC WITH THIS.
IN THE PAST, YOU'VE SAID YOU'VE HAD TROUBLE HIRING FOR THESE TYPE POSITIONS.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR DO I HAVE THAT MISTAKEN? WELL, DURING THE TIME WE HAD THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE I HAD, BUT I'VE ALREADY HAVE SOMEBODY CURRENTLY IN THIS POSITION.
WE'VE RUN THIS ACTUAL GRANT FOR I'LL SAY AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, AS A GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR AND DIRECTOR, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A RENEWAL OF THE GRANT.
OH, OK, THEN I GUESS I MIGHT BE GETTING MY WIRES CROSSED A LITTLE BIT HERE.
JUSTICE MCCOY. JUSTICE ROBINSON.
OK, JUSTICE, WHERE DOES THE GRANT COME FROM REMIND ME THAT.
THIS IS A HOOD GRANT THAT COMES THROUGH THE ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY OR ADFA. IT'S THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR HOME FUNDS.
DO WE RENEW THIS OR VOTE ON THIS YEARLY, I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER.
WE RENEW IT. USUALLY THE 10 BEST RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. SOMEBODY CAN HAVE ASSISTANCE FOR UP TO A YEAR, BUT SOMETIMES WE CAN PROVIDE TWO YEARS.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN THE MONEY EXPIRES.
AND THEN WE RENEW IT AT ABOUT TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE GRANT AND THEN THEY'LL JUST REWARD US TO FUND US.
THANK YOU. NOT REVEREND LOVE [INAUDIBLE] LOVE, DIRECTOR LOVE.
THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 22I-16.
MY VOTE OF FIFTEEN AYES ZERO NAYS.
WE WILL SEND 22I-16 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
[22-I-17 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 17-OR-12 (PULASKI COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY) TO UPDATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BENEFITS FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.]
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 22I-17 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 17OR12 PULASKI COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY TO UPDATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BENEFITS FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.MOVE WE SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
OK. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 22I-17 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
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JUSTICE STOWERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO.I BELIEVE OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY? MR.[INAUDIBLE] IS HERE TO EXPLAIN THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU. SO IN THIS, YOU'LL SEE TWO POLICY CHANGES AND SOME CLEAN UP LANGUAGE.
THE CLEANUP IS EASIER, SO I'M GOING TO HIT THOSE HIGH POINTS REAL FAST.
IN THE MILITARY LEAVE SECTION, THERE'S A CLARIFICATION THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO BE TAKEN ON HOURLY INCREMENTS AND LEAVE WITHOUT PAY WE'RE DOCUMENTING CURRENT PRACTICES AND CONFORMING TO THE LAW WITH THESE CHANGES, FMLA, IT'S A CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES ON.
I PUT AN ABBREVIATION THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT MY ABBREVIATION STANDS FOR MEDICAL BELIEVE IT'S MEDICAL LEAVE, IT'S JUST A CLARIFICATION ON HOLIDAYS.
IT'S SIMPLIFICATION TO WHERE WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT WORK LIKE FOUR-TENTHS.
AND RIGHT NOW, IF A HOLIDAY OR A HOLIDAY FALLS ON THEIR OFF DAY, THEY CAN USE IT.
THEY CAN PICK A DAY WITHIN THE NEXT 180 DAYS TO USE THAT A VACATION DAY, AND IT CREATES SOME CONFUSION AND SOME ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS.
THIS WOULD SIMPLIFY IT SO THAT IT'S THAT EMPLOYEE JUST PAID EIGHT HOURS STRAIGHT TIME AND ON THE INCLEMENT WEATHER PROVISION, IT'S SIMPLY CLARIFICATION.
THE TWO POLICY ISSUES IN IN THE ORDINANCE ARE TO CREATE A UNIFORM, CATASTROPHIC LEAVE BANK AND TO CAP SICK LEAVE.
IT'S CURRENTLY NOT CAPPED, AND IT WOULD CAP SICK LEAVE AT SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS ONE THOUSAND AND EIGHTY HOURS, AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YES, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, OK.
FIRST, LET'S TAKE THEM FROM THE BEGINNING SECTION 18 VACATION LEAVE.
OK, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT FIRST.
AT THE TOP, WE'VE GOT THE VACATION LEAVE IF YOU ACCUMULATE MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED HOURS.
TYPICALLY RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE GOT IS IF YOU ACCUMULATE THREE HUNDRED HOURS, THEN IT GOES OVER TO CATASTROPHIC LEAVE INTO THE DEPARTMENT, CORRECT? SO LIKE, IF YOU ACCUMULATE OVER THREE HUNDRED HOURS AND YOU'RE IN THE.
WHATEVER DEPARTMENT YOU'RE IN.
THEN IT GOES OVER TO CATASTROPHICALLY INTO THAT DEPARTMENT.
AM I CORRECT? YES, IT IS SWEPT INTO THE CATASTROPHIC LEAF BANK.
OK, IF THIS GOES THROUGH, YOU WILL LOSE THAT.
YOU WILL NO LONGER BE SWEPT INTO THE CATASTROPHIC LEAVE GO INTO, SO THE THE SWEEPING OF OURS IS KIND OF AN ARTIFICIAL EVENT.
LET'S ANSWER THE QUESTION DIRECTLY.
LET'S NOT. THERE'S NOTHING LOST.
OH, NO, NO, I'M NOT. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TWO THOUSAND HOURS.
YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TWO THOUSAND HOURS TO A BANK.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO FOR TWELVE HUNDRED PEOPLE, AM I CORRECT? SO THAT IS CORRECT.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME HISTORY ON THE USAGE OF.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET TWELVE HUNDRED HOURS FOR I MEAN, TWO THOUSAND HOURS FOR TWELVE HUNDRED PEOPLE. SO THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR THREE HUNDRED HOURS, THESE THREE HUNDRED HOURS THAT THEY PUT INTO THE CATASTROPHIC BANK, DO THEY WHEN IT SWEPT INTO THE CATASTROPHIC BANK, DO THEY GET TO AT THE POINT NOW, ONCE IT SWEPT INTO THAT CATASTROPHIC BANK, DO THEY GET WHEN THEY QUIT? DO THEY GET TO PAID OUT THAT MONEY? NO, NO. THEY'VE NOT PAID.
SICK LEAVE IS, I'M SORRY VACATION LEAVE SWEPT VACATION LEAVE IS NOT PAID OUT.
I NEED TO KNOW THAT ALSO. OK, SO IT WOULD GO INTO THAT CATASTROPHIC BANK.
AND SO IF SOMEBODY WOULD GET SICK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN THAT WOULD GO OVER TO SOMEBODY IN THAT BANK.
OK, SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? WOULD YOU SAY THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO TAKE THEIR LEAVE IF THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LOSE IT? WOULD YOU THINK THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD START THINKING, OK, I BETTER TAKE ALL MY DAYS.
I BETTER START TAKING EVERYTHING I'VE GOT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SWEEP IT OVER INTO THE CATASTROPHIC LEAVE.
THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT WHEN YOU START, WHEN YOU START THINKING I'M GOING TO LOSE
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MY HOURS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GONE BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE THIS TWO THOUSAND BANK.YOU KNOW THAT I CAN USE SO I BETTER USE ALL MY HOURS.
YOU KNOW, I BETTER USE EVERYTHING I'VE GOT, SO I BETTER USE UP EVERY SINGLE VACATION DAY, SICK LEAVE EVERYTHING DURING THE YEAR.
SO THE I WILL SAY WITH RESPECT TO SECTION 18, THE EXPERIENCE FOR AN EMPLOYEE WITH RESPECT TO VACATION HOURS WILL WILL BE UNAFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE.
MM-HMM. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, DON'T YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL START SAYING, OH MY GOD, IF I LOSE. I THINK THAT'S THE CURRENT STATE.
IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, I THINK AN EMPLOYEE GETS AN UPDATE OF THEIR THEIR VACATION TIME.
AND IF THEY SEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE TIME, THEY START WORKING WITH THEIR SUPERVISOR TO SCHEDULE TIME.
YOU DON'T THINK THEY BANK? NO, NO, I DON'T.
I THINK THAT THE THE BANKING OCCURS LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT'S SORT OF AN ARTIFICIAL EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE WHETHER THE EMPLOYEES VACATION LEAVE IS SIMPLY CAPPED AT THREE HUNDRED HOURS, WHICH IS THE PRACTICE NOW OR WHETHER THOSE 300 HOURS ARE ARTIFICIALLY MOVED INTO A A SEPARATE CLASS THAT PAYROLL HAS TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF IT, WHETHER THEY APPEAR ON THE BOOKS IN ANOTHER PLACE OR WHETHER THEY GO AWAY TO THE EMPLOYEE IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE EXPERIENCE AT ALL.
SO THAT'S YOUR OPINION THAT YOU DON'T THINK THAT THEY.
OBSERVATION, OK? ALSO, WHAT ABOUT IF THIS BOARD THAT THEY APPOINT THAT GETS TO DECIDE WHETHER PEOPLE GET HELP FROM THE CATASTROPHIC.
YEAH. IT'S STILL IN SECTION 18.
THIS BOARD THAT THEY DECIDE THAT GETS TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU GET HELP OR NOT FROM THE CATASTROPHIC LEAVE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT A BOARD THAT'S GOING TO SIT DOWN AND DECIDE WHETHER PEOPLE GET HELP OR NOT FROM THE CATASTROPHIC LEAVE.
SO GENERALLY, THAT'S THE PRACTICE ALREADY.
BUT INSTEAD OF EACH DEPARTMENT HAVING A DISTINCT OPERATION, THIS WOULD PROVIDE FOR A SINGULAR BODY SO THAT THE THE TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES IS UNIFORM SO THAT RECORD KEEPING IS UNIFORM. SO THAT DOCUMENTATION IS UNIFORM AND THE APPROACH IS UNIFORM.
RIGHT, SO IF A PERSON SICK AND NEEDS TIME OFF AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO THEIR PEERS AND SAY, HELP ME. AND SO THEIR PEERS DECIDE WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO HELP THIS PERSON OR NOT.
I'M SORRY. THEIR PEERS DECIDE WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO HELP THIS PERSON OR NOT.
WHAT ABOUT THE RECORD KEEPING OF THIS PERSON'S MEDICAL RECORDS? ARE WE GOING TO OPEN THIS BIG CAN OF WORMS OF LOOKING AT THIS PERSON'S MEDICAL RECORDS? I MEAN, WE GOT HIPPA LAWS HERE.
SURE SO. WE'VE GOT LAWS LOOKING AT ALL THESE.
THE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP ALREADY REQUIRES SOME DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION BEFORE AN EMPLOYEE IS ELIGIBLE FOR BEREAVEMENT OR NOT BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.
I'M SORRY FOR A CATASTROPHIC LEAVE.
THEY'VE ALREADY RUN THROUGH THEIR SICK LEAVE.
THEY'VE ALREADY RUN THROUGH THEIR VACATION LEAVE AND THEY'RE TO THE POINT WHERE MOST LIKELY THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE 12 WEEKS OF GUARANTEED LEAVE UNDER FMLA.
AND IF THEY ARE TO CONTINUE, THEY ARE QUALIFYING FOR ADA COVERAGE.
SO AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY AT COVERAGE AND THEIR EMPLOYER HAS DETERMINED THAT IT'S NOT AN UNDUE HARDSHIP TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS PERSON ON AS AN EMPLOYEE AND HOLD THEIR POSITION. AND SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE AND THE EMPLOYER AND H.R.
THAT ARE RELATED TO THE MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT THIS THIS IS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF THAT, AND IT'S NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR THERE TO BE COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH.
AND IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE A UNIFORM LEAVE BANK AND LEAVE BOARD, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO ENSURING THAT THAT H.R.
IS THE KEEPER OF THE RECORD, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE H.R.
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I WAS LOOKING AT THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS.H.R. IS, KEEPS EMPLOYEE MEDICAL RECORDS IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS, AS I'VE JUST DESCRIBED IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
AND SO THE BOARD MAY BE MADE AWARE OF THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION BECAUSE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS CATASTROPHIC LEAVE, THERE'S.
SO WE ARE OPENING THAT CAN OF WORMS. THAT CAN OF WORMS HAS BEEN OPENED FOR YEARS, FOR DECADES. IN FACT, THE COUNTY MAINTAINS CERTAIN EMPLOYEE MEDICAL RECORDS TODAY BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP SOMETIMES REQUIRES THERE TO BE CONVERSATION ABOUT MEDICAL CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY IF THERE'S A REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATION.
SO THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW HAS ACCESS TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
ANY SICK PERSON'S MEDICAL RECORDS RIGHT NOW.
[INAUDIBLE] HOW DOES THE COUNTY GET ACCESS TO A SICK PERSON'S MEDICAL RECORDS? IF IF A SICK EMPLOYEE ASKS FOR ACCOMMODATION, THEN THERE MAY BE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DIRECTLY BETWEEN OR DIRECTLY PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYEE'S PHYSICIAN TO THE COUNTY AT THE REQUEST OF THE EMPLOYEE SO THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN GET IT.
AT THE REQUEST OF THE EMPLOYEE? AT THE REQUEST OF THE EMPLOYEE.
WHY WOULD THE EMPLOYEE REQUEST? SO THEY MIGHT BE ACCOMMODATED? THERE'S GOT TO BE A LEGITIMATE REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATION, AND THE REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATION MUST BE REASONABLE IN ORDER FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO QUALIFY FOR ACCOMMODATION.
SO THERE MUST THERE'S GOT TO BE A MEDICAL BACKGROUND TO IT.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME MEDICAL ISSUE.
WELL, IF YOU'RE VARYING FROM THE ORDINARY COURSE OF THE WAY THAT THE EMPLOYER, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY AT LARGE UNDER THE PERSONNEL POLICY OR A PARTICULAR OFFICER IN THERE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR DAY TO DAY, IF SOMEBODY SAYS, I NEED YOU TO, YOU KNOW, PUT ME IN A DIFFERENT OFFICE BECAUSE THIS OFFICE CAUSES SOME ISSUE WITH MY MEDICAL STATE, THEY'VE GOT TO DEMONSTRATE THERE'S AN ACTUAL MEDICAL CONDITION THAT'S UNDERLYING IT AND THE REQUEST MUST BE REASONABLE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BOARD DECIDE ON THAT? THAT'S ALREADY THE STATE OF AFFAIRS HERE.
HORRIBLE. I JUST IT JUST SENDS CHILLS UP MY SPINE.
IT JUST REMINDS ME OF LIKE INSURANCE COMPANIES LOOKING OVER YOU AND DECIDING WHETHER YOU CAN HAVE HELP OR NOT, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN DOCTORS PICKING WHETHER YOU CAN HAVE HELP OR NOT. I MEAN, I JUST REALLY DO NOT LIKE THAT TYPE OF [INAUDIBLE] HUH? ALREADY EXIST.
I'M SORRY. I JUST DO NOT LIKE IT AT ALL.
I DO NOT LIKE IT AT ALL. MY LIGHT ON.
ADAM, I GOT A QUESTION AND THEN SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE, WHEN WE STAY IN THERE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMITTEE IS THERE, I SEE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL APPOINT INDIVIDUALS TO THE COMMITTEE.
IS THERE A CRITERIA FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO BE NOMINATED TO THEIR COMMITTEE? ARE THEY GOING TO BE SIDE BY SIDE EMPLOYEES? ARE THERE GOING TO BE SUPERVISORS? IS THERE CRITERIA? IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE THE DESIGNEE OF THE ELECTED OFFICIAL.
RIGHT. I KNOW THE DESIGNEE, BUT THERE'S NO CRITERIA TO SAY THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS TO BE A SUPERVISOR. THIS INDIVIDUAL PART TIME WORKER IS THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CRITERIA SET.
ANYBODY CAN JOE BLOW THE LINE WORKER THAT SITS AT THE WINDOW CAN ACTUALLY SIT ON SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE. IT'S ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
YES. RIGHT. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.
ALL RIGHT. I JUST MEAN [INAUDIBLE] TRUST ME, I GOT MULTIPLE JUSTICE CONEY.
I'M GOING TO GET TO EVERYBODY. BUT I GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE.
OK. THIS POLICY FIT ME TO THE TEE.
WE CAN CARRY OVER 240 HOURS EVERY YEAR, SO I GET 15 HOURS A MONTH.
SO THEREFORE I'M ALWAYS OVER BECAUSE I'M NOT ONE TO TAKE OFF.
SO WHEN I GET TO 340, I GET THE PLANNING AND IF I WANT TO DONATE TO CATASTROPHIC, I WILL.
BUT I TRY TO USE EVERY DIME THAT I HAVE.
BUT IT'S WRITTEN IN POLICY THAT WE ONLY CAN CARRY OVER 240 AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOREVER. YEAH, NOW I'VE BEEN ON MEDICAL LEAVE, MEDICAL LEAVE HUMAN RESOURCE HAD TO GET
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INVOLVED BECAUSE I APPLIED FOR FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE.THAT JUST DOESN'T COME THROUGH YOUR LOCAL PEOPLE WALKING IN THE OFFICE.
ONCE THEY UTILIZE MY HOURS THAT I HAD MY SICK HOURS, MY ANNUAL HOURS AND I HAD SO MANY, I HAVE NOT RAN OUT OF HOURS.
I APPLIED FOR THE ADA BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO COME BACK TO WORK AND KNOWING THAT I HAD TO DO FACE TO FACE VISITS.
AGAIN, I HAD A SEPARATE FORM AND THAT WENT THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCE.
WHAT IS ADA? NO ONE KNOWS MY BUSINESS, MY IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MY MEDICAL HISTORY NO MORE THAN WHAT I TELL HER, AND THEY WILL SEND A FORM OVER TELLING HER THAT I HAVE BEEN APPROVED, BUT THEY DON'T TELL HER WHAT I'M APPROVED. OK, SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IS CONFIDENTIAL.
THAT'S NOT A REALLY BIG THING HERE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BOARD IN PLACE NOW WITH OUR CATASTROPHIC IF YOU MAKE IF YOU'RE GETTING FIFTEEN HOURS OF ANNUAL A MONTH, YOU'RE GETTING EIGHT HOURS OF SICK LEAVE AS WELL, AND YOU'VE RUN IT THROUGH THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE 80 HOURS WHEN YOU GET ILL.
MOST TIMES YOU ARE DENIED IT'S IN POLICY, IT'S WRITTEN.
BUT IF I GET FIFTEEN HOURS A MONTH, EIGHT HOURS A SICK TIME, IT'S NO REASON FOR ME TO HAVE SOME LEAVE IN MY BANK WHEN I GET SICK.
WHEN I WAS OFF DOING COVID, IT WENT INTO A SEPARATE BANK.
SO WE THEN GET PENALIZED YEAR '21.
THAT MONEY WENT INTO A SEPARATE BANK.
DECEMBER I WAS PRETTY MUCH OFF ALMOST A WHOLE MONTH BECAUSE I HAD SO MUCH LEAVE.
BUT IF YOU DON'T USE IT, IT GOES INTO CATASTROPHIC AND IT HELPS OTHERS LIKE A NEW EMPLOYEE.
EXACTLY BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IN THIS I THOUGHT.
NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT ANYMORE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT GOING INTO A CATASTROPHIC LEAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EACH DEPARTMENT'S GOT A CATASTROPHIC LEAVE BAG.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE BANK FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY.
THAT'S WE HAVE ONE FOR THE WHOLE STATE IN PULASKI COUNTY.
SO EVERY INDIVIDUAL GO TO CENTRAL OFFICE, TO THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE, ONE FOR THE WHOLE.
UH-HUH. YOU HAVE ONE BANK FOR THE WHOLE STATE.
HOLD ON. JULIE, JULIE, OK, LET'S GET BACK ON TRACK.
BUT IF I CAN STEP IN WITH THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, THERE IS A MATTER OF FACT IS FOR THE WHOLE STATE, ISN'T IT? I JUST SAID IT.
YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID PULASKI COUNTY.
I THINK IT'S FOR THE WHOLE STATE.
YEAH, IT'S ONE CENTRALIZED OFFICE.
I YIELD UNLESS SOMEONE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UH NO. BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE OK.
RIGHT. OK, JUSTICE GULLEY A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN PLACE IN THE POLICY DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S RIGHT. IT DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.
THE COMMITTEE ARE THESE COUNTY EMPLOYEES OR THERE'S SOMEONE THAT THE JUDGE APPOINTS? I MEAN. EACH ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE COUNTY WILL APPOINT ONE ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
OK. BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT MEDICAL LEAVE, CATASTROPHIC LEAVE TO ME, THAT'S A PERSONNEL. THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT SHOULD HANDLE THAT.
AND I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT.
SO I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT JULIE'S TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE AND PERSONNEL'S BUSINESS.
OK. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE HERE.
ABOUT THE. SO IF THEY HAVE A BEREAVEMENT, A DISASTER, THEY ONLY RECEIVE FOUR WORKING DAYS, NOT A WEEK.
I DON'T KNOW ANYONE USE A WEEK, BUT.
THERE'S JUST A CLARIFICATION OF THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN BEREAVEMENT APPLIES.
I'M STILL JUST. DID YOU COME UP WITH ALL THIS OR DID YOU HAVE HELP FROM OTHERS?
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NO, THIS IS IN CONSULTATION WITH HUMAN RESOURCES.INFORMATION GATHERED FROM COUNTY PAYROLL WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF LEAVE BANK HOURS THAT HAVE BEEN USED HISTORICALLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND CURRENT SICK LEAVE ACCUMULATION. OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WOULD CONSIDER DOWN THE ROAD OF CHANGING THE PAID LEAVE FROM FOUR WORKING DAYS TO FIVE WORKING DAYS.
IN TODAY'S TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING IN WITH THE COVID AND PEOPLE HAVING MEDICAL ISSUES TO ME FOR DAYS, I MEAN, SEVEN DAYS WOULD BE IDEAL.
BUT SO BEREAVEMENT WOULD APPLY IN THE EVENT OF A FAMILY MEMBER'S DEATH OR SOME DISASTROUS EVENT. RIGHT.
SO DISASTROUSLY IF THEIR HOME WAS DESTROYED BY A TORNADO.
AND SO THIS WOULD THAT'S LEAVE IN ADDITION TO SICK TIME THAT'S ALREADY ACCRUED IN ADDITION TO VACATION TIME THAT'S ALREADY ACCRUED.
YES, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL FOUR DAYS.
OK, OK, THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP.
OK, HOLD ON. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
THANK YOU, ADAM. OK, I JUST HAVE.
CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE? JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LEAVE WITHOUT PAY.
IF THE EMPLOYEE'S PAYMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS IS MORE THAN 30 DAYS LATE.
THE COUNTY MAY DISCONTINUE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE BACK TO THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTHS, WITH THE PREMIUMS WERE PAID UPON WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE EMPLOYEE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY ENDS UP AND THIS IS HOPEFULLY NO COVID LEFT ANYMORE, SOMEBODY ENDS UP WITH COVID AND THEY END UP IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEY END UP IN A COMA, WHAT DO THEY DO FOR TWO MONTHS? THEY HAVE NO FAMILY MEMBERS.
THEN IF YOU MISS THAT PAYMENT, YOU GUYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISCONTINUE THE HEALTH INSURANCE? SO THIS LANGUAGE IS BEING ADDED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW.
BUT WHAT IS THE FEDERAL LAW THAT IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR PAYMENT IN BECAUSE YOU'RE SICK IN THE HOSPITAL.
THIS IS ONLY LEAVE WITHOUT PAY CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO SOMEBODY IS BURNED THROUGH ALL THEIR SICK LEAVE.
THEY BURN THROUGH ALL THEIR VACATION LEAVE.
THEY WERE DETERMINED, NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CATASTROPHIC LEAVE COVERAGE.
THEY'RE ON LEAVE WITHOUT PAY, AND THEY'VE BURNED THROUGH ALL AVAILABLE OPTIONS.
THEY CAN CONTINUE AT THEIR AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE TO PAY THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUM.
BUT IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT, THEN IT CONSISTENT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW, IT PROVIDES THAT THE COUNTY MAY DISCONTINUE THE HEALTH INSURANCE BASED ON THEIR NONPAYMENT.
THE FEDERAL LAW ONLY GIVES YOU 30 DAYS, [INAUDIBLE].
THIS IS IN A LEAVE WITHOUT PAY CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND YES, SO IF YOU ARE MORE THAN 30 DAYS LATE ON PAYMENT OF YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM IT, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
WHAT ABOUT COBRA? THAT'S SO COBRA DOESN'T APPLY IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, I DON'T BELIEVE, BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL EMPLOYED. THEY ARE JUST IN A LEAVE WITHOUT PAY CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO WHEN DO THEY SEND YOU THAT LETTER? DO THEY SEND YOU THE LETTER TO SAY, HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE ON THIS PREMIUM.
WHEN SOMEBODY GOES INTO LEAVE WITHOUT PAY STATUS? HR WILL BE IN CONSULTATION WITH THEM TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEIR OBLIGATIONS ARE.
I'M A GET TO YOU. JUSTICE MASSEY.
LET'S SEE. WHERE DO I START? ONE THING I WANT TO SAY THAT IN REGARDS TO THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS, HUMAN RESOURCES MOST DEFINITELY WILL GET THAT IF IT'S IF NEED BE, THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS.
IF YOU'RE WORKING EIGHT TO FIVE, NINE TO FIVE KIND OF JOB.
IT HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW YOUR SUPERVISOR DOES NOT HAVE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OTHER THAN YOU'RE GETTING LEAVE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
THIS COMMITTEE OF WHOMEVER IS SELECTED BY THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
I MEAN, I DON'T I MEAN, WHATEVER IT IS, WE'RE DOING, THAT PART NEEDS TO CHANGE.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE NEEDS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY BUSINESS WITH MY WITH MY ILLNESS.
I MEAN, I NEED MORE SPECIFICS AS TO WHO THEY'RE SELECTING.
IF IT'S JUST ONE OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, NO THAT IT SHOULD BE HUMAN RESOURCES AND HUMAN
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RESOURCES ONLY THAT'S DEALING WITH THAT.I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT.
I AGREE THAT NEEDS TO STOP LIKE IMMEDIATELY.
I AGREE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO END THAT, I'M STILL KIND OF FUZZY AND UNEDUCATED ON ON THEM THE HOURS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT I DO KNOW THAT THAT'S IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH A LOT OF JOBS.
NOW I NEED TO GET CLARIFICATION AND UNDERSTANDING AS TO HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY IN REGARDS TO THE HOURS THAT ARE HERE.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TABLE THIS FOR 30 DAYS SO THAT MYSELF CAN GET SOME UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT'S ON THIS BECAUSE I'M STILL JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW? WELL, AND THAT'S NOT DEBATABLE.
THAT WE TABLED IT FOR 30 DAYS? OH. OK. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? YES, THE MOTION TABLE WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE.
OK. TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE? YOUR ATTENTION IS TO POSTPONE IT FOR 30 DAYS SO THAT YOU CAN GET MORE CLARIFICATION AND ASK QUESTIONS. OK.
I BELIEVE THE MOTION WOULD BE TO POSTPONE FOR 30 DAYS.
OK, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THIS FOR 30 DAYS.
AND THAT'S NOT DEBATABLE, THAT'S NOT DEBATABLE.
NONE DEBATABLE. [LAUGHTER] I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE.
I KNOW. I KNOW. WELL, IF THE DEBATE WILL I GIVE YOU.
OK. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE POSTPONE 22I-17 FOR 30 DAYS.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REED.
YES, I GUESS SINCE THEY'RE DOING IT.
MR. KEITH. YES, SINCE THEY'RE DOING.
MR. STOWERS. [INAUDIBLE] MR. ELLIOTT. YES.
OKAY, SO THAT IS TWELVE AYES ONE NAY AND TWO ABSTENTIONS.
BY A VOTE OF TWELVE AYES, ONE NAY, TWO ABSTENTIONS.
WE WILL POSTPONE 22I-17 FOR 30 DAYS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, YES.
IF WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, SHOULD WE ADDRESS THOSE TO [INAUDIBLE] TO YOU.
[INAUDIBLE] CONTACT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
YEAH, OK. YEAH, I WOULD SUGGEST WE START WITH ADAM AND THEN ADAM CAN DIRECT US TO.
DO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT IT PIECEMEAL ADAM OR WOULD YOU WANT THEM ALL COLLECTED IN ONE BATCH OR? NO, YOU CAN CALL THEM.
ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT ITEM ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.
[Additional Item]
WE ARE A SELECTION OF ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY ARKANSAS COUNTY.LET'S SEE WAS IT NINETEEN? YEAH. YES.
WHAT IT IS. OK, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THIS TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION? I NEED A MOTION TO HEAR.
A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE ITEM. YEAH.
SO MOVED. OH, SO MOVED THANK YOU.
OK. A MOTION WAS MADE THAT WE CONSIDER HEARING 22I-19.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21OR462022 ANNUAL BUDGET PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS TO APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OPIOID ABUSE SITE BASED PROGRAM.
[INAUDIBLE]. DON'T WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE BEING ADDED? NO. NO.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN? DON'T WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FIRST? OH OH YEAH, I DID YOU.
OK, WAKE UP, Y'ALL KEEPING ME OKAY.
OK, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE DUE TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION. I SECOND.
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WAKE ME UP. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 2022I-19 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.THANK YOU. JUSTICE BLACKWOOD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE EXPLAIN.
JUSTICE ROBINSON. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS MAJOR SIMON HAYNES.
THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING FOR THREE YEARS.
THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE GRANT PROGRAM THAT STARTED IN THE FACILITY.
FIRST YEAR, WE DIDN'T REALLY GET UP AND GO IN AS QUICKLY AS WE WANTED TO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME EXTRA FUNDS FROM THE FIRST YEAR, SO WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING TO ROLL THOSE INTO THIS LAST YEAR'S FUNDS.
THIS IS ALL A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT AFFECT COUNTY BUDGET AT ALL.
I SAW JUSTICE MCCOY JUSTICE MCCOY.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD. I'M TRYING TO CATCH UP SINCE THIS IS FRESH AND I BELIEVE WE WERE RESENT EARLIER TODAY, MAYBE, AND I APOLOGIZE.
I HAVEN'T HAD A TIME TO LOOK AT IT REAL QUICK.
SO YOU SAY YOU DID NOT USE UP ALL THE MONEY, SO NOW YOU'RE APPROPRIATING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE? NO, NO.
SO WE APPROPRIATED WE SET A BUDGET FOR EACH YEAR, THE FIRST YEAR DUE TO SOME OF THE GRANT SITUATIONS WE HAD IN THE WAY THE GRANT APPROVAL PROCESS WENT THAT FIRST YEAR IF YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER, TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WHEN THEY SWITCHED OVER TO JUST GRANTS AND ALL THAT THAT SLOWED DOWN A LOT OF THE PROGRESS OF THIS GRANT.
SO ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT, THAT ALL APPROVED AND GET IT GOING, A GOOD PORTION OF THE YEAR HAD ALREADY RUN OUT.
SO WE'VE BEEN GIVEN APPROVAL TO CONTINUE TO USE THIS MONEY.
HOWEVER, THIS PROGRAM RUNS OUT IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT MONEY APPROPRIATED.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED THIS YEAR AND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
IT JUST SOMETHING WAS OVERLOOKED.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CORRECT THAT MISTAKE AND THEN.
THE OCCASIONALLY ASKED THIS QUESTION, IT'S A BUT.
WHAT WOULD OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THE LARGEST ITEM IN THE APPROPRIATION? WE ALSO THERE'S SOME COUNSELING INVOLVED.
THIS IS AN OPIOID THING ONCE YOU LEAVE OUR FACILITY.
THIS GRANT ACTUALLY DOES SUPPLY FOR YOU TO GET TREATMENT FOR TWO MONTHS AFTERWARDS AS GENERAL. SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT THAT MONEY IS USED FOR.
SO WE DON'T WANT YOU COMING OUT OF THE FACILITY, GOING THROUGH A PROGRAM, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING IT, AND THEN YOU'RE BACK OUT ON THE STREET IN YOUR SAME ENVIRONMENT.
THE GOAL IS TO GET YOU INTO A TREATMENT FACILITY FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, TRY TO WEAN YOU BACK INTO SOCIETY OR NOT PUT YOU BACK IN THAT OLD FAMILIAR SETTING THAT GOT YOU IN TROUBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. ALL RIGHT, I YIELD.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MIC JUSTICE GREEN.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I'M PROBABLY GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
BUT BUT BECAUSE IT'S GRANT MONEY AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO USE IT.
BUT WHEN YOU ALL CAME BEFORE US TWO YEARS AGO, YOU ASK US TO PROVE IT AND WE DID APPROVE IT. BUT YOU APPROVED IT FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS NOW AND IT'S SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO PUT IT IN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. I MEAN, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT.
SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT.
ALSO, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I WANT TO KNOW THE THREE PEOPLE THAT YOU HIRED TO RUN THIS PROGRAM. YES, MA'AM. I MEAN, I THINK THEY WERE PAID ABOUT $125,000.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY DID THEY DO? WHAT HAVE THEY DONE ALREADY WITH THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY'VE ALREADY USED? AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT MONEY WENT FOR AND WHEN THEY GET OUT OF WHEN THEY GET OUT OF YOUR PROGRAM? ARE YOU PAYING ANOTHER FACILITY TO TAKE OVER AND KEEP THEM IN THAT IN THAT THEIR PROGRAM? I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE MONEY WAS SPENT FOR.
AND ALSO, YOU GOT HERE TRAVEL, TRAVEL AND FOR MEALS AND TRAVEL AND ALL THAT.
WHAT ARE THEY TRAVELING FOR? WELL, FEDERAL REQUIREMENT ON GRANT IS THAT WE ATTEND ANNUAL SEMINARS AND TRAINING FOR THAT GRANT. THEY'RE USUALLY HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
SO THAT MONEY IS TO COVER FOR THE TRAVEL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RUNNING THE PROGRAM TO GO TO THAT TRAINING AND BASICALLY REPORT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
AS FAR AS IN YOUR MNO YOU KNOW, THE CLASSES, THE SUPPLIES THAT WE DO AND GIVE THEM THE TRAINING THAT'S ALL THAT THIS MONEY IS PAYING FOR AND THE EQUIPMENT TO DO ALL THAT.
WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HOW THEY GO ABOUT DOING THAT SO SETTING UP THE CLASSROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST NOT YOUR NORMAL WAY OF DOING BUSINESS, BUT THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN USING THE
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MONEY. I CAN'T GIVE YOU A BLOW BY BLOW DETAIL, BY DETAIL.I'M JUST REPRESENTING THE FINANCIAL END OF IT.
BUT I CAN DEFINITELY PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN GIVE YOU ALL THOSE DETAILS.
IF YOU NEED THEM RIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT MONEY INTO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FOR, BECAUSE IF YOU USING THE MONEY FOR THE OPIOID PROGRAM.
I'M JUST ASKING, CAN YOU? YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.
I MEAN, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT.
RIGHT. AND IT'S NO THERE'S A BUDGET THAT'S SET FORTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYING EXACTLY WHAT WE USE ALL OUR MONIES FOR IN A GRANT.
WE JUST CAN'T SPEND IT ON WHATEVER WE WANT.
IT'S ITEMIZED AND APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY ON. AND THAT BUDGET'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY WASHINGTON, D.C.
SO EVERYTHING IS THAT WE'RE SPENDING THEY HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF AND APPROVE OF.
WELL, I CAN DEFINITELY PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THAT, AND HE'LL BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
OKAY. I YIELD. OKAY JUSTICE GULLEY? UM, I LIKE NOW WHEN YOU'RE PRESENTING THIS, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A DETAILED REPORT LIKE THE INFORMATION SHE'S REQUESTED.
WHEN YOU COME UP HERE, WHY YOU DON'T HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THAT? I MEAN, IT'S PUBLIC RECORD.
JUSTICE GULLEY. CAN YOU MOVE JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOUR MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR WHEN YOU COME IN PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION, WHY YOU DON'T HAVE A DETAILED REPORT LIKE EVEN WHAT SHE'S ASKING FOR? I MEAN, YOU'RE UP HERE SPEAKING.
WELL, BECAUSE I'M ASKING FOR APPROPRIATION, I'M NOT REPORTING WHAT I'VE ALREADY DONE.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE OR TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE AND PROVIDE THE BUDGETS THAT WE'VE USED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
BUT YOU'RE WANTING US TO APPROVE THIS.
IT'S MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
IT WAS APPROVED BY THE QUORUM COURT THREE YEARS AGO AND WHEN WE ACCEPTED THE GRANT AND THAT QUORUM COURT AGREED TO SPEND THIS MONEY IN A THREE YEAR PERIOD.
WE JUST DID NOT SPEND AS MUCH AS WE THOUGHT WE WOULD IN THE FIRST YEAR.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT MONEY TO BE PUT INTO THE THIRD YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM.
A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF ALEX, MY LAST NAME RIGHT NOW ESCAPES ME, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET THE INFORMATION TO YOU, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
HE CAN PROVIDE A DETAILED REPORT? OH, SURE. THE SPENDING OF ALL THIS? OH YEAH, OK. AND HE'S TRAVELED TO D.C.
[INAUDIBLE] FOR TRAINING, AS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT TRAINING IN D.C? I DON'T KNOW IF ALEX IS ACTUALLY GONE.
ALEX HAS BEEN OVER THE PROGRAM FOR ABOUT.
WE HAD ONE DIRECTOR THEN AND THEN ALEX CAME ON BOARD.
SO I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT HIS TRAVELS ARE.
I'M NOT OVERLY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
I'D HATE TO SAY YES OR NO TO YOU, BE HONEST.
SO YOU'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE THE WHOLE TO BE OVER THIS PROGRAM.
ONE, I GUESS RESIGNED OR HAVE YOU AND [INAUDIBLE] I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. OK, THANK YOU.
OK, I'VE GOT A FEW OTHER PEOPLE.
MAJOR [INAUDIBLE] JUSTICE DENTON.
I JUST WANT TO MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION.
OK. I [INAUDIBLE] A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND THIS IS FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION.
THE MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDER.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? CALL THE QUESTION. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS.
YES. YEAH. OK, CALL THE QUESTION.
OK, AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON CALL THE QUESTION? MS. MEDLOCK. YES.
MS. GREEN. ABSTAIN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE VOTING ON.
WAS THAT? WAS THAT AN AYE? WHAT? OH YEAH, THAT'S NOT OK.
I HAD SOMETHING I WANTED TO SAY IN FAVOR IN FAVOR OF THIS SO I CAN'T SAY IT, BUT I AM GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.
OK. SO YES AND NO, SAYING I VOTE AYE.
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SIX NAYS AND TWO ABSTENTIONS.SO SEVEN AYES SIX NAYS, THAT MEANS.
OK. IT FAILED, SO, OK, BACK TO OK, I'LL SEE YOU JUSTICE MEDLOCK AND THEN CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE? ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
WE APPROVED THIS THREE YEARS AGO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, BUT IT WAS DIVIDED UP INTO THREE YEARS. YOU DIDN'T USE ALL OF IT THE FIRST YEAR, SO YOU JUST WANT TO USE THE REST OF IT NOW. MAKES SENSE TO ME.
THANK YOU. JUSTICE MCMULLEN, I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT AND IT FAILED YOU.
MEANING LET WHAT FAILED? WE'RE.
I'M SORRY. SO ANYWAY, BACK TO WHAT IT IS TO THE DISCUSSION.
I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING AND ALMOST INSULTING, BUT I NOTICED THAT WHEN WE DON'T ASK ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS, WHEN OUR WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO COMES UP, WHO'S WHO USES THE RESCUE FUNDS, INSTEAD, WE GIVE HIM A STANDING OVATION AND APPROVE OF THAT USE OF THE RESCUE FUNDS ON WHATEVER YOU KNOW, THESE PERSONNEL OR WHATEVER IT IS.
AND IF I HAVEN'T MADE MYSELF CLEAR, I'M GOING TO MAKE MYSELF CLEAR NOW FOR THE USE OF THE RESCUE FUNDS ON THE GIVE ME A WORD FOR IT, PLEASE.
JUSTICE MCMULLEN WORDS I APPRECIATE.
AND WE DO NOT ASK A SINGLE QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE YOU FOR MAKING A.
JUSTICE MCMULLEN. WHEN THE SHERIFF COMES, WE WANT TO DO THIS.
JUSTICE MCMULLEN DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION THIS? CAN WE? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, I DO. WHY DO WE NOT ASK FOR A DETAILED ITEM LIST ABOUT WHAT IS BEING USED? JUSTICE MCMULLEN DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE? RESCUE FUND.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON 22I-19? YES, I DO. DOES ANYONE WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION THAT I JUST ASKED? THAT'S NOT 22I-19.
JUSTICE MCMULLEN DO YOU? OK. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S NOT ON 22I-19.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUSTICE MCMULLEN, JUSTICE GULLEY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS LONG AS I'M SITTING IN THIS CHAIR, I'M GOING TO ASK WHATEVER I WANT TO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I'VE JUST GOT A QUICK QUESTION AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO VOTE WITH THE FORTY THOUSAND THREE FOUR SEVENTY-SIX YOU SAY YOU SEND THEM TO FACILITIES, ADDITIONAL FACILITIES FOR TWO MONTHS.
IS THAT TREATMENT TRANSITIONAL LIVING? WHAT TYPE OF FACILITIES ARE YOU SENDING THEM TO? THAT'S KIND OF YOUR HALFWAY HOUSE TYPE SITUATIONS.
OK. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I CAN TELL YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT WHICH ONES.
THAT'S NOT WITHOUT ALL. THAT'S MONEY USED FOR.
THAT'S THAT'S NOT EVERY BIT OF THAT MONEY FOR THAT.
DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC HALFWAY HOUSES THAT YOU USE OR ARE THEY LICENSED OR I COULDN'T TELL YOU. WOW. OK.
OK. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? THERE BEING NONE, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 22I-19? AND WE'RE SHE'S CALLING THE ROLL ON 22I-19.
YES. MR. KEITH. NO. MS. GREEN. AYE, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY APPROPRIATED THE MONEY.
MS. GULLEY. ABSTAIN. MS. ROBINSON.
SO THAT IS 11 AYES, ONE NAY AND THREE ABSTENTIONS.
SO 11 AYES, ONE NAY, THREE ABSTENTIONS.
WE WILL SEND THIS TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOR DISCUSSION JUSTICE STOWERS.
[1.) SELECTION OF ASSOCIATION OF ARKANSAS COUNTIES/QUORUM COURT ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE]
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YES, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. PAUL ELLIOTT TO SERVE THIS BODY AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE AAC BOARD.HE SERVED DILIGENTLY THERE FOR A FEW YEARS AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY I'M NOMINATING HIM TONIGHT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN HAVING TALKED TO THE PEOPLE AT THE AAC.
THIS MAN HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT FROM THE LEADERSHIP AT THE AAC, AND THEY HAD VERY POSITIVE AND HAVE VERY POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP THAT HE PROVIDES TO THAT BOARD. THANK YOU, MR. DENTON, FOR THE SECOND. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? WELL BY ACCLAMATION.
[APPLAUSE] PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ME.
IS THERE A MOTION? OK, WE GOT THE ADJOURNED [INAUDIBLE].
OK? IS THERE MOTION? MOVE SO MOVE.
MOVE WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE HAVE ADJOURNED.
[Announcements]
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I GOT A QUESTION. OK. UH,I WANTED TO WISH OUR BELOVED COLLEAGUE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY! OK. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OH ANNOUNCEMENT? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.THE [INAUDIBLE] NATIONAL CONVENTION IS OPEN.
WE HAVE SIX SLOTS AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR BUDGET, SO THE FORMS ARE OUT THERE MAKE SURE THAT YOU FILL THEM OUT AGAIN.
WE ONLY HAVE SIX SPOTS UNLESS YOU GUYS WANT TO APPROPRIATE MORE FUNDS.
IT'S IN. IT'S JUST OUTSIDE OF DENVER.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.
IT'S RIGHT HERE. SO IT'S THERE, WE HAVE SIX SPOTS, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
LET'S GET IN THERE. WELL, JULIE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.