[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> [BACKGROUND] I WANT TO CALL THE APRIL MEETING OF THE PULASKI COUNTY QUORUM COURT TO ORDER.
AS IS OUR TRADITION HERE, JUSTICE MCCOY IS GOING TO LEAD US IN AN INVOCATION AND IF YOU ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THAT.
THEN JUSTICE LEWISON WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[BACKGROUND] ALL THE MEMBERS THAT YOUR MICS ARE HOT NOW, SO DON'T SAY ANYTHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW ABOUT HERE.
[LAUGHTER] MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THIRTEEN PRESENT [BACKGROUND] AND TWO ABSENT.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
[BACKGROUND] MEMBERS, IN YOUR PACKAGE THIS WEEK, YOU SHOULD'VE RECEIVED THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST QUORUM COURT MEETING.[BACKGROUND] MEMBERS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADAPT. [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU'VE HEARD A MOTION IN A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE MINUTES OF LAST MEETING? THEY'RE BEING DONE. THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
[NOISE] THAT SHOULD BE A GOOD REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY TO SILENCE THEIR PHONES.
[6. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Agenda Committee]
I THINK WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMITTEE MEETING REPORTS FOR YOU TO READ INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE GO AHEAD.>> CERTAINLY, APRIL 26 2022, TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE PULASKI COUNTY QUORUM COURT.
WE YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE AGENDA TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ITEMS 22-I- 21, 22-I-22 BIG LEAVE TO REPORT, WE'VE HAD THE SAME UNDER CONSIDERATION AND HERE WITH RETURN THE SAME WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DUE PASS.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED CURTIS A. KEITH, CHAIR.
APRIL 26, 2022, TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE PULASKI COUNTY QUORUM COURT, WE YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE BUDGET TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ITEMS 22-I-24, 22-I-25, 22-I-26 BIG LEAVE REPORT.
WE HAVE HAD THE SAME UNDER CONSIDERATION HERE AND WITH RETURN THE SAME WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF DUE PASS.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED DONNA MASSEY, CHAIR.
MEMBERS, WE HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO HANDLE TODAY, TONIGHT.
WE HAVE CERTAINLY ALL SORRY TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF OUR DIRECTOR OF CASA SERVICES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEMBER OF MR. CAPPS FAMILY OR SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY ARE HERE TONIGHT.
IF YOU ALL WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT DARRYL PROVIDED HE JUST WAS AN INCREDIBLE PERSON TO FILL THAT POSITION.
WE ARE EVER SO GRATEFUL ALL THE PULASKI COUNTY IS AND ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN OF PULASKI COUNTY.
IF YOU WILL PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.
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MR. MCCOY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN THE FAMILY.MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE FORCE READ RESOLUTION 22-I-18 IN ITS ENTIRETY.
[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.]
>> IN ITS ENTIRETY. A MEMORIAL RESOLUTION, BE IT ENACTED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF THE COUNTY OF PULASKI, STATE OF ARKANSAS, A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED.
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.
WHEREAS MR. DARRYL LEE CAPPS FAITHFULLY SERVED PULASKI COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
FIRST AS A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR WITH PULASKI COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES PROGRAM, THEN BECOMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PULASKI COUNTY CASA IN JUNE 2013.
WHEREAS MR. CAPPS HUGE HEART FOR CHILDREN WAS EVIDENT NOT ONLY IN HIS SERVICE TO CASA, BUT ALSO THROUGH MINISTRY AND HIS CHURCH'S SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND BY HIS FAMILY'S DECISION TO ADOPT FOUR SIBLINGS.
WHEREAS MR. CAPPS WAS A CREATIVE ARTIST IN EVERY SENSE.
WRITING MUSIC, SONGS, AND PLAYS, AS WELL AS CREATING PUPPET SHOWS AND CONTRIBUTING TO DINNER THEATER PRODUCTIONS AND NEW LIFE CHURCH IN CABOT.
WHEREAS MR. CAPPS LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, HIS WIFE OF 40 YEARS, SANDRA CAPPS, AS WELL AS HIS CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND MANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.
WHEREAS THE QUORUM COURT WISHES TO EXPRESS MR. CAPPS FAMILY, IT'S SINCERE CONDOLENCES AT THE LOSS OF THIS GREAT MAN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTY WITH HONOR.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY ARKANSAS, THAT IT DOES HEREBY COMMEMORATE MR. DARRYL CAPPS FOR HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND CONSCIENTIOUS SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF PULASKI COUNTY DURING HIS TENURE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PULASKI COUNTY CASA PROGRAM AND OFFER SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
>> I WANT EVERYONE HERE PLEASE STAND WITH ME AND THANK THE FAMILY FOR THEIR [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANKS TO OUR STAFF THAT MAY BE HERE AS WELL AS OUR VISITORS AND TO THE FAMILY OF MR. CAPPS.
YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE EVENING.
HOPEFULLY, IT'S A SHORT ONE, COULD BE A LONG ONE.
OR IF YOU WANT TO HEAD OUT, WE'LL JUST MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.
>> WE DO HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.
WE CLAPPED, SO THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME STRAIGHT IN THIS EMOTIONAL MOMENT.
MR. MCCOY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR EMOTION.
[BACKGROUND] REMEMBER AS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? THERE BEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 22-I-18.
>> MR. DENTON. STILL NOT HERE. REED?
PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT JUSTICE MASSEY IS NOW ARRIVED.
>> YOU ALL HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME.
ONE OF MY CAMERA CONTROL SO IF I GET START MESSING WITH THE CAMERA, HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD.
NO. IF I CATCH ANYBODY SLEEPING.
I MUST SPIN THE CAMERA AROUND AND BLOW IT UP ON HIM.
>> JUDGE, I HAVE PROCEDURAL YOUR QUESTION.
>> MADAM CLERK, DID WE READ THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MINUTES INTO THE RECORD?
>> WE DID READ THE COMMITTEE REPORT. YES, SIR.
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MADAM CLERK, I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD NOW.
[22-I-19 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE SHERIFF’S OPIOID ABUSE SITE-BASED PROGRAM.]
WILL YOU PLEASE READ ORDINANCE 22 I19?>> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 210R46 2022, ANNUAL BUDGET PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OPIOID ABUSE SITE-BASED PROGRAM.
>> JUSTICE BLACKWOOD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.
>> NOW AS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING RESOLUTION 22 I19? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 22 I19.
>> MICROPHONE. IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, JUSTICE BLACKWOOD YOU PASSED YOUR ORDINANCE AND MAYBE THAT'S THE MOTION DETECTED MICROPHONE, MADAM CLERK, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SHAKE IT EVERY ONCE WHILE.
I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN ECHO IN HERE BUT, WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT DOWN AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO TONIGHT'S BUSINESS OR NEW BUSINESS, AND SO MADAM CLERK,
[22-I-21 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE PULASKI COUNTY DISTRICT COURT’S DWI/SOBRIETY COURT PROGRAM.]
WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE READ FOR US ORDINANCE 22I21.>> CERTAINLY. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 210R462022, ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE AN APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE PULASKI COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS DWI SOBRIETY COURT PROGRAM.
>> JUSTICE MCMULLEN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THE MOTION.
>> NOW AS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING ORDINANCE 22I21? THERE BEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR ORDINANCE 22I21?
>> THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CLERK AND JUSTICE MCMULLEN YOU'VE PASSED ORDINANCE 22I21.
MADAM CLERK NOW, WHEN YOU'RE READY,
[22-I-22 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.]
PLEASE READ FOR US ORDINANCE 22I22.>> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 210R462022, ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.
>> JUSTICE CONEY YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THE MOTION.
>> MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE ADOPTION OF 22I22.
MADAM CLERK, THERE BEING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF 22I22?
>> JUSTICE CONEY, YOU PASS YOUR ORDINATES 22I22.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE READ FOR US 22I24.
[22-I-24 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE REVENUE FROM CARRYOVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND, TO APPROPRIATE GENERAL FUND CARRYOVER MONEY INTO THE GENERAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, AND TO APPROPRIATE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS INTO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DEPT.]
>> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21OR 462022, ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE REVENUE FROM CARRYOVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND, TO APPROPRIATE GENERAL FUND CARRYOVER MONEY INTO THE GENERAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT,
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AND TO APPROPRIATE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS INTO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DEPARTMENT.JUSTICE MASSEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION.
>> MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, JUSTICE KEITH I RECOGNIZE YOU FOR A MOTION ON AN AMENDMENT.
>> WHICH ONE? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND 22I24.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AMEND IT.
>> MR. KEITH, IT'S AMENDMENT 2, CORRECT?
>> OKAY. AMENDMENT 2. SECOND AMENDMENT.
>> MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW THE AMENDMENT FOR ORDINANCE 22I24.
I TRIED TO PUT IT ON [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU, MS. MCMULLEN YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A QUESTION.
>> ON THE AMENDMENT AND NOTICE THAT IT DOES NOT SAY RESCUE FUNDS.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND THE UNDERLYING WHEN IT SAYS DELETE AND ADD, IT DOESN'T SAY RESCUE FUNDS.
I THINK THAT RESCUE WAS JUST A MISTAKE AND PERIOD.
THAT WAS ON OTHER PART OF THE ORDINANCE THIS IS AN AMENDMENT ON [INAUDIBLE]
>> OKAY. THE RESCUE FUNDS ARE PLANS INTO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DEPARTMENT? THAT GOES WE'RE REFERRING TO THE FEDERAL OR WE'RE REFERRING TO A DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US JUST EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS WHEN WE HAVE THE CARRYOVER AND TO APPROPRIATE AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS.
>> THE CARRY OVER IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE EVERY YEAR, FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BASICALLY THE MONEY LEFTOVER.
>> THAT WAS WHAT WAS LEFT OVER FOR THE PORTION BECAUSE IT IS?
MS. MCMULLEN, YOUR QUESTIONING THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW IS THE AMENDMENT.
MA'AM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU COULD HEAR ME WHEN I SAID THAT?
>> I WAS NOT HERE FOR THE ORDINATES.
YES, I SEE THE 27,000 NOW FOR THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
>> YOU'LL GO DOWN IF YOU'RE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE ORDINANCE.
YOU'LL SEE THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUND.
IT WAS FUND 3046 REMAINDER IN THAT IS 4,128,795 DOLLARS.
>> HANG ON. WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THE ORDINANCE, WERE DISCUSSING THE AMENDMENT.
>> I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP US ON TRACK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER MY QUESTION.
I WILL ASK THAT LATER IN PRIVATE.
>> THANK YOU, MS. MCMULLEN. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> MR. STOWERS, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
>> YES. THANK YOU, SIR. [INAUDIBLE] COULD YOU GIVE US JUST A BRIEF SYNOPSIS AS TO THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT, WHAT IT IS.
[OVERLAPPING] I BELIEVE THAT DIMINISHES THE ADDITIONAL 300,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
>> WELL, I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S THAT MUCH.
YOU APPROVED SOME SIGN ON BONUS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR NOT DURING BUDGET.
>> THEN I WAS APPROACHED THAT SHOULD BE FOR SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IN COUNTY GENERAL.
THE CLERK'S OFFICE, TREASURER'S OFFICE, SANITATION, ROAD AND BRIDGE.
THERE IS SOME QUICK AND DIRTY CALCULATIONS OF HOW MANY POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE VERSUS WHICH OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE UNFILLED OR HARD TO FILL AND BEEN THAT WAY IN THE PAST
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IS FAIRLY QUICK AND DIRTY AND PUT SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER FOR EACH OF THOSE FUNDS.>> LIKE FOR THOSE PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES, HVAC GOING DOWN THE LIST THAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY HAD TROUBLE FILLING AND THEN RETAINING.
>> WELL I THINK ACCORDING TO YOUR ORDINANCE, WHICHEVER THAT HR MEETS WITH AND DECIDES WHICH OF THOSE FALL FOR.
>> THANK YOU MR. STOWERS. MEMBERS NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
MEMBERS, YOU'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT.
AFTER THAT, WE'LL VOTE ON THE ORDINATES.
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT. MADAM CLERK.
>> TWELVE IS, ONE ABSENT, AND TWO ABSTENTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. JUSTICE KEITH, YOU PASS YOUR AMENDMENT FOR ORDINANCE 22I24.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THE ORDINANCE.
WE'VE HAD A MOTION, WE'VE HAD A SECOND.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS REGARDING ORDINANCE 22I24?
>> AS AMENDED, JUST WANT TO SAY.
JUSTICE GAUL YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THE QUESTION.
>> PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE SO IT'S ON THE RECORD.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS READING HERE IN ARTICLE 4A, WERE IT SPEAKS ON GIVING SIGN-ON BONUSES PAY INTO EQUAL INSTALLMENTS AT SIX MONTHS, THE ONE YEAR, THE EMPLOYEE'S HIRE DATE.
IF THE EMPLOYEE LEAVES BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR ON THEIR HIRE DATE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PAY IT BACK.
ARE THESE EMPLOYEES ON A EMPLOYEE CONTRACT?
>> I THINK IF YOU GO DOWN THE HR WILL BE IN CHARGE OF PROMULGATING THE RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT.
WHATEVER RULES ARE NECESSARY HR WILL HANDLE THAT.
>> A CONCERN THAT I HAVE WITH THAT IS THAT IF WE'RE HIRING PEOPLE AND WE'RE RECRUITING THEM WITH SIGN-ON BONUSES.
IF THEY LEAVE BEFORE THEIR FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY WE SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN THAT MONEY BACK.
WE SHOULD BE GIVING IT TO THEM, LET HIM KEEP IT.
UNLESS THEY'RE UNDER A CONTRACT, SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.
ARE THESE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES OR ARE THEY JUST REGULAR EMPLOYEES? BY SIGNING A YEAR CONTRACT OR WHAT?
>> MR. COUNTY ATTORNEY, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT FOR US?
ADAM FOGLEMAN, PULASKI COUNTY ATTORNEY.
ALL OF PULASKI COUNTY'S EMPLOYEES ARE AT WILL.
THIS DOESN'T CREATE A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION.
HOWEVER, A STIPULATION TO RECEIPT OF THE FUNDS IS THAT THEY CONTINUE IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT FOR A FULL YEAR.
IF THEY LEAVE EARLIER THAN THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO REPAY THOSE FUNDS.
>> IT SERVES THE UNDERLYING PURPOSE WHICH IS TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES NOT JUST TO HIRE THEM BUT TO RETAIN THEM.
>> YES. BUT IF PEOPLE HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME ALONG, A BETTER OPPORTUNITY THEY SHOULDN'T BE LOCKED DOWN LIKE THAT THAT'S JUST IN MY OPINION.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
>> MR. STOWERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR QUESTION.
>> I THINK IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR THEM TO BE OBLIGATED TO PAY THE COUNTY BACK FOR THAT MONEY THAT THEY WERE GIVEN IT FOR A SIGN-ON BONUS IF THEY DON'T STAY WITH US FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
>> IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING 22I24 AS AMENDED.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF 22I24 AS AMENDED.
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>> TWELVE IS, ONE NO, ONE ABSTAIN AND ONE ABSENT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK AND BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MASSEY, YOU PASSED YOUR ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK OF YOUR COMMITTEE AND YOURSELF. I APPRECIATE IT.
AND I THINK THE WHOLE QUORUM COURT DOES.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU NOW READ FOR US ORDINANCE 22I25?
[22-I-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO INCREASE THE COUNTY PAY SCALE TO MEET 100% OF MARKET RATE FOR ELIGIBLE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, EFFECTIVE MAY 21, 2022.]
>> CERTAINLY. IN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21OR462022, ANNUAL BUDGET PLUS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO INCREASE THE COUNTY PAY SCALE TO MEET 100 PERCENT OF THE MARKET RATE FOR ELIGIBLE COUNTY EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE MAY 21ST, 2022.
>> JUSTICE MASSEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THE MOTION.
>> YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ORDINANCE 22I25.
MADAM CLERK, THERE BEING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF 22I25.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AGAIN, JUSTICE MASSEY, YOU PASSED ANOTHER ORDINANCE FROM THE WORK OF YOUR COMMITTEE.
CONGRATULATIONS IN THE ADOPTION OF 22I25.
>> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ FOR US NOW, ORDINANCE 22I26.
[22-I-26 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21-OR-46 (2022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO UPGRADE CERTAIN POSITIONS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, TO DOWNGRADE CERTAIN POSITIONS, AND TO CREATE CERTAIN NEW POSITIONS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.]
>> FITS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 21OR462022 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
TO UPGRADE CERTAIN POSITIONS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, TO DOWNGRADE CERTAIN POSITIONS AND TO CREATE CERTAIN NEW POSITIONS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
>> MS. MASSEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ONCE AGAIN FOR MOTION TO ADOPT.
>> REMEMBER AS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING 22I26.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. JUSTICE SCALIA YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THE QUESTION.
>> I'M SEEING HERE RECTOR OF THE ELECTION COORDINATOR.
SHE'S GETTING AN INCREASE IN SALARY SO WHICH POSITIONS ARE BEING DOWNGRADED?
>> DIRECTOR AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AS A RESULT OF ORIGINAL ERRORS THAT WERE MADE IN THE JOHANSON ASSESSMENT OF THOSE POSITIONS.
THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO CURRENTLY HOLD THOSE POSITIONS, THEIR SALARY IS NOT BEING CHANGED.
BUT IN THE RECORD OR OUR DATA SO TO SPEAK, THOSE LOADS AMOUNTS ARE BEING CORRECTED TO WHAT THE ASSESSMENT REALLY DETERMINED.
OTHER QUESTIONS. MADAM CLERK ARE BEING DONE.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF 22I26.
>> I THINK I'M GOING IN THE RIGHT ORDER, MS. MEDLOCK?
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>> NINE IS, TWO NOS, THREE ABSTENTIONS AND ONE ABSENT.
I'M SORRY TO REPORT THAT THAT ORDER IS NOT PASSED.
NONE OF THE UPGRADES THAT WERE PROPOSED, NONE OF THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WERE PROPOSED HAD PASSED WILL SEE YOU ALL NEXT APRIL ON UPGRADES AND NEW POSITIONS.
MEMBERS THAT ADJOURNS THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
>> JUDGE IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PREVAILING SIDE? WE'VE ALREADY ADJOURNED THE BUSINESS SECTION.
YOU ALL DIDN'T PASS IT SO THAT SHIP HAS SAILED.
[OVERLAPPING] DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? [OVERLAPPING]
[Public Comment]
I HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO WANT TO SPEAK TODAY, AND SO I WILL INVITE YOU ONE AT A TIME UP TO THE PODIUM.THE LIMIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS THREE MINUTES AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION OR DEBATE.
FIRST AND I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THIS EURICO ROCKINS.
AM I SAYING THAT ALMOST CORRECT SIR?
>> EULRICO, COME TO THE PODIUM, SIR.
WILL STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
>> GREAT AND MR. BLAG, YOU'RE HANDLING THAT TIMER RIGHT?
>> I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE DIGITAL ACTION COMMITTEE IN REFERENCE TO THE FLOODING THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY BUT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR A WHILE.
EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THIS ISSUE OF IF MATTER OF FACT, MY PROPERTY IS THE BELLWETHER AS FAR AS IT DID CHOOSE COMMUNITY BOOM, WE GOING TO FLOOD.
NOW HAVE SOME PICTURES HERE OF THE BEAVER DAMS, WOULD LIKE TO GET THOSE CLEANED OUT AND WE'D LIKE TO GET THE DITCHES, ACTUALLY SURVEYED AND TRANSIT IT IN SO WE CAN GET FALL SO THE WATER GO AWAY INSTEAD OF STANDING IN THE DITCHES BECAUSE THIS AND EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] OUR COMMUNITY IS KNOWN FOR MOSQUITOES [LAUGHTER] AND WITH THE STANDING WATER THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, WE'VE HAD AN INFLUX OF SEEMED MORE OF MOSQUITOES AND THE WATER IS JUST NOT FLOWING OUT LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO OR I LIKE IT DID FIVE OR 10 YEARS AGO.
THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE WITH THE PROPERTY WHERE THEY HUNT DUCKS THEY SOMEHOW CUT THE WATER OFF SO THEY CAN HUNT.
BUT IF FLOW IN OUR PROPERTY, IF NO RAIN HOMES THAT THE WATER HAS NO WAY TO GET BUY ME TO GET OUT I MEAN, I HAVE MATTER OF FACT, IN 2017 WHEN WE HAD A MAJOR FLOOD, THE WATER WAS FLOWING BACK I HAD A PITCHES OF THAT WATER WAS FLOWING BACK ONTO MY PROPERTY AND BACK ONTO MS. ETHYLENE IS PROPERTY. I MEAN, I'VE NEVER SEEN WATER GO UP HILL BEFORE [LAUGHTER] AND SO I JUST WANT TO CONVEY OUR CONCERNS AS FAR AS OUR TAX DOLLARS AND IF WE CAN GET, WE WANT TO BANG FOR OUR BUCK JUST LIKE I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE WANT THEIR BANG FOR THE BUCK FOR THE TAX THAT THEY PAY AND WE ALL KNOW THAT,
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THAT THE STATE, THE COUNTY WOULD TAKE TAXES FROM AN ADVERT IF DEEMED NECESSARY.SO WE JUST WANT TO GET SEE A CHANGE WHEN A DITCH IS CUT AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY TO MAINTENANCE THE PARK AS FAR TO GRASS CUT IN IS CONCERN AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS OR PARTNER UP WITH PULASKI COUNTY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUT AND HOW YOU ALL CAN HELP US AS FAR AS GETTING RID OF TRASH AND THE BRIGHTEST AND OUR LESSON THAT'S BEEN DUMPED IN OUR DITCHES.
MATTER OF FACT, YESTERDAY, A NEIGHBOR OF MINE KILLED A PYTHON.
SOMEBODY I GUESS RAISED IT AND DECIDED THEY COULDN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE AND IT WAS ON MY PROPERTY IN OUR DITCHES BECAUSE IT'S ATTRACTED TO WATER AND MY NEIGHBOR HAS TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND I WAS JUST THINKING IF THOSE GIRLS WERE WALKING DOWN THE ROAD, THEY POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY AN INVASIVE SPECIES.
I THINK THAT IF WE'D DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THE WATER FIRST, I THINK THAT IT'LL HELP US OUT A WHOLE LOT AND WE'D BE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT EFFORT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MOROCCANS AND IF YOU WILL, MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT, IF YOU'LL GIVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, YOUR PHONE TO MR. TRAVIS MONTGOMERY, ECHO ON LAST NAME TONIGHT FOR SOME REASON.
THE BEAVER DAMS IS JUST AN ONGOING PROBLEM.
IT'S AMAZING WITH THOSE THINGS CAN DO IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CRUISE THAT GO OUT AND THEY TRAP BEAVER AND BREAK UP THE DAMS AND SO IN ORDER TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE, WE'LL ASK OUR PUBLIC WORKS TO CONTACT YOU TO GET EXACTLY WHERE YOU'VE SEEN THEM AND WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY WILL FURTHER TRY AND INVESTIGATE IF ONE OF THE DUCK CLUBS AROUND THERE AS DAMMING UP AND SEE IF WE CAN REMEDY THAT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S LEGAL.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, GLAD TO SEE A FRESH NEW LEADER FOR THE DICTATOR COMMUNITY AND IN REGARDS TO THE PARK THERE'S LEGALITY QUESTION ON THAT PARK IS TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND SO FORTH, EASILY REMEDIED AND IF YOU'LL VISIT WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD WHO WE CAN EXECUTE THOSE DOCUMENTS WITH TO GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT
>> YES AND THERE HAS BEEN A RESOLUTION AS FAR AS THE DEED AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY OF THE PARK IS CONCERNED.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED.
>> HE'S EAGER TO DO IT HAS BEEN ON HIS SLAVE FOR A LONG TIME AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU PROBABLY SOMEONE IN HERE MAY KNOW BETTER THAN ME, CONTACT GAME AND FISH AND LET HIM KNOW THAT THAT YOU'VE HAD A PYTHON IN YOUR AREA, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAPTURE THAT DATA FOR FUTURE USE OR NOT BUT I'M JUST GOING TO ASSUME IF THERE'S ONE, THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAN ONE.
THOSE ARE FOR SURE PROBABLY THE APPROPRIATE FOLKS YES.
MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT GAME AND FISHING AND MAKE THAT REPORT FORM, THEY'LL PROBABLY SEND OUT ONE OF THEIR OFFICERS. THANK YOU.
IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, MA'AM AND YOUR TIME LIMITED BY THE RULES, HERE ARE THREE MINUTES.
>> [LAUGHTER]. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, ALLOW ME TO SPEAK.
I APPRECIATE THAT, MY NAME IS KATIE BOOKER.
I AM A RESIDENT OF PULASKI COUNTY AND I LIVE ON HIGHWAY 365.
WHICH FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET TO [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE THE FREEWAYS WERE BUILT.
I'M NOT ORIGINALLY FROM HERE, HOWEVER I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL SPEAKING ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
THE WATER, THE SEWER, THE DRAINAGE IS HORRIBLE.
I HAVE CALLED THE HIGHWAY PATROL BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT THAT'S ALL I HAD TO CALL, FOR A WHOLE YEAR NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
WHEN IT RAINS, THE WATER SITS, THERE IS NO DRAINAGE, THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THE WATER TO GO PLEASE HELP ME.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, I NEED SOME HELP ON HIGHWAY 365 RIGHT THERE BETWEEN VINIE BONDS, SWEET HOME, RUSSELLVILLE, WE ALL IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY
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AND WHEN THE WATER COMES UP FROM DOWN VINIE BONDS, IT SEEM LIKE THERE'S GOING TO FLOOD THE RESIDENTS.I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO AS I CALLED THE HIGHWAY PATROL DO ANYONE ON THIS PANEL HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ME?
>> WELL AND AGAIN, IF YOU LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION WITH MR. MONTGOMERY, THE APPROPRIATE CONTACT IS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
ALSO REALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT I USUALLY CALL THE HIGGINS AREA, GERMAN ROAD, AND ALL DOWN THERE FISH CREEK OR IS ON GENERALLY CALL IT NOW FISH SWAMP AND SO WE HAVE AN ONGOING BATTLE ALSO WITH BEAVERS IN THAT AREA, THAT AREA IS VERY FLAT.
>> IT'S SWAMP LAND, TO BE HONEST, SIR
>> IT IS AND IT'S CONDUCIVE TO BEING FLAT AND NOT FLOWING.
SO IT'S EASY PICKINGS FOR THOSE BEAVERS AND YOU MAY CONTACT WITH THEM THAT'LL AT LEAST SERVE AS A REMINDER THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR TWO TRAPPING CREWS TO GO DOWN THAT CREEK IN THAT SWAMP AREA TO FLUSH OUT THE BEAVER DAMS THAT USUALLY EXACERBATE THAT BACKUP PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE THERE WHEN WE HAVE USUALLY EVERY SPRING.
>> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.
>> I THINK SOME INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE WATER IS NOT DRAINING, IT'S SITTING STILL.
I DON'T THINK IS THAT MOST BEAVERS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, I DIDN'T KNOW WITH SOME CLAY AND THIS THING UP.
BUT IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IN MY OPINION, I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT OR A CONTRACTOR BUT I CAN SEE FOR YEARS THIS WATER IS JUST SITTING.
NOT ONLY THE HIGHWAY IS STARTING TO CRACK ALSO SO THAT WATER IS DOING SOMETHING UNDER THAT GROUND.
IS WHAT I'M SAYING. I NEED YOUR HELP AS PULASKI COUNTY.
>> THE STATE HIGHWAY IS IN FACT A STATE HIGHWAY, IT'S NOT A COUNTY ROAD BUT WE'LL PASS ON YOUR COMMENT THAT THERE'S LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE HAD BEGINNING TO HAVE SOME FAILURES ON 365.
>> WHO HAS CONTACT OTHER THAN HIGHWAY PATROL BECAUSE I DID THAT FOR A YEAR, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.
>> I WILL CONSULT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. MS. ETHYLENE JOHNSON.
>> GOOD EVENING, MS. JOHNSON PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
>> I'M EVERLYN JOHNSON FROM [INAUDIBLE] VALENTINE COMMUNITY.
I WROTE DOWN EVERYTHING SO I DIDN'T MISS NOTHING.
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS.
YOU GUYS CAN STAND. I HAVE OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I SAY WE PAY HIGH TAXES, WE'RE REGISTERED VOTE, BUT WE DON'T SEEM TO GET ANYTHING DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S NEEDED.
FOR EXAMPLE. PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT MR. ROCKIN ABOUT THE FLOODING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FLOODING, A LOT OF RAIN, LIKE HE SAID, I HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW OF ALL THE FLOATING AND THE WATER THERE STANDS IN THE DITCHES IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE DOING IN THE AREAS THAT WE LAY OF, THE TAXES THAT WE PAY, WHICH ARE HIGH.
WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S DONE IN OUR AREA.
HE ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT THE GRASS GETTING CUT IN THE PARK.
YOU CAN SAY WE'VE GOTTEN THAT STRAIGHTEN OUT.
WE DO HAVE PAPERWORK AND THE COUNTY DID SAY THAT ONCE WE GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT, THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUALLY CUT THE GRASS.
SOMEONE ASKED ME WHAT DETERMINES A PUBLIC ROAD FROM A PRIVATE ROAD IN OUR AREA? BECAUSE THE PUBLIC ROADS ARE NOT BEING MAINTAINED AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET OUR PARK UPDATED? OUR PARK HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN YEARS.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON OUR SCHOOL BUS STANDS.
OUR STANDS FOR DEEP CURVES BECAUSE WHERE I LIVE THERE'S A DEEP CURVE AND WHEN THOSE PEOPLE COME AROUND THERE, A LOT OF THEM HAVE ENDED UP IN DITCHES AND DEATH BECAUSE THE CURVES ARE DEEP AND THERE'S NOTHING TO INDICATE AND IT'S DARK AREA, SO IF YOU COMING THROUGH THERE AT NIGHT AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING, YOU CAN EASILY RUN OFF IN THE DITCH AND IT'S A BIG DITCH IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND I'VE PICTURES TO SHOW OF THAT TOO.
WE STILL WAITING ON LIGHT OR SOME TYPE OF LIGHTING AT THE ANNA WOOTEN AND VALENTINE WHERE IT COMES TOGETHER.
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BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN FROM MY HOUSE GOING TO THE CHURCH TO CHERRY CORNER, THERE YOU CAN'T SEE TO THE LEFT, AND IF YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY STOP AND THE WAY THEY COME AND JUST SHOOT DOWN WOOTEN ROAD, YOU CAN ALSO HAVE AN ACCIDENT.WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DONE.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS AND THE DITCHES AND ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADS, IS THE COUNTY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT OR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY?
>> THE COUNTY CLEANS THE RIDE WAY, WHICH IS THE DITCHES AND WE KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE SEEN THEM AND KNOW THAT THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT GOES THROUGH VALENTINE, WOOTEN MONTHLY, PICKS UP USUALLY 300 USED TIRES THAT HAD BEEN DUMPED IN THE DITCHES AND APPLIANCES AND KITCHEN GARBAGE BAGS AND ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND ON THAT ITEM, I WILL ASK YOU AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, THAT SOMEONE MUST SEE SOME OF THESE FOLKS DUMPING THEIR GARBAGE OR APPLIANCES OR MATTRESSES OR WHATEVER, GET A LICENSE PLATE.
THE SHERIFF IS STANDING BY HIS PATROL OUT THERE TO TRY AND PUT A STOP TO ILLEGAL DUMPING.
IT'S A HUGE NUISANCE, HUGE PROBLEM, CONTRIBUTES TO THAT BACKUP CONTRIBUTES TO THE MOSQUITOES AND IT'S JUST BAD ALL THE WAY AROUND.
>> WELL, IF YOU'VE EVER DONE AND NOBODY HAS BEEN DOWN HERE TO LOOK WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO BECAUSE IT STILL LOOKS HORRIBLE.
>> WE'RE DOWN THAT AREA OF MONTHLY.
THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER PART OF THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE OUT ON MONTHLY.
WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE ADDITIONAL HELP IN THAT CLEANUP OPERATION, VALENTINE WOOTEN.
>> BECAUSE WE STARTED CLEANING UP THE COMMUNITIES, SOME OF THEM AND WE PULL STUFF TO THE CAR TO BE PICKED UP FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS, IS STILL SITTING.
NOBODY HAS COME BACK AND PICKED IT UP.
>> IN YOUR TRASH AGREEMENT, IF YOU HAVE, I FORGET THE TERM, A SUPPLEMENTAL PICK UP OR EVEN A COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP.
IF YOU CALL SANITATION DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL SCHEDULE SOMEONE OUT TO PICK UP THAT RESULTS OF A CLEANUP.
WE WANT TO TRY AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP ANYTIME YOU HAVE ONE GOING ON.
>> BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE ON MAY 14TH?
>> WILL YOU MAKE A NOTE OF THAT, MR. MONTGOMERY?
>> WE NEED A DUMPSTER AND STUFF.
>> EVERY TIME THEIR COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP AND THERE'S REQUESTS FOR A DUMPSTER, WE GET A DUMPSTER OUT FOR YOU, SO YOU CAN PLAN ON IT.
>> MAY 14TH IS THE DATE FOR THE DUMPSTER.
>> LAST YEAR WAS NOT A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR OUR AREA WITH THE COUNTY.
BUT I DO HOPE THAT THINGS WILL IMPROVE GREATLY STARTING SOON AND CONTINUE GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON. MR. JAY ROCKY MCDANIEL.
SIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
MS. NATALIE IS MY REPRESENTATIVE IN MY AREA, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY CONCERNED AND LISTENED AND I'VE COVERED A BUNCH MORE ABOUT IT.
THE VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS THAT WENT OUT WITHOUT ADDRESSES.
WE'VE HAD SOME PRECINCTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER PRECINCT.
I WILL ASK THAT SOMEWAY OR ANOTHER THAT WE COULD GET SOME SIGNS TO GO IN THE OLD VOTING PRECINCTS THAT TELL WHERE THE NEW ONE IS WITH THE ADDRESS ON IT.
I'LL BRING MY LITTLE MAP ON GOVERNMENT DETAILS AND WHERE IT IS.
IF YOU GO THERE ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK AND YOU'RE USED TO GOING THERE AND YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE MAIL OR YOU DIDN'T GET THE NOTICE OR DIDN'T DO THE OTHER, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS YOUR VOTING PLACE, YOU'RE GOING TO GO THERE AND THINK YOU MISSED OUT, THERE'S NOBODY THERE VOTING.
WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE.
NOT THIS ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE.
>> THE EARLY VOTING PLACE DOWNTOWN HERE.
THE PEOPLE AT THAT WHERE WE VOTE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PARK IN THE DECK ACROSS THE STREET THAT WORKED THERE BECAUSE THE VOTERS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING SPACES AND WE HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.
ACTUALLY IN A REAL WHEELCHAIR AND CRUTCHES, AND OLDER PEOPLE, THEY CAN'T WALK EVEN ACROSS THE STREET THAT NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME THERE AND PARK IN THE HANDICAP SPACE AND NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO IN TO VOTE.
NOW I WORKED THAT VOTING PRECINCT THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND EVERY TIME IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM.
PEOPLE SOMETIME GRAB THEM BY AND COME BACK AND IT'S STILL NOT BETTER, THEY DON'T COME BACK AT ALL TO VOTE.
THEY WANT TO VOTE, THEY JUST CAN'T GET OUT TO VOTE.
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I WANT TO TALK TO THE VOTING COMMISSIONER WHEN WE'RE PICKING VOTING PLACES, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT IT'S ADEQUATE PARKING.ONE OF THEM HAD CHOSEN NORTH LITTLE ROCK THIS TIME, DOESN'T HAVE ANY PARKING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PARK DOWN THE STREET AND WALK WAY UP.
THERE'S NO PARKING AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY GOING TO CROSS THE STREET AND PACK AND GO THERE, NOTHING ELSE, AND I REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE FOR A LOW TURNOUT, EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN RUN TWO OTHER PRECINCTS WITH THAT ONE.
THE COLLEGE DIDN'T HAVE ROOM ON IT.
THEY SAID TO PUT THE ADDRESSES AND I KNOW CHAIRING THE COUNTY CLERK, HE'S REAL STRONG ON THAT VOTING AND I KNOW THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT IT.
SHE SAID, AND I BELIEVE HER BECAUSE SHE'S VERY COMMITTED TO DOING THINGS RIGHT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO TRY TO GET YOU ALL TO ACT AND SOMEBODY IN TAKING A RESPONSIBILITY AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE AND TO GO VOTE.
THE OTHER THING I'M THINKING OF THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS THEY ARE MILITARY.
I PERSONALLY WENT AROUND WHEN THEY FIRST GOT THERE WHERE YOU'RE GOING, TAKE THEM A NEW VOTER REGISTRATION FORM ENTITLED, I KNOW THEY LIVE IN ANOTHER STATE AND I KNOW THEY MIGHT ASK FOR AN ABSENTEE VALID FROM THERE.
BUT IF NOT, PLEASE FILL IT OUT AND FEEL FREE TO VOTE WITH US.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM IN OUR VOTING PRECINCT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DID OR DIDN'T DO THAT, BUT IT MAKES ME CONCERNED ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE TOWN.
THE WILLO HOUSE HAS CHANGED HIS NAME.
THEY PUT ON THEIR PLEASANT VALLEY CENTER.
I CALLED AND GOOGLED IT, THERE'S NO PLEASANT VALLEY CENTER.
THEY SAID, WELL, THEY CAN ALWAYS GO IN THE ELECTION COMMISSION SITE.
WOOTEN I'VE NOT HAD ANY LUCK RIGHT NOW.
THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, NOT ONLY HERE BUT HOSPITALS EVERYWHERE THEY ACT LIKE THEY'RE STILL CLOSED, YOU CAN'T GET NOBODY ON THE PHONE.
PEOPLE SOMETIME DON'T CALL YOU BACK FOR A DAY OR TWO, AND IT'S JUST NOT WORKING.
THEY'RE OVERWHELMED, I GUESS, WITH PHONE CALLS.
BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING ALL YOU CAN DO TO GET THE VOTERS OUT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR, AND I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS COMMITTED TO TRY AND DO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TRY AND MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE TRANSPARENT TO VOTE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CURRENT COMMISSION WE HAVE JUST HASN'T PERFORMED WELL IN THE LAST AT LEAST FOUR, SIX YEARS.
MR. MONTGOMERY, IF YOU'LL MAKE SOME NOTES FOR ME, PLEASE BECAUSE BY THE TIME I GO TO SLEEP TONIGHT, I'LL HAVE FORGOTTEN MOST OF THIS.
BUT, BUT THANKS FOR THE GREAT IDEAS.
WE WILL TRY TO SEE HOW IT MIGHT WORK WHERE WE CAN CLEAR OUT SOME OF THAT PARKING LOT OVER THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OLD BELL BUILDING WHERE EARLY VOTING TAKES PLACE AND MAYBE RESERVE IT JUST DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD FOR HANDICAP VOTERS.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA, AND ADDITIONALLY, I KNOW HOW MUCH CONFUSION THERE IS OVER THE SURPRISE CHANGES AND DELETIONS OF VOTING LOCATIONS IN THAT WHOLE PART OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK AND THE COUNTY.
THAT MAY BE ONE THAT WE CAN TAKE IN OUR OWN HAND TO GET SOME SIGNS THAT WHAT HAS BEEN FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE, THE VOTING LOCATIONS THAT ARE NOW CLOSED TO TRY AND HELP DIRECT FOLKS TO WHERE THEY CAN VOTE.
THANKS FOR BRINGING YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
>> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
>> OH I'M SORRY. I'M CHARLES SAMSON AND I'M FROM THE ROXY COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES CONCERNING THE SAME SITUATION, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT NO ONE CALLS THE FLOATING IN OUR AREA WHERE WE'VE LOST OVER 15 HOMES SO FAR.
BUT I HAVE PICTURES, AND I HAVE CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
WHENEVER COVERAGE ARE INTENTIONALLY COVERED, IT IS MEANT TO FLOOD AND WE'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I HAD SENT A PETITION TO THIS COURT THAT WAS NEVER RECEIVED SO I HAND-DELIVERED IT TODAY AND I ALSO HAND-DELIVERED A LETTER THAT I HAVE WRITTEN TO DEBORAH BUTNER THAT I DIDN'T RECEIVE AN ANSWER FROM.
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BUT SOMEONE SIGN FOR THE LETTER.BUT THIS TELLS ME THAT WE ARE INTENTIONALLY BEING IGNORED.
[NOISE] I'D WONDER HOW A ASSESSOR CAN'T SIT IN ONE SPOT ALL DAY AND APPRAISE EVERY HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE SIT AND WATCHED THIS HAPPEN MORE THAN ONCE AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WHEN I CALL THE ASSESSORS OFFICE, I'VE TOLD WHEREVER WE CAN'T GO INSIDE IN ONE'S HOME.
HOW CAN YOU APPRAISE A HOUSE IF YOU DON'T LOOK INSIDE? I WAS CHARGED THREE AND $400 A YEAR FOR A HOUSE THAT HAD NO FLOORS, THE FLOORS WERE UNDERGROUND, THE WALLS HAD FALLEN IN.
UNTIL ONE DAY I CAUGHT THE ASSESSOR SITTING IN MY YARD AND I ASKED HIM IF HE WILL JUST LOOKING AT AND THAT'S WHEN MY TAXES WENT DOWN FROM THREE AND $400 TO $16.
AS I TOLD MS. BUTNER IN MY LETTER THAT I WROTE HER, STEALING IS STEALING, ROBBING IS ROBBERY REGARDLESS OF HOW IT'S DONE.
IF I GO TO WALMART AND STEAL $0.80 [INAUDIBLE] I'D BE FINE TO CHARGE $560 AND A WARNING.
IF I DO IT AGAIN, THE FINE IS GOING TO BE ENHANCED AND I'M GOING TO GET SIX MONTHS IN JAIL. HOW DO I KNOW? BECAUSE I WORK WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, HAVE BEEN FOR 24 YEARS.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COVERS ARE INTENTIONALLY BUT ANYTIME THEY DUMP ROCKS OVER THE DRAINAGE PIPES, THAT'S INTENTIONAL.
THE MAIN DRAINAGE ON THE DRAIN BOTH SIDES OF 161, WAS ILLEGALLY BLOCKED BY ILLEGAL DEMOLITION WASTE YEARS AGO THAT I REPORTED.
THE STATE REPORTED THAT IT HAD BEEN CORRECTED.
STILL THERE SOMEONE SAY THEY GET A LAWYER, THAT DOESN'T WORK.
TRIED THAT TOO MANY TIMES SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? CLEARLY, EVIDENCE, DOCUMENTS, PICTURES.
>> SIR I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE DONE.
IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE DRAINAGE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'VE TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT UNION PACIFIC RIGHT AWAY WHICH IS UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL AND I PROBABLY DO MORE COMPLAINING TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION ABOUT THE RAILROAD RIGHT AWAY IS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY AND THEIR LACK OF MAINTAINING THEIR DRAINAGE BUT YET, EVEN IF WE WANTED TO TRY AND VOLUNTEER TO GO CLEAN OUT THEIR DITCHES, WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T TRESPASS.
>> BUT YOU HAVE THE POWER OVER US.
>> NO YOU'RE WRONG I DON'T. I WISH.
IF I DID WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IT ALREADY BE CLEANED.
THEN THE OTHER PART YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON OLD HIGHWAY 161 WITH THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS BEGUN A REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF ALL THEIR DRAINAGE STRUCTURES ON THAT WHOLE STRETCH.
I WANT TO SAY ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST LAST WEEK I MADE THE CALL TO FIND OUT ARE YOU DONE YET? THEY'VE TOLD ME NO, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
THEY TOLD ME THAT UP WAS FINALLY EVALUATING THEIR PROBLEMS AND SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO FIX THEM AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY, I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER SOLVE OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES COMPLETELY BECAUSE IT RAINS AND TODAY IT RAINS MORE THAN IT USED TO RAIN.
BUT HOPEFULLY WHEN THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THE RAILROAD COMPLETE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WILL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO MARK OF AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE SITUATION.
>> ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY UTTERANCE
>> SIR, I'VE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK TOO, AND THE RULES OF THE COURT OR THAT IT'S A THREE-MINUTE PERIOD.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PROBLEM.
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I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE WORK ON THESE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE AND I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT YOUR OPINION IS THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN YOUR AREA BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR IN MAINTAINING THE ROADS AND TRYING TO KEEP THE DITCHES CLEAR AND TRYING TO KEEP THE CULVERTS UNPLUGGED AND THE BEAVER DAM KNOCKED DOWN AND THE BEAVER TRAPPED AND REMOVED FROM THE AREA.>> VERY WELL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S DONE, NOT IN OUR AREA.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. JOHN STEWART.
>> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS JOHN STEWART.
I'M WITH MR. HUMPHREY WE'RE REPRESENTING THE EUREKA GARDEN WATER SEWER SYSTEM AND WE'RE HERE TO ASK WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? BECAUSE WE WERE PROMISED A SEWER SYSTEM BUT WE GET GRINDER PUMPS AT THE PRESENT TIME WHERE MY MOM'S HOUSE WAS IT BURN LAST YEAR WHILE I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET ALL OF THAT CLEANED UP TOO SO I CAN PUT ME ON MOBILE HOME OVER THERE BUT IF I CAN'T GET PROPER SEWER, I'LL GET THE SEWER SYSTEM WORKING, IS NO NEED TO PUT IT ON THERE OR I CAN GO BACK TO SEPARATE TIME AND THAT MR. HUMPHREY HAS GOT THE PODIUM NOW.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. JAMES HUMPHREY.
>> YES WE WERE HERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE COURT'S TIME.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE AND WE THOUGHT WE WAS ON THE AGENDA BUT WE FOUND OUT THERE WERE NOT.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE GOING TO DO WITH THIS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU BOTH AND I REMIND YOU THAT THE QUORUM COURT OR THE COUNTY JUDGE OR PUBLIC WORKS FOR THAT MATTER HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER THE EUREKA GARDENS SEWER SYSTEM AND I THINK ACTUALLY IS NOT PART OF THE NORTHERN ROCK SEWAGE SYSTEM NOW.
WHO OPERATES THAT? IS THE PUBLIC FACILITIES BOARD FOR THE SEWER SYSTEMS STILL OPERATING?
>> IT'S THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK, DON'T YOU GET A SEWER BILL FROM NORTH LITTLE ROCK?
>> OUR BILL COMES ON THE WATER BILL.
WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING TO BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION I HOPE THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A RESOLUTION IN SIGHT BUT I HOPE THAT ONE POPS UP FOR YOU IN TERMS OF THE GRINDER PUMPS.
>> LAVINIA BELL. [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER]
>> THIS IS BENNIE BARNES ROAD, IT IS A COUNTY ROAD.
[INAUDIBLE] I DO HAVE PICTURES.
>> MA'AM, YOU CAN HAND IT ACTUALLY TO THE STAFFER BACK THERE, HE'LL PASS THAT OUT, AND IF YOU CAN HEAD TO THE PODIUM.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. THE BENNIE BARNES COUNTY ROAD, OUR GRADE IS NOT GREAT.
YOU NEED AN ENGINEER THERE TO SHOOT THE GRADE SO THAT IT WILL FLOW DOWN.
IT DOES NOT FLOW DOWN UNFORTUNATELY.
IF YOU START ON PAGE 3, I TOOK THIS PICTURE IN OUR LAST [INAUDIBLE] WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT? ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
BENNIE BARNES ACTUALLY SEPARATES; THE SOUTH SIDE IS WRIGHTSVILLE, THE NORTH SIDE IS THE COUNTY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THIS, BUT THIS IS THE SOUTH-SIDE.
YOU'RE GOING TO START ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THIS LADY HAS A POTTY PARTY BECAUSE SHE'S NOT LINKED TO THE SEWER SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THAT'S WRIGHTSVILLE'S PROBLEM.
I'VE TALKED TO THE MAYOR THERE.
I TOLD HIM HER WASTE IN THERE, ONCE IT FLOODS, GOES OVER TO MY PROPERTY AND AS YOU SEE, THE FLOODING, CONTINUES, CONTINUES.
THEN IN FRONT OF THIS LITTLE AREA HERE, A SINK HOLE, A CHILD ACTUALLY ALMOST GOT CAUGHT INTO THAT.
NOW ON THE NEXT ONE WHERE YOU SEE THIS LITTLE SMALL CULVERT, THAT IS MY PROPERTY.
THAT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BENNIE BARNES ROAD.
THE CULVERT IS WORKING, BUT IT MAY BE CLOGGED UP OR IT JUST IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT IT GOES UNDER BENNIE BARNES.
IT'S NOT NOTHING I PLACED, SO I WOULD ASSUME EITHER AT THE TIME WRIGHTSVILLE, WHOMEVER PLACED IT BECAUSE THE ROAD GOES UNDER THAT.
THEN YOU WILL SEE THE FLOODING ONTO MY PROPERTY.
MY PROPERTY JOINS MS. BOOKERS' AND THE FLOODING STAYS THERE AND IT IS STAGNANT.
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WELL, YOU TALKING PYTHONS? I'M TALKING WATER MOCCASINS AND COPPERHEADS IS WHAT WE HAVE HAD TO KILL.RECENTLY, THERE WAS A DITCH FULL OF LEECHES THAT MY NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY WENT IN AND HAD TO KILL BECAUSE HE HAS CHILDREN PLAYING AND HE DIDN'T WANT THOSE LEECHES SUCKING THE BLOOD OUT OF THEM AND THEIR LIFE.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
I DO HAVE AFFILIATION WITH THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION RESOURCE AGENCY.
THIS IS ANOTHER THING BECAUSE MY ENTIRE FIELD IS A POLLINATOR FIELD FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND FOR THE POLLINATORS TO COME IN SO THEY'LL HAVE A PLACE TO FEED SO THEN WE CAN HAVE FOOD IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES.
I WANTED TO MAINTAIN THIS, BUT IF THE FLOODING CONTINUES, ALL THE SEEDING THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT THAT I PLANTED AND WITH ALL THE GRANTS THAT I HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE WILL BE LOST BECAUSE NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT THE GRADE.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RAILROAD TRACK.
IT'S JUST THE GRADE, IT'S LEVEL, IT'S NOT SHOT.
YOU HAVE TO GET A ENGINEER THERE, THEY GO IN THERE WITH THE PINGER AND THEY SHOOT THE GRADE SO THAT YOU CAN DIG THE DITCH SO THAT WILL FLOW APPROPRIATELY.
THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING.
IT'S FLAT AND NO ONE HAS TAKEN THE TIME OR THE MONEY OR THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
THAT IS NOT OUR JOB SINCE WE'RE PAYING TAXES.
HOPEFULLY MAYBE GET AN ENGINEER OUT THERE, THAT'D BE GREAT TO DO THAT AND GET THAT GRADE SHOT SO THEY WILL SLANT OUT AND THE WATER WILL FLOW APPROPRIATELY.
MY INFORMATION, MY PHONE NUMBER AND NAME IS ON THE BACK OF EACH SHEET.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW ME A LOT OF YOU.
YEAH, I CAN GIVE IT TO HIM. IT'S ON BENNIE BARNES ROAD, IT'S A COUNTY.
>> NO. WRIGHTSVILLE, THAT'S ON THE SOUTH-SIDE, BUT THE NORTH-SIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS FLOODING.
THE NORTH SIDE, THEY SAID IS A COUNTY.
THE SOUTH-SIDE IS THEIR'S, WHATEVER.
ANYWAY, [LAUGHTER] I'VE TAKEN THESE PICTURES TO THE MAYOR, I SHOWED HIM.
HE SAID IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM.
HE SAID IT WAS YOU GUYS PROBLEM SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
>> ARE YOU OKAY? THANK YOU FOR YOURS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] GOOD EVENING.
>> I'M HERE TO REPEAT THE RECURRING THEME TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS RUTH OCTAVIA HILL AND I LIVE OUT ON HIGHWAY 365 SOUTH ON BENNIE BARNES ROAD.
WHERE YOU SAW ALL THAT WATER, THAT'S WHERE I LIVE.
I'M HERE TO REPEAT THE RECURRING THEME, FLOODING.
IF SOMEBODY HAD COME OUT AND PAY BENNIE BARNES ROAD, WE HAVE POTHOLES IN THE ROAD.
I HEARD A YOUNG MAN SAY THAT WE AWFUL GET CAUGHT IN THE POTHOLES.
WE HAD TO PICK OUR FEET UP HIGH TO KEEP FROM FALLING DOWN WHEN WE WALKED IN THOSE POTHOLES ON THE ROAD.
IT'D BE NICE IF SOMEBODY WOULD JUST COME OUT AND POUR SOME CONCRETE OR SOMETHING OFF IN THEM AND SMOOTH THAT OUT FOR US [MUSIC].
THEN THE DITCHES, IF SOMEBODY WOULD GIVE US CULVERTS.
>> THAT'S NOT MY PHONE BY THE WAY.
>> WE DON'T HAVE BEEN ANY CULVERTS [NOISE].
WE JUST HAVE DITCHES AND WHEN IT RAINS, IT JUST OVERFLOWS FOR US.
IF YOU ARE TO THINK ABOUT US OUT THERE ON [INAUDIBLE] [NOISE] MY ADDRESS IS 5322 BENNIE BARNES ROAD.
I'LL LEAVE MY PHONE NUMBER HERE TOO BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO IT [INAUDIBLE]. [BACKGROUND].
>> THANK YOU MS. HILL. MR. MONTGOMERY, IF YOU'LL TOUCH BASE WITH PUBLIC WORKS TOMORROW BECAUSE BENNIE BARNES ROAD, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ROAD, BUT IF IT'S A GRAVEL OR DIRT ROAD, THEN IT'S MOST LIKELY A PRIVATE ROAD. MS. HILL.
>> IT'S PAVED, BUT YOU HAVE POTHOLES.
WELL, MR. MONTGOMERY WILL TRY AND GET THAT TURNED IN FOR YOU TOMORROW.
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>> MEMBERS, THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I HAVE.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS THAT DECIDED TO JOIN US TONIGHT AND APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, SOME WE CAN HELP WITH, SOME WE CAN'T, BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT AND SEE WHAT YOUR QUORUM COURT DOES.
MEMBERS WERE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.