May 09, 2023 Agenda Committee

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GOOD EVENING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

I'M GOING TO ASK ALL THE JUSTICES IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING STARTED.

OH, NO.

GO. ARE WE READY? YES.

IF WE ARE READY, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING STARTED.

WE'LL START WITH AN INVOCATION BY JUSTICE MCCOY, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JUSTICE MEDLOCK.

IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE IN LIFE IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO TO REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THIS GREAT COUNTY.

ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US TODAY AND HELP US TO LEARN EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUES BEFORE US.

HELP US TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER WELL, HELP US JUST TO GLORIFY YOU AND TO ASK FOR YOUR SAFETY AS WE GO ABOUT OUR WAY.

IN YOUR SON'S NAME. AMEN.

AMEN.

THANK EVERYONE FOR STANDING THAT WAS ABLE TO STAND AND THERE WE GO. GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING.

EVERYBODY'S MICROPHONE IS ON, SO BE AWARE.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YEAH, WE DO HAVE 11 PRESENT.

WE CAN, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

AND JUST A REMINDER, PLEASE SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE.

SO THE AUDIO IS CAPTURED.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVE. SECOND.

A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED.

THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

UH, AMY, WOULD YOU SEE? I SEE JUSTICE MASSEY IS ARRIVING.

CAN YOU PLEASE INCLUDE HER? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 21I30?

[23-I-30 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 22-OR-45 (2023 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.]

SEND IT TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS.

SECOND.

A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 23 I-30 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

JUSTICE LEWISON WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? NOT EXACTLY.

WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN THIS? THAT'S OUR MONTHLY THING. IT'S YOUR STANDARD REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE CRISIS UNIT FROM PASS THROUGH GRANT.

STANDARD. THERE'S NO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND.

WE DO THIS MONTHLY? PRETTY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT EXPLANATION.

AMY. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON 23 I-30? WE WILL SEND 23I30 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

[23-I-31 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 22-OR-45 (2023 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO TRANSFER GRANT FUNDS WITHIN THE SHERDJF'S COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID, STIMULANT & SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM (COSSAP).]

AMENDING ORDINANCE 22OR45 2023 ANNUAL BUDGET PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS TO TRANSFER GRANT FUNDS WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID STIMULANT AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM, COSAP.

JUSTICE MCCOY.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I MAKE A MOTION AND THANK YOU.

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SECOND.

A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 23I31 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

JUSTICE MCCOY WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? IF I NEED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, I CAN.

I'M IT IS A MISTAKE FROM A.

NO, GO AHEAD. IT WAS A LINE A LINE ITEM THAT WAS REMOVED OR NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE FOR THIS GRANT.

AND SO WE'RE COMING. THIS IS A CLEANUP ORDINANCE, BASICALLY.

OKAY. AND OKAY.

AND I SEE YOU. AND BECAUSE YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON, YOU HAVE TO JUST WAVE YOUR HAND OR SOMETHING TO GET MY ATTENTION AND I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.

JUSTICE STOWERS.

YEAH, IT'S A TOTAL OF $168 THAT WAS IN THE WRONG LINE ITEM.

SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S NO CONTROVERSY ON THIS.

OKAY. NO MORE QUESTIONS.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 23I31.

WE WILL SEND 23I31 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 23I32.

[23-I-32 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 22-OR-45 (2023 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE GRANT-IN-ADD FUNDS FOR THE JUVENILE DETENTION DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 (JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023).]

JUSTICE ELLIOTT.

MOVED TO THE FULL COURT.

EXCUSE ME. FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS.

THERE'S NO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL SECOND.

SECOND IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND.

GIVE ME A MINUTE. GIVE ME A MINUTE.

A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND AND WE SEND 23I32 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

I'LL GET WITH YOU. TO YOU, JUSTICE STOWERS.

JUSTICE ELLIOTT. DO YOU HAVE ANY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THERE'S NO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND AND THIS IS JUVENILE DETENTION GRANT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. JUSTICE STOWERS.

ACTUALLY, MY COMMENTS ARE ON THE NEXT ITEM, SO I YIELD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO THE EXPLANATION WAS SUFFICIENT FOR 23I32.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 23I32.

I JUST FROZE. WE WILL SEND 23I32 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 23I37.

[23-I-37 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 22-OR-45 (2023 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL COUNTY YOUTH PROGRAMS AND ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

JUSTICE MEDLOCK.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT.

SECOND.

WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION I'M SURE SHE MEANT.

A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 23I37 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

JUSTICE MEDLOCK WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? IS JAMIE DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN? GOOD EVENING. I'M DIRECTOR SCOTT, PULASKI COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES.

JUST TO HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, SOME OF THESE NEW PROGRAMS WILL BE IN THE WOODSON COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUMMER PROGRAM IN THE WOODSON AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUMMER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ASSISTING IN THE BASELINE AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUMMER PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS FOR A PROGRAM THAT REBECCA DAVIS REACHED OUT TO ME AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AT LAWSON ELEMENTARY IN THE FALL.

THEY HAVEN'T HAD AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IN SEVERAL YEARS.

ONE OF THE PROGRAMS IS GOING TO BE AT MOUNT PISGAH IN JACKSONVILLE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A PROGRAM, A SUMMER PROGRAM WE'RE HAVING OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO SUMMER MINI CAMPS.

ONE IS GOING TO BE AT [INAUDIBLE] A PARTNERSHIP WITH [INAUDIBLE], AND ONE IS ALSO GOING TO BE A SUMMER LITERACY PROGRAM.

SO ONE OF THEM IS FOCUSED ON THE ARTS AND ONE OF THEM IS FOCUS ON THE LEARNING GAPS THAT WE'RE SEEING DUE TO COVID WITH LITERACY AND ITS FOCUS ON KIDS FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE MOST LEARNING GAPS WITH READING.

ONE OF THE PROGRAMS IS GOING TO BE TO HELP SUPPLEMENT OUR CAREER READINESS WORKFORCE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE HAVING.

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WE CAN'T PAY FOR FOOD OR POLOS OR T SHIRTS OUT OF THE GRANT FUNDS.

SO YOU SEE THAT $9,000 TO PAY FOR THE LUNCHEON FOR THE WORK SITES, THE 34 WORK SITES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ORIENTATION FOR THE KIDS AND THE GRADUATION FOR THE KIDS AND THEIR T SHIRTS AND POLOS.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT MONEY IS FOR.

UM, LANDMARK AND COLLEGE STATION.

WE HAVE NEW PILOT PROGRAMS THERE THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A GRANT.

THE GRANT ENDS IN SEPTEMBER.

SO YOU SEE $20,000 FOR ME TO FINISH OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR IN CASE I DON'T GET GRANT FUNDING FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES.

THOSE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVEN'T HAD AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM LANDMARK IN TEN YEARS AND COLLEGE STATION IN LIKE SIX YEARS.

SO SOME OF THIS IS TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING ALREADY WITH GRANTS.

SOME OF IT IS FOR NEW PROGRAMS THAT YOU ALL HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME.

NEW QUORUM COURT MEMBERS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET INTO YOUR AREAS AND SOME OF THEM IS JUST US GETTING INTO AREAS THAT WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BULK AND BREAK DOWN OF MY $250,000 THAT I'M ASKING FOR.

THANK YOU. GOT LIGHTS.

OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH JUSTICE STOWERS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SCOTT, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND FOR BRINGING THESE THINGS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE DURING YOUR TENURE AS OUR DIRECTOR OF YOUTH SERVICES, AS YOU HAVE TOUCHED EVERY DISTRICT AND YOU CONTINUE TO TOUCH EVERY DISTRICT, THAT THAT IS SO APPRECIATED.

THAT WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

NUMBER TWO, YOU SEEM TO ALWAYS FIND FUNDS, BE THEY GRANT FUNDS, ARPA FUNDS, OTHER FUNDS THAT ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THESE WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE VERY IMPORTANT, NECESSARY SERVICES TO OUR YOUTH.

BUT THE THIRD THING I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JUDGE HYDE.

YOU DIDN'T GET INTO THIS, BUT PART OF THIS THIS MONEY IS THE FOR ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS THAT YOU HAD THE VISION FOR.

BUT JUDGE HYDE SAW THE NEED FOR.

ONE IN DICK JETER, ONE IN FERNDALE, ONE IN NORTH PULASKI AND ONE IN OAK GROVE.

BUT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT IS OAK GROVE.

OAK GROVE IS THE ONLY GREATLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY IN PULASKI COUNTY THAT DID NOT HAVE A COUNTY PARK OR SOME TYPE OF A COUNTY PLAYGROUND.

ET CETERA. SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND TO JUDGE HEIDE FOR SEEING THIS THROUGH AND BRINGING THIS TO FRUITION.

I YIELD. THANK YOU.

JUSTICE STOWERS. JUSTICE GREEN.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THAT SINCE TWO OF THOSE AREAS ARE IN MY DISTRICT.

SORRY, MY SINCERE APOLOGIES.

IT'S OKAY. OKAY. I THINK SEVERAL PEOPLE I TRIED TO REACH ALMOST EVERYBODY'S AREA WITH SOMETHING.

OKAY. JUSTICE MCCOY.

OH, GO AHEAD.

JUSTICE MCCOY.

DIRECTOR SCOTT SORRY, I'VE BEEN TRAVELING, SO I'M BEHIND THE BALL HERE.

UM, I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE MAYBE IS WITH THESE ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS, JUSTICE STOWERS ELUDED TO SOMETHING, GENERALLY SPEAKING.

BUT HOW DO WE HOW DO WE CALCULATE THE NEED? HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE THE NEED IS WHEN IT COMES TO INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS, THE PLAYGROUND.

OKAY. UM, WELL, ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND VERSUS BUILDING A PLAYGROUND IS JUST THE MATERIALS YOU'RE PUTTING IN IT. YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY ANYWAY.

SO YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY GO OUT AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND SAY, I'M SORRY.

DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO ACCESS A ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND? THESE ARE GOING TO HAVE. WAS ABOUT $170,000 A PIECE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT ON A PLAYGROUND ANYWAY.

SO WE MAKE IT WHERE EVERYBODY CAN USE IT.

I'VE NOTICED THAT WITH ANOTHER SITUATION I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT.

LONG STORY SHORT, OTHER CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TO SORT OF SAY, HEY, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE HITTING THE MARK? DO WE NEED MORE PLAYGROUNDS? FILL IN THE BLANK OR LESS.

SO NONETHELESS, I GUESS I'LL YIELD.

WELL, THESE ARE IN EXISTING PARKS, AND IT WAS EITHER WE'VE DONE, WHAT, 17 TOTAL, I THINK, AND WE'VE EITHER REPLACED EQUIPMENT AND UPGRADED OR PUT NEW ONES IN WHERE THERE WASN'T ONE.

WE DIDN'T GO OUT AND CREATE ANY NEW PARKS.

WE WE FIXED THE ONES THAT WERE THERE.

THANK YOU. WELL, I CAN SAY IS I TALKED TO JUSTIN STOWERS ABOUT THIS.

WE HAVE PARENTS, A LOT OF PARENTS WHO REACH OUT TO US WANTING LIKE PROGRAMS LIKE DAY TO DAY SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

AND THAT'S LIKE A REALLY BIG UNDERTAKING FOR US.

WE HAVE TO DO JUST A LOT OF TRAINING AND A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE KIND OF LIMITED AROUND THE COUNTY.

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I THINK FOR KIDS TO GO, THAT'S MORE INCLUSIVE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

A PLAYGROUND. WE'RE WORKING AS A DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO WRITE FOR A GRANT AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THAT PARENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE MISSING.

I THINK THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE AND THE STATE IS MISSING AND PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES FOR FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR THOSE KIDS TO KIND OF GO TO.

THAT'S JUST A DIRECT CONVERSATIONS I'M HAVING WITH PARENTS.

AND WHAT WE DO IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS WE'RE ALWAYS WRITING DOWN WHAT CAN WE DO NEXT OR WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THE MORE PRESSING, BUT IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING TASK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TRAINED ON WHO TO PARTNER WITH, WHO WOULD BE THE BEST PARTNER FOR US TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO WHO NEED LIKE A SUMMER PROGRAM.

THEY NEED OUTLETS FOR THE KIDS IN THE SUMMER JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PARENT DOES.

AND SO THERE'S JUST A VERY LIMITED SCOPE OF PARTNERS OR PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO THOSE FAMILIES.

OKAY. STILL A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

JUSTICE CURRY.

YES, I WANT TO BE ADDED TO THIS AS WELL.

AND I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR SCOTT FOR HER VISION AND REACHING OUT EVEN IN SOME OF THE AREAS, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HAS NOT BEEN AS ACTIVE IN THE SERVICE IN PART.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK WITH THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND JUSTICE ELLIOTT, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION HERE.

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, PLAYGROUNDS, BUT IT SAYS INCREASE 680,000 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SCOTT.

THANK YOU. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? WE WILL SEND 23I37 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO CLAIM OUR ATTENTION WITH OUR REGULAR BUSINESS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL MOVE INTO.

[Announcements]

WE HAVE WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[Public Comment ]

AND THERE'S A THREE LIMIT MINUTE AND JUSTIN WILL BE TIMING US.

STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE, FOR THE RECORD.

MARY GIVENS. YES, MA'AM.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE BEFORE YOU AGAIN ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

I LAUNCHED A SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM LAST YEAR.

IT'S CALLED BEFORE ME YOUTH STUDIES.

WE HAVE CLASSES AT THE UALR BOWEN SCHOOL OF LAW.

IT'S A FIVE WEEK COURSE.

I HAVE PRESENTED OUR PROPOSAL, OUR BUSINESS PLAN TO DONNA, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.

WE NOT ONLY TEACH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, FINANCIAL LITERACY, WE ARE INCORPORATING GOLF THIS YEAR.

WE PARTNERED WITH FIRST TEE AND WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH LARRY CLARK.

SO WE WILL START AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM NEXT YEAR AT LARRY CLARK'S FACILITY.

SO I'M JUST HERE TO ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM THE COURT.

WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT THE FUNDING.

LAST YEAR WE OPERATED ON PRIVATE DONORS ONLY AND IT WENT VERY WELL.

BUT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO OPERATE JUST ON PRIVATE DONORS.

WE NEED FUNDING.

OKAY. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, DONNA? JUSTICE MASSEY. OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

JUST A QUESTION. HAVE YOU TALKED TO DIRECTOR SCOTT? I HAVE NOT. OKAY.

THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR, SO WE'RE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU MAYBE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER BECAUSE SHE WORKS WITH YOUTH PROGRAMS. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE CAN DO ANYTHING, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START TO SEE IF SHE'S GOT ANY RESOURCES OR WHERE SHE COULD STEP IN AND HELP YOU OUT. OKAY.

OKAY. YOU GUYS CONSIDER LOOKING AT OUR BUSINESS PLAN? OKAY. JUSTICE MASSEY.

YES, I DO APOLOGIZE.

I DID NOT SEND THE NEW BUSINESS PLAN TO TWO ANYONE BECAUSE CROSS COMMUNICATION, I ACTUALLY WAS GOING, I THOUGHT IT WAS HER DISTRICT AND I WAS GOING TO YIELD TO HER TO DO

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I'M NOT SURE WHOSE DISTRICT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER. I WILL GLADLY CONTINUE TRYING TO GET THOSE.

WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS REQUEST ARPA FUNDS FOR THIS PLAN THAT SHE HAS FOR THIS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM OR SUMMER PROGRAMS. IT'S A SUMMER..

SUMMER PROGRAM, SO I WILL GET THAT BUSINESS PLAN THAT SHE HAS SENT TO ME.

TO ALL OF YOU, I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.

AND I WOULD LOVE YOU TO LOOK IT OVER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MISS GIBBONS OR TO MYSELF.

AND WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY THIS YEAR APPROACHED THE JUDGE WITH THIS PLAN.

BUT THIS IS SHE WANTED TO PRESENT IT TO YOU ALL BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE ALL WILL BE THE ONES MAKING THE DECISION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WE DO SERVE NOT JUST THE LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT YOUTH, BUT WE SERVE JACKSONVILLE, SHERWOOD, NORTH LITTLE ROCK.

SO WE. OKAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS GIBBONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, MISS GULLEY.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

I'M COMING FOR YOU THIS EVENING JUST TO SAY THANKS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE REACHED OUT AND SHOWN SUPPORT AND PRAYERS REGARDING MY CASE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE MAJORITY OF MY LEADERS WANT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS INJUSTICE UNTIL JUDGE WELCH MAKES A RULING.

OKAY. SO I WANTED TO COME UP AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER.

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW ME KNOW I AM FOR DOING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AND FAIR BY ALL.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PARTY LINES.

I'M ABOUT WHAT'S DOING WHAT'S RIGHT BY PEOPLE.

AND THIS INJUSTICE, WHAT HAPPEN TO DISTRICT 10, AND HAPPEN TO ME, IT WAS NOT RIGHT AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. I'LL SEE WHAT HE SAYS.

HELLO. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GLORY TO YAHWEH AND HIS LAMB, THE LORD ALMIGHTY, MOST HIGH, MOST HOLY.

THAT'S JUST HIS KINGDOM.

AND BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH COME IN HIS NAME FOR HIS GREAT AND HOLY NAME'S SAKE.

OKAY. MY NAME IS ANTHONY.

I LIVE IN RIXEY.

I'M NOT AN ELOQUENT ORATOR.

I'M NOT A SCHOLAR OR A SKEPTIC.

HOWEVER, I DO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.

AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN DISTRICT TEN IS BY NO MEANS RIGHT.

I ALSO KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO WHAT HAS GONE ON IN RIXEY.

EVERY 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHT HAS BEEN TRAMPLED ON, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE GET NO REPRESENTATION FROM THE HIGHER UPS NOW.

MRS. GULLEY.

I RESPECT HER WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT BECAUSE SHE CONTINUED TO FIGHT.

HOWEVER. DISTRICT TEN HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR DECADES, LIKE FROM THE 70 SECONDS ON UP. YOU KNOW, NO DITCH WORK.

NO, NO MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND I HEARD A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE BY ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN RIXEY.

SHE SAID THAT JUDGE HYDE.

TOLD HER, WE'LL SAY IT TO HER.

WHO ARE ALL THE MEN? ARE THEY SLEEP? YOU KNOW, MAKES ME WONDER, WHERE IS HE? WAS HE ASLEEP? WITH ALL THE NEGLECT WAS GOING ON IN DISTRICT TEN.

WAS HE ASLEEP? YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD HE MEAN BY THAT? OKAY NOW.

I'VE HEARD DEROGATORY STATEMENTS FROM A NUMBER OF PERSONS.

THEY STATE THAT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH JUDGE HYDE MADE DEROGATORY STATEMENTS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DICK JETER, ESPECIALLY ALSO IN [INAUDIBLE] STATED THAT, OH, THEY'RE JUST SOME IGNORANT PEOPLE.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? DEROGATORY STATEMENTS LIKE THAT AND THOSE WORDS WERE EXPLAINED TO ME WERE COMING FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REFERRED TO ME AS THE ENEMY THAT WAS HELPING JUDGE HYDE.

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WITH LAWLESSNESS.

THEY SKIPPED DOING THIS AND THAT FOR 30, 40 YEARS.

I MEAN, A BLIND MAN COULD SEE SOMETHING WAS GOING ON WRONG WITH THAT.

MR. SMITH, YOUR GET THREE MINUTES UP.

I'LL ASK YOU IF YOU GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP YOUR YOUR STATEMENT OR WHATEVER YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE ON, SIR.

OKAY. WELL, I FEEL THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THE DRAINAGE, THE DITCHES, AND STOP NEGLECTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL.

I PERSONALLY BELIEVE AND FEEL THAT AND I'VE IF YOU NOTICE, I'VE MADE NO DIRECT ACCUSATION NOR PASS ANY DIRECT JUDGMENT AGAINST ANYONE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FOR PEOPLE THAT DO HAVE A HEART, PONDER THOSE THOUGHTS AND GET BACK WITH SOME POSITIVE ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO CLAIM OUR ATTENTION.

THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY OVER.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.