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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
WE ARE ABOUT TO GET STARTED.IT LOOKS AS THOUGH WE ARE GOING TO SAY OUR MONTHLY BUDGET MEETING.
I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
JUSTIN, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? OH, I'M SORRY.
MISS GREEN IS TEMPORARILY POSTPONED.
MADAM CHAIR, YOU GOT SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT.
[3. APRROVAL OF MINUTES]
CAN WE GET AN APPROVAL OF OUR LAST MINUTES? SO MOVED. MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND.THOSE IN FAVOR LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR ONE AND ONLY ITEM.
[4. NEW BUSINESS]
JUSTIN, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO READ 23-I-55? YES, MA'AM. 23-I-55 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 22-OR-45 2023 ANNUAL BUDGET PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS TO TRANSFER UNSPENT PERSONNEL FUNDS FROM THE REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY TO THE DETENTION MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.MR. STOWERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
MAKE A MOTION WE SEND THIS TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND.
WE ARE NOW DOWN TO DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU. SO THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN BUDGET 2 OR 3 MONTHS AGO IN MAY, AND THAT WAS A CONTRACT THAT WAS SIGNED IN SERVICES THAT WERE ALREADY BEING RENDERED IN THE FACILITY PRIOR TO THE APPROPRIATION OF THIS BODY.
THAT APPROPRIATION DID NOT HAPPEN.
AND THEREFORE, WE HAD FOLKS THAT WERE WORKING IN THE JAIL AND ON THE MEDICAL SIDE IN POSITIONS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED.
SO WE CANNOT DIG INTO OUR EMERGENCY RESERVE FUNDS.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE TONIGHT AND THE CRUX OF THIS IS SIMPLY MOVING MONEY AROUND.
AT ANY GIVEN TIME THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS A 40% VACANCY RATE AS FAR AS JAILERS ARE CONCERNED.
THAT MEANS THAT FROM JANUARY UNTIL NOW, ON AVERAGE, THERE'S BEEN A 40% VACANCY RATE IN THE JAIL.
THAT'S UNSPENT MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET.
YOU ALL REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO DO THE SALARY SWEEPS? ANYONE WHO WAS HERE HAS BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME CONCEPT OF A SALARY SWEEP.
AND WE WANT TO MOVE THAT TO THE LINE ITEM FOR JAIL MEDICAL.
SO JAIL MEDICAL HAS THE FUNDS THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GET THEM THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND TO BE SOLVENT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT TURNKEY HAS NOW REMOVED THESE PERSONNEL FROM THE JAIL AND THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AS LONG AS WE RESOLVE THIS THIS EVENING.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM IN 2024 AND GOING FORWARD.
I WOULD I WOULD AT THIS POINT IN TIME DEFER TO MR. HUTCHENS OR MR. BLAGG TO SEE IF I MISSED ANYTHING OR MISREPRESENTED ANYTHING.
NO, I MEAN, THERE'S CURRENTLY 79 VACANT POSITIONS IN DETENTION.
ABOUT 40 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT MONTHS TO TWO YEARS.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A STRETCH FINDING THE POSITIONS OF THE VACANCY MONEY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
[00:05:09]
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.AND I GUESS THIS MAY BE THE JUDGE ADJUSTING THE HUTCH.
UH, YOU SAY ANYWHERE FROM YOU SAID 79 POSITIONS THAT'S VACANT, ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT MONTHS TO.
SO I GOT THE THE VACANCY LIST AS OF AUGUST 11TH.
OKAY. AND IN THE DETENTION SIDE, YOU HAVE 79 VACANCIES TOTAL.
OKAY. AND I ACTUALLY HAD HIGHLIGHTED THEM ON THAT SHEET AND IT DIDN'T COME OUT VERY WELL.
BUT IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE VERY FAR RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE DATES THAT THEY WERE, THEY BECAME VACANT.
SO IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE DETENTION SIDE, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT SINCE, YOU KNOW, JANUARY 22, FEBRUARY OF 21, DECEMBER OF 2020.
SO SOME OF THESE POSITIONS HAVE GONE UNFILLED FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT I THINK THAT SORT OF SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME COVER AS TO WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, ALL THESE POSITIONS WOULD BE SOMEHOW FILLED UP.
SO. RIGHT. AND JUST AND I THINK I DON'T HAVE THAT SOMEHOW.
I DON'T HAVE THAT SAME SHEET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT AMOUNT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? DO WE KNOW THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THOSE VACANT POSITIONS? THANK YOU. SO I'VE GOT THE SHEET NOW.
DO WE KNOW A TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THOSE POSITIONS? WHAT, THAT TOTAL OF THE 79 POSITIONS ARE? YEAH. NO, I DON'T. OKAY.
THANK YOU I YIELD. THANK YOU, JUSTICE KEITH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU. I GUESS THERE WOULD BE NONE.
IF NOT, JUSTIN, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. MISS LEWISON? YES. MISS MCMULLEN? YES. MISS MASSEY? AYE. MR. KEITH? YES. MISS GREEN'S NOT HERE.
MR. ROBINSON STOWERS? YES. MR. ELLIOTT. SEVEN AYES, ZERO NAYS.
OKAY, THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
AND IF THERE BE NO OTHER COMMENTS, WELL, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
[Announcements]
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? JUST COMMENTS.NO PUBLIC COMMENT. JUST A REMINDER.
SO ON THE 29TH, WE DO HAVE THE CPSM WILL BE GIVING THEIR ZOOM OVERVIEW OF THE ASSESSMENT.
AND SO JUST PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS.
I KNOW IT'S SORT OF A BUSY MONTH, BUT.
SO THAT'S IT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.