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[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR VISITORS TONIGHT, AND THANK ESPECIALLY OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HERE TO ATTEND OUR QUORUM COURT MEETING.

AND SO WE WILL OPEN UP AND BEGIN THE APRIL QUORUM COURT MEETING FOR 2024.

AND I'VE I THINK JUSTICE STOWERS HAS VOLUNTEERED TO GIVE US AN INVOCATION, WHICH IS OUR TRADITION.

AND THEN JUSTICE LEWISON IS GOING TO LEAD US IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEASE STAND AND..

HEAVENLY FATHER, GOOD GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR BLESSINGS AND GOODNESS AND AND MERCY TOWARDS US.

WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THOSE AROUND THE WORLD.

WHETHER THEY BE IN ISRAEL OR IN PALESTINE, WHETHER THEY BE IN RUSSIA OR UKRAINE. WHAT? WHETHER THEY BE IN CHINA OR TAIWAN.

YOU WOULD SOFTEN PEOPLE'S HEARTS, SOFTEN SOULS TO TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO COME TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF, OF PEACE AND TRANQUILITY OF HUMANITY.

WE ASK THAT WE DO OUR SMALL PART HERE ON A COUNTY LEVEL TONIGHT TO PROMULGATE PEACE AND TO PROMULGATE GOODNESS AND PROSPERITY.

ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME.

AMEN. AMEN.

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.

YOU KNOW. HELP! JUSTIN. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? HELLO? CERTAINLY.

MISS DAVIS. HERE.

CAPS. HERE.

LEWISON HERE.

MISS BLACKWOOD HERE.

MISS MASSEY.

MISS CURRIE. PRESENT.

MR. KEITH. HERE, MISS GREEN.

MR. ROBINSON. HERE.

MR. MCCOY HERE.

MR. STOWERS.

PRESENT. ELLIOTT.

HERE. MISS MATLOCK.

HERE. MISS MCMULLEN.

HERE.

12 PRESENT.

TWO ABSENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

AND MEMBERS IN YOUR PACKAGES THIS WEEK.

YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING.

HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.

AND WHEN? WHEN SOMEONE'S READY, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADOPT.

MOTION TO ADOPT? SECOND. MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION TO ADOPT.

YOU HEARD A SECOND FOR THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO LAST MONTH'S MINUTES? THERE BEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE SO BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.

[6. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Agenda Committee Budget Committee]

MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE, WILL YOU READ FOR US THE AGENDA AND THE BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORTS.

APRIL 23RD, 2024 TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE PULASKI COUNTY QUORUM COURT.

WE YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE BUDGET, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ITEMS 24I20 BEG LEAVE TO REPORT THAT WE'VE HAD THE SAME UNDER CONSIDERATION, AND HEREWITH RETURN THE SAME WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DO PASS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.

DONNA MASSEY CHAIR.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER COMMITTEE REPORT? YOU ONLY SAID BUDGET, MA'AM.

I ALSO PLEAD REFORCE THE REPORT FROM BUDGET.

DO WE HAVE? SO I JUST READ THE RUN ON BUDGET, BUT THE AGENDA COMMITTEE.

OH, I'M SORRY, I.

OKAY. GOT IT. MY AGENDA IS IN DIFFERENT ORDER THAN WHAT YOURS IS AND WHEN I GET STUCK PAYING ATTENTION, I'M STUCK.

YES, YES. THANK YOU.

APRIL 23RD, 2024.

TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE PULASKI COUNTY QUORUM COURT.

WE, YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE AGENDA, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ITEMS 24I 18, 24I19 BEG LEAVE TO REPORT.

WE'VE HAD THE SAME UNDER CONSIDERATION AND HEREWITH RETURNED THE SAME WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DO PASS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED CURTIS A KEITH CHAIR.

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THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

NOW I KNOW WHY YOU READ THE BUDGET FIRST, BECAUSE IT WAS CHAIR DONNA MASSEY INSTEAD OF THIS GUY TO MY RIGHT HERE ON ON THE AGENDA COMMITTEE.

[7. SIMMONS BANK ARENA REPORT: Ms. Becky Barnes-Campbell, Chair, Multi-Purpose Civic Center Facilities Board Mr. Michael Marion, General Manager, Simmons Bank Arena Mr. Jared Lillard, Director of Finance, Simmons Bank Arena]

MEMBERS AS ALL OF YOU KNOW THE SIMMONS BANK ARENA BOARD HAS OVERSIGHT FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITIES BOARD.

AND ANNUALLY, THE ALL STARS FROM THAT TEAM SHOW UP TO GIVE US A BRIEFING ON THE ANNUAL AUDIT, AND THEY'RE HERE TO DO THAT.

AND, MICHAEL, ARE YOU OR.

JARED? BECKY IS GOING TO.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE.

WAIT A MINUTE, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME.

AND I'M KIND OF SHORT, SO THANK YOU, JUDGE HYDE AND MEMBERS OF THE COURT.

MY NAME IS BECKY BARNES CAMPBELL.

I'M THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE MULTI-PURPOSE CIVIC CENTER FACILITIES BOARD, BETTER KNOWN AS SIMMONS BANK ARENA.

WE ARE HAPPILY CELEBRATING OUR 25TH YEAR.

YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT 2022 WAS AN ANOMALY OF A YEAR FOLLOWING COVID, AND WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE EXPERIENCING ANOTHER ONE LIKE THAT ANYTIME SOON.

WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT OUR 2023 AUDIT.

YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PREPARED BY OUR AUDITOR FOR THIS.

ONCE AGAIN, THEY HAVE ISSUED OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITH A CLEAN, UNQUALIFIED OPINION.

WE HAD A GOOD WE HAVE A GOOD EVENT SCHEDULE IN 20 OR PARDON ME, WE HAD A GOOD EVENT SCHEDULE IN 2023 WITH SHOWS LIKE KENNY CHESNEY, RINGO STARR, FANTASIA AND JOE AND A SOLD OUT RAZORBACK BASKETBALL GAME.

WE WERE ABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR CAPITAL RESERVES WHILE CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN AND UPDATE THE ARENA ACCORDING TO OUR INDUSTRY STANDARDS.

IN 2023, WE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW ROOF AND BEGAN FULL SCALE LANDSCAPING RENOVATION.

YOU SHOULD DRIVE BY SOMETIME AND SEE IT.

WE'RE ON TRACK FOR A GREAT 2024.

STEVIE NICKS WAS AN EXCELLENT SHOW WITH OVER 13,000 IN ATTENDANCE.

WE HAD TWO SOLD OUT ZACH BRYAN SHOWS IN MAY, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HOST JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND CHRIS STAPLETON IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT GENERAL MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WELL, MISS BARNES, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR THE LAST YEAR AND HOPEFULLY, I GUESS YOU'LL BE THERE FOR ANOTHER YEAR ANYWAYS.

AND CERTAINLY HATS OFF TO MICHAEL MARION, WHO'S NOT JUST A REGIONAL OR A NATIONAL CELEBRITY AMONGST VENUE MANAGERS.

HE IS AN INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY.

AND HE'S, HE'S HE'S SMILING REAL BIG.

BECAUSE HE'S, HE DOESN'T TAKE COMPLIMENTS WELL, BUT THAT IS A FACT.

AND JARED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN FINANCE.

AND JUST APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS.

AND I THINK I DO HAVE A COMMENT FROM JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PAUL ELLIOTT, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THE QUESTION OR THE COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, I SAID THIS LAST YEAR, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN.

Y'ALL DONE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND THAT PAINT JOB SURE DID LOOK GOOD.

THANK YOU. IT TURNED OUT GOOD.

IT SURE DID. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

JUSTICE STOWERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A COMMENT.

THANK YOU JUDGE.

MR. MARION, YOU WERE HIRED ON THE FRONT END OF OF THIS SITUATION.

I THINK YOU WERE ACTUALLY HIRED BEFORE THE ARENA ACTUALLY OPENED.

BEFORE IT DIDN'T OPEN WITH THAT LAKERS GAME WHERE WE HAD A BEAM ISSUE.

AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OLD MEN LIKE ME WILL REMEMBER THAT FROM THE LATE 90S.

HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO SAY, AS A MEMBER OF THIS BODY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IT'S BEEN VERY REFRESHING THAT EVERY YEAR, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE A DOWN YEAR YOU HAVE THE RESERVE SET ASIDE.

YOU YOU DO WHAT YOU DO.

AND YOU DON'T.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'VE CAME AND ASKED THE QUORUM COURT TO SUBSIDIZE THE ARENA IF YOU WOULD.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN IS THAT WE OPENED THAT ARENA IN 1999, DEBT FREE, WITH WITH NO DEBT SERVICE.

AND THAT WAS UNHEARD OF IN THIS COUNTRY FOR PUBLIC ARENAS TO BE TO OPEN WITHOUT DEBT SERVICE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE LEGACY.

THROUGH SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS HERE, OR AT LEAST TWO ADMINISTRATIONS HERE.

AND FOR AND I COULD I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION JARED.

HE MIGHT GET GET UPSET WITH ME, BUT IT IT CERTAINLY IS REFRESHING TO BE SITTING HERE AND TO HEAR GOOD REPORTS YEAR AFTER YEAR AND AND

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NOT BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE ARENA AND THE ARENA BOARD IS, IS LOOKING TO THE QUORUM COURT TO SUBSIDIZE AND PULASKI COUNTY TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDIZE. SO THANK YOU ALL THREE FOR AND THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR WHAT YOU DO TO MAKE THE ARENA SUCCESSFUL. AND IT WAS THE PREFACES OF THE GROWTH OF THE DOWNTOWN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, LITTLE ROCK AREAS.

AND WE'RE IT'S A IT'S A BRIGHT AND SHINING STAR, I BELIEVE IN PULASKI COUNTY'S CAP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS.

HELLO, BECKY, MICHAEL, JARED WE APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD WORK AND YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAD ACROSS THE RIVER TO THE BASEBALL GAME, WE UNDERSTAND, OR YOU'RE WELCOME TO TO REMAIN HERE FOR THE ESTIMATED THREE HOUR MEETING.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MEMBERS, WE HAVE NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

MOVES ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO MANY OF YOU, BUT PLEASE TRUST ME.

YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THAT THERE'S A RESOLUTION.

MEMORIALIZING PERHAPS OUR BEST STATESMAN EVER FROM ARKANSAS SENATOR DAVID PRYOR. AND SO, IN ORDER TO READ THAT RESOLUTION, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

YOU'VE HEARD A SECOND TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE SO BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. NOW MEMBERS, LET ME GET THE RESOLUTION

[Additional Item]

INTRODUCED, MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY.

YOU ALSO, YOU ALMOST BECAME THE CHAIR.

I'LL TAKE IT. WELL, WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS OUR CLERK.

THANK YOU. A MEMORIAL RESOLUTION BEING ENACTED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF THE COUNTY OF PULASKI, STATE OF ARKANSAS.

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED A RESOLUTION OF QUORUM COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY COMMEMORATING FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR DAVID PRYOR FOR HIS IMPACT ON THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND HIS EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO ITS CITIZENS.

WHEREAS FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR DAVID PRYOR PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 20TH, 2024, AND WHEREAS SENATOR PRYOR WAS BORN IN CAMDEN, ARKANSAS ON AUGUST 29TH, 1934 TO WILLIAM EDGAR AND SUSAN NEWTON PRYOR, THE THIRD OR FOURTH OR FOUR CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS DAVID PRYOR BEGAN HIS POLITICAL CAREER WHEN HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO TO BE TO REPRESENT OUACHITA COUNTY IN THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AT THE AGE OF 26, AND WHEREAS, DAVID PRYOR ALSO HELD PUBLIC OFFICE AS A US CONGRESSMAN REPRESENTING ARKANSAS'S FOURTH DISTRICT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1966 TO 1973.

AND WHEREAS, ON JANUARY 14TH, 1975, DAVID PRYOR BECAME THE 39TH GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL JANUARY 3RD, 1979, WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE AS A UNITED STATES SENATOR AND WHEREAS SENATOR PRYOR SERVED IN THE US SENATE FOR 18 YEARS, LEAVING OFFICE IN JANUARY 1997, AND WHEREAS WHILE SERVING AS US SENATOR, PRYOR SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGING AND SECRETARY OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, AND WHEREAS.

AFTER HIS SENATE CAREER, PRYOR CONTINUED HIS PUBLIC SERVICE BY SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY FROM SEPTEMBER 2008 TO JANUARY 2009, AND WHEREAS, SENATOR PRYOR ALSO WAS ALSO THE SOLE INCORPORATOR OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION IN 1997, AND LATER THAT YEAR WAS NAMED ONE OF THE THREE ORIGINAL TRUSTEES.

AND WHEREAS SENATOR PRYOR WAS NAMED THE FOUNDING DEAN OF THE CLINTON SCHOOL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN 2004, AND ALSO SERVED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND WHEREAS, IN ADDITION TO THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SENATOR PRYOR WAS ABOUT APPOINTED TO THE INCORPORATION OF PUBLIC BROADCASTS, SERVING FROM 2006 AND IN 2000. WELL, I'M SORRY, 2014, AND ACTING AS VICE CHAIR FROM 2010 TO 2011.

AND WHEREAS SENATOR PRYOR WAS A CONSUMMATE STATE STATESMAN WHO SPENT HIS CAREER WORKING ACROSS PARTY LINES, BUILDING CONSENSUS AMONGST HIS PEERS AND TIRELESSLY WORKING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF HIS FELLOW ARKANSANS.

AND WHEREAS SENATOR PRYOR HAD A POSITIVE AND LASTING INFLUENCE AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT HE SERVED, AND CAN BE CREDITED WITH CULTIVATING A GENERATION OF CIVIC MINDED

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LEADERS. AND WHEREAS SENATOR PRYOR IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 66 YEARS, BARBARA LUNSFORD PRYOR, THREE SONS AND THEIR WIVES, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD, AS WELL AS OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

AND WHEREAS THE QUORUM COURT WISHES TO COMMEMORATE SENATOR PRYOR'S IMPACT ON PULASKI COUNTY AND THE ENTIRE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND WHEREAS THE QUORUM COURT WISHES TO OFFER ITS SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF SENATOR PRYOR AND THE LOSS OF THIS GREAT MAN, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE QUORUM COURT OF THE PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THAT IT DOES HEREBY COMMEMORATE FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR DAVID PRYOR FOR HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SERVICE TO PULASKI COUNTY AND THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AND TO OFFER ITS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO SENATOR PRYOR'S FAMILY.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK AND MEMBERS, I'LL I WOULD APPRECIATE A MOTION TO ADOPT.

MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND.

ARE THERE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION? THERE BEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE SO BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT, MADAM CLERK.

AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

[24-I-18 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 23-OR-47 (2024 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY RECORDER’S COST FUND FOR BUILDING AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.]

AND BEGIN WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 24I18.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 23 OR 47 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE COUNTY. COUNTY RECORDER'S COST FUND FOR BUILDING AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THE MOTION? YES, I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.

SECOND MEMBERS.

YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ORDINANCE 24 I 18? NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 24I18.

CALL] 14 AYES, ZERO NAYS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK AND JUSTICE MASSEY YOU PASSED YOUR ORDINANCE SO, MADAM CLERK, WHEN YOU GET IT UP, PLEASE READ FOR US NOW.

[24-I-19 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 23-OR-47 (2024 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE DETENTION MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. ]

ORDINANCE 24I19.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 23OR47 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE DETENTION MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

JUSTICE STOWERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THE MOTION.

MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION.

SECOND. SECOND.

MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

YOU'VE HEARD A SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING ORDINANCE 24I19? MADAM CLERK BEING NONE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 24I19.

14 AYES, ZERO NAYS.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CLERK.

JUSTICE STOWERS, YOU PASSED YOUR ORDINANCE 24I19.

PLEASE READ FOR US NOW, MA'AM.

[24-I-20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 23-OR-47 (2024 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO CREATE A COUNTY CONTINGENCY FUND; TO RECOGNIZE REVENUE FROM CARRYOVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND, THE EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND AND THE CONTINGENCY FUND; AND TO APPROPRIATE GENERAL FUND CARRYOVER MONEY INTO THE GENERAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT. ]

THE ORDINANCE 24I20.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 23OR47 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO CREATE A COUNTY CONTINGENCY FUND TO RECOGNIZE REVENUE FROM CARRY OVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND, THE EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND, AND THE CONTINGENCY FUND, AND TO APPROPRIATE GENERAL FUND CARRYOVER MONEY INTO THE GENERAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.

JUSTICE MASSEY. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT MOTION.

YES, I MOVE THE ADOPTION.

SECOND. MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

YOU'VE HEARD THE SECOND. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING ORDINANCE 24I20.

THERE BEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 24 I 20.

YOU A EAGER THERE, HUH MR. STOWERS? I WAS JUST GOING TO TRY AND IGNORE THAT MAN.

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14 EYES, ZERO NAYS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

AND JUSTICE MASSEY, YOU AND YOUR BUDGET COMMITTEE HAVE PASSED THE ORDINANCE 24I20 AND MEMBERS, THIS ADJOURNS THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS BY MEMBERS OF THE QUORUM COURT? JUSTIN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? VERY GOOD. WE'RE WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.