[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP WITH AN INVOCATION BY JUSTICE PEARSON, PERSON I DON'T KNOW WHY [INAUDIBLE] AND FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JUSTICE LEWISON. IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS GLORIOUS DAY YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR US.
DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
BLESS PLEASE BLESS US WITH WISE DECISION MAKING.
THESE BLESSINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN.
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.
DONNA, DID YOU. DID YOU HAVE YOUR MIC? DID YOU? WERE YOU TRYING TO GET MY ATTENTION? WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MISS DAVIS. HERE.
HERE. MISS LEWISON. HERE. MISS BLACKWOOD. HERE.
MR. PERSON. HERE. MISS MASSEY. HERE. MISS CURRY.
PRESENT. MR. KEITH. HERE. MISS WARD. HERE. MISS BAKER.
HERE. MR. ROBINSON. HERE. MR. MCCOY. HERE. MR. STOWERS. PRESENT. MR. ELLIOTT HERE. AND MISS MEDLOCK.
YOU HAVE 15 PRESENT. 15 PRESENT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM FIVE?
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
MOTION. SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE APPROVE OUR MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? OUR MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE'LL JUMP INTO OUR NEW BUSINESS.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25 -I -11. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET.
[25-I-11 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE ELEVENTH DIVISION CIRCUIT COURT’S VETERAN TREATMENT COURT. ]
PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE 11TH DIVISION CIRCUIT COURTS, VETERAN TREATMENT COURT. JUSTICE CAPPS. I MOVE TO SEND IT TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.AND JUSTICE CAPPS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? SO THESE ARE GRANT PASS THROUGH FUNDS THAT WERE ACQUIRED FROM THE COUNTY FOR A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT.
IT WAS NOT A SMALL AMOUNT, SO IT WAS QUITE A COUP TO GET THE FUNDS.
YEAH. SO THE ONE THAT WENT OUT THERE, THERE WAS SOME NUMBERS THAT HADN'T BEEN CALCULATED CORRECTLY.
IT'S JUST WE'LL CHALK IT UP AS A SCRIBE ERROR AND I'LL I'LL TAKE THE LICK ON IT.
SO THERE'S NO AMENDMENT. IT WAS JUST. NO, NO IT WAS THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
THEY CAME OVER, WE CHECKED WITH THEM. SO IT WAS JUST THE NUMBERS WERE NOT WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE OVERALL AMOUNT. OKAY. LINE ITEM NUMBERS.
OKAY. NO. JUSTIN HAS SAID IT WILL BE CORRECTED FOR THE FULL COURT.
RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? THERE BEING NONE AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-11.
MISS DAVIS. MISS CAPPS. MISS LEWISON. MISS BLACKWOOD.
MR. PERSON. MISS MASSEY. MISS CURRY AYE. MR. KEITH.
YES. MISS WARD YES. MISS YOUNG-BAKER AYE. MR. ROBINSON AYE. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. STOWERS. YES.
MR. ELLIOTT. YES. AND MISS MEDLOCK. 15 AYES. 15 AYES.
WE WILL SEND 25-I-11 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
[25-I-12 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT. ]
ARKANSAS TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.JUSTICE MEDLOCK. I RECOMMEND THAT IT BE PASSED TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN JUSTICE MEDLOCK. I BELIEVE JUSTIN, CAN YOU ELABORATE?
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I THINK THIS IS JUST A STANDARD, ISN'T IT? YEAH IT'S A STANDARD PASS THROUGH FOR THE CSU, IT'S MONTHLY.I'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH WITH THE SAME THING. OKAY.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-12? CALL] 15 AYES. 15 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-12 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
[25-I-13 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE DISTRICT COURT AUTOMATION FUNDS INTO THE DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT. ]
ARKANSAS TO APPROPRIATE DISTRICT COURT AUTOMATION FUNDS INTO THE DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT.JUSTICE WARD. OH, I RECOMMEND A DO PASS TO THE WHOLE QUORUM COURT.
JUSTICE WARD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? JUSTIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? IT'S JUST IT'S MOVING THE FUNDS THAT THEY COLLECT, I BELIEVE, FROM FEES FROM THE AUTOMATION FUND INTO THEIR M&OS SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE FUNDS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? THERE BEING NONE. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-13? CALL] IT'S 15 AYES. 15 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-13 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION. AMY, PLEASE READ 25-I-15.
[25-I-15 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ]
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. JUSTICE STOWERS. MOVE WE SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.JUSTICE STOWERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? WELL, I BELIEVE MR. TRAFFANSTEDT IS HERE, AND HE'S SET HERE THROUGH TWO, TWO MEETINGS.
AND SO THIS IS HIS TIME TO SHINE, MR. TRAFFANSTEDT.
ALL RIGHT. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
YES. THIS IS JUST REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS. WE HAVE A SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO HONOR IT'S CALLED THE EMAC AGREEMENTS EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE COMPACT TO OTHER STATES, WHERE IT'S A STATE TO STATE ASSISTANCE. DURING THE HURRICANE MILTON IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD A REQUEST TO SEND SOME OF OUR RESCUE TECHNICIANS, ALONG WITH THE ARKANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD.
WE ARE WE PROVIDE THE RESCUE TECHNICIANS ON THE HOIST OFF THE BLACK HAWK AND OR THE DAKOTAS.
SO WE SENT A COMPLEMENT OF PERSONNEL DOWN THERE TO MAN THE BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS AND ASSIST THEM.
SO IT'S JUST TO BASICALLY TO RECOUP THE MONEY AND APPROPRIATE IT.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAVE JUST A QUICK ONE.
OKAY. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU, SIR, AT THE HELM OF OUR DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
YOU DO YOUR JOB WELL, YOU DO IT HUMBLY, AND YOU ARE ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME WHENEVER THERE ARE EMERGENCIES, WHETHER THEY BE TORNADOES OR ANYTHING ANY OTHER KIND OF EMERGENCY HERE IN PULASKI COUNTY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR MANY YEARS TO THIS COUNTY.
AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I YIELD, MR. KEITH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.
THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-15.
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CALL] IT'S 15 AYES. 15 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-15 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.WE DO HAVE A LATE FILING, BUT JUSTICE DAVIS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE WE GO TO THE FINAL? I CAN WAIT TILL THE END. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND BECAUSE IT'S LATE, WE DON'T HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION FOR 25-I-16?
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I'M GOING TO ADD THIS TO THIS TONIGHT AND ADD THIS TO OUR AGENDA.SECOND. OKAY. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE HEAR 25-I-16.
DO WE NEED TO CALL THE ROLL? NO. OKAY. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-16.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT GRANT RSAT FUNDS FOR THE PULASKI COUNTY REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY.
JUSTICE YOUNG-BAKER. I MOVE I MOVE TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN JUSTICE YOUNG-BAKER.
IT'S FOR RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT TO HELP THEM WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE, I BELIEVE, IN THE FACILITY TO HELP THEM FIND DRUG TREATMENT FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY AS PART OF THEIR TRANSITION FROM DETENTION INTO A CLEAN, HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
THAT'S IS THAT ACCURATE? SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE SENT TO OUTSIDE FACILITIES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU CAN YOU CAN COME UP SHARE. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT.
GOOD EVENING. AGAIN THIS IS A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
IT PAYS FOR TREATMENT PROGRAMS ONCE PEOPLE LEAVE, BUT ALSO PROVIDES A PROGRAM THROUGH FUTURE FIT, THROUGH PULASKI TECH THAT'S BEEN TEACHING CLASSES IN THE FACILITY.
THOSE FUNDINGS STOP FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND THIS IS FUNDING THAT WILL CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM AND ALSO PROVIDE FOR SOME ASSISTANCE IN, IN THE HOUSING AND PROVIDES FOR PART TIME CASE MANAGERS TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS LEAVING THE FACILITY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SHERIFF JONES, I SEE AT LEAST ONE LIGHT.
JUSTICE BLACKWOOD. YES. I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THIS ORDINANCE.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. SO THANK YOU, SHERIFF. OH. ALL RIGHT. JUSTICE DAVIS.
MY QUESTION. I HEARD YOU SAY FOR A SOCIAL WORKER, IT'S NOT A CASE MANAGER.
CASE MANAGER? ARE THEY CURRENT EMPLOYEES? NO.
THESE WOULD BE PART TIME POSITIONS. SO THIS IS GRANT MONEY.
SO IT'S ONE TIME MONEY, RIGHT? SO WE'RE. HOW CAN WE? I AM NEW, THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND TERM, SO BEAR WITH ME AND EXPLAIN BUT HOW CAN WE DO THAT WITH GRANT MONEY WHEN IF THEY'RE STILL EMPLOYED AND THE GRANT MONEY IS OUT, WHAT DO WE DO THEN? SO WHAT WE'LL PURSUE IS ADDITIONAL GRANTS.
AND IN TALKING, YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS GUARANTEED ON GRANTS.
BUT TALKING WITH THE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, WITH THE STATE THERE'S ANTICIPATION THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER GRANT THAT WILL EXTEND THIS FOR ANOTHER YEAR, BUT THAT'S NOT GUARANTEED.
I YIELD. OKAY, SHERIFF LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE OF LIGHTS.
JUSTICE CURRY, DID YOU HAVE ANY? I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED.
OKAY. JUSTICE CURRY, ADD. PLEASE ADD AS A SPONSOR.
JUSTICE STOWERS. YES. AND JUST TO ADD ON WHAT THE SHERIFF JUST SAID.
AND THAT IS THAT WHEN WE APPROVE POSITIONS VIA A GRANT, EVERYONE REALIZES, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE GRANT SO THE POSITION CAN STAY FUNDED.
BUT IT'S BEEN THE TRADITION AND THE PRACTICE OF THIS BODY FOR THE LAST 15 OR 20 YEARS THAT WE DO NOT IF THE GRANT RUNS OUT, THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE EMPLOYEES GIVEN THAT THE FUNDING RESOURCE IS NO LONGER THERE. CORRECT. AND THE SHERIFF ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I YIELD. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SHERIFF.
THANK YOU. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-16?
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CALL] 15 AYES, 15 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-16 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.SO WHERE ARE WE NOW, PEOPLE? IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION? RESOLUTION FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] ROUNDABOUT. THAT WAS IN 2020.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO ANOTHER ONE NOW.
I KNOW THERE IS NO TEETH TO IT, BUT WE AS A QUORUM COURT HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE ROADS.
SO CAN WE HAVE A RESOLUTION? BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU, MISS DAVIS.
THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY I YIELD. THANK YOU. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO NOW LET'S LET'S GO BACK TO IT. DID WE WAS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YES. YES. OKAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. MR. KEITH, SO ADJOURN THIS ISN'T, LIKE, OFFICIALLY, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE BUSINESS.
[Announcements]
BUT YOU DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE THAT IS A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ASSOCIATION OF ARKANSAS COUNTIES.YOU GUYS GENERALLY SELECT ONE OF YOUR OWN TO SERVE AS A REPRESENTATIVE, TO BE ONE OF 75, I BELIEVE, WHO WHO SERVES AS A REPRESENTATIVE. SO I KNOW I SENT THAT EMAIL OUT.
BUT I THINK TONIGHT WOULD BE THE NIGHT TO MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS.
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE BY APRIL. APRIL.
OKAY. YEAH. OH JUSTICE CURRY, DID YOU HAVE. YES.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ASK. YES, MA'AM. OKAY.
IS THAT A IS THAT A WAS THAT A RECOMMENDATION? WELL NO, I'M JUST ASKING. OKAY. I'LL MOVE THAT.
AND DO WE HAVE TO. CAN WE. YEAH I THINK I THINK THE PROPER WAY.
THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO SPECIFY IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO JUST DO A ONE YEAR OR A TWO YEAR.
NOT THAT YOU'RE ASKING MY OPINION, BUT A TWO YEAR TERM IS PROBABLY MORE PALATABLE TO THE PERSON SERVING, AND THEY WOULD JUST SERVE THROUGH THEIR TERM. YEAH.
SO YOU RECOMMENDED HIM FOR A TWO YEAR? OKAY. IF YOU SERVE IN THE TERM.
YEAH I RECOMMEND. AND JUSTICE STOWERS MADE A SECOND.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WAY TO GO.
CONGRATULATIONS. OH, WELL, WELL, WELL, LET ME CONGRATULATE YOU FIRST.
OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. ALRIGHT. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY.
NOT ABOUT ME, BUT IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US. YES. OKAY.
I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE CALL ME AND THE OTHER JP'S AND BILL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO WRITE THIS DOWN BECAUSE YOU'LL NEED TO LOOK AT IT WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE OR GO HOME TONIGHT.
CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE? I'M SORRY.
SSB227. IT'S A NEW BILL THAT IS ABOUT QUORUM COURT ABOUT PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND I COULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND IF YOU LIKE IT, CALL THE STATE REP AND TELL THEM THAT YOU SUPPORT IT.
OKAY, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY AND LET YOU ALL READ IT.
THE REAL NUMBER IS S S B. SAM SAM BOY 227.
AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT WHERE YOU CAN READ IT THOUGH.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU'D LIKE IT, CALL YOUR REPS.
SORRY. IT'S A TERRIBLE BILL. OH, IT WAS. IT WAS A DECENT BILL.
OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING.
OH. I'M OKAY, I'M TIRED. NO, NO. MISS MASSEY.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON. JUSTICE MASSEY. THE LOST AND FOUND ISSUE.
I LEFT MY UMBRELLA HERE, AND I DON'T SEE IT. ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT
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SOMETHING? OKAY. HOLD ON. OKAY. TINA. JUSTICE. JUSTICE WARD HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.MY BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY. OH, WELL. WOW. ALL RIGHT.
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY. ALL RIGHT. ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT.
MY BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY, MARCH 16TH. HEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
SAME BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS A BIRTHDAY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH HOW ABOUT THAT? THAT IS IRONIC. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. IT MUST BE NICE TO BE 35.
OF COURSE. THAT'S IT. THANK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.