Apr 08, 2025 Agenda Committee

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE IF THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND GRAB THEIR SEATS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING STARTED. EVEN THOUGH WE WE'VE GOT A FEW MISSING, WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM. SO NO SENSE IN DELAYING AMEN.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP WITH AN INVOCATION BY JUSTICE STOWERS.

AND IF THERE'S A VOLUNTEER TO LEAD IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JUSTICE.

LEWISON. AND IF WE'LL IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? ALMIGHTY. ALL KNOWING GOD. WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUNSHINE TODAY AND YESTERDAY.

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AROUND OUR REGION AND AROUND OUR COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK. WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE THIS EVENING TOGETHER AS ONE.

AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR PROCEEDINGS.

LET EVERYTHING BE DONE DECENTLY AND IN ORDER.

LET US TREAT EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS AND WITH GRACE.

I PRAY 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.

WE THANK EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR OPENING RITUAL.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CALL].

SO YOU HAVE ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. TEN PRESENT.

TEN PRESENT. WE CAN DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I WAS LOOKING AT A MINUTE AND IT SAYS THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY JUSTICE MASSEY.

AND I THOUGHT I SAID, WELL, MAYBE SHE'S TRYING TO TRICK US TO SEE WHO ACTUALLY READ THE MINUTES.

NO, I PROBABLY JUST COPIED FROM THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND I OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO. SO WITH THAT CORRECTION, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ALL THAT'S IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, CAN YOU SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED OUR MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

I SEE A FEW OTHER INDIVIDUALS. WOW. LOOK AT EVERYBODY JUST COMING IN.

WE GOT JUSTIN MCCOY JUSTICE MEDLOCK AND JUSTICE MASSEY JOINING US.

THAT WILL TAKE US UP TO 1313.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS, SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR NEW BUSINESS.

[25-I-20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.]

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET.

PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.

JUSTICE CAPPS MOVE TO SEND IT TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND, A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 25-I-20 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

JUSTICE CAPPS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? SO THESE ARE MONTHLY REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.

HOUSEKEEPING. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ABSOLUTELY.

TO BE ADDED. AS ADDED AS A SPONSOR, I'D LIKE TO ADD ALSO.

AMY. CAT. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, NO COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, JUSTICE CAPS. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-20.

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AMY. PLEASE READ. 25 I 21 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 16-OR-16 PULASKI COUNTY TRAVEL POLICY TO MAKE TECHNICAL

[25-I-21 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 16-OR-16 (PULASKI COUNTY TRAVEL POLICY) TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.]

SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 25-I-21 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH RECOMMENDED TO PASS.

JUSTICE MCCOY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? I'M SURE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, JUSTIN WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THEM.

OKAY. IF I HAD TO GUESS JUSTIN. I WOULD IF THE QUESTION IS SO THIS WOULD BE REALLY TO KIND OF CLARIFY AND CLEAN UP THE TRAVEL POLICY. WHEN THE POLICY WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, IT WAS ACTUALLY MUCH LONGER, AND IT HAD TWO SECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES AND THEN ONE SECTION FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THAT ORDINANCE BECOMING AN ORDINANCE, IT WAS BASICALLY SORT OF WHITTLED DOWN INTO ONE NARRATIVE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. BUT THERE WAS A PROVISION IN THERE THAT PROVIDED THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS COULD OPT INTO ESSENTIALLY ITEMIZING ALL OF THEIR STUFF DOWN TO THE STICK OF GUM. BUT NOBODY'S DOING IT. NOBODY WAS DOING IT.

IT'S CONFUSING. SO JUST REMOVE IT FOR SIMPLICITY.

EVERYONE'S BASICALLY OPERATING IN THE SAME PLAYING FIELD.

SO IT'S TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT KEEP IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND JUST MAKES THE TRAVEL POLICY MORE CLEAR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUSTIN. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? MR. ELLIOTT. JUSTICE ELLIOTT WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-21, MISS MEDLOCK.

. 13 AYES. 13 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-21 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

[25-I-23 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE EDWARD BYRNE JAG GRANT FUNDS FOR THE SHERIFF’S ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.]

PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE EDWARD BYRNE JAG GRANT FUNDS FOR THE SHERIFF'S ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.

JUSTICE PERSON. YES. THERE IS NO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND.

THESE ARE FUNDS ALREADY APPROVED AND THE REQUEST IS IN LINE WITH THE GRANT PURPOSES.

I MOVE FOR THE TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS.

SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND, AND WE SENT 25-I-23 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

THAT ALSO INCLUDED AN EXPLANATION. DO WE NEED ANYTHING ELSE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN ANY FURTHER OR. I FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE IT JUSTICE.

OKAY. JUSTICE MASSEY. I'D JUST LIKE TO BE ADDED.

OKAY. JUSTICE MASSEY. PLEASE ADD JUSTICE ELLIOTT.

PLEASE ADD JUSTICE MEDLOCK. JUSTICE STOWERS. JUSTICE BLACKWOOD.

JUSTICE ROBINSON. ADD ME, TOO, SINCE YOU'RE ADDING EVERYBODY ELSE.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

JUSTICE BLACKWOOD, YOUR LIGHT IS UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-23.

YES. IF I COULD DOUBLE CHECK THE SPONSORS JUST REAL QUICK.

I'M GOING TO ADD MASSEY, ELLIOTT, MEDLOCK, STOWERS, BLACKWOOD, ROBINSON AND KEITH.

DID I MISS ANYBODY? WARD. I'M ACTUALLY ALREADY ARE YOU ALREADY ON THERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO NOW FOR THE VOTE, 13 AYES. 13 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-23 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-26 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET.

[25-I-26 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO APPROPRIATE CONTINGENCY FUNDS (FUND 1807) FOR THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE VEHICLES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

JUSTICE WARD. YES, I RECOMMEND DO PASS WITH SEND IT TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT

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JUSTICE WARD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN OR DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN FOR YOU? SOMEONE FROM THAT DEPARTMENT? OKAY. COME ON. OKAY.

MAKE SURE YOUR MIC'S HOT, BROTHER. IT'S GOOD.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GREG EVANS.

I'M ONE OF THE TWO ENFORCEMENT MAJORS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SINCE 2023, THE PULASKI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS LOST 15 VEHICLES DUE TO THEM BEING WRECKED.

THOSE VEHICLES WERE DEEMED TOTALED IN THE ARKANSAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.

WROTE A CHECK. PAYING FOR THOSE VEHICLES, WHICH IN RETURN WENT INTO WENT PAID TO THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

WHICH WENT INTO THE GENERAL FUND. IN 2024. 24.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOOK NINE VEHICLES OUT OF SERVICE, EITHER BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL ISSUES THAT BECAUSE OF HIGH MILEAGE, IT WAS DEEMED THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE FIXED.

IT WAS JUST COST INEFFECTIVE. WE HAD THOSE NINE VEHICLES PLACED ON AUCTION AND THOSE FUNDS WENT BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

BETWEEN THOSE TWO, THAT IS THE $184,000 THAT'S ON THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR TONIGHT.

WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE 184,000 BE PLACED BACK INTO THE ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT JUST FOR TO PURCHASE THE VEHICLES.

YES, SIR. IF YOU HOLD TIGHT, LET THE RECORD REFLECT.

JUSTICE CURRIE HAS ARRIVED. JUSTICE STOWERS. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THAT GREAT EXPLANATION.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON THIS ITEM AND THE LAST DEALING WITH YOUR SERVICE REVOLVERS.

FOR FINDING AND ACCOMPLISHING WHAT YOU NEED WITH ALTERNATIVE FUNDS, RATHER THAN COMING AND SEEKING GENERAL FUNDS.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING CREATIVE TO THAT REGARD.

I YIELD. THANK YOU. JUSTICE STOWERS JUSTICE ROBINSON.

THANK YOU. I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS FOR $184,000, HOW MANY VEHICLES DO YOU THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY PURCHASE? ONE. SO CURRENTLY THE LAST BATCH WE BOUGHT WERE THE TAHOES.

THOSE ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE. WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THAT WE CAN GET THE DODGE DURANGOS FOR AROUND $52,000 EACH.

I KNOW ON THE ON THE TAHOES BETWEEN THE PURCHASE PRICE AND THE UPFITTING, WHICH IS THE STRIPING, THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S AROUND $72,000.

SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING BACK TO THE DURANGOS TO TRY TO HELP SAVE SOME MONEY.

AND PLUS, WE GET SOME MORE VEHICLES. SO DO YOU THINK SO THAT'S 22 VEHICLES SINCE 2023 THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF SERVICE.

DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED.

SO 184, YOU CAN GET ROUGHLY THREE VEHICLES AT $70,000.

DO YOU SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ANOTHER 15? YES. SO BASICALLY, IF YOU REMEMBER, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WAS ON A QUORUM COURT IN 2023, I CAME BEFORE THE, I CAME BEFORE YOU AND ASKED FOR THE EXACT SAME THING.

WE DECIDED TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE AND ASK FOR THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS BECAUSE IT'S A ONE TIME FUND.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE NEED MORE VEHICLES THAN WHAT THIS 184,000 WILL PAY FOR.

OKAY. THANK YOU, I YIELD. ALL RIGHT, JUSTICE ROBERTS, JUSTICE DAVIS.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR SENDING ME ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT I ASKED FOR.

AND I DID ASK THE SHERIFF HOW MANY VEHICLES HE INTENDED TO PURCHASE, AND IT WAS THREE.

SO WAS THE COST OF THREE. AND THEN TO FIX THEM UP, TO MAKE THEM PATROL WORTHY, SO, I YIELD.

ALL RIGHT. JUSTICE MASSEY. OKAY. JUSTICE MASSEY.

JUSTICE STOWERS FOR SECOND. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON PURCHASING VEHICLES AND GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THESE ERRONEOUS TARIFFS THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PLACING ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AS WELL AS GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE TO PURCHASE VEHICLES.

I YIELD. THANK YOU. JUSTICE STOWERS. JUSTICE BLACKWOOD.

I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR. THANK YOU.

JUSTICE LEWISON, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE, PLEASE? WITH THE NEW TARIFFS OUT THERE, ARE THESE GOING TO COST MORE? ARE YOU STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THREE FOR 184,000.

SO, I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THE PRICING THAT WE ARE USING TODAY WILL CHANGE.

OKAY. AND I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED. OKAY. YOU, JUSTICE CURRIE.

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JUSTICE. ELLIOTT WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED. OKAY.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR YOU JUST WANT TO BE ADDED? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. JUST. HE WANTS TO BE A SPONSOR. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR INFORMATION. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-26, MISS MEDLOCK.

YOU HAVE 14 EYES. 14 EYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-26 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE'VE GOT A LATE FILING.

[Additional Item]

SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-28 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET.

PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE 11TH DIVISION.

CIRCUIT COURTS AOC PEER SPECIALIST GRANT. JUSTICE CAPPS MOVE TO SEND IT TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND AND WE SENT 25-I-28 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.

JUSTICE CAPPS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? YEAH, THESE ARE GRANT PASS THROUGH FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO PROVIDE PEER SPECIALISTS AT THE 11TH DIVISION COURT. MISS DAVIDSON IS HERE FOR SHORT EXPLANATION.

ANY QUESTIONS? ONE JUDGE JAMES IS HERE. OH, GOOD.

OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU BEHIND JUDGE JAMES. ABSTAIN.

JUDGE JAMES, WOULD YOU FIRST, LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SO CASUAL.

I HAD A CLOSING TODAY ON MY SON'S HOME AND CRAWLING AROUND.

BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS A GRANT FOR A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST.

THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HELPS OUR DRUG COURT PARTICIPANTS.

BECAUSE THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS IN THE PAST WALKED IN THEIR SHOES.

SO HE'S VERY HELPFUL. HE HELPS PEOPLE GET SERVICES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A DHS GRANT, AND WE CAME THROUGH AND GOT THAT APPROVED LAST YEAR.

THEN THE AOC TOOK OVER THE DHS GRANTS FOR PEER COURTS.

PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST. AND THEN SINCE I PROMISED JUSTICE STOWERS, I WOULD NEVER COME AND ASK THE COUNTY TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT WASN'T UNDER GRANT.

WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE AOC BECAUSE THE SALARY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, ONCE YOU ADDED ON THE TAXES AND THE BENEFITS THAT THE COUNTY OFFERS.

IT WENT OVER OUR GRANT AMOUNT, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK, REWORK THE GRANT AND GET ADDITIONAL FUNDS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT OBLIGATION ON THE COUNTY. SO WE'VE GOTTEN THAT DONE. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS HERE.

IT SHOULD NOT AFFECT YOU ALL'S BUDGET IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM.

WE TRY TO FUND DRUG COURT SOLELY THROUGH GRANTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, JUDGE JAMES. SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS IN THIS POSITION.

YES. IT'S MR. STEPHEN GREEN. OKAY. RIGHT HERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT STATISTICS? DO YOU HAVE STATISTICS ON HOW EFFECTIVE THAT POSITION HAS BEEN? FOR THE DRUG COURT? THIS WAS A THIS IS HIS FIRST FULL, COMPLETE YEAR.

OKAY. OKAY. YES. SO AND AGAIN, PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS WON'T IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY QUANTIFY TOWARDS RECIDIVISM BECAUSE SOME FOLKS YOU CAN GIVE ALL THE HELP YOU CAN IN THE WORLD AND THEIR ADDICTION IS SO BAD.

ABSOLUTELY. RELAPSE. I KNOW WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY COURT SINCE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST, AND MISS DAVIDSON, WHO IS OUR DRUG COURT COORDINATOR, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO MUCH MORE FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS.

WE'RE ABLE TO ADD MORE PEOPLE INTO THE DRUG COURT PROGRAM BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS JUST MYSELF AND MY CORE STAFF DOING DRUG COURT AND VETERANS TREATMENT COURT, IT WAS HARD TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THE EXTRA THINGS.

AS FAR AS AND I WILL SAY ALSO THIS YEAR I TOOK ON 100% CIVIL DOCKET.

SO I DO DRUG COURT AND VETERANS TREATMENT COURT IN MY SPARE TIME.

SO HAVING THESE FOLKS THAT CAN HELP WITH THE THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE I'M DOING OTHER TYPES OF COURT HAS REALLY BEEN HELPFUL TO OUR PARTICIPANTS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOT A FEW. I KNOW THAT DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

IT REALLY DID. YEAH. JUSTICE STOWERS, JUDGE JAMES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AFTER SUCH A LONG DAY.

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THANK YOU ALL. AND AS I SAY, EVERY TIME MONDAYS, OUR DRUG TREATMENT COURT IS 130 ON MONDAY AFTERNOONS. IF YOU'RE EVER IN THE COURTHOUSE AND YOU WANT TO COME AND SEE DRUG TREATMENT COURT, I PROMISE YOU WILL LEAVE FEELING MUCH BETTER THAN WHEN YOU CAME.

IT IS A VERY UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE TO SEE PEOPLE GET THEIR LIVES BACK.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. PLEASE COME ANYTIME THAT YOU'RE IN THE COURTHOUSE OR ANYTIME YOU JUST HAVE NOTHING TO DO ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON.

SO, OKAY, WE'VE GOT A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS. WE GOT A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS, A FEW OTHER LIGHTS. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, SO I'LL GO TRY TO GO JUSTICE PERSON CO-SPONSOR, PLEASE. OKAY. JUSTICE MEDLOCK.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING. AND I WANT TO BE ADDED AS WELL.

OKAY. JUSTICE BLACKWOOD? JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW YOU WORK VERY, VERY HARD, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

AND I ALSO WANT TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR. ALL RIGHT.

JUSTICE ELLIOTT. SPONSOR. AWESOME. OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT DON'T WANT TO BE A SPONSOR? HOW ABOUT THAT? SO IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MYSELF, YOU CAN ADD ME AS A SPONSOR.

BUT WE'VE STILL GOT A COUPLE OF LIGHTS. JUSTICE LEWISON.

WELL, I WANT TO BE A SPONSOR, AND I'M WISHING YOUR SON GOOD LUCK ON THAT.

CLOSING OF HIS HOUSE TODAY. THERE'S A LOT. JUSTICE.

OKAY. JUST FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. I KNOW IT'S TOUGH.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR. ALL RIGHT.

PHEW. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JUDGE JAMES. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE TIRED, TOO.

THANK YOU. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-28.

. 14 AYES. 14 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-28 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION IS. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO, I WAS OKAY. I'M SORRY.

OKAY. IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION? THE MEETING IS ALL RIGHT.

WITHOUT. WITHOUT OBJECTION. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?

[Announcements]

I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND COMMEND ALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICE WORKERS THAT HELPED OUT CLEARING TREES IN PULASKI COUNTY AND HELPING OUT OUR CITIZENS.

YOUR WORK AND YOUR DUE DILIGENCE DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COMMUNITY COMMENT.

[Public Comment]

THANK EACH OF YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE TO REPRESENTING YOUR DISTRICTS.

I WANT TO READ A BRIEF QUOTE HERE. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES BY MARTIN LUTHER KING.

OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER.

BASICALLY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST INJUSTICE AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYBODY ON THE QUORUM COURT UNDERSTANDS THAT.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS ABOUT OVER A MONTH AGO.

I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE LAST AGENDA MEETING BECAUSE I HAD TO BE AT THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF JUSTICE KEITH ADDRESSED IT.

DECORUM. BUT THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS DISRESPECTED BY JP IN FRONT OF LEADERS IN MY DISTRICT FOR NO REASON. ANY CITIZEN CAN COME BEFORE THIS BODY WITH ANY SUGGESTION.

I'M SPEAKING OF WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT ROCK REGION, METRO, AND THE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE.

I DON'T NEED ANYONE TO TELL ME WHO TO JP IN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PERSON HAS BEEN SEEN OUT ON THE ROAD.

WE SHOULD RESPECT THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY COME DOWN.

I RESPECT YOU GUYS. BUT I WAS DISRESPECTED, AND I AM OWED APOLOGY.

I'M NOT COMING HERE LOOKING FOR IT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, WHEN I COME HERE, ANY CITIZEN PULASKI COUNTY COME BEFORE THIS COURT.

WE DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

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