WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP A MEETING, A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
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I'M GOING TO ALLOW JUSTICE ELLIOTT TO SAY ONE WORD.YEAH, THE PARENTS, KIDS AND EVERYTHING. AND I JUST LIKE A MOMENT OF PRAYER.
JUST A MINUTE. AND I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY.
JUST CLOSE OUR EYES FOR ONE MINUTE, AND THEN THAT'D BE GOOD.
THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. WELL, JUSTICE ELLIOTT, YOU PREEMPTED ME, BUT.
[LAUGHTER] OKAY. AS AS NORMAL. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP WITH AN INVOCATION, OFFICIAL INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JUSTICE CAPPS.
IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE TOGETHER, DEAR LORD. DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
DEAR LORD, PLEASE BE WITH THEM, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER.
THEN, FATHER, GIVE THEM PEACE IN THEIR HEARTS.
THE LORD CALM THEIR SPIRITS AND THEIR MINDS DEAR LORD.
AND DEAR LORD JUST PLEASE PUT YOUR LOVING WINGS OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM HEAVENLY FATHER.
AND DEAR LORD LOOK OVER THE PEOPLE OF PULASKI COUNTY. LOOK ARE THE PEOPLE OF ARKANSAS.
GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.
ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU. I DIDN'T REALIZE JUSTICE CAPPS WAS AN AUDIENCE, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I'M GETTING OLDER. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MISS CAPPS IS ABSENT. MISS LEWISON. HERE. MISS BLACKWOOD.
HERE. MR. PEARSON. HERE. MISS MASSEY IS ABSENT.
MISS CURRY. PRESENT. MR. KEITH. HERE. MISS WARD.
HERE. MISS YOUNG-BAKER IS ABSENT, MR. ROBINSON.
HERE. MR. MCCOY. YES, RIGHT HERE. MR. STOWERS.
PRESENT. MR. ELLIOTT. HERE. AND MISS MEDLOCK IS ABSENT.
SO YOU HAVE 11 PRESENT. 11 PRESENT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY. WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM FIVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE AYE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? OUR MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
JUST A REMINDER, YOUR MICROPHONES ARE ON. SO IF YOU HAVE THE THE NEED OR AN URGENCY TO SPEAK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
I SEE SOME INDIVIDUALS ARRIVING, SO WE'LL ALLOW THEM TO GET IN PLACE.
JUSTICE MASSEY. JUSTICE CAPPS. JUSTICE YOUNG-BAKER.
THEY HAVE ALL ARRIVED. LOOK AT YOU ALL FANCY TODAY.
I LOVE YOU. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR NEW BUSINESS.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25 -I-49? ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 (ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE JUSTICE FOR ALL GRANT FUNDS FOR 5TH DIVISION CIRCUIT COURT.
JUSTICE PERSON. MOVED TO SEND TO THE FULL COURT WITH THE DUE PASS.
SECOND, A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 25-I- 49 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION JUSTICE PERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? YES, THIS IS A NO EFFECT ON THE COUNTY BUDGET.
JUSTICE STOWERS. SO I'M FOR THIS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THIS A REIMBURSABLE GRANT. JUDGE HONORABLE, YES, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
ABSOLUTELY. LATONYA HONORABLE. I'M THE CIRCUIT JUDGE HERE IN 5TH DIVISION, PULASKI COUNTY.
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AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY.CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT? SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS.
SOME ARE MATCHING GRANTS, SOME ARE JUST WHOLE GRANTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, DELVED OUT FROM THE FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT. AND THEN THERE ARE REIMBURSABLE GRANTS.
AND WITH REIMBURSABLE GRANTS, YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, CERTAIN THRESHOLD, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA LIKE, SCORE LESS, AT LEAST A C TO GET REIMBURSED.
AND I BELIEVE BASED ON SOME CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HEARD AROUND THIS TABLE OVER THE LAST 2 OR 3 MONTHS, THAT THIS BODY IS GETTING INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN REIMBURSABLE GRANTS.
BUT IS THIS A IS THIS A GRANT WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, THRESHOLD METRICS, ETC. IN ORDER TO BE REIMBURSED? NO. SO THE ARKANSAS ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION IS WHERE THE GRANT IS COMING FROM.
IT IS NOT A REIMBURSABLE GRANT. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF THIS BODY APPROVES THE GRANT, THE APPROPRIATION, THEN I CONTACT ARKANSAS ACCESS TO JUSTICE.
THEY THEN ISSUE A CHECK THAT WOULD THEN BE DEPOSITED WITH THE COUNTY HERE AND THOSE WHATEVER IS OUTLINED IN THE APPROPRIATION, OF COURSE, WHEN THOSE MONIES ARE SPENT WOULD COME FROM THAT LINE ITEM.
OKAY, THANK YOU JUDGE. YOU'RE WELCOME. I DO WANT TO MAKE A REQUEST TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, MR. BLAGG AND MR. HUTCHENS WHO'S NOT HERE. AND THAT IS ANYTIME THERE'S A REIMBURSABLE GRANT, AND I DON'T CARE WHAT DEPARTMENT IT IS, THAT IF WE ARE NOT REIMBURSED BECAUSE THAT DEPARTMENT DID NOT MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT GRANT. I WANT ALL 15 OF MEMBERS OF THIS BODY TO BE NOTIFIED.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS FEASIBLE AND RATIONAL, ON REIMBURSABLE GRANTS.
YOU COULD GO AHEAD. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ACTUALLY APPLIES TO THIS, BUT.
I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE MY SEAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT APPLICABLE TO ME.
AND I'LL SEND A SEPARATE COVER TO THE COMPTROLLER AND TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
RIGHT, YES, I THINK THAT'S MAYBE SOMETHING. THANK YOU.
JUDGE. I APPRECIATE THAT. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. WERE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I APOLOGIZE. OH, I'D LIKE TO BE ON IT AS A. AS A SPONSOR.
SPONSOR. OKAY. WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT WON'T HAVE SPONSORS. I LIKE IT.
OKAY. I'LL BE A CO-SPONSOR. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE EVERYBODY.
ALRIGHT, SO EVERYBODY UP HERE, INCLUDING MYSELF.
THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CO-SPONSOR.
THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, WELL.
HURRY UP STACI. [LAUGHTER] SO WE DO HAVE OUR FINAL HOLDOUT.
JUSTICE MEDLOCK IS MATLOCK. LET'S ROLL CALL FOR MISS AMY.
YES. AMY COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I- 49? THANK YOU. MISS DAVIS. YES. MISS CAPPS. AYE. MISS LEWISON.
YES. MISS BLACKWOOD. AYE. MR. PERSON. AYE. MISS MASSEY.
AYE. MISS CURRY. AYE. MISS KEITH. YES. MISS WARD.
YES. MISS YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MR. ROBINSON. AYE .
MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. STOWERS. YES. MR. ELLIOTT.
YES. AND MISS MEDLOCK. AYE. 15 AYES. 15 AYES.
WE WILL SEND 25-I-49 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I -50? AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AN APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.
JUSTICE CAPPS. MOVED TO SEND IT TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU. PERFECT EXPLANATION. ARE THERE. JUSTICE.
I HAVE A QUESTION. OH, I MEAN, IT WAS ON THE NEWS THAT THE STABILIZATION UNIT SHUT DOWN.
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SO DOES THAT MONEY JUST SIT IN THE POT? I DON'T KNOW.IS THAT. WHAT? YEAH, YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT. OKAY.
SO DID DID IT ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN? IT'S CLOSED.
I'M NOT MISTAKEN. WELL, CLOSED. YEAH, IT'S CLOSED.
IT'S NOT OPEN. REALLY? WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. THERE IS A TRANSITION IN PROGRESS.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND SO THERE WILL BE A A SMALL GAP BETWEEN SERVICES BEING OFFERED.
SO YES, RIGHT NOW IT'S, I THINK. WHAT'S TODAY? THE EIGHTH. YEAH. IT'S WE'RE EITHER JUST PAST THE DATE THAT U AMS HAS PULLED OUT OR QUICKLY APPROACHING IT.
WOW, DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. YEAH I GUESS A LOT OF THE MONEY JUST SITS IN THE POT OR WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT? SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, BECAUSE. I GET A LOT OF CLIENTS FROM THERE. YEAH.
CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE, PLEASE? IT'S ON.
SO THE MONEY GOING TO THEM WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THEIR SERVICES.
AS FAR AS THE TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN OF THE UNIT.
OH WELL. SO THERE MAY BE SOME DELAYS. YES. AND I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S A VENDOR OR COMPANY PREFERABLY LOCALLY, THAT WILL STEP UP TO THAT TO PROVIDE THESE VALUABLE SERVICES.
ME TOO. THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT IN TO GET THIS THING PUT UP AND GET IT RUNNING.
YES, SIR. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS THIS GAP FILLED PRETTY QUICKLY.
YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BITCHING IN THAT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. JUSTICE STOWERS. YEAH.
MCCOY. OH MCCOY. MCCOY, NOT STOWERS. I DIDN'T SEE.
OKAY. JUSTICE MCCOY YOU FROM. I GUESS ALONG THE SAME LINE OF PHIL'S REQUEST.
IF JUST, IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW WHEN THAT. I'VE READ THE PAPER QUITE A BIT.
I DIDN'T READ ANYTHING ABOUT IT, SO I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT. JUSTICE PEARSON. I KNEW IT WAS COMING IN A POSSIBILITY, BUT WE'D HOPE THAT WE COULD GET AN EXTENSION SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A LAPSE IN SERVICE ON THAT, BUT.
[INAUDIBLE] DEVELOPMENTS, I GUESS THAT'S ALL.
SO THANK YOU. ARE YOU?. OKAY, WELL, I'M JUST CURIOUS.
WAS THERE A REASON, GIVEN THAT THEY WERE CLOSING PULLING OUT OR.
OKAY. AND FOR THAT REASON AND THAT REASON ALONE.
NOT THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE AN EFFORT TO. [INAUDIBLE] IT'S JUST.
OKAY. FINANCIAL REASONS. OKAY. JUSTICE STOWERS.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YES, SIR. OKAY. JUST THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
OKAY. AND SO THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DISCONNECT HERE.
IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE THAT OPENED. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS COMPASSIONATE ENOUGH TO PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH EPISODES AND GOING THROUGH SUBSTANCE ABUSE EPISODES, AND THEY'RE WAY TOO QUICK TO SEND THEM TO THE JAIL RATHER THAN TO TAKE THEM TO THE CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT, AND I YIELD. THANK YOU, JUSTICE STOWERS. JUSTICE WARD.
NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT WAS JUDGE HYDE WAS ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT TALKING ABOUT IT, SO I GUESS Y'ALL MISSED THE LOCAL NEWS. I MISSED THAT, TOO.
OKAY. JUSTICE ELLIOT. I WAS JUST SAYING ABOUT WHAT SHE JUST SAID THAT HE WAS ON TV.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME UNDERSTANDING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THERE BEING NONE.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I -50? MISS MEDLOCK. AYE. MR. ELLIOT. YES. MR. STOWERS.
YES. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. ROBINSON. AYE. MISS YOUNG-BAKER.
YES. MISS WARD. YES. MR. KEITH. YES. MISS CURRY.
AYE. MISS MASSEY. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MISS BLACKWOOD.
AYE. MISS LEWISON. YES. MISS CAPPS. AYE. MISS DAVIS.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE. WITHOUT OBJECTION. THE BUSINESS PORTION IS COMPLETE.
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE JUSTICES?
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JUSTICE ROBINSON, DID YOU HAVE THEM? OH, OKAY.THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.