Sep 09, 2025 Agenda Committee

JOIN US. WELL, SHE WAS COMING. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OUR MEETING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

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IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? LET'S PRAY COME FROM YOU, COME FROM ABOVE. AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US THIS EVENING.

HELP US TO GRASP AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE ISSUES WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING AND THAT OUR QUESTIONS WOULD BE INSIGHTFUL AND WOULD ENLIGHTEN A LOT OF A LOT OF US.

DEAR LORD, WE ASK YOU BE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING AS WELL, AND WITH THEIR TIME HERE WOULD BE BLESSED AND HELPFUL.

I ASK YOU TO BE WITH EACH AND EVERYONE OF US AS WE LEAVE HERE TONIGHT AND WATCH OVER US AND GRANT US SAFETY.

AND I HOPE THAT EVERYTHING WE ACCOMPLISH WILL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNTY AND THE GLORY TO YOUR KINGDOM.

IT'S IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. 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.

THANK EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT. JUST A REMINDER YOUR MICROPHONES ARE ON ALREADY.

CALL THE ROLL. MS. DAVIS. HERE. MS. CAPPS. HERE.

MS. LEWISON. MS. BLACKWOOD. HERE. MR. PERSON HERE. MS. MASSEY. HERE. MS. CURRY. PRESENT. MR. HERE. MR. ROBINSON. HERE. MR. MCCOY. HERE. MR. STOWERS. PRESENT. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MS. MEDLOCK.

HERE. YOU HAVE 14 PRESENT. 14 PRESENT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA.

IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 5? SO MOVED.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? OUR MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

AND I ASSUME SINCE I DIDN'T ASK, THERE WERE NO CORRECTIONS NEEDED.

SO IT WILL GO OR STAND. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS THAT WE NEED TO ATTEND TO.

ITEM 25-I-64 HAS BEEN PULLED. EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT.

SO WE'LL JUMP INTO ITEM 25-I-60. WOULD YOU PLEASE READ?

[25-I-60 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. Sponsors: Justices Stowers, Lewison, Massey, McCoy, Person, Robinson]

JUSTICE STOWERS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? YES, SIR.

IS MR. TRAPP IN HERE? NO. ANYBODY ELSE FROM PUBLIC WORKS? NO. IT'S JUST REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR SERVICES RENDERED FROM THE CITY AND OTHER LOCATIONS.

SO IT'S JUST MONEY WE'RE GETTING PAID BACK FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS, ANY CONCERNS? THERE BEING NONE. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-60? MS. DAVIS. YES. MS. CAPPS. AYE. MS. LEWISON. YES.

MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MR. PERSON. AYE. MS. MASSEY.

AYE. MS. CURRY. AYE. MR. KEITH. YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER.

YES. MR. ROBINSON. AYE. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. STOWERS.

YES. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. AND MS. MEDLOCK, YOU HAVE 14 AYES.

14 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-60 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-61? AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET.

[25-I-61 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 (2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE GRANT IN AID FUNDS FOR THE JUVENILE DETENTION DEPARTMENT. Sponsors: Justices Massey, Blackwood, Capps ]

JUSTICE MASSEY. YES. I MOVE THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A RECOMMENDED DO PASS.

SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 25-I-61 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A RECOMMENDED DO PASS.

JUSTICE MASSEY WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? YES.

THIS IS GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO THE JUVENILE DETENTION DEPARTMENT ON THE AMOUNT OF $31,167.

IF THERE IS SOMEONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ON BEHALF OR IN REFERENCE TO THIS ORDINANCE, THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS NO ONE, JUSTIN? IT'S JUST IT'S AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION SO IT'S.

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IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. MR. KEITH. YES. I'M SORRY OH, I'M SORRY.

JUSTICE STOWERS. GIVEN THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE NO DEBATE AT THE FULL QUORUM COURT I WOULD ASK THAT NO MATTER HOW IMPORTANT OR NOT IMPORTANT THE ITEM IS IN THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT HEADS THINKING THAT THEY BE HERE TO REPRESENT THEIR ITEM, WHETHER IT'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WHETHER IT'S YOUTH SERVICES AT THE AGENDA MEETING.

BECAUSE THE AGENDA MEETING IS WHERE WE ASK QUESTIONS.

IT'S WHERE WE DEBATE. IT'S WHERE WE HAVE DIALOG.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN JUDGE HYDE WAS FIRST ELECTED, IT WAS ALMOST A MANDATE.

IF YOU WERE A DEPARTMENT HEAD UNDER HIS JURISDICTION, YOU WERE TO BE HERE.

I YIELD. NOW WITH THAT A MOTION OR WITH THAT JUST A [LAUGHTER] COMMENT? NO, THAT WAS A COMMENT.

IF THEY COULD SEND A DELEGATE TO THE MEETING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.

BECAUSE THESE TWO ITEMS ARE PRETTY SIMPLE AND GERMANE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM.

AND THERE ARE MATTERS OF IMPORT. RIGHT ABSOLUTELY.

JUSTIN, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? DO WE JUST PASS THAT ON OR HOW DO WE? PASS I WILL PASS THAT ALONG OH, LUKE. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE? NO. BUT EVERY YEAR SINCE THE STATE RUNS ON A DIFFERENT FISCAL CYCLE THAT WE USUALLY GET THIS IN JULY AND AUGUST.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE MONEY APPROPRIATE TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO. SO IT'S WHATEVER SERVICES THEY RENDER.

BASED OFF OF STATE. STATE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RUNNING THE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY OR CLOTHING, EDUCATION, COUNSELING. OKAY, I YIELD OKAY, OKAY AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-61? MS. MEDLOCK. AYE. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MR. STOWERS.

PRESENT. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. ROBINSON. AYE. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES.

MS. CURRY. AYE. MS. MASSEY. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES.

MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MS. LEWISON. YES. MS. CAPPS.

AYE. AND MS. DAVIS. YES. 14 AYES AND 1 VOTING PRESENT.

14 AYES, 1 PRESENT. WE WILL SEND 25-I-61 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A RECOMMENDED DO PASS.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-62? AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PULASKI COUNTY JUDGE TO ENTER

[25-I-62 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PULASKI COUNTY JUDGE TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK TO ALLOW METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (MEMS) TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF PULASKI COUNTY FOR FIVE YEARS. Sponsors: Justices Capps, Blackwood, Elliott, Massey, McCoy, Person, Stowers ]

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

SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 25-I-62 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.

JUSTICE CAPPS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? YEAH SO MEMS HAS BEEN OUR SERVICE PROVIDER STARTING IN 1995 WITH FIVE YEAR EXTENSIONS. THEY ARE A DATA DRIVEN, MATRIX DRIVEN, OUTCOME DRIVEN NONPROFIT.

AND THEY ARE OFFERING THE SERVICES AGAIN WITH NO COST INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT.

AND THERE IS REPRESENTATIVE HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS JORDAN JOHNSON AND THIS WOULD EXTEND IT FROM OCTOBER OF 2025 TO OCTOBER OF 2030. OKAY I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY JUSTICE ROBINSON, I SAW YOU FIRST.

THANK YOU SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DID THE COUNTY BID OUT THE SERVICES? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOUTHERN, THERE'S PAFFORD, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHERS OTHER THAN JUST MEMS OR WHAT DO WE DO THERE? SO MEMS IS ACTUALLY THE LITTLE ROCK AMBULANCE AUTHORITY.

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AND WITH THE INTERLOCAL, IT EXTENDS THEIR OPERATING AREA INTO UNINCORPORATED PULASKI COUNTY AND PROVIDES PULASKI COUNTY SEATS ON THE MEMS BOARD. AND SO IT THAT'S WITH A RENEWAL. IT'S NOT REQUIRED.

AND WITH A PUBLIC AGENCY, IT'S NOT REQUIRED. OKAY.

THANK YOU I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE EXCUSE ME, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE LUNCHEON.

THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO OR SO, AND I WAS AMAZED AT WHAT THE ARRANGEMENT WAS BEFORE 1995 AND HOW THEY WERE BARELY ABLE TO GET BY AND SO FORTH.

BUT ANYWAYS, I JUST, I WAS KIND OF BESIDE MYSELF AND SO APPRECIATE MEMS AND PLAN TO SUPPORT THIS THANK YOU.

OKAY ME TOO WOULD YOU PLEASE ADD? JUSTICE CURRY, JUSTICE MEDLOCK, JUSTICE ROBINSON, JUSTICE LEWISON ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT [LAUGHTER]. ALRIGHT, AMY, IF YOU'LL HANDLE THAT FOR US.

ANY OTHER? THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-62? MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MS. MASSEY.

AYE. MS. CURRY. AYE. MR. KEITH. YES. MS. WARD.

YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MR. ROBINSON. AYE.

MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. STOWERS. YES. MR. ELLIOTT.

YES. AND MS. MEDLOCK. AYE. 15 AYES. 15 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-62 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-63? AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN ORDERLY SYSTEM FOR ADDRESSING,

[25-I-63 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN ORDERLY SYSTEM FOR ADDRESSING PROPERTY, AND OTHER PROVISIONS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE E-911 SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Sponsors: Justices Young-Baker, Lewison ]

JUSTICE YOUNG-BAKER. I MOVE TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 25-I-63 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.

JUSTICE YOUNG-BAKER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? SO THIS IS REALLY ABOUT LIKE REGISTERING YOUR UTILITIES.

AND WHEN YOU DO IT TO MAKE ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE GET 911 ADDRESSES.

AND JUST PROPER ADDRESSING THAT IS DONE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, WE CAN HAVE VAN COME UP AND EXPLAIN AND TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY CONCERNS? JUSTICE ROBINSON.

HEY, VAN, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP HERE, PLEASE, SIR [LAUGHTER]. SO I KNOW CURRENTLY THE COUNTY HAS ISSUES WITH LANDOWNERS THAT WILL DO CERTAIN THINGS AND GET 911 ADDRESSES WITHOUT GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IS THAT IS THAT SIMPLY WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO ADDRESS? THEY MAKE UP FOR IT IN THE UTILITIES WE HAVE WORKED WITH ALL UTILITIES OH, I'M SORRY I WENT TO SLEEP IT'S NOT [LAUGHTER].

IT NEEDS TO BE TALLER TOO [LAUGHTER]. SO THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE STORY IS THE UTILITIES HAVE NOT PLAYED BALL, AND PEOPLE MAKE UP THEIR ADDRESSES TO, TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO.

AND THE UTILITIES PROVIDE THOSE ADDRESSES. AND SO THEY'RE NOT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY THEY'RE NOT IN THE SYSTEM.

THEY'RE NOT. SO IF SOMEBODY CALLS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES OF FIRE, POLICE, AMBULANCE, THERE'S THEY WON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

BECAUSE AND THEY ALSO DO IT WITH THE POST OFFICE.

SO THEY JUST PUT A MAILBOX OUT THERE AND PUT A NUMBER ON IT.

SO WILL THIS. AND I'VE KIND OF READ THROUGH IT AND I'M SO.

IS THE INTENT HERE IF SOMEONE MAKES UP AN ADDRESS THAT THE UTILITIES WILL WORK WITH, I GUESS PAGES OR SOMEBODY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A 911 ADDRESS? SO THE 911 COORDINATOR AT THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, IT'S IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE ISSUE THE 911 ADDRESSES.

SO IF SOMEONE MAKES IT UP? THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ONE.

AND IF THEY DO GET ONE A UTILITY SERVICE FROM ONE OF THOSE UTILITY PROVIDERS WILL HAVE A WAY TO PENALIZE THEM AND FORCE THEM TO DO IT, BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT DONE IT VOLUNTARILY. I'VE SENT A LETTER TO THE HEAD OF ENERGY ELECTRIC COOP, MID-ARKANSAS UTILITIES. THE ONLY ONE THAT PLAYS BALL WITH ANY CONSISTENCY WOULD BE CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER.

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WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. IT'S THE UTILITY ISSUE.

SO WHY SO THEN WHY IS LIKE A DRIVEWAY PERMIT? I MEAN, IS THIS BASICALLY JUST A SITE PLAN THAT'S GOTTA COME BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD TO GET A 911 ADDRESS? NO, IT'S JUST FORMALIZING WHAT WE ALREADY DO.

OKAY. IT'S THE SAME THING WE ALREADY DO. IT'S JUST THAT SOME PEOPLE SLIDE BY AND ALREADY ARE IN US.

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MAY BUILD OR CONSTRUCT IN THE FLOOD HAZARD BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S THERE, OR THEY MAY BUILD ACROSS THE PROPERTY LINE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS. THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES.

AND IT ALL COMES ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THEM BEING ABLE TO GET UTILITY SERVICES WITHOUT HAVING A 911 ADDRESS IN THE SYSTEM.

OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, I YIELD. ALL RIGHT JUSTICE ROBINSON, JUSTICE MEDLOCK.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF AN ENTITY IS FINED, WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? BECAUSE IT SAYS THERE WILL BE A FINE IN PLACE IF THEY IF WE IF A UTILITY ISSUES AN ADDRESS AND IT'S NOT A PROPER 911 ADDRESS THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED, WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS CONTACT US SO THAT WE CAN GIVE IT TO THEM.

SO IF THEY DO THAT WITHOUT CHECKING WITH US AND WITHOUT GETTING A PROPER 911 ADDRESS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM TO COURT IN THE PULASKI DISTRICT COURT, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO THEY CAN BE FINED UP TO $250 A DAY IF THE IF THE JUDGE SO SEES FIT.

WE'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN THE MONEY. WE'RE INTERESTED IN COMPLIANCE BY THE UTILITY.

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHERE THAT MONEY WENT I GUESS YES THERE SEEMS TO BE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I'VE GOT ONE. OH. OVER HERE. OH [LAUGHTER] I'M JUST I'M HUMOROUSLY AMUSED OR INTRIGUED. YOU SAID PEOPLE JUST MAKE UP THEIR ADDRESSES. I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE.

OH, SO IT'S AS SIMPLE AS WHAT YOU JUST SAID. THEY JUST PUT UP A MAILBOX, PUT A NUMBER ON IT, AND THE POST OFFICE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS. SOMEBODY, A STATE LEGISLATOR, I GUESS.

AND HE WAS TELLING ME THAT OUT IN WHATEVER COUNTY IT WAS A RURAL COUNTY THE GUY BOUGHT THE LAND.

HE PUT UP A MAILBOX, PUT A NUMBER ON IT, AND EVENTUALLY THEY GOT A TRASH PEOPLE TO PICK IT UP.

AND THEN ONE THING AND ANOTHER. HE EVENTUALLY THAT WAS HIS ADDRESS.

BUT SEE, THE ADDRESSES THAT THEY MAKE UP ARE NOT PROPERLY SEQUENCED.

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MAY EVEN BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET.

ODD VERSUS EVEN. SO IT'S AN ENDLESS PROCESS OF HOW SHOULD I SAY IT? THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO BUSINESS [LAUGHTER]. THAT'S THE KINDEST WAY I CAN SAY IT.

AND THE UTILITIES I WISH THEY HAD THEY HAVE. SOME HAVE ACTUALLY MISLED US, BUT MOST OF THEM JUST IGNORE US.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T IGNORE US ANYMORE I YIELD. OKAY, MAN, I'M CURIOUS, THOUGH, WHEN PEOPLE MAKE UP THOSE ADDRESSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, DO THEY STILL EXPECT EFFECTIVE 911 SERVICES? [LAUGHTER] PROBABLY DO, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT SOMEBODY DOESN'T. THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE OR THE SHERIFF DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

I MEAN, IT CERTAINLY IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE IT'S NOT GOING TO EXPEDITE SERVICE, I WOULD SAY.

OKAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING.

NO. THEY JUST DON'T KNOW OKAY. IT'S THE UTILITY NOT PLAYING BALL WITH THE COUNTY TO ENSURE WE GOT A PROPER 911.

OKAY ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE PRIMARY ISSUE. OKAY I MEAN, BECAUSE OF WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IS THEY'LL LOOK AT THEIR NEIGHBORS UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, AND SOMEONE WILL BE AT 100, AND SOMEONE WILL BE AT 110.

RIGHT AND THEY'LL TAKE THAT TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT OR ENTERGY AND THEY'LL ISSUE THEM A SERVICE BASED OFF THAT.

AND THEN IF THEY CALL 911, THEY'RE JUST HOPING THAT 911 DRIVES DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY TWO ESTABLISHED ON EITHER SIDE OF THEM.

OKAY, OKAY OKAY [LAUGHTER]. OKAY ALRIGHT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU VAN. AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-63? MS. MEDLOCK. AYE. MR. ELLIOTT. YES. MR. STOWERS.

YES. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. ROBINSON. AYE. MS. YOUNG-BAKER.

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AYE. MS. MASSEY. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MS. BLACKWOOD.

AYE. MS. LEWISON. YES AND MS. DAVIS. YES. 15 AYES. 15 AYES WE WILL SEND 25-I-63 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.

AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 25-I-65? AN ORDINANCE TO EXPAND THE PULASKI COUNTY ENERGY IMPROVEMENT (PACE) DISTRICT TO THE METROPLAN

[25-1-65 AN ORDINANCE TO EXPAND THE PULASKI COUNTY ENERGY IMPROVEMENT (PACE) DISTRICT TO THE METROPLAN REGION AND BEYOND; TO RENAME THE DISTRICT AS THE ARKANSAS PACE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; TO FACILITATE AN ARKANSAS PACE PROGRAM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Sponsor: Justice Massey ]

JUSTICE MASSEY. YES, I MOVE THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A RECOMMENDED DO PASS.

SECOND. A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 25-I-65 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE RECOMMENDED DO PASS.

JUSTICE MASSEY WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? I'M GOING TO DEFER TO ADAM.

OKAY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE HAD A PACE PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS TO BRING PRIVATE DOLLARS IN TO FUND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WATER CONSERVATION, RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

IT'S PURELY VOLUNTARY. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN THE STATE LAW LAST SESSION.

AND THIS BRINGS US BACK INTO COMPLIANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALL IS GOOD WITH THE OPERATION.

AND IT, IT THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND THE DISTRICT OPERATIONS TO BENEFIT THE CENTRAL ARKANSAS REGION TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN BEYOND. THANK YOU ADAM. OH, JUSTICE CAPPS.

I THINK THIS IS FOR YOU, ADAM. ON THE SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT REPEALING 16 OR 15-OR-16 AND 15-OR-36 IS THAT THOSE WILL BE REPEALED AND THEN THIS WILL REPLACE THOSE.

THAT'S CORRECT. JUST UPDATE. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU I YIELD. OKAY THANK YOU JUSTICE CAPPS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER CONCERNS? THERE BEING NONE AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 25-I-65? MS. DAVIS. YES. MS. CAPPS. AYE. MS. LEWISON. YES.

MS. BLACKWOOD. AYE. MR. PERSON. YES. MS. MASSEY.

AYE. MS. CURRY. AYE. MR. KEITH. YES MS. WARD. YES. MS. YOUNG-BAKER. YES. MR. ROBINSON.

AYE. MR. MCCOY. YES. MR. STOWERS. YES. MR. ELLIOTT.

YES. AND MS. MEDLOCK. AYE. 15 AYES. 15 AYES. WE WILL SEND 25-I-65 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE RECOMMENDED DO PASS.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. TO ADJOURN. TO ADJOURN.

YES ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I THINK

[Public Comment]

SO CAN YOU CHRISTINA, YOU CAN YOU COME UP AND THAT'LL GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE YOU KNOW, IT'S. I WISH WHEN YOU'RE ON TOPICS ON THESE ORDINANCES THAT YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTION.

ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT BEFORE IT'S VOTED ON? SO YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED [LAUGHTER] ON 21-I-63.

I'M WONDERING WHY WAS THERE I KIND OF SEE THE REASON WHY THERE'S AN ORDINANCE, BUT WHAT'S THE EMERGENCY? AND SPEAKING WITH VAN. IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WHERE WE HAVE COMPANIES LIKE ENERGY ELECTRICAL COOP NOT PLAYING BALL WITH THE COUNTY.

IT'S THE TERMS THAT HE USED FOR ME THAT'S. I'M WONDERING, LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE SOMEONE AT THAT TOP LEVEL EXEC SO, I MEAN, I WAS SURPRISED SOMEONE THEN ASKED FOR SOMEONE FROM ENERGY OR ELECTRICAL COOP TO COME TO COME TO HEAR THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY SO.

BUT WE'RE PASSING THIS ORDINANCE. THERE IS NO STATE LAW TO REINFORCE THIS SO IT COULD WIND UP IN COURT. AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE OF HAVING THE ORDINANCE, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS WITH THIS.

FOR ME, AS A CITIZEN, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, NUMBER ONE, WHAT'S THE EMERGENCY.

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SOMETHING ABOUT THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT, GUYS. SO I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS IS.

YOU'VE ALREADY VOTED ON IT, BUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO THAT.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO STATE LAW TO BACK THIS ORDNANCE UP.

BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. REPRESENTATIVE TOSH OF JONESBORO PASSED A SQUATTER'S LAW WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE MAJORITY. ABOUT UNLAWFUL SQUATTING.

I CAN SEE WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THIS MAY COME INTO PLAY, BUT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO JUST MAKE UP AN ADDRESS, AND THEY'RE CALLING A UTILITY COMPANY TO COME OUT AND THEY'RE INSTALLING A SERVICE.

THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, AND IT'S THE COMPANY THAT'S GETTING FINED.

YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THE COMPANY IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH THE FINE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OVER $200 PER DAY. POTENTIALLY, YEAH.

YEAH SO WE NEED TO REALLY SOME OF YOU GUYS I MEAN Y'ALL ARE IN THE ELECTED ROLE.

ONE OF YOU YOU HAVE TO LOOK INTO WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE.

WHAT WHAT REALLY BROUGHT ALL OF THIS ON. BECAUSE THERE'S A PROBLEM SOMEWHERE IN THIS WHERE IF WE'RE HAVING UTILITY COMPANIES NOT WANTING TO MEET WITH THE PLANNING BOARD OR THE COUNTY JUDGE, THERE'S A PROBLEM SOMEWHERE, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE CITED.

SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT WITH THAT. AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY.

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S I'M USING MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE.

IF I MAKE UP A FICTITIOUS ADDRESS, AN ELECTRICAL COOP, COME OUT AND SET IT UP.

WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY ON MY PART? BUT IT'S ALL FALLING ON THE ELECTRIC COMPANY.

SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT WITH THIS, SO Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK INTO IT.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. THANK YOU. ADAM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO? OH, CAN YOU ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? IN THE IN THE ORDINANCE, IT SAYS ANY PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY VIOLATING THIS ARTICLE OR AIDING AND ABETTING THE VIOLATION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR WITH A FINE UP TO $250.

SO IF A IF A CITIZEN MAKES UP AN ADDRESS AND CALLS THE UTILITY AND SAYS, HEY, COME HOOK THIS UP AND THEY DON'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT'S INDICATED HERE TO GET A 911 ADDRESS THAT'S PROPERLY ASSIGNED. THEN THEY'RE ON THE HOOK.

SO THAT'SADDRESSED IN THE ORDINANCE. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, ALRIGHT.

AND THIS IS THIS, MR. WALKER. YES, SIR OKAY YOU CAN STEP UP AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS IT? WELL, YOU CAN TELL US WHAT YOU WANT.

EVERYONE, I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME AND ALLOWING ME TO STAND AND SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TODAY. MY NAME IS ELLIOTT SINCLAIR WALKER. I WOULD LOVE TO LEAVE YOU ALL WITH SOMETHING. WHICH I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW I LOVE YOU.

I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO STAND WITH ME WHILE I'M RUNNING OR PETITIONING TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE YOU ALL WITH THAT. I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH MORE OUT THERE, BUT LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS ELLIOTT SINCLAIR WALKER. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT I WANTED TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL STAND WITH ME NOTHING ELSE TO CLAIM OUR ATTENTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

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