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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR BUDGET MEETING UNDERWAY.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
AMY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MISS DAVIS IS ABSENT.MISS CAPPS. MISS MASSEY. HERE. MR. KEITH. HERE.
MR. ROBINSON IS ABSENT. MR. MCCOY. HERE, MR. STOWERS.
AND MISS MEDLOCK IS ABSENT. SO YOU HAVE FIVE PRESENT.
SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. CAN WE GET APPROVAL ON THE MINUTES?
[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
SO MOVED. SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND.THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSES MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS? AMY, WOULD YOU READ
[4. NEW BUSINESS]
25I79, PLEASE. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 24-OR-41 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO PROVIDE FOR A 27TH PAY PERIOD FOR THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR.AND WE'RE GOING TO LET OUR COMPTROLLER EXPOUND ON THAT.
I'M YOUR COMPTROLLER. I WILL NOW EXPOUND EVERY 11 YEARS.
AND I THINK THERE'S THREE OF YOU ON THE COURT THAT PROBABLY DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE, BUT EVERY 11 YEARS, THE WAY THE PAYROLL SCHEDULE FALLS, WE HAVE A 27TH PAYROLL.
THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU, I DID NOT ASK PAYROLL TO CHASE VACANCIES.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF THIS BACK.
BUT I JUST TOLD THEM RUN A PAYROLL. ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? JUSTICE STOWERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND HUTCH. AS I UNDERSTOOD FROM OUR CONVERSATION PREVIOUS TO THE MEETING, THIS IS COMING OUT OF OUR EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.
YES. WHICH I BELIEVE PRIOR TO THIS WAS SITTING AT $50 MILLION, 51 SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
SO THIS IS NEGLIGIBLE TO THE BIGGER PICTURE, CORRECT? OKAY. I YIELD. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REFERENCE TO THE ORDINANCE? JUSTICE MCCOY YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF PAYROLL FOR A PAY PERIOD? WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT? IT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
COUNTY GENERAL IS 2.4 MILLION COUNTY WIDE, $3,337,628.
OKAY. THANK YOU. JUSTICE MCCOY. I YIELD, SORRY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS ITEM ON TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. THAT THIS THAT WE MOVE THIS ON TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT.
IF THERE BE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AMY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MISS CAPPS. MR. KEITH. YES. MISS MASSEY. AYE.
MR. MCCOY. YES. AND MR. STOWERS. YES. FIVE EYES AND THREE ABSENT.
THAT WILL THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
MOVING ON TO OTHER BUSINESS, ARE THERE IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? IF THERE BE NONE. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.