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YOUNG BAKER, GIVE ME ONE, BECAUSE I'M DOING GOOD.
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WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN OUR MEETING UP WITH A PRAYER BY JUSTICE MCCOY, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY JUSTICE MEDLOCK.IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? LET'S PRAY.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING.
THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS, DEAR LORD, I JUST ASK YOU TO BLESS US THIS EVENING.
WATCH OVER US TO KEEP US SAFE AND HELP US TO TAKE CARE OF THE MATTERS WE NEED TO.
IT'S IN YOUR SON'S NAME WE PRAY.
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 YOU EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE OPENING OF OUR MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. DAVIS, MS. CAPPS, MS. LEWISON? HERE.
WE CAN DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY.
AND JUST A REMINDER, YOUR MICROPHONES ARE ON, SO PLEASE LIMIT YOUR CONVERSATION.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK I'M LOOKING UP AND DOWN SO I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU AS I SEE YOU FAIR ENOUGH ALL RIGHT THANK YOU ITEM 5 IS THEIR
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RECOMMENDATION A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE THOSE OPPOSED OUR MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FROM OUR LAST MEETING I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS, SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT[26-I-22 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS AND ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.]
INTO OUR NEW BUSINESS.WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR RESOLUTIONS.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ RESOLUTION 26I-22? A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS AND ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
JUSTICE MASSEY? I MOVE THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE FULL COURT WITH A RECOMMENDED DUE PASS.
A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE RECOMMENDED DUE PASS THAT WE SEND...
ITEM 26, I-22 TO THE FORUM QUORUM COURT.
JUSTICE MASSEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN, OR DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE TO EXPLAIN? I BELIEVE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE, MS. SHEENA OLSON.
IF YOU STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD.
I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH FRIDAY ELDRIDGE & CLARK, AND I PREPARED THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS PULASKI COUNTY'S COUNTY HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL IS LEASED TO ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT IS, OR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THIS RESOLUTION, IS A REFINANCING BOND ISSUE FOR DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS.
SO TO LOWER THE OVERALL COST OF DEBT SERVICE TO ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, AS PART OF THAT TRANSACTION AND AS PART OF ALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOND ISSUES, FOR ITS LITTLE ROCK CAMPUS, THAT'S HANDLED THROUGH A SUPPLEMENT TO A LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WAS PUT INTO PLACE IN 1979.
PULASKI COUNTY LAST DID THIS IN 2023 FOR AN EXPANSION, BUT FOR THIS PROJECT, IT'S NOT NEW MONEY.
IT'S ALL REFINANCING FOR DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS.
THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A FINANCIAL OBLIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS.
IT'S NOT AN ENCUMBRANCE AGAINST THE GENERAL FUND OR ANY OTHER FUNDS OF PULASKI COUNTY.
THE COUNTY IS OBLIGATED TO USE THE LEASE PAYMENTS THAT ARE RECEIVED TO MAKE PAYMENT ON THE BONDS.
HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME AGAIN? YES, IT'S MICHAEL MOYERS, M-O-Y-E-R-S, WITH THE FRIDAY FIRM.
WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, SO IF YOU'LL...
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH JUSTICE STOWERS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY THAT MIGHT BE NEWER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IN MY 22 YEARS WE'VE DONE EVERY YEAR.
AND MS. MASSEY, ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LIES WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT.
SHE'S ALWAYS KIND TO SPONSOR THIS ITEM.
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SO I'M SUPPORTIVE AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE...THAT ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DOES.
AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TONIGHT HERE BEFORE YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE JUSTICE STOWERS? NO SIR, THANK YOU.
JUSTICE PERSON? PLEASE EXCUSE THE REDUNDANCY.
WILL THIS COST ANYTHING THREE YEARS FROM NOW? NO, NOT TO THE COUNTY.
ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WILL PAY ALL DEBT SERVICE ON THE QUESTIONS I'VE GOT.
JUSTICE MASSEY? I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO STAND, IF THEY WOULD, SO THAT WE COULD SEE WHO'S HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THERE BEING NONE, THANK YOU, MR. MOYES, FOR BEING HERE.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 26I22? YES.
AND MS. MEDLOCK? AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR.
DID YOU GET THAT AMY? MEDLOCK, LEWISON AND CURRY.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO.
26 AYE 22 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE RECOMMENDED DUE PASS.
[26-I-16 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 25-OR-52 (2026 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS) TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PATROL VEHICLES.]
INTO OUR ORDINANCES NOW.AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 26 I 16.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 25 OR 52 2026 ANNUAL BUDGET, PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PATROL VEHICLES.
MAKE A MOTION WE SEND THIS TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DUE PASS.
IT WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND THAT WE SEND 26 I-16 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
JUSTICE MCCOY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? SO THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WE DO OFTEN, MAYBE EVEN EVERY YEAR.
I SEE THE SHERIFF IS HERE AND SOMEONE ELSE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE SHERIFF OR SHERIFF'S REPRESENTATIVE APPROACH IF NEED BE? IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING, JUSTICE STOWERS? IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU CAN STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME.
I'M ONE OF THE MAJORS IN THE ENFORCEMENT BRANCH OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SINCE MARCH OF 2025, WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF EIGHT VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR TOTALED DUE TO ACCIDENTS.
THE INSURANCE COMPANY MADE THEIR CLAIMS AND THE PAYMENTS ON THOSE VEHICLES.
THE TOTAL OF THE INSURANCE CHECKS WAS $102,773.
THOSE FUNDS WERE PLACED INTO THE GENERAL FUND, AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THOSE FUNDS TO BE PLACED INTO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ENFORCEMENT BUDGET UNDER LINE ITEM 4005, WHICH IS FOR VEHICLES, TO PURCHASE VEHICLES.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE RECEIVED THE REIMBURSEMENT MONEY FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
WE'RE WANTING TO TURN AROUND AND REPLENISH OR GET THOSE VEHICLES BACK INTO SERVICE THAT WE LOST.
AND SO IT'S A BREAK-EVEN PROPOSITION.
NOW, I'M CURIOUS WITH THAT BREAK-EVEN.
I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY IT WAS EIGHT VEHICLES THAT WERE DAMAGED.
YES, THERE WAS EIGHT TOTAL VEHICLES THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVED MONEY FOR.
GRANTED, THE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE, THE $102,000, WE'LL BASICALLY BUY ONE VEHICLE.
BY THE TIME YOU PURCHASE THE VEHICLE AND EQUIP IT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IS THAT ACTUALLY, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? ARE YOU DOWN EIGHT VEHICLES WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO PURCHASE THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN, OR ARE YOU ABLE TO FUNCTION WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN? SIR, WE REALISTICALLY NEED TO REPLACE 29 VEHICLES.
OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT BREAKING EVEN.
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YEAH, WE'RE DIGGING A HOLE.WE HAVE 29 VEHICLES, PATROL VEHICLES, THAT HAVE OVER 150,000 MILES ON THEM.
BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE VEHICLES AT THIS MOMENT.
TO REPAIR ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS THAT ARE $6,000 A PIECE.
JUSTICE STILES, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU WERE NOT THROUGH, SO GO AHEAD.
WELL, I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY VEHICLES YOU COULD GET FOR $100,000.
I FIGURED IT WAS ONE, MAYBE ONE AND A QUARTER.
SO ACTUALLY I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE DOWN 29 AND WE HAVE A...
WELL, YOU HAVE A BUDGET, THE LINE ITEM THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
HOW MANY DO WE BUY A YEAR OUT OF THAT BUDGETED LINE ITEM? SO, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE BUDGET BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT DIVERSE IN IT, BUT TECHNICALLY WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR VEHICLES, BUT IT'S ALWAYS ZERO.
THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES IN THE WAY WE RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH THE INMATE PHONE CALLS.
SO I HOPE THAT'S ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT LINE ITEM HAS ZERO NOW.
TYPICALLY EACH YEAR IT HAS ZERO.
AND WE TYPICALLY WILL PURCHASE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 A YEAR.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BEING HERE.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 26I16? MS. MEDLOCK? AYE.
WE WILL SEND 26 AYES, 16 TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
[26-I-17 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH STANDARD MEETING TIMES FOR COUNTY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
AYES, 17? ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH STANDARD MEETING TIMES FOR COUNTY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.I MOVE THAT THIS GOES TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT.
DO PASS OKAY NOBODY'S GONNA SECOND IT NOW IT'S GONNA DIE FOR LACK OF A SECOND IF SECOND I'M SORRY OKAY A MOTION WAS MADE WITH THE SECOND AND WE SENT 26 I-17 TO THE FULL CORN COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
JUSTICE DAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? YES, I ALSO HAVE SOME CONSTITUENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, BUT BASICALLY THE PLANNING BOARD MEETS AT TWO O'CLOCK RIGHT NOW.
I CANNOT GET THERE EIGHT OUT OF TEN MEETINGS AND I HAVE A FLEXIBLE JOB.
I HAVE ASKED THE PLANNING BOARD FOR OVER FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS TO JUST PLEASE MOVE THE MEETING I MET WITH.
JUSTICE ROBINSON ATTENDED A MEETING AND ASKED IF THEY COULD DO IT AT LUNCHTIME, AND THEY STILL WOULD NOT BUDGE.
SINCE WE DO HAVE THE LAND USE STUDY THAT WAS PASSED, AND A LOT OF THAT AFFECTS THE UNINCORPORATED, I HAVE GOTTEN MANY EMAILS.
AND IN EVERY MEETING I ATTEND TO IN FERNDALE AND ROWLAND, THEY ARE ASKING TO PLEASE HAVE THE MEETING AT 530 SO THEY CAN GET THERE AFTER WORK.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE, TOO, AND I CAN'T EVEN GET THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I AM ASKING THAT IT'S MOVED.
I DON'T CARE WHAT DAY IT IS, JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET THERE AFTER WORK.
WHAT DAY? WERE YOU ASKING FOR A SPECIFIC TIME? JUST PREFERABLY 5:30, SO THOSE WHO GET OFF WORK AT 5.
BUT 5 O'CLOCK WOULD EVEN BE A, AT LEAST PEOPLE COULD GET THERE AT 5:15, 5:20 AT THAT POINT.
AND I'M ASSUMING IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COURT THAT WE HEAR THESE COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE.
I BELIEVE BASED ON OUR AGENDA, WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF IT WAS THE PLEASURE OF THE COURT TO ACTUALLY HEAR THIS, OR DID WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE ITEM? POINT OF ORDER WE HAVE BEFORE.
I'M ADDRESSING JUSTICE STOWERS FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GET
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THERE.I WAS ASKING IF IT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COURT TO HEAR THE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MAKE A, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS ISSUE.
AND, JUSTICE STOWERS, YOUR POINT IS? MY POINT IS I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A DEBATE AMONG THE BODY BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE CONSTITUENTS.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE WERE GOING TO DEBATE THAT, BUT I'M SAYING BEFORE WE, OKAY, SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A DEBATE.
JUSTICE DAVIS, DID YOU HAVE? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD TALK.
I WANTED TO KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO ASK THIS TO JUSTIN, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WITH, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL BOARDS.
THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING, IF I'M CORRECT? UNLESS THE BOARD CAME BACK TO THE QC AND ASKED.
AND THEN AS LONG AS NO COMMUNITY MEMBER WAS REQUESTING OR UPSET THAT THEY COULDN'T ATTEND THE MEETING, I DON'T SEE WHY THE BOARD WOULD CARE IF THEY MET DURING THE DAY.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK, JUSTIN, KNOWING HOW ALL BOARDS WORK, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WOULD THAT BE ON? THE BOARDS AND WHERE THEY MEET AND THAT KIND OF THING, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT, IF ANY.
AND THEN MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT I WANTED TO EXPRESS.
I'VE RECEIVED CALLS AS WELL AND NOTES ABOUT THE CONCERN, AND THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT, BASICALLY FROM THE CONCERN OF OUR CITIZENS THAT MAY WANT TO ATTEND CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.
DID YOU WANT JUSTIN TO RESPOND? YES, PLEASE.
I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND TO SPEAK FOR WHAT THE BOARDS, HOW THEY FEEL.
I MEAN, THIS DOES IMPACT EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION THAT IS CREATED BY ORDINANCE.
SO IF IT'S A STATUTORY BOARD, IT DOES NOT IMPACT IT.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR HOW THOSE BOARDS FEEL FOR IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT OUR BOARD.
I'M JUST SAYING, I MEAN, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW.
THESE INDIVIDUAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FEEL ABOUT THIS OR HOW IT WILL IMPACT THEM.
IF WE'RE HAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE OR DURING THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, WILL THERE BE ANYONE WHO'S AGAINST BE ABLE TO SPEAK AS WELL, OR WILL THEY HAVE TO ALREADY HAVE SIGNED UP IN ORDER TO? LET'S SEE.
FIVE LOOKS LIKE FIVE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOME ARE FOR AND SOME ARE AGAINST.
SO EVERYBODY'S NOT FOR AND EVERYBODY'S NOT AGAINST.
SO JUSTICE BLACKWOOD, DID YOU? YES.
WHY COULDN'T WE REWORD THIS TO PUT IT FOR JUST HER BOARD INSTEAD OF ALL THE BOARDS? COULD WE MAKE AN AMENDMENT? MAY I ANSWER? OKAY, YEAH, HOLD ON.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS ILLEGAL TO DO ONE SPECIFIC BOARD, BUT I TALKED TO THE ATTORNEY OVER AT AOC, AND HE SAID THE GET-AROUND WAS TO HAVE A LOOPHOLE.
SO, YES, THEY ALL MEET AFTER 05:30 UNLESS THEY COME BACK AND THEY SAY, HEY, THERE IS NO PUBLIC.
COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO IS TRYING TO GET TO THIS MEETING OR HAS MADE A COMPLAINT, CAN WE PLEASE MEET AT THIS TIME? AND OF COURSE, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD MIND.
I DO FEEL LIKE THESE ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS, AND THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SERVE PULASKI COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITIES.
SO I'M SORRY IF WE HAVE TO MEET AT 5:30.
THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO BE THERE.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS I'M TRYING TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY THAT HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO SPEAK, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK FOR SECONDS.
SO I THINK I SAW JUSTICE YOUNG-BAKER.
SO THIS QUESTION MAY BE FOR HAMILTON.
SO WHEN JUSTICE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT A LOOPHOLE, INSTEAD OF CREATING A LOOPHOLE, IF WE LEFT IT THE WAY IT WAS, COULD THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SET JUST SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR THINGS SUCH AS HOT TOPICS LAND USE? AND THEY DO.
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE LAND USE PLAN, MEETINGS WERE HELD AFTER HOURS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THERE COULD BE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
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SO WHEREAS THIS...REGULAR MEETING MAY TAKE UP VARIOUS TOPICS OR ISSUES IF THERE IS SOMETHING OF CONSEQUENCE OR CONTROVERSY.
THE PLANNING BOARDS AND REALLY ALL BOARDS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AND TO ACCOMMODATE CITIZENS SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.
I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT YES ALL OF THESE WORDS WORK FOR THE COUNTY, BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO, YES, IS THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
AND THEN, JUSTIN, I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME A NUMBER OF HOW MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WE WOULD BE AFFECTING? I'VE GOT A LIST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND I CAN GO GRAB IT AND TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY.
OKAY WELL WHILE JUST WELL SORRY I GUESS Y'ALL WANT ME TO SING A DANCE OR SOMETHING WHILE HE'S GETTING IN? WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO? WELL SHE SHE'S NOT JUST AS YOUNG BAKER'S NOT FINISHED SO I DON'T WANT TO GO ON TO ANOTHER CONCERN.
WELL MY QUESTION WAS THAT HOW MANY BOARDS? YEAH I DON'T WANT TO GO ON TO ANOTHER A CONCERN AND THEN WE HAVE TO SO LET'S JUST SO BE PATIENT IF THAT'S A WORD THAT WE CAN USE.
AND SO LET'S GO WITH WHAT BOARDS IT WOULD AFFECT.
THE PLANNING BOARD, THE PUBLIC FACILITIES BOARD, BRIDGE PUBLIC FACILITIES BOARD, MULTIPURPOSE CIVIC CENTER PUBLIC FACILITIES BOARD, BROWNFIELDS REVOLVING LOAN FUND BOARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS STILL OPERATIONAL, BUT EUREKA GARDENS PUBLIC FACILITIES BOARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE SWEET HOME HIGGINS IS STILL FUNCTIONING.
TWO RIVERS PARK FACILITIES BOARD.
PULASKI WATER ASSOCIATION PUBLIC FACILITIES BOARD.
I BELIEVE 14, BUT TWO OF THOSE MAY NOT BE OPERATIONAL ANYMORE.
OKAY, AND SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
HOW MANY OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES HAVE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE REGULAR.
SALARIED EMPLOYEES, HOURLY EMPLOYEES, PUTTING MEETINGS THAT AFFECT EMPLOYEES, HOW DOES THAT OFFSET THEIR PAY? YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE ONLY ONE THAT REQUIRES STAFF IS THE PLANNING BOARD.
MAYBE THE PACE BOARD, BUT I COULDN'T SPEAK DEFINITIVELY UPON THAT.
THANK YOU, JUSTICE YOUNG-BAKER.
JUSTICE MEDLOCK, YOU'RE ACTUALLY UP.
DID YOU WANT TO? WELL, SHE ASKED.
I WAS WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY BOARDS.
I AM TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF, YOU KNOW, A TIME CHANGE.
HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SET THE TIME.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TO THOSE MEETINGS IF NEED BE.
I JUST THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL UNANSWERED.
DO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM THOSE BOARDS THAT, YOU KNOW? WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.
I MEAN, I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, BUT WE HAVE ONE PERSON HERE.
DID YOU WANT HIM TO SPEAK? WELL, I'M ASSUMING HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO SPEAK.
HE'S GOING TO SPEAK, SO, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN SET THE TIME.
ARE WE TRYING TO SET THE TIME? I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT, BUT AND REQUEST THAT THEY DO IT.
WHEN IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR THOSE OF US WHO WORK, BUT ARE WE TRYING TO SAY THEY NEED TO SET IT AT 05:30 OR 5 O'CLOCK? I ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THEM TO MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT TIME.
THEY WOULD NOT WORK WITH ME, SO I JUST THREW 5:30 OUT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS AFTER WORK.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S, I MEAN, 04:30 WOULD BE EASIER TO GET TO THAN 2 O'CLOCK IN THE DAY.
I'M SORRY, HAS MS. DAVIS BEEN RECOGNIZED, SIR? YOU'RE RIGHT.
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FOR KEEPING ME HONEST TONIGHT, JUSTICE STILES.BUT I'M CURIOUS, JUSTIN, DO WE KNOW HOW WHO ORIGINALLY SET THE TWO O'CLOCK TIME? DO WE KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED? AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT, I MEAN, EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION SETS THEIR OWN AGENDAS AND TIMES.
OK, SO IT SEEMS THAT IT'S BEEN.
OKAY, CAN YOU SPEAK IN, THANK YOU.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN, WOW.
OKAY, SO FROM 1948, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU JUSTICE MASSEY.
SO, JUSTIN, THIS MIGHT BE, YEAH.
WELL, WHENEVER WE STARTED NAMING OFF 14 DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS.
BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DON'T ALL MEET AT 2, AND THIS ORDINANCE IS SAYING THEY ALL HAVE TO MEET AT A CERTAIN TIME.
BUT THEN WE'RE SAYING THERE'S, I GUESS I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESSES EVERY SINGLE COMMISSION.
WHEN THEY DON'T MEET AT EVERY, THEY DON'T ALL MEET AT 2 O'CLOCK, I DON'T THINK.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ME? WHO ARE YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION? WHOEVER CAN ANSWER IT.
SO I DID NOT DRAFT THIS ORDINANCE.
SO I WAS NOT THE ONE WHO CAME UP WITH THE WORDING OR THE TIMING OR THE PROCESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
JUSTICE DAVIS DID ALL THE DRAFTING.
AND SO I JUST ESSENTIALLY FORMATTED IT BASED OFF OF HER LANGUAGE.
SO I GUESS ON MY QUESTION, WE'LL PICK THE LAST ONE THAT YOU SAID, WHICH WAS THE NORTH FLASKY.
IF WE WERE TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET AT 05:30.
MY UNDERSTANDING, YES, UNLESS THEY SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE QUORUM COURT, AND THEN YOU GUYS COULD DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A REASON FOR THEM TO MEET AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
I BELIEVE THAT'S, IS THAT CORRECT? HOLD ON, BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER, BUT CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? ANSWER WHAT? I GUESS, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? SO MY QUESTION WAS, SO LIKE NORTH PULASKI WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS THE LAST ON THE LIST OF 14.
SO IF WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE, THEY HAVE TO MEET AT, LET'S SAY, 6 O'CLOCK.
SO ALL THESE BOARDS WOULD HAVE TO.
MEET AT 6 UNLESS EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE SENT US A REQUEST TO MEET AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET SPECIAL PERMISSION.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT, JUSTICE DAVIS? I DID.
I BELIEVE IT SAID AFTER 5:30, SO ANYTIME AFTER 5:30.
IS IT HARD FOR A BOARD TO EMAIL THE QUORUM COURT AND JUST SAY, HEY, CAN WE MEET AT 12, OUR USUAL TIME? LIKE, THAT DOESN'T SEEM COMPLICATED.
AND YOU LISTED THOSE BOARDS, BUT I KNOW RUNYON ACRES DOES NOT MEET DURING THE DAY.
CRYSTAL FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETS IN THE EVENING.
SO YOU LISTED BOARDS, BUT NOT THE ONES THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY IT.
WELL, THEY WOULD ALL BE AFFECTED BY IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME THEY MEET.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PROCEDURES ARE.
THOSE ARE THE BOARDS THAT ARE CREATED VIA ORDINANCE.
SO EVERY BOARD OR COMMISSION WOULD BE AFFECTED WHETHER OR NOT THEY CHOOSE OR HOWEVER THEY MEET.
I'M NOT ARGUING FOR OR AGAINST THIS, MS. DAVIS.
I'M JUST SIMPLY ANSWERING THE QUESTION AS TO HOW MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS, AND I NAMED THEM.
SO I'M NOT HOWEVER THEY SET THEIR TIMES, COOL.
SO I'M STILL FINISHING WITH MY FIRST, JUSTICE CAPPS.
SO I ATTENDED A LOT OF THE LAND USE MEETINGS AND HEARD SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THERE REGARDING CONCERN ABOUT ATTENDING AND THE ATTENDANCE WAS VARIED DEPENDING ON EVEN IN THE EVENING YOU KNOW IT CAN BE DIFFICULT BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOME CONCERN AROUND ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE MEETINGS.
I HAD OFFERED AMENDMENT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE THE BAR TO HEAR AND I'M NOT FORMALLY DOING IT BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD SOLUTION IN ORDER TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY AND NOT OVERBURDEN THE BOARDS IN THAT POTENTIALLY THEY HAVE SCHEDULED QUARTERLY EVENING MEETINGS THAT ARE MEANT TO ADDRESS COUNTYWIDE
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ISSUES AND IF THERE ARE NO COUNTYWIDE ISSUES LIKE YOU KNOW SWEET HOME MAY NOT HAVE A COUNTYWIDE ISSUE, THEN THOSE WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY CANCELED.SO I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, OFFER A SOLUTION, BUT WOULD ALSO BE REASONABLE AND FAIR TO OUR VOLUNTEER BOARD MEETINGS.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND JUSTICE DAVIS FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
I MEAN, SHE'S TALKED TO THE AAC.
I THINK SHE'S DONE HER HOMEWORK.
I THINK IT DOES NOT BACK ANY BORDER COMMISSION INTO A CORNER.
IT DOESN'T TELL THEM THEY HAVE TO MEET AT 5:30.
IT JUST SAYS THEY CAN MEET NO EARLIER THAN 5:30.
IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED A SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO MEET EARLIER.
AND SO I THINK IT'S WELL CRAFTED.
AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO AS WELL.
NO, MR. KEITH, I'VE NOT SPOKEN ON THIS ISSUE YET.
JUSTICE STOWERS, YOU'VE GOT THE FLOOR.
I'VE GOT THE FLOOR, BUT I'VE NOT SPOKEN ON THIS ISSUE YET.
FOR YOU TO SAY IT'S MY SECOND TIME.
AND YOU STARTED OFF SINCE YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE ME.
HERE'S YOUR NAME, NUMBER ONE, AND YOU SMOKE.
CAN YOU SUPPORT THAT? JUSTICE DALLAS, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
WE'RE ALL SITTING HERE AT 6:34 IN THE EVENING BEING VERY, VERY FAIRLY COMPENSATED FOR BEING HERE.
CONSTITUENTS ALSO LIKE TO ATTEND STATE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
BUT MY FRIEND HERE WHO'S A LOBBYIST, DOES THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS? TYPICALLY, AS A RULE, IN THE EVENINGS? NOT TYPICALLY.
IN FACT, ALL OF THE LEGISLATURES, THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S BUSINESS IS TAKEN CARE OF PREDOMINANTLY DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
CITIES, STATE, AND COUNTY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TYPICALLY MEET DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
I BELIEVE IT IS PATENTLY UNFAIR FOR US TO ATTEMPT TO DICTATE TO VOLUNTEERS WHEN THEIR MEETINGS SHOULD OCCUR.
WE WOULD ALL LOVE FOR ALL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS TO BE HELD IN THE EVENING THAT IS SIMPLY NOT FEASIBLE, NOT FEASIBLE, AND NOT REASONABLE.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, JUSTIN, ABOUT LOGISTICS.
SO DO ALL THE COMMISSIONS AND ALL THE BOARDS MEET IN THIS ROOM? THEY DO NOT? OKAY.
HOW MANY DO ANY OF THEM HAVE SAME DAY? LIKE IF WE, YOU DON'T KNOW.
OKAY, THANK YOU, JUSTICE YOUNG-BAKER.
JUST ADDITIONALLY, I WANTED TO SHARE AS WELL THAT IN TALKING WITH A COUPLE OF CONSTITUENCY, THAT THE IDEA OF MAYBE OFFERING MAYBE A QUARTERLY MEETING WAS AN IDEA THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE.
SO I THINK IT COULD BE A FRIENDLY PIECE, NOT TOTALLY, NOT DICTATED IN THIS RESPECT, BUT JUST KIND OF COMING TO THE TABLE.
BECAUSE A LOT OF US DO WORK OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF THE PLAN, TWO O'CLOCK MEETING.
SO JUST HAVING SOME FLEXIBILITY, TO ME, I THINK IT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND WE JUST NEED TO TRY TO PULL IT TOGETHER AND TRY TO COME TO A COMMONALITY ON WHAT WOULD BE BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROPERLY INFORMED, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVEN'T BEEN.
SO I BELIEVE I UNDERSTOOD THAT,
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AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RESEARCH, THAT IT HAS TO BE ABROAD.ALL BOARDS HAVE TO MEET AT THAT TIME.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAR, THAT IT HAS TO BE ABROAD, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD CAN REQUEST A DIFFERENT TIME AFTER YOU SET THAT TIME ABROAD.
I MEAN, IS IT ABROAD NOW, 2 O'CLOCK, ACROSS ALL BOARDS? I MEAN, WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT FOR ALL 14 DIFFERENT BOARDS IF WE JUST SEEM TO HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH THE PLANNING BOARD? I CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS IT NOW, 2 O'CLOCK, ABROAD TO ALL THESE 14 DIFFERENT BOARDS? AND IS IT DEFINITE THAT WE DO HAVE TO CHANGE IT ABROAD OR CAN WE JUST CHANGE IT FOR THE PLANNING BOARD? I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.
THEY'RE NOT ALL CONDUCTED AT 2 O'CLOCK.
IN FACT, THEY ALL SET THEIR OWN TIMES, TIMES THAT WORK FOR THEM.
SO FOR US TO REQUEST THE PLANNING BOARD TO MEET AT 05:30, WE HAVE TO...
WE HAVE TO REQUEST IT ABROAD, ALL 14 BOARDS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S MY BIG BIGGEST QUESTION AND CONCERN.
I MEAN, WHY CAN'T WE JUST REQUEST IT FOR ONE BOARD? WHO CAN? WERE YOU GOING TO TRY TO ANSWER THAT? I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WOULD BE LEGAL.
SO ARE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION? WELL, AND MAYBE MY QUESTION IS TO JUSTICE DAVIS AS FAR AS.
THAT INFORMATION WHERE THAT INFORMATION CAME FROM THAT WE HAD TO DO IT THAT WAY.
DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION, JUSTICE DAVIS? ADAM DID.
BUT TO BE FAIR, I BELIEVE IT ALSO WAS THE AAC.
BUT I HAVE NOT GOT A STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY ATTORNEYS.
THEY TRIED TO TELL ME THAT WE HAD TO COMPLETELY DISMANTLE THE PLANNING BOARD TO EVEN.
GET A TIME CHANGE AND I WAS LIKE THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT I WANT TO DO.
I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE MEETING.
SO IF WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT SO IT'S JUST A PLANNING BOARD, I'M ALL FOR THAT.
THAT'S ALL I WANT IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE TO THE MEETING.
OKAY SO IS THAT DID THAT CLEAR THAT? THAT IS AN OPTION PERHAPS WE COULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE JUST ONE BOARD NOT ALL BOARDS.
I THINK THAT I WOULD PROBABLY, OF COURSE I WANT TO HEAR ALL THE COMMENTS FROM EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, BECAUSE I THINK THEY DO HAVE A VOICE AND WE DO NEED TO HEAR THEM.
PROBABLY BE MORE APT TO VOTE YES ON ONE BOARD, NOT ALL, SINCE ALL BOARDS ARE NOT HERE.
I'M ASSUMING ALL THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE HERE ARE FOR THE ONE BOARD.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ALL THE CONSTITUENTS AND THEN MAYBE PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT.
JUSTICE, ARE YOU YELLING? OKAY.
I BELIEVE WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS VOLUNTEER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTY, WHICH IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITIZENS, OR THE SERVICES THAT THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROVIDE, WHICH PROBABLY HAVE SOME SORT OF DIRECT INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CITIZENS.
AND SO, GENERALLY SPEAKING, MOST FOLKS WOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS IN THE EVENINGS DUE TO MOST PEOPLE BEING AT WORK DURING THE DAY.
SO IT SEEMS IDEAL TO ME TO REQUEST...
OR WHATEVER TERM YOU WANT TO USE TO SAY, HEY, Y'ALL NEED TO MEET IN THE EVENINGS NO SOONER THAN 05:30.
LET US KNOW IF THERE'S A SERIOUS ISSUE.
WE WILL EXEMPT YOU IF NEED BE.
LAST, COMPARING THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AS MY COLLEAGUE DID TO THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE, I THINK IS APPLES AND ORANGES.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE EVENINGS TO HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ALL THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS MEET IN THE EVENING.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT POINT, BUT THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE MUCH SMALLER IN NUMBER, PROBABLY MEET FOR LESS TIME.
SO, AGAIN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE SUPPORT
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OF THIS ITEM.SOUND LIKE WE JUST PLAYING RING AROUND THE ROSY ABOUT ONE BOARD.
HAS ANYONE TOOK THE TIME TO FIND OUT WHY THEY NEED TO MEET AT 2 O'CLOCK? HAS ANYBODY JUST WENT TO THEM AND ASKED WHY DO THEY MEET AT 2 O'CLOCK? AND THEN WE COULD PROBABLY GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TRYING TO MAKE IT FIT FOR US, AND WE NEED TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION AND HAVE EMPATHY FOR WHY THEY NEED TO MEET AT 2 O'CLOCK.
I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT AND SWEET, I HOPE, KIND OF PIGGYBACK WHAT JUSTICE MCCOY SAID.
SO I ATTEND A LOT OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS WITH MY DAYTIME JOB.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SEARCY MEETS AT NOON, LITTLE ROCK MEETS AT 4, NORTH LITTLE ROCK MEETS AT 4, JACKSONVILLE MEETS AT 6:30, CABOT MEETS AT 07, SHERWOOD MEETS AT 6, WARD MEETS AT 6.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS I GO TO.
SO OUT OF THOSE, YOU GOT LITTLE ROCK, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AND SEARCY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT MEET BEFORE SIX O'CLOCK.
AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK WHAT JUSTICE MCCOY SAID.
IN ALL OF THESE PLANNING COMMISSIONS, EVERYBODY IS A VOLUNTEER.
OH, I'M YOUNG BAKER. YOUNG BAKER, PLEASE FORGIVE ME, JUSTICE YOUNG BAKER.
SUE, THIS QUESTION IS FOR JUSTICE DAVIS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY.
EARLIER YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD SPOKEN TO AN ATTORNEY FROM ACC OR AOC, AND THEY TOLD YOU THAT IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO SINGLE OUT ONE BOARD OR COMMISSION.
EVERYTHING, AND THAT YOU COULD CREATE A LOOPHOLE, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS CLEAR THAT THAT IS WHAT YOU SAID, RIGHT? YOU CAN RESPOND, JUSTICE DAVIS.
YES, BUT THEN THE LOOPHOLE, LIKE, SO IF THE GARDEN CLUB OR WHATEVER, THEY MEET AT 2 O'CLOCK, WELL, THEN THEY WOULD JUST SAY, WE MEET AT 2 O'CLOCK, CAN WE KEEP OUR MEETINGS AT 02, AND EMAIL TO US, AND WE WOULD SAY, SURE, GO FOR IT, THAT'S ALL.
BUT THEN WHEN I WENT BACK TO ADAM ABOUT THAT, HE WASN'T SURE IF IT HAD TO BE ONE SPECIFIC BOARD OR ALL ACROSS.
SO I HAVEN'T GOT A STRAIGHT ANSWER EITHER WAY.
SO I'M CURIOUS IF THE FLOWERS CLUB COULD SAY, HEY, 6 O'CLOCK DOESN'T WORK FOR ME, WHY COULDN'T THE PLANNING COMMISSION COME BACK AND SAY, HEY.
SIX O'CLOCK DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.
WELL THE THOUGHT BEHIND IT IS IF THERE WERE CONSTITUENTS WANTING TO GO TO THE FLOWER CLUB AND THEY CAME TO US AND THEY WERE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE TRYING TO BE INVOLVED HERE BUT WE CAN'T BE INVOLVED, CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US? WHEREAS WE DO HAVE CONSTITUENTS COMING TO THE QUORUM COURT SAYING WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE WANT HELP.
WELL WHAT I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE I THINK I'VE GOT SIX CARDS.
AND MAYBE HEARING FROM, AND THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS FOR AND AGAINST, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO BREAK.
I KNOW, AND WE CAN COME BACK, WE CAN COME BACK AND PICK UP OUR DEBATE, BUT MAYBE TO HEAR FROM THEM COULD HELP US.
I MEAN, IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH.
I'M TRYING TO BE FAIR TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START OFF WITH TERRY, IS THIS TERRY DRENNAN? IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM.
AND I THINK JUSTIN IS OUR OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER AND WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THREE MINUTES SUFFICIENT? THREE, OKAY.
REBECCA DAVIS IS MY JP, MY REPRESENTATIVE.
AND I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING IT HAS BECOME VERY IMPORTANT FOR US CONSTITUENTS, NOT JUST FERNDALE, NOT JUST WEST PULASKI, ROLAND, TO ATTEND THESE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON.
WITH THE LAND USE STUDY, THE LAND USE PLAN, AND ALSO, HAD WE NOT ALL BEEN FILLED THIS ROOM ON, WAS IT DECEMBER 3RD, WHEN JUDGE HYDE THREW AN EMERGENCY PLANNING BOARD MEETING WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO
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PASS A LITTLE SOMETHING SOMETHING? THAT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN PASSED, BUT THAT MEETING WAS AT 6 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND THIS PLACE WAS PACKED.IF I WERE ON THE PLANNING BOARD...
IF I TOOK THE POSITION AS A VOLUNTEER TO SERVE ON THE PULASKI COUNTY PLANNING BOARD, I MYSELF WOULD BE VERY WILLING TO MEET AT A TIME WHERE THE CONSTITUENTS, THE COUNTY PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITIES, COULD COME AND ATTEND AND HAVE A SAY.
I'VE BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE MEETINGS DON'T GO THE SAME WAY THE MEETINGS DO IN HERE.
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE A RIGHT, WE SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT, TO LISTEN TO THOSE MEETINGS, LISTEN TO WHAT'S BEING SAID, AND HAVE OUR OWN SAY.
OKAY, AND I GUESS IT'S OKAY IF I SAY SHE WAS FOUR, AND SO I'LL GO WITH CHRISTY, IS THIS GAINES OR EANES? EANES.
EANES, OKAY, AND SHE'S A GAINE.
MY NAME IS CHRISTY EANES FROM LITTLE ITALY.
AS A FORMER COMMISSIONER AND A CITIZEN ENGAGED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, I STRONGLY SUPPORT CHANGING THE PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARINGS TO 5:30 OR LATER TO ALLOW FOR BETTER ATTENDANCE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FROM MORE STAKEHOLDERS, THEREBY REMOVING AN ATTENDANCE HARDSHIP FOR MANY.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE SPECIAL MEETINGS.
I APPRECIATE THE IDEA ABOUT THE QUARTERLY.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE ACTION HAPPENS.
THAT'S WHERE PLATS ARE BROUGHT UP THAT IMPACT COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY.
THE PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST IN THE AREA AT 2 P.M., EARLIER THAN LITTLE ROCK, AND I APPRECIATE JUSTICE ROBINSON GIVING US THE RUNDOWN OF THE OTHERS IN THE AREA.
CHANGING THE TIME WILL NOT IMPACT APPLICANTS.
WHO ARE REQUIRED TO BE AT THESE MEETINGS ACCORDING TO THE LAW, ACCORDING TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO THEY WILL BE THERE, NO MATTER WHAT TIME YOU MAKE IT.
IF ANY CURRENT COMMISSIONERS ARE UNABLE TO MAKE THE 5:30 P.M.
OR LATER, I KNOW OTHERS WHO COULD AND WOULD.
THIS IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION, IT'S UNPAID, AND THEREFORE NO COMMISSIONER'S LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON IT.
I AM RETIRED FROM MY FULL-TIME POSITION AT THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE AS IT DIRECTOR, AND I HAVE A FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE.
DUE TO MY HIGH INTEREST IN MATTERS OF PLANNING IN OUR AREA, I ATTEND MOST ALL THE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS.
NOT EVERYONE HAS A FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE AND CAN ATTEND IN PERSON OR REMOTELY.
THE COUNTY STAFF DOES PROVIDE AUDIO-ONLY ZOOM.
IT'S A TRANSPARENCY IMPROVEMENT MADE DURING MY TIME AS A COMMISSIONER, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO THE TIMING.
MANY STAKEHOLDERS ARE BUSY WITH WORK, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, OR OTHER BUSY DAYTIME MATTERS AT 2 P.M.
THE QUORUM COURT CAN DO ONE BETTER TODAY.
I HAVE NOTICED AN UPTICK IN AGENDA ITEMS COINCIDING WITH THE ETJ REPEAL AND INTEREST IS HIGHER.
SINCE 2021, THE INTEREST IN ROLAND AND IN Y AND LITTLE ITALY IS HIGHER.
I HAVE WITNESSED MANY ACCOMMODATIONS BY APPLICANTS.
FOR APPLICANTS BY THE COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF MEMBERS.
AND SO ISN'T IT FINALLY TIME TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO DESIRE BETTER ACCESS TIME SO THEY CAN MAKE THE MEETINGS, MEETINGS THAT ARE HIGHLY INTERESTING TO US AND IMPACT OUR LIVES DIRECTLY.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, ENGAGE, AND ATTEND MORE MEETINGS AND PLACE THIS ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THE MONTH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO WE DO HAVE SOMEONE, MR. MARK WILSON, AND HE'S A GANGSTA.
HELLO, I'M MARK WILSON, AND I SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY PLANNING BOARD.
AND I WANT TO ADDRESS MS. DAVIS' COMMENTS.
YOU DID REQUEST THAT WE CHANGE OUR MEETING TIME.
WE DEBATED IT, WE CONSIDERED IT, AND WE UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT WE DID NOT SEE A NEED TO CHANGE THE TIME.
THAT WAS NOT MEANT AS ANY PERSONAL AFFRONT TO YOU.
THAT WAS NOT MEANT TO DISCOURAGE YOUR CONCERNS.
THAT WAS SIMPLY, WE DIDN'T SEE A COMPELLING REASON TO CHANGE THE MEETING TIMES.
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AND IF THE MEETING TIME HAS BEEN THE SAME IN THE AFTERNOON SINCE 1948, YOU COULD SAY IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.I MEAN, YOU AS A GROUP COULD SAY IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE.
IT COULD ALSO BE CONSTRUED AS IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR 60 PLUS YEARS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NEED TO CHANGE.
MY CONCERN AS CHAIR IS MAINLY FOR STAFFING.
MOVE TO A TIME AFTER 5.30 P.M.
THE COUNTY'S COLLECTIVE STAFF, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF, WILL NEED TO WORK ADDITIONAL HOURS TO STAFF THOSE AFTER-HOURS MEETINGS, AND THAT WILL BE ADDITIONAL COSTS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER ARE NON-CONTROVERSIAL, AND ZONING, I WILL AGREE, THAT IS A HOT TOPIC THAT IS VERY CONTROVERSIAL.
STRINGENT PUBLIC DEBATE AND WE'VE HAD THAT BUT I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO UPSET THE ENTIRE APPLE CART OF YOU KNOW WHEN APPLICANTS HAVE FILING DEADLINES AND WHEN THE STAFF ARRANGES THINGS ACCORDING TO WHAT WE DO SO THAT WE CAN THEN PASS THINGS ON TO YOUR BODY THAT THAT WILL DISRUPT A LOT OF THINGS I FEEL UNNECESSARILY AND SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND FOR SEVERAL OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY FOR THE PLANNING BOARD, I WOULD BE I WOULD DEFINITELY BE OPEN TO HAVING A MEETING AFTER 530 FOR THOSE WHO WORK DURING THE DAY WHEN WE HAVE COUNTYWIDE ISSUES LIKE ZONING OR LAND USE CONSIDERATIONS LIKE THAT AND AS MR. CAMPUS STATED.
CAN WE KEEP IT, MR. WILSON, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? OKAY, SO I'M SORRY, SOMEONE WAS SPEAKING BACK HERE, AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE ADDRESSING ME.
BUT LET ME GATHER MY THOUGHTS AGAIN.
WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE MEETINGS AFTER HOURS SHOULD A SITUATION ARISE.
THE QUORUM COURT TO TO UNDERSTAND THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS WE SEE ARE SPECIFIC TO ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT AN APPLICANT WANTS TO MAKE A SLIGHT CHANGE TO AND UH THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO IT BY THEIR THEIR NEIGHBORS AND AND THOSE GO QUICKLY IF THERE ARE LARGE ISSUES THAT AFFECT COUNTY-WIDE I WE WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO MEET AFTER HOURS ALL RIGHT AFTER THANK YOU THANK THANK YOU, MR. WILSON.
CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS? YEAH, CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS? LET'S, WE CAN CALL HIM BACK UP.
SO JUST KEEP, WE'VE GOT ONE FOR JUDGE GRIFFIN.
GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS WENDELL GRIFFIN.
I LIVE IN PULASKI COUNTY SINCE 1979.
FIRST OF ALL, TO MR. STOWERS' POINT, THERE ARE 75 ARKANSAS COUNTIES THAT WOULD BE PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE MEETINGS AT NIGHT.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE, 75 COUNTIES, JUST BE PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
SECONDLY, THE MEETINGS THAT THE QUORUM COURT HOLDS ARE THE SAME IMPORTANCE TO THE MEETINGS THE PLANNING BOARD HOLDS.
AND PEOPLE COME TO THE MEETINGS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD HAS ON...
EVERY SITUATION, WHETHER IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OR COUNTYWIDE PROPERTY, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
THEIR CONCERN DOES NOT DEPEND ON WHAT TIME THEY GET OFF WORK.
AND SO THE TIME THEY GET OFF WORK GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO STATE THEIR CONCERN.
LETTING THE PEOPLE BE HEARD IS NOT AN IMPOSITION ON THE BOARD MEMBERS.
IT IS THE OBLIGATION OF THE BOARD TO HEAR FROM THE CONSTITUENTS.
SO THAT'S NOT AN IMPOSITION ON THEM.
LASTLY, I HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN IN THIS SUIT-WEARING BUSINESS.
I GREW UP AS A CHILD WITH PARENTS WHO WERE LABORERS.
MY MOTHER WORKED IN A CHICKEN PLANT.
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SO HE HAD SAWDUST ON HER AND SHE HAD CHICKEN WASTE ON HER.BATHE, CHANGE CLOTHES, AND GO TO PTA MEETINGS.
I NEVER KNEW HIM MISSING A SINGLE PTA MEETING AT NIGHT.
HE CAME HOME, TOOK A BATH, DROVE TO EVERY PTA MEETING.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY WHO DO THE SAME KIND OF THING THAT MY PARENTS DID, AND THEY WANT TO BE HEARD.
CHRIS SENEFONTE. I WAS ALMOST THERE.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT I GET IN THE MAIL.
MY NAME IS CHRIS SENEFONTE, AND I LIVE IN ROWLAND OFF OF ROWLAND CUT-OFF ROAD, AND I SUPPORT REBECCA'S BILL OR ORDINANCE.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CHANGE THE PLANNING BOARD TIMES BECAUSE WITH THE WORK, THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO WORK, BUT ALSO PEOPLE HAVE OBLIGATIONS DURING THE DAY.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAREGIVERS.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE COMES HOME SO THAT YOU CAN GO AND GO TO A MEETING.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN COUNTY ISSUES.
AND I DO HAVE, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, I HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MY AREA WHO ALSO ARE FOR REBECCA'S BILL.
AND IF I COULD READ WHAT THEY SAID, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
AS LONG AS WITHIN YOUR TIME FRAMES.
DEAR MR. BLAGG, I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND THE PULASKI COUNTY QUORUM COURT MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT I WRITE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE REBECCA DAVIS'S ORDINANCE 26I17.
TO CHANGE THE TIME BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO MEET EVENINGS RATHER THAN DURING THE DAY THIS CHANGE WILL IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY PUBLIC ACCESS AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR COUNTY STATE STAFF TO READ THIS PLEASE DO SO THANK YOU LYNN FOSTER FOR NATURAL STEPS COVE ROLAND UM DEAR MR BLAGG PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SUPPORT ENACTING THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES ALL COUNTY BOARD COMMISSIONERS TO MEET IN THE EVENING RATHER THAN DURING THE DAYTIME.
THIS GIVES US ALL BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DETAILS THAT AFFECT US.
THANK YOU, RHONDA AND TONY PATTON, LAKE VISTA ROWLAND.
AND THE LAST ONE IS WE SUPPORT JUSTICE REBECCA DAVIS ORDINANCE 26I17 TO CHANGE THE TIME OF THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGE CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT.
THANK YOU, SCOTT AND CHERYL STEUBENROTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I GUESS MY APPROPRIATE TITLE IS LIEUTENANT COLONEL RETIRED, UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE.
I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY IN TRYING TO GET THIS ORGANIZED.
I KNOW IF YOU PUT FIVE ATTORNEYS IN A ROOM YOU'LL GET SIX DIFFERENT OPINIONS SO NO OFFENSE SO I UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFICULTY BUT HOWEVER YOU DO IT THE WAY YOU DO IT WE JUST WANT THE LAND USE THE PLANNING TO BE IN THE EVENINGS TO ACCOMMODATE THE MAJORITY OF US SO BRING UP A GREAT POINT COULD IT JUST BE THIS MEETING I'M ALL FOR THAT TOO SO HOWEVER IT'S DONE WHATEVER ATTORNEY HAS TO SIGN OFF ON IT TO APPROVE IT I'M ALL FOR IT SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.
AND MISS KENDRIA STUCKEY? I'M KENDRIA STUCKEY AND I'M JUST COMING UP HERE TO GIVE A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED WHEN YOU CAN'T COME TO A PLANNING BOARD.
SO I'M A SINGLE PARENT AND I JUST RUSHED IN FOR MY JOB.
SO APPARENTLY I CAN BARELY GET HERE AT 6 OR 2 O'CLOCK.
IT'S REALLY KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE.
THE COMMUNITY I'M SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING OF IS BRUSHY ISLAND IN PULASKI COUNTY, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING TOE-TO-TOE WITH SHERWOOD OVER A GUN RANGE THAT'S BEING PLACED THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY MAKE THOSE MEETINGS.
A LOT OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING AROUND US.
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BEHIND MY NAME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.BUT I'M ALMOST SURE IF WE CAN MAKE THESE MEETINGS, WE CAN KIND OF KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE DID HAVE A GENTLEMAN FROM PLANNING, BUT WE WEREN'T, HE DIDN'T EVEN TELL US ABOUT IT.
WE KIND OF GOT LED ASTRAY, AND THEN I LATER FOUND OUT HE'S MARRIED TO THE SHERWOOD MAYOR.
SO WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S GOING ON OURSELVES.
I'M ONLY A SECRETARY OF OUR BOARD.
BUT BY GOLLY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO READ ORDINANCES, AND THANK GOD FOR PEOPLE LIKE MS. PATRICIA, WHO'S REALLY BEEN SEEING US THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, BECAUSE WE KNOW NOTHING.
SO WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO MAKE HOME COURT MEETINGS NOW, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO PLANNING MEETINGS IF POSSIBLE.
SO I'M FOR MAKING THIS MEETING.
LATER IN THE DAY SO PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT WHO WORK CAN ATTEND AND SO WE WON'T AVOID WELL SO WE WILL AVOID ANY MORE THINGS BEING PLACED IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE DO NOT WANT UM SO I'M FOR IT AND I HOPE YOU GUYS SUPPORT IT THANK YOU THANK YOU OKAY AND I THINK A FEW JUSTICES HAD A QUESTION SO MR STYLES I ACTUALLY SAW YOU FIRST UH SO SO IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD THANK YOU.
IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THIS EVENING THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, FIRST RESPONDERS.
YOU COULD GO ON DOWN THE LIST.
BUT MANY PEOPLE WORK A SECOND SHIFT.
THEY WORK SECOND SHIFT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY THREE TO MIDNIGHT.
WE DISENFRANCHISE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK SECOND SHIFT.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISENFRANCHISING PEOPLE WHO WORK FIRST SHIFT.
SO WE HAVE THE MEETINGS IN THE EVENINGS.
WELL, IF WE MOVE IT TO THE EVENINGS, WE'RE GOING TO DISENFRANCHISE THOSE WHO WORK SECOND SHIFT.
MR. CHAIRMAN WILSON, I THINK IT IS, IS THE PROPER TITLE OF APPROACH.
THANK YOU AND YOU'RE THE CHAIRMAN CORRECT OF THE PLANNING BOARD? CHAIR.
WE HAVE HAD FEMALE AND MALE CHAIRS.
OKAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
MY APOLOGIES YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT IT EARLIER BUT WHAT WHAT AGAIN HAS THE PLANNING BOARD DONE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND MEETINGS TO DATE? WELL, ALL MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST ON ZOOM, SO ANYBODY CAN JOIN ONLINE, WHO HAS ONLINE ACCESS, OF COURSE.
AND WHEN THERE HAS BEEN, WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS REGARDING THE LAND USE PLAN, THE EARLY STAGES OF IT, TO GET PUBLIC INPUT IN EACH PARTICULAR AREA OF THE COUNTY, UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY.
AND THEN WE MOST RECENTLY IN DECEMBER HAD A SPECIAL MEETING THAT WAS HELD AFTER HOURS TO GET MORE PUBLIC INPUT ON THAT.
SO THE 2 O'CLOCK, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUT THE 2 O'CLOCK MEETING THAT YOU ALL CURRENTLY HAVE, IT'S BROADCAST VIA ZOOM.
CAN PEOPLE PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM? YES, THEY CAN.
AND THAT'S NICE, BUT OBVIOUSLY BEING THERE IN PERSON DUE TO...
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THE PERSPECTIVE THAT I SEE, FEEL, AND GET IS THAT THE TWO O'CLOCK MEETING OF THE PLANNING BOARD DOESN'T WORK AND IT'S NOT WORKING AND IT ALMOST FEELS TOO THAT MAYBE THE PLANNING BOARD DOESN'T WANT THESE PEOPLE.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS, SO FORTH AND SO ON.
PEOPLE AREN'T TELLING ME, OH, THE PLANNING BOARD IS SO CONVENIENT TO US.
SO I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I BET IF THE PLANNING BOARD HAD DONE SOMETHING MORE TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC PERSONS WANTING TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND HAVING TO BE GREATLY INCONVENIENCED, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAN'T COME, THEY JUST CAN'T, I DON'T THINK WE'D BE HERE TONIGHT.
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THIS CONVERSATION.I, IF I HAD TO PREDICT THE FUTURE, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE...
MORE SPOTLIGHT TOWARDS THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND NEEDING TO DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THE CITIZENS' CONCERNS.
SO I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE PLANNING BOARD TO GET ON BOARD WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
I DON'T SEE THIS ISSUE GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON.
SO THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS GOING, IT MIGHT BE FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT AND IT SPARKED A QUESTION.
IS THIS GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY? THAT IS NOT MY QUESTION TO ANSWER.
I'M SORRY, WHAT'S GOING TO COST? OKAY, MR. BLACK.
HE HAD MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT NEEDING STAFF OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
IS IT GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT, MS. MENLO.
THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION TO ANSWER.
WHOSE QUESTION WOULD THAT BE TO ANSWER? PROBABLY THE PLANNING BOARD WHO WOULD BE STAFFING IT, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
SO WOULD THAT BE MS. CHAIRMAN, CHAIR WILSON? I'M SORRY.
I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
I JUST HAVEĀ IF I'M RECOGNIZED.
WELL, MY FEELING IS THAT THE STAFF OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ATTEND THE MEETINGS BY NECESSITY.
THEY PRESENT TO US, THEY PRESENT THE INS AND OUTS OF EACH PARTICULAR APPLICATION FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH A CERTAIN PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THEY EXPLAIN ANY VARIANCE REQUESTS.
YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THAT PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS ETC.
THEY ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION SO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF IS NECESSARY.
THAT'S ENGINEERS OR FORMERLY OUR DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT AND SO IF IF THAT THOSE MEETINGS WERE DURING THEIR NORMAL WORKING HOURS AND WE HAVE ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHO ATTENDS AND HANDLES CODE.
CITIZEN REQUESTS TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING, ET CETERA.
SO THOSE PEOPLE WOULD BE WORKING ADDITIONAL HOURS, SO THAT WOULD NECESSITATE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THEM IS MY BELIEF.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? KIND OF, BUT THANK YOU.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNTY, AS A BUSINESS OWNER, THERE'S THINGS AS FLEX TIME OR I THINK ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST.
IF I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE IN A LATE MEETING, THEN I CAN GO IN LATER AS OPPOSED TO MY 8 O'CLOCK.
I COULD ADJUST MY SCHEDULE SO I'M STILL WORKING MY 8 OR 12 HOURS OR WHATEVER I WORK.
SO I THINK IT'S OFFSET TIME, FLEX TIME, WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO USE.
AND I SUSPECT THAT IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR A COUNTY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR TRUE BECAUSE I'M NOT A COUNTY EMPLOYEE.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION.
NONDEBATABLE? SO WE'RE GOING TO, SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT? JUSTICE STILES CALLED THE QUESTION, SO WE'RE VOTING ON THE QUESTION.
EVERYBODY? EVERYBODY? POINT OF ORDER.
DOES IT? SO, REMEMBER, YOU'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION.
YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON THE ITEM.
YEAH, SO WE'RE JUST VOTING ON JUSTICE STILES' CALL TO QUESTION TO END DEBATE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AMY, WOULD YOU CALL THE QUESTION ON...
MS. MASSEY? OH, I'M SORRY, SHE LEFT.
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MR. MCCOY? YES.SO YOU HAVE FIVE NAYS AND THAT WOULD BE NINE AYES.
I'M SORRY, FIVE AYE'S AND NINE NAY'S.
OKAY, SO WE CAN PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
SO WE'RE GOING BACK TO DISCUSSING 26 I-17. I THINK JUSTICE YOUNG-BAKER WAS UP NEXT.
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR CHAIRMAN WILSON.
SO AS WE'VE HEARD THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS...
THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE TIME CHANGE.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS STRICTLY TOWARDS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I UNDERSTAND FROM WHAT'S BEING SAID IT LARGELY HAS TO DO WITH LAND USAGE.
AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN SAID THAT IF THOSE MEETINGS COULD BE AFTER HOURS, PARTICULARLY.
I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN MY HEAD I'M HEARING PROBLEMS AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE A WORKABLE SOLUTION WOULD BE FOR THIS THAT COULD BE ACCOMMODATING FOR THE BOARD AND THE CONSTITUENTS SO THAT THEY ALSO FEEL HEARD, SEEN, AND VALIDATED? WELL, I APPRECIATE MS. CAPPS, JUSTICE CAPPS' SUGGESTION THAT A QUARTERLY MEETING BE HELD AFTER 530.
THAT WOULD BE, I THINK WE'D ALL BE AMENABLE TO THAT.
AND HAVING SPECIAL MEETINGS AFTER HOURS.
NOW, WE WERE ALL APPOINTED BY...
I THINK ALL OF US AT THIS POINT HAVE BEEN ALL APPOINTED BY JUDGE HYDE, BUT SOME OF US WERE APPOINTED BY JUDGE FINES BEFORE THAT.
BUT WE WERE APPOINTED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETS AT 2 O'CLOCK ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO IF THAT WERE TO BE CHANGED, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD AN ISSUE THAT REGARDED ZONING, REGARDED LAND USE, IF...
IF THAT WOULD BE THE WISH OF THE QUORUM COURT, WE COULD AGREE TO HAVE AN EVENING MEETING FOR THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. SO I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE AN OBJECTION TO THAT.
AND THOSE THINGS DON'T COME UP THAT OFTEN, HONESTLY.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A LEGAL FOOTING CORRECT HERE.
NO ONE KNOWS WHETHER IT'S LEGAL TO DO ONE OR WHETHER IT'S TO DO ALL.
AND I THINK THERE WOULD BE A LOT MORE VOTES FOR DOING ONE THAN IT WOULD BE FOR DOING ALL.
SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET THE LEGALITY OF THIS FIRST.
BEFORE WE CAN EVEN VOTE ON ANYTHING.
I MEAN, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S LEGAL.
SO, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WE VOTE.
WELL, IT'S NEVER BEEN TRIED BEFORE.
AS I SAID, THE TIME, 2 P.M., WAS SET IN 1948.
SO NOBODY'S EVER TRIED TO CHANGE IT BEFORE.
SO THERE'S NO PRECEDENT THAT WE CAN GO LOOK AT.
THERE'S NO CODE PROVISION THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO CHANGE ALL OF THEM.
OR YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE ONE THERE'S NO CODE PROVISION THAT SAYS THE QUORUM COURT GETS TO MANAGE THE TIME THAT THEIR BOARDS MEET SO AGAIN THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN GO LOOK AT AND SEE WHERE THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE OKAY SO IF THERE IS NO CODE THEN WHY CAN'T WE MAKE AN AMENDMENT FOR IT JUST TO BE THE PLANNING COMMISSION I THINK YOU CAN OKAY THANK YOU JUSTICE LEWIS.
WELL, TO GO BACK TO WHAT MR. STOWERS HAD SAID ABOUT THE EMERGENCY WORKERS AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE SECOND JOBS, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING, WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS THAT CAN'T COME AT 530 BECAUSE THEIR KIDS ARE IN SOCCER OR THEY'RE IN BASEBALL OR THEY'RE
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IN DANCE? AND A LOT OF THE PARENTS WANT TO COME, BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEIR KIDS ARE IN SO MANY ACTIVITIES.THOSE MEETINGS, IF THEY'RE EVERYTHING SET AT 530, THEN ALTERNATE, IS IT TWICE A MONTH OR HOW MANY TIMES IS IT A MONTH? ONCE A MONTH.
SO I HAVE ONE AT FOUR, I MEAN TWO, AND THE NEXT ONE AT 530.
SO EVERYBODY WILL GET A CHANCE TO COME TO THE MEETINGS.
WELL, THAT HURT MY HEAD THINKING ABOUT HOW TO DO ONE.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? BROACH THIS SUBJECT, BUT I MEAN, I KIND OF AGREE WITH JUSTICE BLACKWOOD HERE.
YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT TABLING THIS UNTIL WE CAN GET A FIRM ANSWER FROM LEGAL ON WHAT WE CAN OR CAN'T DO, OR DO WE NEED TO? YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT IF WE WANT TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO JUST DO THE PLANNING BOARD, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO, I KIND OF AGREE WITH MR. WILSON OF, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY ITEMS THAT NOBODY CARES ABOUT.
HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A COMPROMISE IN THERE TO HAVE A MEETING, THE QUARTERLY MEETING OR WHATEVER IT IS AT 630? FROM SOMEONE THAT GOES TO A LOT OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, IT IS VERY CONFUSING.
I MEAN, I HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TODAY AT 6 THAT I NO LONGER CAN GO TO, AND I HAVE TO HAVE MY STAFF GO IN MY PLACE.
AND IT'S VERY CONFUSING AND VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ALL THESE PLANNING COMMISSIONS IN LINE AND IN ORDER.
AND WHEN YOU START JUMPING BACK AND FORTH AT 2 O'CLOCK, 6 O'CLOCK, 6.30, FOR THOSE OF US IN THE PROFESSION THAT HAVE TO GO TO THESE AND REPRESENT OUR CLIENTS IT'S IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT UM WE NEED TO IF WE HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY WE NEED TO SAY PLANNING COMMISSION THIS IS WHEN YOU MEET AND NOT JUMP BACK AND FORTH AND NOT I MEAN THERE'S THERE IS GOING TO BE YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO SATISFY 100% OF THE PEOPLE.
YOU CAN'T SATISFY THE NIGHT WORKERS, THE DAY WORKERS, THE PEOPLE GOING TO SOCCER.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THAT CANNOT MAKE IT.
THE PROBLEM IS IF IT IS A CONCERN AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHOEVER, THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE THERE.
WHETHER IT'S NOON, 2, 4, 6, 10 P.M., THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE THERE IF IT'S THAT IMPORTANT.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT MOTION.
MY AMENDMENT, SINCE YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND YOUR ADVICE IS SAYING THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE, SO THERE IS NO CODE THAT WE ARE BREAKING, I WOULD LIKE THIS TO ONLY AFFECT THE PLANNING BOARD TO MEET AFTER 530.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S NO CODE THAT AUTHORIZES YOU TO DO IT EITHER.
THERE'S NONE THAT PROHIBITS YOU.
SO THIS IS THE KIND OF THE GO-BETWEEN I'VE BEEN GETTING.
LIKE, NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO HELP ME FROM THE COUNTY'S OFFICE.
THERE'S NOT AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
MY MOTION IS FOR THE PLANNING BOARD.
TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT FOR THE PLANNING BOARD TO MEET UM FOR WHAT TIME JUST AFTER 5 30 ON ANY DAY THEY WANTED TO MEET AFTER UH NOW CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR AMENDMENT I'M SORRY UM YES SO THIS WILL ONLY AFFECT THE PLANNING BOARD TO BE ABLE TO MEET ANY TIME AFTER 5 30 ANY DAY THEY WANT JUST SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE THERE OKAY, A MOTION WAS MADE WITH A SECOND THAT THIS ONLY AFFECTS THE PLANNING BOARD ANY DAY OF THE WEEK AFTER 530.
EVERYBODY CLEAR WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON? NO, NO.
NO, I REALLY PREFER THESE TO BE IN WRITING.
YOU'RE GOING TO TRUST ME TO STRIKE THE LANGUAGE
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TO FIT YOUR NEED ON THIS, MS. DAVIS, CORRECT? TO BASICALLY TAILOR IT? WELL, I WOULD WANT TO SEE IT BEFORE YOU PUT MY NAME ON IT, THOUGH.SO WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY? NIGHT THERE TAKE OFF I JUST WANT INSTEAD OF BOARDS JUST PUT PLANNING BOARD OKAY HOLD ON HOLD ON SO WHERE ARE WE WHERE ARE WE ACCORDING TO THE PARLIAMENTARIAN WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW JUSTIN IT IS IT IS HER ORDINANCE IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE A VERBAL AMENDMENT OKAY AND NOBODY WANTS TO REQUIRE A WRITTEN AMENDMENT I'LL DO MY BEST DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON IF IT NEEDS TO BE VERBAL OR WRITTEN OR DO WE VOICE VOTE.
WHAT ARE YOU? IT WOULD, DOES ANYBODY OPPOSE A VERBAL AMENDMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION I'D LIKE TO ASK.
OKAY, SO I GUESS WE'RE DEBATING, WE'RE DEBATING THE VERBAL AMENDMENT.
ALONG WITH THE VERBAL AMENDMENT.
WE STILL NEED TO IMPACT FROM THE PART FROM THE STAFFING THAT NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THIS AS FAR AS OF COURSE THE LEGALITY PIECE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED.
SO HOW CAN WE DEFLECT TIME? CAN WE DO THAT? WE NEED YEAH WE NEED THOSE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT TO BE ADDED.
SO YOU'RE TELLING, YOU'RE ASKING JUSTIN OR WHO ARE YOU SPEAKING TO, JUSTICE DAVIS, SO YOU WANT TO AMEND WHAT SHE'S AMENDING? I JUST WANT TO ADD THE IMPACT BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BECAUSE IT MAY AFFECT THE COST, THE STAFFING PIECE IS A MAJOR PIECE OF IT, CORRECT? YEAH.
AND MAYBE EVEN AN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE.
WHERE ARE WE GOING, JUSTIN? SO, I MEAN.
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE YOU GUYS ARE AT AT THIS POINT.
HAS SOMEBODY ACTUALLY ASKED FOR A WRITTEN AMENDMENT? NO.
THEY SAID THEY WERE OKAY WITH THE VOICE.
I ASKED WHO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE VOICE.
IF NOBODY SAID ANYTHING, Y'ALL SEE IT? LET'S GO WITH, OKAY.
SO THAT THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY, THERE'S NO CONFUSION.
HOW DO WE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WHAT'S THE PROCESS TO GET TO, SO WE CAN ASK IF WE NEED A VOICE? IF YOU WANT TO AMEND IT TONIGHT, WE NEED TO RECESS.
MISS DAVE WANTS TO BE A PART OF IT, CAN LOOK AT IT AND AGREE TO IT.
AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A CLEAN AMENDMENT ON YOUR DESK FOR WHICH YOU GUYS CAN TAKE UP AND DISCUSS AND EITHER ADOPT OR REJECT.
BUT I NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WE'RE CHANGING ALL THE LANGUAGE TO TAILOR IT TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
ARE WE ADJUSTING THE TIME AS WELL? THEN WHAT IF JUSTICE DAVIS RESCINDED HER AMENDMENT, THEY GOT TOGETHER, WE TABLE THIS, AND THEN THEY GET TOGETHER AND GET ALL OF THE KINKS WORKED OUT SO EVERYBODY UP HERE.
FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON BECAUSE ONE IS TALKING ABOUT FLEX TIME ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THAT AND I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR TO TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON YOU TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES FOR US TO VOTE ON THAT MAY NOT MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE ARE WE CAN WE CAN WE AGREE ON THAT SO CAN WE AGREE ON THAT SO SO JUSTICE DAVIS THIS IS GOING TO...
SHE'S GONNA PUT HER AMENDMENT.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS POSTPONE IT.
NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HER AMENDMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DISPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE SHE GOT A SECOND.
NO, SHE WITHDREW HER AMENDMENT.
NO, SHE DIDN'T WITHDRAW IT, SO YOU JUST WITHDREW IT.
NOW, JUSTICE MCCORD MADE A SECOND, SO DOES HE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING? NO.
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FLOOR.SO IS SHE VOTING TO TABLE OR POSTPONE? I BELIEVE SHE MADE A MOTION TO POSTPONE.
YOU MADE A MOTION TO POSTPONE.
IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? OH, THIS GOT ME IN TROUBLE BEFORE.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POSTPONE AND TABLE? A POSTPONEMENT IS POSTPONING IT TO A SPECIFIC DATE.
A TABLING REQUIRES A VOTE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE.
OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO POSTPONE IT UNTIL NEXT AGENDA MEETING.
OKAY, AND DOES SHE NEED A SECOND? SECOND.
OKAY, SO WE POSTPONED 26-I-17 UNTIL THE NEXT AGENDA MEETING, AND THERE WAS A SECOND.
IS THAT DEBATABLE? IS THAT DEBATABLE? YOU CAN VOTE.
YEAH, OKAY, SO I'M TOLD IT'S DEBATABLE.
OKAY, SO HERE'S WHAT'S ON THE TABLE.
POSTPONE 26 I 17 WITH THE SECOND.
NOW WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, DEBATE OR WHATEVER.
AND I ASSUME JUSTICE STOWERS YOU WANT TO GO FIRST.
I DON'T CARE IF I GO FIRST OR LAST.
MR. HAMILTON, IT'S FOR YOU SIR.
MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD EARLY ON IN THE MEETING.
WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, BUT I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD YOURSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE TO SAY THAT IF WE SINGLED OUT A CERTAIN BOARD OR COMMISSION IN ORDINANCE THAT IT WOULD BE DISCRIMINATORY TOWARDS THAT BOARD OR COMMISSION IN THE BIGGER REALM OF OF ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DID I MISUNDERSTAND THAT ACCURATE UH I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I SAID THAT AND I I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE LAW I THINK THAT YOU CAN DRAFT LEGISLATION SPECIFIC.
TO A SINGLE BOARD JUST LIKE WHEN YOU CREATED THE BOARD YOU DIDN'T CREATE ALL OF THEM WITH ONE SINGLE LEGISLATION IT CAME OVER TIME THROUGH MULTIPLE LEGISLATION AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S ACCURATE THAT YOU CAN CANNOT SINGLE OUT A SINGLE BOARD OKAY SO IF WE WERE TO GO THAT ROUTE AND APPLY THE ORDINANCE TO A SINGLE BOARD OR COMMISSION, WOULD WE BE PUTTING OURSELVES IN A POSITION TO INVITE LITIGATION? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, NO.
I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE.
WAS IT ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, ANY OTHER CONCERNS? JUSTICE KATZ? I'LL BE BRIEF.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
I THINK THAT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THIS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET AN ANSWER ON LEGALITY.
I WANT AN ANSWER ON THE FINANCIAL OUTCOME.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT THERE BE FRIENDLY DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE SPONSOR AND THE PLANNING BOARD TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THERE BEING NONE, SO AMY.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA VOTE.
WE GOT TO VOTE ON THIS, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON POSTPONING 26 I-17 UNTIL OUR AGENDA MEETING FOR MAY 2026.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. MEDLOCK? AYE.
MS. CAPPS? AND MS. DAVIS? YES. OKAY, YOU HAVE 12 AYES, 2 NAYS, AND 1 ABSENT. 12 AYES, WE WILL POSTPONE 26-I-17 UNTIL OUR AGENDA MEETING FOR MAY. IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE TO ADJOURN.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE HAVE ADJOURNED. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE COURT? THERE BEING NONE.
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HAVE ONE FROM A MS. KATHY WELLS. OKAY, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I WILL BE BRIEF. I'M KATHY WELLS. I'M PRESIDENT OF THE COALITION OF LITTLE ROCK NEIGHBORHOODS. I AM BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION AT THIS MOMENT SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T ADDRESSED TONIGHT. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU DO SO AND RATHER QUICKLY. THERE IS A TIME[01:30:02]
ELEMENT. A WEEK AGO, WE WERE ALL HERE TOGETHER DEALING WITH WATCHING YOU DEAL WITH SHORTFALL IN FUNDING.SINCE THEN, I'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH MS. MASSEY, WHO'S MY OWN JP AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. WE HAD A DISCUSSION AT THE COALITION MEETING SATURDAY ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO YOUR OPERATION, ONE OF WHICH IS TO SEEK THE NATIONAL FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR'S CERTIFICATE OF GOLD STAR OPERATIONS FOR YOUR BUDGETING PROCESS.
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK HAS WON THIS AWARD AND I SHARED A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE WITH HER AND I URGED HER TO HAVE THE AMBITION FOR THE COUNTY TO EQUALLY IMPROVE ITSELF SO THAT IT'S GETTING GOLD STARS FROM THE NATIONAL FOLKS. I COMMEND THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. I ALSO WANTED TO COMMEND TO YOUR ATTENTION THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE AVEO PLANNING A DATA CENTER ON UNINCORPORATED LAND OUTSIDE OF WRIGHTSVILLE. WE HAVE NO LAND USE PLAN. AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE HAVE NO DECENT PERMITTING PROCESS THAT REQUIRES ASSURANCES OF SAFETY FOR ALL SORTS OF ISSUES.
COMPANION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, WHOSE PERMIT OFFICER CAME TO US SATURDAY, AND HE SAID, WE DO CONTROL WHAT GOOGLE PUTS IN THE PORT, THAT IS CITY DIRT. THEY MUST SATISFY US ON NO LESS THAN 14 CATEGORIES OF SAFETY. AND WE HAVE THE CODES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO... ENFORCE THAT.
PLEASE GO ON AND RESUME ADOPTION OF THE GARVER $500,000 LAND USE STUDY AND BEGIN TO PUT SOME KIND OF PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR YOU AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE WRIGHTSVILLE AREA RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO CLAIM OUR ATTENTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
SORRY.
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