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Item 25 I 60: An ordinance to amend the county annual budget to recognize and appropriate reimbursement funds for the Office of Emergency Management was moved by Justice Stowers and forwarded to the full court with a due pass recommendation. The committee recorded 14 ayes.

Item 25 I 61: An ordinance to amend the county annual budget to recognize and appropriate grant and aid funds for the juvenile detention department was moved by Justice Massey and forwarded with a due pass recommendation. Justice Massey said the item was a grant appropriation in the amount of $31,167. The roll call recorded 14 ayes and one voting present.

Item 25 I 65: An ordinance to expand the Pulaski County Energy Improvement PACE District (renamed in the draft as the Improvement District) to the metro plan region and beyond was explained by Pulaski County attorney Adam Fogelman. He said state law changes required an update and the expansion is intended to bring private capital to fund voluntary energy efficiency and renewable projects. The committee recorded 15 ayes and forwarded the ordinance with a due pass recommendation.

Each of these matters will be considered by the full quorum court in future proceedings; specific hearing dates and any implementing details were not provided in the committee record.

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Justice Capps moved to forward item 25 I 62 with a due pass recommendation; the committee recorded 15 ayes on the roll call.

Justice Capps said MIMS — described in the meeting as the Little Rock Ambulance Authority — has provided county service since 1995 under five‑year extensions and is “outcome driven.” A representative identified in the meeting as Jordan Johnson attended to answer questions. The proposed agreement would extend service from October 2025 through October 2030 and would provide Pulaski County seats on the MEMS board.

Justice Robinson asked whether the county had bid emergency medical services or solicited competing providers such as other private ambulance companies. County staff replied that interlocal agreements with public agencies are not required to be competitively bid and that the arrangement is an extension of MIMS’ operating area into unincorporated Pulaski County.

Justice McCoy said he attended a luncheon about the arrangement and expressed support, saying he appreciated the improvements since the arrangement began in the 1990s.

The item now moves to the full quorum court with the committee’s due pass recommendation.

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The ordinance, identified in the meeting as item 25 I 63, would establish a system for registering addresses so emergency responders can locate properties. County staff and justices said utilities have in some cases assigned addresses outside the county’s addressing process; the ordinance would allow misdemeanor charges and fines up to $250 per day for violations and related aiding or abetting, with penalties collected to the county general fund.

The measure’s sponsors and staff said the change is intended to improve public safety by preventing addresses that are not entered into the county system. Van, a planning‑department staff member who spoke at the meeting, told justices that “the utilities have not played ball” and described cases where people “just put a mailbox out there and put a number on it,” creating addresses that are not in the county 911 database.

Justice Young Baker moved to send the ordinance to the full court with a due pass recommendation; the committee recorded 15 ayes on the roll call.

During debate, Justice Robinson and others asked whether the ordinance would simply formalize existing practice or impose new penalties. Van said the planning department issues 911 addresses and that utilities’ informal addressing has led to problems such as out‑of‑sequence numbering and addresses placed on the wrong side of the street. Adam Fogelman, Pulaski County attorney, clarified that the ordinance text makes any “person, firm, corporation, or other entity violating this article or aiding and abetting the violation” guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fines up to $250.

A public commenter after the vote questioned whether the committee should have invited utility representatives before voting, noting the meeting record included no state law that would reinforce the county ordinance and warning the measure could prompt court challenges. The commenter asked who would be accountable when a resident supplies an informal address and a utility installs service, because the ordinance’s fines and misdemeanor language can apply to both utilities and individuals.

The ordinance now goes to the full quorum court for final consideration; no final hearing date was specified in the committee record.

Less critical details: the meeting transcript indicates Central Arkansas Water was described as the one utility that “plays ball with any consistency,” while others such as Entergy and Mid Arkansas utilities were described as less cooperative. The committee did not provide a funding change or implementation timeline in the discussion.

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