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Advocates ask quorum court to pause $500,000 renewal, cite incomplete accounting of ARPA and general-fund spending
Summary
A local reform group told the Washington County Quorum Court trustees to withhold approval of a proposed $500,000 general-fund renewal for a vendor, saying prior ARPA and county expenditures totaling about $1.9 million were not fully accounted for and that the vendor's contract runs through April 2026.
Sarah Moore, executive director and cofounder of the Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition, urged the Washington County Quorum Court at its October meeting to pause consideration of a proposed half-million-dollar general-fund renewal for a recurring vendor until the county provides a full accounting.
Moore said the vendor had previously received roughly $1,900,000 from the county and that the organization's last…
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