Pope County court approves $36,000 appropriation for prosecuting attorney, county clerk

The Pope County Quorum Court voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance appropriating $36,000 from the general fund to the prosecuting attorney’s and county clerk’s departments. The vote took place at the regularly scheduled August 2025 quorum court meeting.

The action was introduced during the meeting when Justice Jamie Jackson moved adoption of the ordinance. "The ordinance appropriating $36,000 from the general fund for the prosecuting attorney and county clerk's departments, and I, move for its adoption," Justice Jamie Jackson said. A second was recorded and the clerk conducted a roll-call vote; every justice present voted yes and the ordinance was declared adopted.

The court record shows no extended debate on the item. Following the vote, the clerk announced the ordinance as adopted and the meeting proceeded to the next agenda item.

The appropriation was presented as a single, standalone funding adjustment; the meeting transcript did not specify line-item uses within the prosecuting attorney’s or county clerk’s budgets, nor did it specify whether the appropriation was recurring or one-time.