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Pulaski County Council approves sheriff commissary ordinance, advertises transfers and reauthorizes council attorney
Summary
Council voted on routine county business including a sheriff commissary ordinance, advertising grant‑funded transfers for Superior Court, EMA budget additions, approval of Jacob as council attorney with a $6,000 retainer, and other administrative transfers.
Pulaski County Council took a series of administrative actions and votes during the meeting, approving a sheriff commissary ordinance, authorizing advertising for several transfer requests, confirming Jacob as the council’s attorney under a $6,000 annual retainer, and approving transfers for the prosecutor and assessor.
Sheriff Chris Shramship asked the council to adopt an ordinance to clarify permitted uses of commissary funds, which Shramship described as jail‑generated prisoner funds set by statute rather than tax revenues. "If you have any questions about that, I can surely answer them for you," he said. After the county attorney reviewed the draft, a motion to accept the ordinance was made and carried.
Judge Coker presented grant‑funded transfer requests for Superior Court that will be…
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