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Pulaski County Fiscal Court approves road funding, hires seasonal worker and signs off on equipment repairs
Summary
At its July meeting the Pulaski County Fiscal Court approved a range of routine and recovery-related measures including accepting state road project funds, hiring a seasonal park worker, and authorizing purchases and repairs at the county jail.
Pulaski County Fiscal Court members approved a series of routine and recovery-related measures during their July meeting, including the acceptance of state road project funding, approval to hire a seasonal park worker, first reading of a special-purpose-vehicle ordinance, and several maintenance purchases for county facilities.
The court voted to accept a state funding award totaling $317,000 for two county roads identified in the county’s priority project submission to the state Department of Transportation. The court adopted the resolution to accept the funds and staff noted a memorandum of agreement was received.
The court approved the temporary hire of a seasonal park employee, Brian Smith Weddle, pending pre-employment screening and paperwork. The motion to hire was made and seconded and carried by voice vote.
The fiscal court completed a first reading — and voted to advertise — an ordinance to permit special-purpose vehicles that comply with state statute on county highways, with some exceptions (controlled-access parkways and properties where U.S. Department of Agriculture rules prohibit such vehicles). The first reading was approved; the second reading and any ordinance changes were left to a future meeting.
Jail maintenance items were approved after departmental reports: the court authorized using insurance proceeds and county funds to purchase two replacement natural‑gas dryers after a prior fire; the quoted purchase price was $15,467.25 and the insurance reimbursement for the old units was $14,578. The court also authorized purchase and installation of a replacement 10‑ton rooftop air-conditioning unit for the jail’s kitchen, at a reported out‑of‑pocket price of about $8,000 after staff located a new, misordered unit and planned to install it in‑house to save labor costs.
Other routine actions taken by voice vote included approval of the June bank reconciliations and the 2025 treasurer’s settlement (with a front‑page typo corrected on the settlement document). The county road-list was approved as presented.
All listed motions were passed by voice vote; detailed roll-call tallies were not recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance (actions recorded in meeting):
- Approval of minutes (July 8 fiscal court meeting): motion carried by voice vote.
- Accept county priority project funding (Dye Road and Bauer Road) — $317,000: motion carried; MOA received.
- Hire seasonal park worker (Brian Smith Weddle), pending pre-employment checks: motion carried.
- First reading and advertisement of special-purpose-vehicle ordinance (exceptions for controlled‑access parkway and USDA‑controlled properties): first reading approved; second reading pending.
- Purchase two natural‑gas dryers for county jail — total price $15,467.25; insurance reimbursement on old units $14,578: motion carried to use insurance funds and county funds to cover remainder.
- Replace 10‑ton rooftop AC at jail kitchen — reported cost $8,000 with county maintenance to install: motion carried.
- Approve road department list: motion carried.
- Approve June bank reconciliations: motion carried.
- Approve 2025 treasurer’s settlement (correcting a typographical year on front page): motion carried.
Several motions recorded in the transcript were moved and seconded by magistrates and carried by voice vote; where the transcript identified movers and seconders those names are included below with each action.
