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Quorum court forwards several grants and a travel-policy technical fix to full court
Summary
Pulaski County justices sent multiple ordinance items — reimbursements for a crisis stabilization unit, a travel-policy technical correction, Byrne JAG grant funds for the sheriff and AOC peer-specialist grant for the 11th division circuit court — to the full court with due-pass recommendations.
Pulaski County Quorum Court members voted to forward several ordinances to the full quorum court with a due-pass recommendation, including grants and a technical correction to county travel policy.
Justice Capps moved to send ordinance 25I20 — an amendment to the annual budget to recognize and appropriate reimbursement funds for the crisis stabilization unit — to the full court with a due-pass recommendation. “So these are, monthly reimbursement funds for the crisis stabilization unit. That's right. Housekeeping. Happy to answer any questions,” Justice Capps said. The motion passed by roll call with 13 ayes.
Justice McCoy moved to send ordinance 25I21 — a technical correction to the Pulaski County travel policy (Ordinance 16 OR 16) — to the full court with a due-pass recommendation. County staff member Justin explained the change: when the travel policy was originally drafted it had separate sections for employees and elected officials but was condensed during ordinance drafting; one provision allowing elected officials to itemize expenses was confusing and unused, so the amendment removes that provision to simplify the policy. The motion passed on a roll call vote of 13 ayes.
Justice Person moved to send ordinance 25I23 — an amendment to the annual budget to appropriate Edward Byrne JAG grant funds for the sheriff's enforcement department — to the full court with a due-pass recommendation. Justice Person said the request has no general-fund impact and aligns with grant purposes. The motion passed 13-0 by roll call.
Justice Capps moved to send ordinance 25I28 — an amendment to the annual budget to recognize and appropriate grant funds for the 11th Division Circuit Court AOC peer-specialist grant — to the full court with a due-pass recommendation. Judge James, who described the peer-support specialist’s role in drug court and veterans treatment court, said AOC took over the DHS grants for peer-court specialists and that the grant was reworked to cover taxes and benefits so the county would not carry the expense. “We try to fund drug court solely through grants,” Judge James said, and he named the employee, Steven Green, as the peer specialist. The motion passed by roll call with 14 ayes.
All items were sent forward with due-pass recommendations; the court added multiple sponsors to several ordinances during the meeting. The session concluded with brief public comment praising emergency service workers and a citizen grievance about being treated disrespectfully during a prior meeting.
