Pulaski County advisory committee names chair and vice chair, sets schedule to review county offices

An advisory committee convened by the Pulaski County Quorum Court selected Mark Stodola as chair and Luis Calderon as vice chair and set a schedule for work that could lead to recommendations on reorganizing county offices.

The committee — formed to review the duties and possible consolidation or reassignment of the nine county offices — was tasked with producing recommendations to the quorum court by Jan. 30 of next year. County Attorney Adam Fogelman told members the group may recommend changes that could be referred to Pulaski County voters.

Members opened the meeting with introductions and nominations. After a nomination and second, Stodola accepted the chair role “until I resign,” and the committee confirmed Calderon as vice chair by acclamation. The committee also voted to meet again on April 22 at 2 p.m. and established an initial meeting cadence of committee meetings and full-group meetings on a roughly twice-monthly basis, with an emphasis on daytime meetings.

The committee’s stated…