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Pulaski County budget committee elects chair, advances ordinance to reassign eight sheriff positions
Summary
At a Pulaski County Budget Committee meeting, members elected a chair and vice chair and voted 8-0 to advance an ordinance that would delete eight dispatch positions and create eight central control operator positions in the sheriff's detention department; the measure will go to the full Quorum Court for final approval.
The Pulaski County Budget Committee elected Ms. Massey as chair and Luke McCoy as vice chair and voted unanimously to advance an ordinance that would delete eight dispatch positions in the sheriff's enforcement department and transfer those personnel funds to the sheriff's regional detention facility department to create eight central control operator positions.
Committee members said the item was intended to be moved quickly through the committee so it could be added to the Quorum Court agenda. The ordinance was listed in the meeting as “25 I 0 6, an ordinance amending ordinance 24 OR 41, 2025 annual budget” (text in the transcript). The committee recorded an 8-0 roll-call vote to send the ordinance to the full Quorum Court for final approval.
The ordinance is sponsored by members listed in the meeting record as Massey, Davis, Keith, Medlock, McCoy, Robinson and Stowers. Committee members recorded their votes by name during the roll call: Miss Medlock (aye), Mr. Stowers (yes), Mr. McCoy (yes), Mr. Robinson (aye), Mr. Keith (yes), Miss Massey (aye), Miss Capps (aye) and Miss Davis (yes). The committee chair noted a quorum of eight members was present before the vote.
In addition to the vote on the ordinance, the committee approved its minutes from the prior meeting and discussed scheduling another budget meeting within the next 30 days. A committee member suggested alternating chairing duties to give more members experience leading meetings; no formal action on that suggestion was recorded.
No dollar amounts or specific budget-line transfers were stated in the committee record; the transcript identifies only the personnel change (delete eight dispatch positions and create eight central control operator positions) and says the related personnel funds would be transferred from one department to another. The ordinance will require final approval by the Pulaski County Quorum Court before any changes take effect.
Votes at a glance
• Ordinance 25 I 0 6 (amending ordinance 24 OR 41, 2025 annual budget) — Motion to advance to full Quorum Court; vote 8-0; committee outcome: approved to forward to full court for final approval.
