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Pope County Court adopts appropriation and personnel ordinances; approves insurance recommendations
Summary
At its November session, the Pope County Court approved multiple appropriation ordinances totaling several hundred thousand dollars for road, sheriff and detention operations, adopted a personnel ordinance, and voted to remain with the Association of Arkansas Counties Risk Management Fund and to accept proposed 2026 health insurance rates.
Pope County justices voted at their November 2025 meeting to adopt a slate of ordinances and to approve insurance recommendations.
The court unanimously approved several appropriation measures and a personnel ordinance during the regular session. The body also voted to remain with the Association of Arkansas Counties Risk Management Fund for property and casualty coverage and to accept health insurance rates for 2026.
Votes at a glance
- Appropriation ordinance (sheriff's & agri extension): $27,820.85 — read and adopted on roll call; outcome: adopted (roll call affirmative; unanimous).
- Appropriation ordinance (road fund): $166,890 — read and adopted on roll call; outcome: adopted (roll call affirmative; unanimous).
- Appropriation ordinance (jail operation & maintenance): $20,000 — read and adopted on roll call; outcome: adopted (roll call affirmative; unanimous).
- Personnel ordinance (corrections officer job-title change, retroactive Oct. 11, 2025, emergency declared): read and adopted on roll call; outcome: adopted (roll call affirmative; unanimous).
- Transferring ordinance (2025 fiscal budget transfers among general fund, tax assessor, detention center, county clerk and communications facility/equipment fund): read, title corrected in body, and adopted on roll call; outcome: adopted (roll call affirmative; unanimous).
- Committee motions: The court accepted the budget committee’s report (moved/seconded) and approved staying with the Association of Arkansas Counties Risk Management Fund for property and casualty coverage.
- Health insurance: The court accepted proposed health insurance rates for 2026 (motion by Will Banks; second by Samuels); outcome: adopted.
Clerk's roll-call procedure recorded affirmative votes for each ordinance. No opposition was recorded in the minutes provided; the court declared the ordinances adopted as read.
Ending: The court completed items on the published agenda and scheduled a brief recess before budget hearings.
