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Residents press court on reserve deputies and library funding during public comment
Summary
Multiple residents told the Faulkner County Quorum Court to reconsider recent budget decisions, urging support for volunteer reserve deputies and to preserve library staffing and facilities amid proposed cuts.
Three members of the public used the court's comment period to press the Quorum Court on budget decisions affecting reserve deputies, emergency-squad transparency and the Faulkner County Library.
Former reserve unit commander Bridal Connor said reserve deputies volunteer thousands of hours and recently had a county funding request denied; she asked the court to reconsider and warned that families of injured or killed volunteers would be left without support. The presiding justice acknowledged appreciation for the volunteers but…
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