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Faulkner County panel backs sending emergency-squad reorganization to full court
Summary
Committee members recommended sending proposed measure 25-35—intended to move operational control of the Faulkner County Emergency Squad from the Sheriff's Office to the Office of Emergency Management—to the full quorum court after staff described the historical reasons for the change and said no additional county funding was sought.
The Faulkner County Courts of Public Safety committee voted to send proposed measure 25-35 to the full quorum court after staff outlined a plan to shift operational control of the Faulkner County Emergency Squad from the Sheriff's Office to the county's Office of Emergency Management (OEM).
Administrator Randy Higgins told the committee the proposed measure references an older ordinance, 77-23, and that changes in technology and agency roles since 1977 have made a reassignment appropriate. "Section 2 of this ordinance really covers this as the Faulkner County Emergency Squad shall adhere to the…
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