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Faulkner County quorum court approves appropriation ordinance to reallocate election security grant funds and animal-welfare spending
Summary
The Quorum Court unanimously approved Ordinance 26-10, an emergency appropriation that reauthorizes grants including a $28,000 reappropriation for an election security grant and funding for spay-and-neuter services; Margaret, the elections staffer, explained the grant continuation.
Faulkner County’s Quorum Court voted to adopt Ordinance 26-10 on a roll-call vote after a brief summary and discussion at its May meeting.
Justice Tyler Holofsky moved for passage; the judge called for a reading and Holofsky outlined major elements of the measure, saying it includes an allocation for a coalition-funded spay-and-neuter program, a pass-through grant, and a continuation of an elections security grant. Margaret, the county elections staff member, told the court the elections security award began in 2024 and that “we have $28,000 that we could still spend” so the county is seeking to reappropriate the remaining funds rather than return them to the grantor.
Holofsky said the elections grant must be used for security of election facilities and related needs; Margaret confirmed the money may be applied to building or election security purposes. The ordinance text submitted to the court amends and supplements Faulkner County Ordinance 25-33 and was presented with a motion, a second and a roll-call vote. The judge announced, “The ayes have it,” and the court carried the ordinance.
The court’s verbal roll call in the transcript shows the present members voting in favor on the ordinance (the judge declared the motion carried). The ordinance was presented as an emergency appropriation; the clerk recorded the measure as passed. The court did not record any nay or abstention during the vote in the provided transcript.
The measure will appear on the court’s second-reading agenda as required; members asked clarifying questions about the grant timing and eligible expenditures during the discussion.
Next steps: The ordinance is adopted and will be implemented per the county’s appropriation rules; staff will proceed with reappropriating the leftover $28,000 for election-security uses and with the other items identified in the ordinance.
