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Desha County minutes record Ordinance 2026-2 to create County Administration of Justice Fund with fund-distribution plan
Summary
Minutes from the Jan. 15, 2026 Desha County Quorum Court record the text of Ordinance 2026-2 to establish a County Administration of Justice Fund and specify how collected funds would be distributed among E911, the public defender, prosecuting attorney and county law library; the minutes show the document lists an approval date of Feb. 19, 2026 but do not record a vote at the Jan. 15 meeting.
Desha County Quorum Court minutes from the Jan. 15, 2026 meeting include the full text of Ordinance 2026-2, titled 'An Ordinance to Establish a Fund in the Office of the County Treasurer to be Known as the County Administration of Justice Fund.' The ordinance text, as recorded in the minutes, specifies how funds collected would be allocated.
The ordinance text lists specific distribution percentages: 91.72% to the E911 Fund, 5.48% to the Public Defender Fund, 2.55% to the Prosecuting Attorney Fund, and 0.25% to the County Law Library Fund. The document printed in the minutes also shows an approval date of Feb. 19, 2026, and signature lines for County Judge Wayne Smith and County Clerk Valerie Donaldson. The Jan. 15 minutes record the ordinance text but do not include a recorded vote on its adoption at that meeting.
The minutes contain typographical errors within the ordinance text (for example, 'Adminstration' and a garbled approval-line date). The court minutes supplied by the clerk were used as the source for the ordinance language in this report; names and statutory references are presented using consistent spellings based on the minutes and other items recorded in the same document.
No additional discussion of the ordinance, motions, or votes related to its passage are recorded in the Jan. 15 minutes; the minutes place the ordinance text into the record (SEG 002). If formal adoption, a recorded vote, or implementation timeline exists, those items do not appear in the Jan. 15 minutes and are therefore not reported here.
Next steps: the minutes as provided do not state a next procedural step for Ordinance 2026-2. Any further action (vote, publication, or implementation) would need to be confirmed in subsequent court minutes or through the county clerk's office.
