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Committee reads amendment to ordinance 2025-01 to adjust justices' per diems and emergency sponsorship rule
Summary
On July 27, 2026, the Marion County Procedures Management Committee read by title an amendment to ordinance 2025-01 to change justices' per diems and to allow five or more justices to sponsor an emergency ordinance if an emergency arises after the agenda closes; a committee member urged language changes to defer numeric references and to require five justices.
The Marion County Quorum Court Procedures Management Committee on July 27, 2026 heard a reading by title of an ordinance amending ordinance 2025-01 to update justices' per diems and to change the order of business relating to emergency ordinances.
During the meeting the Chair read: “Being enacted by the Quorum Court of Marion County, Arkansas, an ordinance to be entitled. An ordinance to amend ordinance 2025-01 for the Marion County Quorum Court for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.” The Chair also read that the proposed amendment would revise justices' per diems and amend section 3 so that if a county emergency occurs after the agenda closes, five or more justices may sponsor an ordinance to be considered at the next quorum court meeting.
A committee member urged that the draft defer a fixed numeric reference and align the language with the county budget, and he argued that “one person shouldn't have the ability to say what's emerging or not in the county,” recommending a requirement of five or more justices (a civil majority of nine). The transcript records the motion to read the ordinance by title and subsequent discussion about the emergency-sponsorship threshold; the transcript does not record a final roll-call vote on passage of the ordinance or the finalized ordinance text.
