Garland County public meetings in 2021
3 substantive meetings from 2021, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Special Joint Committee Meeting
The Finance and Human Resources Committee will discuss the 2022 budget, including cost-of-living adjustments for employees. The body is also considering a new personnel policy and several budget amendments for county departments.
- Approval of 2022 Budget including $1,200 COLA for most full-time employees
- Ordinance to repeal and replace the Garland County Personnel Policy
- Authorization for Sheriff to apply for $91,000 Project Safe Neighborhood Grant
- Appropriation of $48,126.34 for essential County Library employee premium pay
- Appropriation of $5,300 for clean air system at 501 Ouachita Avenue
Special Joint Committee Meeting
The Human Resources and Public Health, Welfare & Safety Committees are meeting to discuss updates to purchasing, floodplain, and personnel policies. The body will review requests for new positions across several departments and a new ordinance for parking and street use.
- Proposed new Parking and Street Use Ordinance to regulate traffic and parking
- Request for 6 full-time Patrol Deputy positions contingent on a DOJ COPS grant
- Request for 1 full-time Civil Engineer position with a requested salary of $73,477
- Proposed repeal of existing Personnel Policy and adoption of a revised policy
- Request for a 3% raise for all full-time employees under the Circuit Court Judge-Division II
Special Joint Committee Meeting
The Joint Finance and Human Resources Committee is considering an ordinance to change the county pay period to biweekly starting April 1, 2021. The body is also reviewing several budget amendments to appropriate grant funds for the Sheriff, County Judge, and Circuit Court.
- Proposed change of employee pay period from semi-monthly to biweekly
- Appropriation of $428,610.81 from the Ouachita Memorial Hospital Sale Fund for a Hazard Mitigation Safe Room Grant
- Appropriation of $50,000.00 for the Peers Achieving Collaborative Treatment (PACT) Grant
- Local match of $18,222.00 from the General Fund for the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant
- Appropriation of $30,564.91 for the Coronavirus Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Fund