1. Call to Order. JP Butch Pond will call the meeting to order as senior member of the County Services Committee.
2. Introduction of Committee Members. Members of the 2015-16 Finance and Budget Committee are: Rick Cochran, Robert Dennis, Lisa Ecke, John Firmin, Ann Harbison, Butch Pond, and Bill Ussery.
3. Selection of Chair / Vice Chair.
4. Adoption of Agenda.
5. Review of the Finance and Budget Committee’s Responsibilities. The Committee’s responsibilities are to review and make recommendations on the financial condition of the County, to include appropriation, fiscal control, audit review, and monitoring of expenditures.
6. Establishment of Regular Meeting Time. The Finance and Budget Committee meeting today is the Tuesday, 9 days prior to the regular Quorum Court meeting, at 5:30 p.m. in the Quorum Court Room.
7. Financial Report. County Treasurer Bobby Hill and Comptroller Cheryl Bolinger will update the Committee on the monthly financial report. (7.1-7.12)
8. Review of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Hot Check Fee Account for 2014. The Prosecuting Attorney is required each year to provide a report to the Quorum Court on the Hot Check Fee Account. (8.1)
9. An Ordinance Anticipating Revenues Totaling $1,131,441 In Various Grant Funds; And Appropriating $1,182,679 From Various Funds To Various Budget Line Items For 2015. (9.1-9.4)
10. Report from County Grant Administrator Wayne Blankenship on Grants Awarded to the County and Related Appropriation Requests and Resolutions Needed for the Submission of Grant Applications. (10.1-10.8)
• A Resolution Authorizing The Submittal Of Community Fire Prevention Grant Applications.
• A Resolution Authorizing The Submittal Of A Grant Application To The Arkansas Department Of Environmental Quality, Solid Waste Management Division.
• A Resolution Authorizing The Washington County Judge To Submit A Grant Request To The Arkansas Rural Development Commission On Behalf Of The Wheeler Fire Department.
• An Ordinance Anticipating Additional Revenues Of $287,651 In The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Grant Fund; And Appropriating $287,651 From The HIDTA Grant Fund To The HIDTA 2015 Grant G15GC0004A Budget For 2015.
• An Ordinance Recognizing Revenues Of $3,500 In The DEM Grant Fund; And, Appropriating The Amount Of $3,500 From The DEM Grant Fund To The MRC 2015 Grant Budget.
• An Ordinance Recognizing Additional Revenue Of $50,000 In The DEM Grant Fund, And Appropriating $50,000 To The CEMS CAD Budget For 2015.
• An Ordinance Anticipating Revenues Of $8,433 In The Law Enforcement Grant Fund; And, Appropriating $8,433 From The Law Enforcement Grant Fund To The ARICAC Budget For 2015.
• An Ordinance Anticipating Additional Revenue Of $3,711 In The Law Enforcement Grant Fund; And Appropriating $3,711 From The Law Enforcement Grant Fund To The Circuit Court-Juvenile Division Grant Budget For 2015.
11. An Ordinance Transferring $8,000 Within The Quorum Court Budget For 2015. (11.1)
12. An Ordinance Appropriating The Amount Of $24,000 From The Assessor’s Amendment 79 Fund To The Assessor’s Budget For 2015. (12.1)
13. Discussion of Act 633 Money Owed to the State of Arkansas. (13.1,13.2)
14. Other Business: Any other business to be discussed by the Committee will be brought up at this time.
