The Ashley County Quorum Court voted to modify its rules and procedures and received information about solar panels at its monthly meeting on Jan. 10
The justices adopted Ordinance No. 2023-2, which repealed and replaced Article 8 Sub-topic (A) of Ordinance 2021-11 of “The Ordinance which sets rules and procedures for the Ashley County Quorum Court.”
The ordinance states that “rules and procedures assure orderly conduct and encourage clear, efficient discussion of ideas,” and “the rules and procedures adopted by the Ashley County Quorum Court on June 8, 2021, Ordinance #2021-11, Article 8 Sub-topic (A) should be amended due to the decreasing population of Ashley County’s census.”
The amendment is stated to be effective retroactively to Jan. 1, 2023.
The change made through this ordinance to Article 8 states, “To effect adoption of each ordinance, a roll call vote of each quorum member shall be made as follows: The first roll call vote taken at any meeting will be made in order according to the district from one (1) to nine (9) of the quorum court members. Each subsequent roll call vote will follow this procedure.”
This was changed from the previous version in part to reflect the fact that instead of 11 Quorum Court justices, there are now nine justices for Ashley County.
The Justices also adopted Appropriation Ordinance 2023-1, to create and increase expenditure line item for Local Assistance Tribal Consistency (LATC) Fund upon receiving monies from the United States Department of the Treasury in the amount of $151,217.06
The Quorum Court also held a special meeting on Jan. 4, during which they passed Appropriation Ordinance No. 2023-3, “to transfer and appropriate funds for newly hired administrative assistant for County Judge’s office.”
The recent resignation of Judge Hudson’s administrative assistant made it necessary for the court to approve and appropriate funds to pay an additional employee, for 136 hours, before the previous employee’s last day, which is set for Jan. 27.
The court also heard an update on the solar panel project the county has had in the works from McKinstry account executive Jay Holstead.
The county is waiting to hear back from the engineer over the project and will provide an update on the progress once they get new information.
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