Pulaski County Council
Numerous questions and concerns regarding the county salary matrix have caused Pulaski County Council members to schedule a special workshop.
During the past several months several questions have arisen because of a 1-percent raise the county employees have received and because of department heads...
Security at the Pulaski County Courthouse has been a topic of discussion for public officials during the past couple of years but little has been done to address the issue.
What has been done involves a lot of ideas of how the courthouse could be better secured but those ideas haven’t been...
Providing pauper counsel to those who are indigent and facing criminal charges is causing financial woes for the county.
Pulaski County Commissioners and council members recently heard how dire the situation is as it is only the second month of the year and one court is already asking for...
Pulaski County Community Development Commission Executive Director Nathan Origer asked for clarification from the county council after his office was short-changed a pay raise.
Origer approached the council, during a regular meeting Monday night, about the 1-percent pay raise that he understood...
A lawsuit that was filed against the county regarding the brazen disregard of two federal statutes has come to a tentative settlement pending approval of a United States district court judge.
The complaint that seeks declaratory and injunctive relief was filed Dec. 27, 2016, against Pulaski County...
An unpleasant discussion between the Pulaski County Council and the Pulaski County Coroner’s Office caused several questions to be asked regarding the coroner’s office budget.
Coroner John Behny and chief deputy Jon Frain asked for some clarification in regards to how the department is being paid...
Monterey Town Council members are expecting to tighten the financial belt next year as less tax funds will be received.
During a previous meeting council members discussed the loss of local option income taxes (LOIT) because of a county levee freeze and how it may affect the budget. During a...
Pulaski County Sheriff Jeff Richwine had positive news for the Pulaski County Council Monday evening.
Richwine has been working to establish the jail as a location that can house federal inmates.
It was estimated that the jail could hold about 20 federal inmates. Richwine said housing the federal...
Pulaski County is preparing to drop some major cash as county officials prepare to fix structural work that is overdue on two county buildings including the courthouse and annex building.
During a recent meeting between the county commissioners and council, several of the upcoming repair projects...
A question of whether the county EMS paramedics should leave the county became a bit of a rough topic of discussion during a recent meeting with county officials.
At a joint session on June 12, the county commissioners and council listened as EMS director Nikki Lowry asked for some direction from...