City, County & Local Affairs Committee - Senate

Sure Mr Senator Terry Rice and Senator Rice if you've got any comments. Okay thank you very much I was gonna go in the room and when asked members to introduce themselves in your districts and where you're from I am certain he will start with you And circle around and then ended with Senator Stubblefield. Yeah I just if you just wanna poured out and then just enter middle button Senate Amendment key district six Garland County Seling county hot springs area. Senator jim petty District twenty nine Van Buren and Crawford County and southern Washington County. Senator Rapert district thirty two eastern Benton county northeastern Washington County. Senator Dan Sullivan. It County District twenty. Senator Kim Hammer district eighteen sterling county West place can. Senator Gary Stubblefield of. District twenty six Johnson Sebastian of Franklin Logan. Well members on a recognized you know you know welcome senator McCain senator Patty I know you all district first you know legislative session Senator Bryant realize he served in the House will before were you on city council committee or the house of this you're not new to this Melissa I'm I'm happy to have ever everybody here returning members Senator Solomon Hammer and we have our fiber city county local chair simple Stubblefield wanna thank you for your work during this committee Sir you look to make shoes and I'll do my best to try to fill with that also want to recognize entities are staff we got Mr Ray Terry will be our state system here I don't mess up your first name. Sky Teter. Will be our committee staff and then do we have miss actor here. It okay she's not here today but shall be the staff attorney and with that we're gonna first move on to adoption the rules which got your green folders here so give everybody I. The ticket's gonna review that got the questions of if not all to the chair will entertain a motion to adopt. Okay with a motion from Senator Rice second presenter McKee all in favor doctoral C. Fite by saying aye. Opposed nay. Rules adopted. All right. And if you'll leave and please leave folders in the room after each meeting for those if you're not aware that we just leave the folders in the room after each committee meeting the city county local affairs committee schedule to meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at ten AM in room two city to the room where in sponsor notifications will be sent to members who have bills on the agenda two days before the committee meeting sponsor notices are sent by email so be sure to be checking your email special over during session now moving on I I know that we've got Lindsey Bailey with the association of counties in this bill if you that come up and stay if we work to map the county to be happy to hear from you. Thank you Mr chair my name is Lindsay Bailey French now. That's okay I'm with the association of Arkansas counties and there are three colleagues of mine who you may see up here as well a crystal lines is our executive director Josh Curtis our legislative affairs director of governmental affairs director and mark with more who's also on our legal staff as well as myself of the association of counties is an umbrella association that represents nine individuals subsections of county elected officials as well as district officials better known as justices of the peace so will be up here and willing to help you with any questions you have will have a couple bills come through here as well so anything you need to discuss with us relating County business please don't hesitate to reach out. All right members or have any questions from his French. All right with that Linde thank you so much we appreciate you being here thank you. Our revenue by the miss Billy got their recognized. Going sure give equal opportunity with that members insurers most of you all know the primary issues that we do deal with here on this committee are going to be issues are gonna be affecting our cities and counties however four years ago I believe it was that we didn't X. expand the the number of issues that came before this committee including alcohol tobacco firearms and Senator Stubblefield as anything that I'm missing there. Former. If any changes statutory code is going to go to Judiciary. Okay. All right members of there's any questions or comments from anybody on the committee. All right with that list I'm looking for. If anybody else other thank you Senator Rice is there anybody else out there is going to have you know any agencies or group seeking to please come forward. Thank you hello my name's Tim Jones I'm with the legislative audit I'm the deputy legislative auditor for cities and counties office for season counties we do all seventy five county audits by law and we do promptly for turn sixty of the five hundred cities of most of you know we're located right downstairs from here and we're happy to answer any questions you may have been with we'll be here from time to time especially if you someone request would be here Mr Jones we appreciate you being here today so for new members yet their real quick on the first floor just lately right below the showroom and center there they're very helpful informative so any questions you can directly to me or just go to you know somebody legislative audit Mr Jones will be the point person for city county local affairs. Thank you. All right is there anybody else. Hi for Powell I'm the director of local affairs and rule development four Arkansas farm bureau a board grassroots organization with over a hundred eighty thousand member families we have an office in every county now work closely on the local level and we're happy to be a resource for any bill if you have questions about issues you may hear from our members and I'm happy to present then you feel after was there any questions thank you. Thank you thank you to being here. All right is there anybody else that's going to be before this committee on a regular basis or. All right well listen with. Senator Stubblefield you're recognized. Sure Flippo or when it talks to no verbal amendments are does that does that include the Emergency Clause anything. That would be my understanding that it would include emergency clauses but let me check with. That's good well I mean any an insignificant thing that includes all that that would be my understanding Senator Stubblefield yes thank you okay. All right are there any questions or comments by members. All right that will be meeting on Tuesday at ten AM well according to meet next is also a step that I need I don't think we have anything on the agenda yet submits that my plan to call it you know any committee means until we have bills to discuss. With that will adjourn.