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ALC - Executive Subcommittee

May 18, 2026 ·Big Mac, Room B ·12:29
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Speaker 2 1:00
Thank you. school so it got storm damage in the recent winter storms insurance went through their bidding process just asking for a waiver for rebuilding the kitchen as soon as we
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 1:42
can all right any discussions or questions on this senator rice if you would appreciate you being here today how many bids did you have for that so the
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Speaker 2 1:55
insurance provider goes through and they did their bidding to determine a replacement cost and they they got two bids back on it okay thank you yes sir
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Speaker 13 2:05
representative wardlaw you're recognized did you happen to call representative eubanks before this meeting uh text him what did
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 2:23
what was his response i didn't i didn't get a response oh that's interesting representative what he happened to be on the phone right there all right any other questions all right uh see none what's the will of the committee i have a motion to approve i have a second any discussion on the motion see none all in favor say aye any opposed eyes have it thank you superintendent don't worry he doesn't answer my calls either so you're dismissed thank you
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Unknown speaker 3:16
Thank you.
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 3:46
it's busy I appreciate you being thank you okay any questions regarding representative Eubanks answering phone calls all right that's the speaker Evans thank you mr. chairman
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Speaker 18 4:02
mr. golf I'm assuming you've had previous experience with Covington before they've done work for you somebody you're comfortable with yes sir okay thank you all
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 4:14
right thank you speaker Evans any other questions seeing none what's will the committee I have a motion in a second any discussion on the motion seeing none all in favor say aye any opposed eyes have it thank you
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 4:31
thank you okay moving down to number three smack over Norfolk if you would
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Speaker 25 4:48
introduce yourself for the record good morning thank you for having me my name is Doug Smith superintendent smack over Norfolk School District I'm here
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 4:59
to apply for a waiver to use tips okay give
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Speaker 25 5:03
us a brief description of what it's we would like to do a turf project on our football field we have a terrible situation with our drainage it has collapsed and it's going to cost us quite a bunch to fix that so we would we've gotten some donations from the community and we'd like to just go ahead and turf
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 5:23
it okay it looks like I have question from representative wardlaw you're recognized thank you and you said smack over correct yes sir can you give me the breakdown on the funding on the project um i just don't personally like to use education dollars on football fields so i'm curious to hear how many donations and how
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Speaker 25 5:40
that's playing out yes sir we've started a buckaroo foundation to which we've already had a half a million dollars uh pledged to our to our foundation um and the way we're doing it i'm actually leaving here if this goes well to meet with mr ray beardsley We're going to do 10 years, so our payment's going to be $100,000 a year, which the foundation will make a donation every year
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 6:01
to make sure that's paid. So the foundation will pay for the turf, not any funds from state or local tax dollars to the turf? Currently, that's the plan, yes, sir,
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Speaker 25 6:12
but our district is willing to. We did
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 6:15
this at home. I participated. I was one of the donors for 10 years, and one of the ways we did it, We sold it as you pay $2,000 a year, you have your name put on the turf, and so on. And most of our donors came through on that. And the ones that didn't, the foundation was able to fill the
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Speaker 25 6:34
gap. So that's the reason I'm asking. Yes, sir. I mean, the school understands that in the event that we don't have, that we have a donor that doesn't come through or that we will have to spend some of that money, which we have budgeted for the next 10 years to account for. But like I said, currently we already have half of the funding already pledged, and we're talking to two large – I don't know if they want me to use their name, but we're talking to two large plants in East Camden right now that are possibly going to
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 7:04
help us too. You may want to contact Representative Les Warren. I mean, he's an alumni and fairly wealthy in Hot Springs
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Speaker 25 7:12
and probably be a donor. Okay. Thank you. Trust me, I'm beating down any
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 7:16
door of anybody that will say yes. When you speak to Representative Warren, be sure to use Representative Wardlaw's name. Senator Rice, you're recognized.
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 7:25
Senator, is there a possibility that school might have to pick up something at the same question? How many bids did you get for this? Three. Okay, thank you. All right. Any more questions? Seeing none, what's the will of the committee? I have a motion. I have a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor. say aye any opposed eyes have it thank you thank you all right members moving on to item C if you recall this is as a result of legislation that was passed to encourage city governments to move to using a dot gov I think we have the presenter via Nate Schimmel joining by teams so we'll see if we can get that pulled up
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified 8:33
you Bear with us as we figure out some technical difficulties.
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Unknown speaker 9:08
Thank you.
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 9:38
So, members, apparently, the link crashed for the teams for Mr. Schimel to join. So I think Representative Leidyman has offered to present, if you would. So we'll let him present on behalf of Jonesboro. And if you would, Representative, recognize yourself for the record.
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Representative Jack Ladyman Unverified 10:08
Representative Jack Ladyman, District 32, which is the city of Jonesboro. You're recognized. I'm not real familiar with the details of this, but I get a bill from these folks every month, so I'm fairly familiar with them. But no, the law that we passed said that all, they had to have a .gov domain. is that all utilities is that right yeah municipal government basically municipal government okay so they will do that for their main web page and all the other communications except the billing if you look at the document that they that we have in the folder they have automated billing they have a lot of customers be very expensive to do that so they would like to get a waiver to, to, uh, for not making their billing dot gov and maintain their current. All right.
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Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified 11:14
Thank you representative. Additionally, I think some of the issue arises with the software they're using to bill and there might be an issue with it being able to communicate well with a dot gov email as I understand was is, is that also as you understand represent? Yes. Okay. um any questions for the representative see none what's the will of the committee i'd make a motion do pass i have a motion do i have a second i have a second uh any discussion seeing none all in favor say aye aye any opposed eyes have it all right members see no other business unless there is some business uh i will entertain well i'm just going to adjourn thank you for your time
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Speaker 2
3 segments
Representative Jeff Wardlaw Unverified
20 segments
Speaker 13
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Speaker 18
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Senator Ben Gilmore Unverified
4 segments
Speaker 25
9 segments
Representative Jack Ladyman Unverified
3 segments