Yell County Quorum Court members voted Monday to approve an ordinance allowing voter centers to be used countywide for upcoming elections. The ordinance was not approved though, without a change in the wording of a portion of that proposal, and that change was at the request of the county's election commission. Commissioner Greg Bland addressed the court, indicating that the commission will be formulating a plan to implement the voter center proposal, as the county's new election equipment is readied for use. Bland said Monday's vote was simply to approve use of voter centers, and had nothing to do with precinct issues, to be dealt with at a later date. Justice Mike Taylor made the motion to approved the ordinance, with the wording change, which was approved unanimously by those attending. Justices of the Peace Matt Robinson and Haskel Hicks were absent from the July meeting.
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The Morrilton City Council has formally approved a recommendation from the Sanitation/Landfill Committee to allow Waste Management to continue collecting residential recycling containers from homes found to be guilty of contaminating the containers with trash and other waste at least three times. Committee Chairman John Payne reminded residents there is a way they can get their containers back. Those interested in doing so should contact City Hall for further information.
The action follows through on the recommendation made by the committee last month to enforce the existing three-strike policy.
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Today (Tuesday) was the deadline for candidates in this year's annual school election to file their petition of candidacy with their respective County Clerk's Office. Petitions must have at least 20 valid signatures of qualified voters within the school district and the correct zone if applicable, and those petitions must be received in the County Clerk's Office by noon today (Tuesday)...
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Logan County residents will go to the polls on today (Tues.) to cast their ballot, in reference to a proposed 1 percent hike in county sales taxes with proceeds being used to build and operate a new county jail. If approved during the special election, the county plans to build a 100-bed detention facility on county-owned property on South Lowder Street in Paris, near the location of the county yard. The one percent sales tax increase will be presented to voters in two parts at the election. One will be approval of issuing bonds to finance the facility and a one-half percent sales tax increase to fund construction. The second will be on a one-half percent increase to operate and manage the facility. It is anticipated that the new jail will cost about $11 million to build. The proposed 100-bed facility will replace the present jail which was built in the late 1980s.
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