The Hempstead County Quorum Court's last regular meeting of 2022 was spent passing the 2023 budget and wo other ordinances.

The Hempstead County Quorum Court held its last regular meeting of the year last night. The following actions were taken on unanimous votes:

• The passage of an ordinance transferring $33,571.22 from the Revenue Replacement fund (acquired via the American Rescue Plan Act) to cover 2022 budget shortfalls in the following accounts: General supplies $157.73, Janitorial Supplies $299.72, Courthouse Maintenance $30,525.39, Telephone & Fax $1,048.93, Utilities-Electricity $3.81, Utilities-gas $1.535.64.

• The passage of an ordinance to levy taxes (real and personal) for County General, County Road, County Library, all school districts and all municipalities. The specific millages are provided here:

REAL AND PERSONAL

COUNTY GENERAL 5.0

COUNTY ROAD 1.2

COUNTY LIBRARY 1.0

LEVY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS REAL AND PERSONAL

HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1-A 34.7

BLEVINS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 31.3

SPRING HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 10 41.8

SARATOGA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11 34.0

NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1-B 31.7

EMMET SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 13 31.3

TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.7 38.9

LEVY FOR MUNICIPALITIES REAL AND PERSONAL

CITY OF HOPE,

CITY STREET 5.0

FIREMAN’S PENSION 1.0

CITY OF FULTON 5.0

CITY OF OAKHAVEN 5.0

CITY OF BLEVINS 3.1

CITY OF MCCASKILL 5.0

CITY OF OZAN (BLEVINS) 4.6

CITY OF OZAN (SARATOGA) 4.6

CITY OF WASHINGTON 5.0

CITY OF EMMET 5.0

CITY OF PATMOS 1.6

CITY OF PERRYTOWN 5.0

CITY OF MCNAB 5.0

• The passage of an ordinance “adopting the appropriation of all county budgets for Hempstead County, Arkansas for 2023.”

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