Local government night

The third monday of the month means that it's local government night. I went by and observed the Texas-side City Council workshop before heading over to the Arkansas-side City Board meeting. By the time the Arkansas-side Board adjourned, the Miller County Quorum Court meeting was over, so I missed that one.

From my observations of the Texas-side council, it appears as though George Nuckolls of Ward 6 is at least in favor of confirming Capt. Bunting to be the police chief on a four month interim basis (he voted against confirmation previously). I had heard that Brent Stewart (Ward 3) may also be in favor of this, but he didn't make his position known at the workshop. As of adjournment, it appears as though the consensus is that City Manager George Shackelford will appoint Capt. Bunting to be the chief on an interim basis if the council votes down the current rotation of four different interim chiefs at next monday's meeting. Whether the council confirms that appointment is to be seen. City Attorney Tom Arnold believes these votes must be on separate agendas, so this process may take a while.

On the Arkansas-side, I didn't make it for the early workshop, but at the regular meeting, the Board of Directors approved a resolution supporting the upcoming school bond election (1.7 mills) on May 8. There was one dissenting vote from Director Patsy Cornelius (Ward 5). Video from the meeting will be up on their site soon, and once it is posted, I'll put a link here.