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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND LITTLE ROCK, ARK.,
4 ORDINANCE NO. 16,561 (DECEMBER 21, 1993),
5 THE 1994 BUDGET ORDINANCE, TO ADD AN ITEM
6 TO THE 1994 PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THE CRIMINAL
7 DIVISION OF THE LITTLE ROCK MUNICIPAL COURT
8 TO PROVIDE FOR THE COSTS OF AN INTERLOCAL
9 AGREEMENT WITH PULASKI COUNTY TO PROVIDE AN
10 ADDITIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THE LITTLE
11 ROCK MUNICIPAL COURT; DECLARING AN
12 EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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14 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors stated in Little Rock,
15 Ark., Res. No. 9,085 (January 18, 1994), an intention to enter
16 into an interlocal agreement with Pulaski County to provide
17 funding for an additional public defender to serve the Little
18 Rock Municipal Court; and
19 WHEREAS, the cost of this position is $45,260.00, which
20 includes a salary of $37,075.00 and fringe benefits of
21 $8,185.00; and
22 WHEREAS, based upon the City's statement that it would
23 enter into this agreement the Pulaski County Quorum Court
24 adopted an appropriation ordinance; and
25 WHEREAS, this expenditure was not included in the 1994
26 Budget for the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and should be
27 added to this budget.
28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
29 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
30 SECTION 1. The 1994 City Program Budget for the Municipal
31 Court Criminal is increased by the amount of $45,260.00 to cover
32 the costs associated with an interlocal agreement to be entered
33 into formally with Pulaski County to pay the cost of a deputy
34 public defender for the Little Rock Municipal Court.
35 SECTION 2. Severability. In the event any title, subtitle,
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sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Code is declared or
adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this
ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the
portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was
not originally a part of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. Repealer. All ordinances, regulations, and
policies, or the parts of any such ordinances, regulations and
policies, inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
SECTION 4. Emergency Clause. The Board of Directors
understands that the increasing case loan in municipal court has
made it impossible for one public defender to handle the
criminal and traffic cases, and also be available to respond to
the needs of the third division of the Little Rock Municipal
Court which was recently created. Because the constitution
requires that in any case in which incarceration is a
possibility a defendant must be provided counsel, and because
the City understands that without this interlocal agreement the
County would not be able to meet this obligation, the City has
agreed to enter into an interlocal agreement with the County to
fund this position. The need for this position is critical since
the proper functioning of the courts is essential to support and
preserve the public health, safety and welfare. An emergency is,
therefore, declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after the date of its adoption.
PASSED: Mav 3, 1994
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORK:
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