Members of the Pike County Quorum Court met Monday evening and approved an ordinance to found a region wide sub-fund for the Local Assistance Tribal Consistency Fund.
LATC funds is simply a wide gross enhancement programme that provides additional assistance to eligible gross sharing counties and eligible tribal governments. The funds are portion of $2 cardinal dollars that were appropriated done the American Rescue Plan. According to the Association of Arkansas Counties, 67 counties successful Arkansas are eligible to person the funds, including Pike County.
Pike County volition person $94,439.37 successful 2022 and 2023 and indispensable taxable an annual study stating however they spent the funds. The funds tin beryllium used for immoderate governmental purpose, but lobbying activities.
Pike County Judge Dewight Mack reported determination were nary findings successful the 2020-2021 legislative audits and that each region departments were in compliance.
Mack also appointed the 2023 fund committee. The archetypal authoritative meeting of the committee volition beryllium the Thursday pursuing the General Election.