Vacancy declared on court

Governor to name new District 12 JP

BENTONVILLE — Benton County’s Committee of the Whole declared a vacancy for the justice of the peace District 12 position on Tuesday night.

Justice of the Peace Adriane Carr, who won re-election Nov. 6, will leave her position Feb. 28. Carr will move to McPherson, Kan., where her husband, Patrick, took a job with the police department there late last year. District 12 includes parts of Siloam Springs, Gentry and some of western Benton County.

A vacancy must be declared before Gov. Asa Hutchinson can appoint a replacement.

The loss of Carr will continue to change the face of the Quorum Court.

Jerry Snow of Bella Vista was sworn in as the District 7 justice of the peace at the Finance Committee meeting Feb. 12.

Snow was appointed to fill the position by Hutchinson because Joel Jones, who was re-elected in November, moved out of the district that includes eastern Bella Vista and the area southeast toward Bentonville. The move was for

personal reasons, Jones said.

Three new justices of the peace won election in November.

They are Debra Hobbs in District 3, Carrie Perrien Smith in District 5 and Dustin Todd in District 11.

“I am going to miss serving,” Carr told the court. “I will miss everyone.”

Justices of the peace serve two-year terms. Quorum Court members are paid $237 for any Committee of the Whole and Quorum Court meetings they attend, and $148 for any Finance Committee meetings they attend, according to information provided

by comptroller Brenda Guenther.

In other business Tuesday night, the Committee of the Whole approved:

■ Appointing Jackie Crabtree and Rick Parker to the Benton County Historical Preservation Commission.

■ Confirming Quinita Henry to the Northwest Arkansas HIV Clinic Board.

■ Confirming Blake Webb to the 911 Administration Board.

■ An application for an Arkansas Community and Economic Development grant for a water line extension from Benton County Water Authority No. 5 to the Rambo Water District No. 1.

■ A personnel policy waiver for the Maintenance/Facilities Department.

Judge Barry Moehring recognized Troy Banz as the 2018 Dispatch Supervisor of the Year and Lynda Garrison as 2018 Dispatcher of the Year.

Banz has worked for the county since 2005. Garrison has worked with the county since 2015.