Justices of the peace in Washington County are debating whether the county’s chief administrative officer should have hired a former justice of the peace whose husband now serves on the Quorum Court.
Sharon Lloyd is the county’s grant administrator and Roddy Lloyd is a justice of the peace who might someday vote on grants.
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Monday concerns were raised during a finance and budget committee last week.
County Judge Joseph Wood hired Sharon Lloyd as grants administrator. Justice of the Peace Sue Madison said there is a problem, regardless of whether any law was broken. County policy says elected officials cannot work for the county for at least a year after leaving office. Sharon Lloyd’s term expired Dec. 31. Her husband took her spot.
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