Washington County weighs whether grants hiring breaks policy

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     (AP) – 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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