Multiple residents praised the court's vote on data-center regulation and urged continued oversight, citing concerns about fire protection, noise, environmental impacts, water resources, electric costs and property values.

The Quorum Court approved three ordinances: 26 I 65 (OEM grants) 13–0 with 2 absent; 26 I 66 (sheriff appropriations) 14–0 with 1 absent; and 26 I 56 (high-intensity digital infrastructure, as amended) 11–4.

Pulaski County Quorum Court voted 11–4 to adopt ordinance 26 I 56, adding an emergency clause to regulate high-intensity digital infrastructure (data centers). Lawmakers and staff debated whether the clause circumvents the planning department; staff said emergency adoption lets the ordinance take effect on signature but can be amended later.

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The Pulaski County Quorum Court voted to send two resolutions and two ordinances addressing high‑intensity digital infrastructure (data centers) to the county planning department and planning commission for study, public hearings and a recommendation within 90 days.

The Pulaski County Board of Commissioners voted to impose a countywide 12-month moratorium on filing or accepting new data‑center applications while the Plan Commission studies ordinance text, setbacks, decommissioning plans and other protections.

Pulaski County Treasurer Deborah Buckner told the Quorum Court that revised budgets and encumbrances created multi‑year shortfalls, and the court voted 15–0 to transfer emergency reserve funds to the county general fund while the county commissions an outside audit and freezes hiring.

Ordinance 26I17, which would set standard meeting times for ordinance-created county boards to improve public access, drew extensive debate and public comment. Sponsor Justice Rebecca Davis proposed limiting the change to the planning board; after discussion the court voted to postpone the item to the May agenda (12 ayes, 2 nays, 1 absent) to seek legal and financial clarity and to negotiate with the planning board.

Public commenters at the Pulaski County budget hearing urged the council not to distribute accumulated EDA/solar payments in full, warning the county faces a structural deficit (cited as over $630,000) and needs liquid reserves for emergencies.

The Pulaski County council approved a $500,000 allocation to create a "1 Pulaski Fund," endowing $300,000 and holding $200,000 for near‑term grants; the measure passed 4–3 after members expressed concerns about preserving county reserves.

The quorum court approved prior minutes and unanimously forwarded two ordinances — 26 I 65 (OEM grants) and amended 26 I 66 (sheriff contingency/maintenance) — to the full court. All roll-call votes were 15 ayes, 0 nays.

The court approved an amended ordinance 26 I 66 to appropriate contingency and capital maintenance funds for the sheriff's department. The sheriff said boilers, HVAC, servers and vehicle repairs are urgent and cited an FCC ruling that cut inmate-phone commission revenue, creating a funding gap.

The Placer County Fiscal Court unanimously authorized an emergency exemption to spend federal and state road grants that would otherwise count against a year-end 65% spending cap, citing a November deadline on one federal grant.

A proposed 90-day moratorium on permitting and review of high-intensity digital infrastructure projects in unincorporated Pulaski County was introduced, debated at length with planning staff and county attorney, then withdrawn by motion after members raised legal and scope concerns.

Scores of residents and community advocates spoke during public comment opposing data centers in unincorporated Pulaski County, urged moratoriums and cited water, environmental and equity concerns; attorneys offered competing legal perspectives on vested rights, fees and government authority.

The Quorum Court approved Amendment 1 to Ordinance 26 I 56 to strike an emergency clause; the ordinance — which would classify high-intensity digital infrastructure as heavy industrial and create conditional-permit processes and fee/monitoring provisions — was placed on first reading for later consideration.

KYTC representative opened a sole sealed bid of $1,440,227.06 from Hinkle Contracting for the Boathouse Ridge Road federal land access project; the court moved to accept the bid, but the agency said central-office review is needed because the bid exceeds the engineer's estimate.