Accomplishments in the first year:

General County Operations:

1.  Streamlined rules of orderly conduct of county business and posted in the clerks office.
2.  Took new bids and proposals from several medical insurers and reduced the cost of the county employee health care by approximately
     $46,000 annually.
3.  With the reduction in costs of health care we also negotiated a better deductibility for employees ($500 deductible instead of the $1,000
     deductible in the old plan).

Office of Emergency Management & 9-1-1:

1.  Combined the positions of Director of O.E.M. and 9-1-1 Coordinator into one position saving approximately $48,000 in personnel expenses
     while increasing efficiency.
2.  Acquired $538,224 in grant funds to reconfigure the 9-1-1 center creating a state-of-the-art centralized emergency communications system.
     These were 100% grant dollars with no county share required.

Safety Coordinator & Rural Fires Services:

1.  The Safety Coordinator's function has resulted in rebate of risk management insurance premiums totaling $26,653 by reducing claims from
     accidents.
2.  Oakland/Promised Land Fire received a $15,000 grant to help put a sub-station near Three Brothers.
3.  Act 833 funds to the county distributed among the fire districts totaled more than $100,000.

Airport:

1.  Several Grants are currently being implemented to create a viable commercial air service for the area.
     a.  An F.A.A. airport improvement grant which improves the runway and lighting and removes some old hangers replacing them with new
          ones.
     b.  Another F.A.A. grant for an instrument landing system (ILS).
     c.  A D.O.T. grant to help subsidize a small community air service carrier.
2.  Air services are expected sometime this year.

Wolf House:

1.  The Wolf House, in Norfork, is the oldest territorial courthouse west of the Mississippi and the oldest two story log structure west of the
     Mississippi.  It has been restored in recent years with grants through the Historical Society.
2.  Current Plans include a Highway Enhancement Project grant to create an overlook adjacent to the Wolf House overlooking the river and
     the area served also as this was a trading location for the Buffalo National River system.

Re-assessment:

1.  Problems with the reassessment contractor resulted in lost dollars for the county late in 2005.  The county judge pursued those dollars and
     recovered $20,416 from the Assessment Coordination Department.
2.  A new Mass Appraisal firm was contracted and problems corrected.

Road & Bridge Department:

1.  In addition the county judge's function as the Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for the financial management of the county, the
     county judge also has the Constitutional responsibility to operate a system of County Roads & Bridges.
2.  In the three months of the new administration the judge recovered equipment valued at $22,500 from dealers who had not delivered.
     The judge also recovered $15,111 in cash for a piece of equipment declared surplus and loaned out 10 years ago.
3.  Improvements in the operations and organization of the department resulted in record miles of upgraded roads in 2005 in spite of
     ballooning fuel costs and increased cost of materials.  In 2005 the department improved 41.8 miles of county roads (surfaced and
     resurfaced) and spent $2,914,209.  Compared to 2004 where they spent $2,983,415 while completing only 24 miles of roads. .
4.  Projects included building the Hand Cove road and repairing Denton Ferry road.
5.  State aid assistance totaled $230,000 and we have $260,000 in state aid funds available this year.
6.  FEMA and State Assistance funds totaled $598,000 on the Denton Ferry Road restoration.