A yearlong pause on new data centers in Arkansas’ most populous county won’t take effect after the county’s clerk said she miscounted the number of votes in favor of the moratorium.
Pulaski County Clerk Terri Hollingsworth said in a news release that the moratorium that went before the Quorum Court Tuesday night fell short of the 10 votes, or two thirds of the 15-member body, needed to pass.
Eight justices of the peace voted for the measure, six voted no and one voted present. Hollingsworth erroneously recorded the vote as 10 in favor, four against and one present. Emergency ordinances need a two-thirds vote rather than a simple majority…