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A Miller County constable asked the Quorum Court on Monday to establish an annual budget of about $15,000 for the certified constables to perform law enforcement duties.

District 9 Constable Rusty Green, who is also the fire chief for the Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Department, made the following requests:

• An annual budget of $5,000 per qualified constable. He said it would “max out” at $55,000.

“I do not expect all six current constables to qualify, much less the other five empty positions, so we are really talking about $15,000 in real dollars this ye...