Pulaski County approves $100,000 amendment to Mammoth monitoring agreement
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Summary
The commission approved a first amendment adding $100,000 to a third‑party compliance monitoring agreement tied to Mammoth projects; county and developer billing timelines and outstanding invoices were discussed.
Pulaski County commissioners on Wednesday approved a first amendment to a third‑party compliance monitoring agreement that adds $100,000 in developer‑funded payments for Versus monitoring services tied to Mammoth projects.
The amendment raises the total committed payment to $350,000 and was presented as reimbursable funds from Mammoth South LLC and Mammoth Central LLC. County staff said the added funds are intended to cover monitoring work through the autumn and into November while county counsel and the developer finalize long‑term funding terms.
Tim (Versus representative) told the commission the monitoring vendor’s accumulated hours have produced recorded billings that, depending on billing cycles, place recorded services at about $320,000 to date and that the next invoices will push the recorded total higher. County staff and Versus said the amendment should prevent county general funds from being used while the developer payments are finalized.
County staff and the vendor discussed billing timing and which developer projects had paid to date. A county attorney and administrative staff said payments already received are being held in project accounts and that reimbursements among projects can occur as payments arrive, not from the county general fund.
The commission made and seconded a motion to approve the first amendment to the agreement for payment of third‑party compliance monitoring services. With no further discussion, the board voted in favor and the amendment passed.
The vote did not include a recorded roll call in the public transcript; commissioners and staff agreed to follow up with a written accounting of payments and to seek a higher reimbursement ceiling from the developer if necessary to ensure Versus’ billed hours are fully funded.
The county will return to the developer and counsel to confirm updated reimbursement language and to seek an amendment if required to carry the monitoring program through the end of the year.
