The Crawford County Commission approved ARPA drawdowns for June, authorizing payments the county described as education, consulting and communications-tower expenses.

County staff presented multiple payments charged to the county's ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) allocation, including $7,296.06 to Adam Jones Law Firm for the comprehensive plan, an administration fee of $15,000 to Greenbush, and $5,550 to Nutter Electric for communications tower work. The commission approved the drawdowns by roll-call vote.

The approval was recorded with Commissioner Moody voting "aye" and Commissioner Wood voting "aye." The clerk recorded additional "aye" responses; the transcript does not list a full, named roll-call tally for every commissioner. The agenda also referenced a journal entry for a payment already processed.

County officials said the Greenbush fee is a one-time, annual administration charge under a new contract to close out the county's ARPA system, and that some items reflected continuing education or personnel-related reimbursements in departments such as EMS. The transcript identifies an MSSU bill for an EMS employee’s continuing education but does not list an amount for that item.

The commissioners did not expand on how remaining ARPA balances will be allocated during the meeting; staff noted earlier discussions in a work session and indicated forthcoming budget work sessions where additional allocations will be reviewed.