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Ozark City Council approves expansion abatement, awards Civic Center alcohol concession
Summary
The Ozark City Council unanimously approved a resolution granting an expansion tax abatement for a motor-building project and later awarded the alcohol sales contract for the Ozark Civic Center to Harlem Media Incorporated after a tie was broken by Mayor Blankenship.
The Ozark City Council unanimously approved a resolution to grant an expansion tax abatement for a motor-building project and later voted to award the alcohol sales contract at the Ozark Civic Center to Harlem Media Incorporated, with Mayor Blankenship casting the tie-breaking vote.
Councilman Jackson introduced the abatement resolution during the meeting, saying, "I'll introduce a resolution for the motor build expansion abatement and move its deduction." The council took no recorded roll-call opposition and the motion passed unanimously.
Later in the meeting, Councilman Peralta moved to award the bid for alcohol sales at the Ozark Civic Center to Harlem Media Incorporated, stating, "I moved that we approved the veil award for alcohol sales at Ozark Civic Center to Harlem." The transcript records that the vote produced one abstention and one opposed vote; the chair reported the result as a tie and Mayor Blankenship voted in the affirmative to break the tie, after which the motion passed.
The council also approved the minutes from its Nov. 19, 2024, regular meeting and set the agenda for the evening before taking the two substantive actions above. No additional details about the companies involved, contract terms, dollar amounts, or the identity of the members who abstained or opposed the Civic Center vote were provided in the meeting record.
With those items concluded and no further business on the agenda, the council moved to final comments and adjourned.
