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Meadow council approves moving ARPA funds to water department fund
Summary
Council members approved a motion to transfer ARPA funds into the town's water department fund; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote with no dissent recorded.
At a regular meeting, councilors approved a motion to transfer American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds into Meadow's water department fund, the meeting record shows.
A council member moved "to move the ARPA funds to the general water fund or the water department fund." The motion was seconded; the clerk or chair called for a voice vote and participants responded "Aye." There was no recorded opposition in the meeting transcript.
The amount discussed during the budget discussion was not stated clearly in the transcript. A figure was read aloud that the participants attempted to parse verbally; the record contains inconsistent numeric fragments and does not provide a reliable single dollar figure. Councilors referred to prior public hearings on the budget and characterized the transfer as part of the town's longer-standing budget work.
No roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript and no individual vote tallies were read into the record. The council did not attach conditions or amendments on the record when approving the transfer; staff follow-up on placement and accounting was implied by the discussion but not entered as a formal direction during this session.
