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Public speakers and commissioners press for accounting after $395,000 ARPA match for sports complex can't be traced

Baker County Board of County Commissioners · November 4, 2025
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During public comment Ryan Richardson and recreation volunteers said Phase 2 of the NAB Sports Complex cannot start because roughly $395,000 that had been earmarked for the project is unaccounted for; commissioners demanded a full reconciliation from the clerk’s finance office and discussed using reserves if necessary.

Ryan Richardson told the Baker County Board of County Commissioners that volunteers and local donors completed Phase 1 of the NAB Sports Complex but that Phase 2 cannot proceed because approximately $395,000 previously earmarked as the county match cannot be located. “We were told we had $395,000 in that bucket… and then we get told that we don’t know where that $395,000 is at,” Richardson said during public comment.

County staff responding in the meeting said the administration’s spreadsheet shows roughly $644,000 overall remaining in ARPA but that the clerk’s office’s reconciliation shows about $300,000,…

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