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Van Buren County Quorum Court approves budget tweaks, camera funding and several grant applications
Summary
The Van Buren County Quorum Court adopted a slate of appropriation ordinances and grant-authorizing resolutions, including small budget adjustments for federal audits, a $50,000 transfer for sheriff dash cameras and authorization to seek grants for Allred Park and the Scotland Senior Center; all measures passed.
The Van Buren County Quorum Court on a routine agenda adopted multiple appropriation ordinances and resolutions affecting county budgets, equipment purchases and grant applications.
The court voted to appropriate a stipend to the election coordinator and to amend audit-related accounts after reading an appropriation ordinance that directs $762.20 to the LATC fund audit, $11,991.70 to ARPA revenue replacement audit costs and $2,482.70 to a sheriff communications/PILT-related audit account. Becky Paige, who sponsored the ordinance tied to the federal audits, flagged the need to expend available funds to avoid repeated audit costs.
The court also adopted an ordinance rescinding a historical $180,000 transfer from the general reserve fund that previously funded the library subsidy and approved a separate ordinance transferring $50,000 from the general reserve to the sheriff’s machinery and equipment budget to cover dash-camera purchases required in 2025. In discussion, members clarified that earlier grants covered body cameras, while dash cameras and timing required this separate appropriation.
Smaller actions included a transfer of $2,484.55 into accounting for a federal road-fund audit and adoption of multiple resolutions authorizing the county judge to apply for grants, including one to improve Allred Park and another to secure funds for the Scotland Senior Citizen Community Center. The court also confirmed reappointments to the Van Buren County Equalization Board.
All contested items on the published agenda were moved, seconded and adopted during roll calls or voice votes recorded during the meeting; where the record shows individual roll-call polling, members responded affirmatively. Several items were approved by voice vote with no opposition noted in the transcript.
The court adjourned after completing the listed business.
