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Van Buren County court approves several appropriations, repeals highway ordinance and moves to fund dash cameras
Summary
The Quorum Court unanimously adopted multiple appropriations — including $8,600 to match a Scotland Senior Center grant, $5,000 from a cell‑tower payment for maintenance, $9,655.71 for a health‑department fire alarm repair, $1,520 for a K‑9 unit and $20,000 to patch the North Annex roof — and repealed an earlier highway acceptance ordinance as housekeeping.
The Van Buren County Quorum Court approved a slate of appropriation ordinances and a resolution during its meeting, voting unanimously on each item by roll call.
The court adopted an appropriation of $8,600 to provide the 50% local match for a grant awarded to the Scotland Community Senior Citizen Center to replace HVAC equipment and repair a commercial stove. Becky Page sponsored the ordinance and the court adopted it by roll call.
Nikki Brown sponsored an ordinance to appropriate $5,000 received from Puck Towers LLC (the transcript also references the payer later as “Huck towers,” a discrepancy noted in court materials) into the maintenance/machinery and equipment fund to help pay for an air‑conditioning replacement in the deputy prosecutor’s office. County staff explained the unit and labor were over $10,000 and…
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