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Benton County approves $811,000 transfer to cover external fleet shortfall
Summary
After staff analysis showed years of underpricing and pandemic losses, the Board approved an $811,000 general-fund transfer — including roughly $601,000 in one‑time insurance savings — to cover past and forecast deficits in the county's external fleet program and asked for quarterly financial reports.
The Benton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously July 9 to authorize a general‑fund transfer of $811,000 to cover historical and projected shortfalls in the county’s external fleet program.
Finance and Public Works staff explained that the external fleet program — which provides maintenance and repair services to cities and other local agencies — has operated at a deficit for several biennia. Staff cited COVID‑era revenue losses, staffing turnover and previously embedded…
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