An unidentified presiding official at the Pocomoke City Mayor and Council meeting on Monday moved to declare Resolution 2025R-8 an emergency so the city could allocate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds before an imminent deadline.

The presiding official told council members and counsel, "the due date to allocate all of our ARPA funds is tomorrow," and said, "I'll make a motion to make it a emergency resolution for the ARPA funds." The motion was "properly made and seconded," according to the official, who then called for a voice vote: "All those in favor use the sound aye. Those that oppose you have the same right." The transcript records the call for ayes and the presiding official's declaration that the item would be treated as an emergency resolution; a named roll-call or vote tally is not recorded in the provided transcript.

Under the procedure described at the meeting, the presiding official said the resolution would be read aloud, the floor would be opened for a public hearing, and counsel would then take the formal vote on the resolution. The presiding official began reading, introducing the item as "Resolution number 2025R-8, an emergency resolution of the Pocomoke City Mayor and council." The public hearing and counsel's formal vote were identified as the next steps in the process.

The transcript contains several brief, out-of-context remarks earlier in the recording (for example, one speaker said "You know, it's $525"), but the context for that dollar amount is not specified in the text supplied.

No specific allocations, dollar totals for the ARPA funds to be distributed under Resolution 2025R-8, or individual votes by name were captured in the provided transcript. The council's action at the meeting, as reflected in the recording, was to treat the resolution as an emergency so the city can proceed with the reading, public hearing, and an immediate vote to meet the stated deadline.