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Benton County Commission approves appointment, multiple budget adjustments and grant actions
Summary
The Dec. meeting included the reappointment of Phil Davis to the airport board, multiple school budget adjustments, several sheriff budget actions including a $2,994.65 appropriation, TDOT interchange acceptance, CDBG deobligation and routine notary approvals.
The Benton County Commission on Dec. [meeting date] approved a slate of routine appointments and budget adjustments and voted to accept or amend several resolutions on grants and sheriff’s budget items.
Appointments and personnel: The commission voted to appoint Phil Davis to the airport board after a prior member, Bruce Martin, resigned. Phil Davis was reappointed by voice vote; the moderator recorded the outcome as "motion carries" with a voice count recorded in the room as 16 yes.
School budget moves: A resolution by the director of schools, listed in the packet as Mark March, to move $15,000 within the schools’ budget was presented, moved and seconded; commissioners voted in favor. Separately, the commission approved an internal school appropriation in the amount of $280,000 as presented in the agenda packet.
Sheriff and grant items: The commission approved a resolution to budget $2,994.65 into the sheriff's budget for expenditure from various sources. Commissioners also considered a resolution authorizing the mayor to apply for and execute documents for a violent crime intervention grant; an amendment was offered and the amended resolution was approved. The commission addressed a separate sheriff resolution to declare unusable firearms surplus for disposal; an amendment to that resolution was moved, seconded and voted upon.
Grants and infrastructure: The commission voted to deobligate the remaining balance of a 2019 CDBG grant so the county can reapply next year; staff said deobligating the old award was necessary to be eligible for a new application. Commissioners also voted to accept a TDOT proposal related to the interchange at 641/I-40 after the county attorney reviewed the paperwork and commissioners expressed no major objections.
Notaries and other routine business: Commissioners approved four notaries (Susan Wilkes, Susan Turnbull, Shelley Pinson and Bridget Lambert) and adopted several other procedural items. A request was made that representatives of entities overseen by the law enforcement committee (animal shelter, fire, EMA, etc.) be invited to committee meetings when their business appears on the agenda.
Next steps: Several items were deferred to next month (including a name that the mayor will submit for the airport board and a revised assessor resolution). The commission adjourned following closing remarks and a brief personal announcement about a county staff member's medical emergency.
(Reported actions above reflect motions and votes as recorded in the meeting transcript; where individual recorded tallies were not stated in the transcript, outcomes are described as 'approved' or 'carried' according to the clerk's voice vote call.)
