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Buffalo County authorizes ARPA agreement with Kearney Visitors Bureau to support lodging revenue recovery and signage
Summary
The Buffalo County Board authorized Chair Ivan Klein to sign an ARPA grant agreement with the Kearney Visitors Bureau to support lost lodging revenues and update area welcome signage; the resolution (2023-02) cites federal ARPA guidance but does not specify the award amount in the record.
The Buffalo County Board of Commissioners voted Jan. 10 to authorize Chairperson Ivan Klein to execute an American Rescue Plan Act agreement with the Kearney Visitors Bureau to assist the nonprofit with lost lodging revenues and to update welcome signage in the area.
Roger Jasnoch, executive director of the Kearney Visitors Bureau, and Sarah Focke, tourism and convention sales manager, attended the meeting and discussed the bureau’s request. The board’s Budget Committee reviewed ARPA funding requests and recommended an allocation for the bureau; the board approved the contract authorization on a motion by Commissioner Myron Kouba, seconded by Commissioner Sherry Morrow. The roll-call vote was recorded as Aye: Kouba, Morrow, Higgins, Loeffelholz, Lynch, Maendele and Klein; motion carried.
The resolution (2023-02) cited the federal ARPA statute and Treasury guidance and described the county’s intent to contract with the Kearney Visitors Bureau to promote tourism and signage to aid economic recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency. The resolution delegates execution authority to the Chair to complete the project agreement.
The transcript does not state a dollar amount for the contract in open session; board minutes indicate allocation recommendations were made by the Budget Committee prior to this vote. The board also reappointed a slate of Kearney Visitors Bureau committee members later in the meeting.
