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Commission approves relocating county clerk, juvenile services and veterans offices to former electric system building; sale motion fails
Summary
The Benton County Commission approved three resolutions to move the County Clerk, Juvenile Services and Veterans Service Officer offices to the former Benton County Electric System building at 115 S. Church Ave. A separate motion to sell the building failed for lack of a second.
The Benton County Board of Commissioners voted to relocate three county offices to the former Benton County Electric System building at 115 S. Church Avenue in Camden.
The Property Committee sponsored resolutions to move the County Clerk's office (Resolution No. 20250915-02), the Benton County Juvenile Services offices (20250915-03) and the Benton County Veterans Service Officer office (20250915-04) to the former electric system building. Commissioner Kiehn moved to approve the first of those resolutions for the County Clerk and Commissioner Bain seconded; each resolution was approved by roll‑call vote, 17 Aye, 0 No, 1 Absent, as recorded in the meeting minutes.
During discussion on the property matters, Commissioner Arnold moved to sell the building located at 115 S. Church Avenue, but no commissioner seconded that motion and it did not proceed. The approved relocations will consolidate multiple county functions at the former electric system facility; the meeting record does not specify a timeline for the moves, any lease or sale terms, or estimated relocation costs.
The commission recorded approvals for the three relocation resolutions by roll‑call vote and then continued with the meeting agenda.
