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Benton County mayor pulls resolution to appropriate ARPA grant funds; special session adjourns
Summary
Mayor Mark Ward withdrew Resolution No. 20251125-02, which would have appropriated $11,629.27 in TD EC-ARPA grant funds and local-cost payments to Harbor Town Utility District and Community Development Partners; the board did not vote on the measure and later adjourned the special session.
Mayor Mark Ward withdrew Resolution No. 20251125-02, a proposal to appropriate $11,629.27 in TD EC-ARPA grant funds and related local-cost payments to Harbor Town Utility District and Community Development Partners, during a Nov. 25, 2025 special called session of the Benton County Board of Commissioners. The resolution was not voted on.
The resolution, sponsored by County Mayor Mark Ward and referred to the Budget Committee in its legislative reference, states the county received $11,629.27 from the TD EC-ARPA Grant and sought to budget additional local-cost payments to allow remaining vendor and consulting payments. The document lists specific increases and decreases to county fund lines (decrease: 171.39000; increases: 171.91110.316 and 171.91110.308) and itemizes amounts including $1,408.04 for Harbor Town Utility District and $5,757.69 for Community Development Partners. A total line of $7,165.73 also appears in the budget detail.
The record includes a standard roll-call template for recording motions and votes, but the minutes note that "Resolution No. 20251125-02 Pulled by Mayor Mark Ward," and no roll-call tally for this resolution appears in the file. County Clerk Wanda Malin attested to the record as a complete copy of the special session minutes.
Separately, under "Any Other Business" the meeting concluded when Commissioner Arnold moved to adjourn and Commissioner Miller seconded. The minutes record a roll-call vote of 11 ayes, 0 no and 7 absent, and the motion to adjourn passed.
Because the sponsor removed the resolution from consideration, no appropriation or budget transfer tied to Resolution No. 20251125-02 was enacted at this session. The clerk's certification remains part of the official record of the Nov. 25, 2025 special called session.
