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Votes at a glance: Arnold Board actions on claims, audit, contracts, grants and bids
Summary
At its May 12 meeting the Village Board approved minutes and treasurer’s report, accepted multiple claims (with a separate approval for Country Partners Cooperative where a Board member abstained), approved the FY2024 audit, awarded a paving contract, rejected concrete bids for Carroll Street Courts and changed specifications, and approved an AEDC grant and two event-related approvals.
Summary of formal actions taken by the Village of Arnold Board of Trustees on May 12, 2025:
- Minutes: Approved minutes of April 14, 2025 (Moved DeLosh; Second Jenkins). Roll call: Aye: Bowers, DeLosh, Jenkins, Hagler, Snyder.
- Treasurer's Report: Approved as presented showing fund balances as of April 30, 2025 (Moved Jenkins; Second Bowers). Roll call: Aye: Bowers, DeLosh, Hagler, Jenkins, Snyder.
- Claims paid in April: Clerk presented documentation including payroll entries and a reported total amount of claims of $128,117.70 (as listed in meeting documents). The Board approved claims as presented with a separate vote on Country Partners Cooperative.
- Claims on file: The itemized claims on file totaling $85,307.62 were approved as presented except for Country Partners Cooperative (Moved DeLosh; Second Bowers). Subsequent motion to pay Country Partners Cooperative passed (Aye: Bowers, Hagler, Jenkins, Snyder; Abstain: DeLosh).
- AEDC grant: Approved issuing a $2,000 grant to Bowers Small Engine Repair to accompany a loan from the AEDC Revolving Loan Fund for building improvements at 103 North Haskell (Moved Jenkins; Second Snyder). Vote: unanimous.
- Paving contract: Accepted Tri State Paving's proposal for single chip seal ($37,080), double chip seal ($82,200) and asphalt at the North Haskell/Adams intersection ($5,000) for a total of $124,280; Chairman authorized to sign (Moved DeLosh; Second Bowers). Vote: unanimous.
- Carroll Street Courts bids: Rejected the submitted concrete bids and changed specifications to 5 inches thick; new bids to be considered June 9 (Moved Snyder; Second Jenkins). Vote: unanimous.
- Ordinance No. 491: Suspended three-reading rule and adopted Ordinance No. 491 amending who may discharge firearms within the municipality; subsequent written permissions issued to Black Sheep Meats and Bierman’s Veterinary Clinic (Motion and final passage: Moved DeLosh; Second Snyder). Vote: unanimous.
- Audit: Accepted the Audit for Fiscal Year Ending September 2024 as prepared (Moved DeLosh; Second Bowers). Vote: unanimous.
These votes and tallies are recorded in the official meeting minutes and the Clerk attested to approvals and signatures where applicable.
