Almost $675,000 in additional appropriations was recently finalized by the Pulaski County Council. A large chunk of that is the funding for preliminary work on the courthouse renovation and justice center expansion that wasn’t figured into the 2020 budget.
That includes permission to spend $480,000 for estimated architect’s fees, $79,000 for bond counsel, $85,000 for accounting firm Baker Tilly to help with the bond process as well as the county’s income tax restructuring, and just over $9,400 to replenish the Community Development Commission’s budget from some of the bills already paid. Much of that could later be reimbursed with bond revenues.
Also included in the additional appropriation is $15,000 to pay for a financial impact analysis for the proposed Mammoth Solar project. That’ would be reimbursed by the developers. All of that money will come out of economic development income tax revenues.
Additionally, council members agreed to let airport officials spend over $6,100 out of the Airport Improvement Fund to reseal the runway.
