MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BENTON CITY COUNCIL HELD THURSDAY APRIL 30, 2020 AT 10:00 A.M. PURSUANT TO THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ISSUED MARCH 16, 2020, THIS MEETING WAS HELD BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE AND COMPUTER ATTENDANCE ONLY.
MAYOR KONDRITZ DECLARED THE HEARING OPEN AND ASKED FOR ROLL CALL. THOSE PRESENT WERE GARAVALIA, STOREY, PERKINS, MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. TAMMY CAMPBELL OF JOHN H. CRAWFORD, DAN GRAVEL OF CAMP MANITOWA, SARAH WIGGS OF VALVOLINE, DAVE SEVERIN OF ALL STARS –N- STITCHES, THOMAS MALKOVICH, DAVE GARAVALIA, BROOK CRAIG, LISA MENO, AND RICHARD HARP WERE ALSO PRESENT.
TAMMY CAMPBELL STATED THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS CALLED TO DISCUSS THE DOWNSTATE SMALL BUSINESS STABILIZATION GRANT. MS. CAMPBELL STATED THAT EACH GRANT WOULD BE FOR $25,000.00 TO THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE AWARDED. THE BUSINESS WOULD HAVE 2 MONTHS TO SPEND THE MONIES OVER A 12-MONTH TIME PERIOD.
NO QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. DAVE SEVERIN, DAN GRABEL, AND SARAH WIGGS ALL THANKED THE CITY AND JOHN H. CRAWFORD AND ASSOCIATES FOR HELPINGTHEIR BUSINESSES APPLY FOR THIS GRANT. COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PERKINS. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
TIME 10:10 A.M.
