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Baxter County justices of the peace Tuesday night signed off on purchasing a new rock crusher for the county’s quarry.
Quorum Court members voted 10-0, with one absent, to approve a resolution supporting the purchase of the crusher, which will cost $715,000. That resolution also gave County Judge Mickey Pendergrass permission to borrow $343,000 from Arvest Bank to help cover the cost of the machinery.
The new crusher will replace an aging 2004 model that is prone to mechanical breakdowns, Pendergrass said. Despite the machinery’s advanced years, it is still expected to sell for at least $200,000 when the county puts it up for auction.
Baxter County is expected to receive $4.05 million in federal funds in the coming days, County Judge Mickey Pendergrass told the Quorum Court at Tuesday night’s May meeting.
Justices of the Peace voted 10-1 to create a special fund to house the money, which is being given to the county as part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. That act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11 to speed up the nation’s recovery from the COVID-10 pandemic.
Baxter County will eventually receive a total of $8.1 million from the American Rescue Plan, with the first half expected to be turned over to in the next 10-14 days and the second half to arrive a year from now.
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