Benton – The Benton City Council Monday night approved hiring Morgan Corn as a full-time probationary police officer. According to City Clerk Brook Craig, Corn will start on Dec. 12. The council also approved the 2019 tax levy and passed a resolution for unrestricting $900,000 from a fund that was designated for construction of the wastewater treatment plant and the $900,000 has been restricted into an account to pay for the new water meters. And the council approved Rachel Gartner as the city’s FMLA officer.
