The Cedar County Commission met June 7, 2021. Present were: Marlon Collins, Presiding Commissioner; Don Boultinghouse, Northern Commissioner; Ted Anderson, Southern Commissioner; Heather York, County Clerk.

Met with Chad Pyle, Assessor

Requests to process court order #26743-26759, to add-on the assessed valuation of newly purchased personal property.  Discussed the BOE schedule set for 10:00 a.m. on July 12th and 19th.  Two citizens have been contacted to serve on the board for the public vote.   

Resident stopped in to report thistles on a farm off of Morgan Drive.

Met with Peggy Kenney, Treasurer

Submitted monthly sales tax report to Commission.  Revenues are up beyond normal for June, she will check with DOR to make sure they are correct.

Met with Sheriff James McCrary

Inmate Housing = 53

Discussed garage door still not working properly but appear to be out of options unless prepared to spend a lot of money.

Discussed having engineering firm estimate cost of adding office space out the front of the sheriff’s office building, east toward High Street.

Motion by Anderson to approve signing the 2022 Deputy Sheriff Supplemental Salary Fund agreement, second by Boultinghouse.  Collins – Yes, Boultinghouse – Yes, Anderson – Yes

Discussed posting three old patrol units on Purple Wave or another auction site as this has worked well in the past.

Call from a special road district commissioner to request a review of a box culvert.  Collins will look at this later this week.

Discussed creating a formal application and policy for Indigent Cremation.  Reviewed examples from Jackson and Clay counties.  Commission will discuss at a later date.

Melinda Gumm stopped in to request relocating the unused vehicles from the parking garage to the county impound lot to free up parking spaces in the garage.

Met with DJ Ford, Road & Bridge Supervisor

Cat Grader repair was reported to be started today.

Graders on west side of county is around Jerico Springs heading towards Wagoner, grader on east side of county is on CR480 headed south, and mower is on CR480 heading south.

Air conditioning units to be installed in the Pros. Atty Office and the University Ext. tomorrow.

Received complaint on CR701 of large rock; a larger rock base for this location was necessary for better maintenance and will settle after a good rain. Received complaint on CR1370 needing repair; it was reviewed but no repair was necessary.

Contacted a resident to report a musk thistle complaint received; she will take care of this week.

Received a request from Missouri State Public Defender’s Office, District 28 requesting additional funds to do some construction work in their offices to install a wall for an additional office.  The estimated total cost of $2500 would be spread over 5 years, at Cedar County’s current 25.23% of the district, based on 13,982 population, would come to an additional $10.5125 per month.  The commission approved and requested the clerk email their approval.

Discussed recommendations for Safety and Risk Services Recommendations received from Missouri Employers Mutual, Commission wish to table the discussion on this until a bid has been selected on June 21, 2021, and until these policies can be included in a new handbook that is planned to be adopted later this year.    

Reviewed Treasury guidance for the ARPA funding that we plan to apply for at a later date.

Reviewed an application announcement from the Mo Division of Energy Loan Program, commission would consider if it was a grant but decline to apply for a loan.

Reviewed weekly MAC news report, and monthly reports from the Cedar County Health Department, and County Clerk Office.

Bills were approved.

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