November 2020 Meeting Minutes

Commissioners Minutes for November 2, 2020

Commissioners C.R. Bud Motsinger, Jonathan Abbott and Rex Hibler met in the commissioner’s room of the Caldwell County Courthouse with County Clerk Christine Owen. The meeting was opened with The Pledge of Allegiance.

Weekly bills were paid.

Commissioner met with Jeff Campbell, Road and Bridge Supervisor. The metal roof is done and with better weather this week they plan to have the rest of the metal done. Tube was replaced on JC Penney Drive and working to replace tube on Washington Road. They plan to work on FEMA projects that include placing dirt and riprap in required areas.

Commissioners had a teleconference meeting with Mike Weller of Department of Natural Resources and Cathy Youtsey from LOC Wholesale Water Commission concerning Little Otter Creek application for receiving funds from the multipurpose fund.

Commissioners set a date for the Little Otter Creek meeting to be November 13, 2020 at 9:00 AM.

Commissioners met with CCDC Administrator Angie Lager and Darren Swindler to discuss the guard cage required for the elevated outdoor recreation area. They left a message with GGA Architect Kevin Rost to find out the status.

Commissioners Minutes for November 3, 2020

Commissioners C.R. Bud Motsinger and Rex Hibler met in the commissioner’s room of the Caldwell County Courthouse with GHRP director Randy Railsback to discuss progress and funding for the LOC lake project.

Commissioners Minutes for November 5, 2020

Commissioner C. R. Bud Motsinger met at Little Otter Creek property with Tom Kelly of Allstate Engineers.

Commissioners C.R. Bud Motsinger and Rex Hibler met in the commissioner’s room of the Caldwell County Courthouse with County Clerk Christine Owen.

Commissioners met with Attorney Ed Proctor.

Rex Hibler moved to go into closed session per RSMo 610.021(1) legal. Bud Motsinger seconded the motion. A roll call vote was called as follows: Rex Hibler voted yea; Bud Motsinger voted yea; Jonathan Abbott was absent.

Commissioner Jonathan Abbott arrived.

Rex Hibler moved to go out of closed session per RSMo 610.021(1) legal. Jonathan Abbott seconded the motion. A roll call vote was called as follows: Rex Hibler voted yea; Bud Motsinger voted yea; Jonathan Abbott voted yea.

Commissioners discussed closing a section of Ponderosa Road for the construction of Little Otter Creek.

Commissioner Jonathan Abbott moved to close Ponderosa Road between Sandstone Road and Ridgeway Road after being duly inspected and as it is a public safety hazard and therefore should be vacated, abandoned, and closed. Rex Hibler made the second on the motion and a roll call vote was recorded as follows: Bud Motsinger voted yea; Rex Hibler voted yea; Jonathan Abbott voted yea.

Commissioners called Sheriff Jerry Galloway about the mandatory training for the newly elected Sheriff.

Commissioners Minutes for November 9, 2020

Commissioners C.R. Bud Motsinger, Jonathan Abbott and Rex Hibler met in the commissioner’s room of the Caldwell County Courthouse. County Clerk Christine Owen was absent. The meeting was opened with The Pledge of Allegiance.

Weekly bills were paid.

Commissioner met with Jeff Campbell, Road and Bridge Supervisor. The metal on the new road & bridge buildings have been completed. The tube on Washington Road has been installed. Dirt was placed on John Deere Road per FEMA requirements.

Commissioners discussed requirements for CARES Act funding for round 3.

Commissioners met with Danny Kincaid of DanComp for an update on computer support.

Commissioners called Cary Sayre with Allstate Engineering.

Commissioners called Tracy Carman, Administrator of Caldwell County Health Department.

Commissioners met with Sharon Wright, manager of the Caldwell County License office concerning online license renewals.

Commissioners called Attorney Travis Elliott to discuss press release qualifications for the county’s third round of CARES Act funding.

Commissioners Minutes for November 10, 2020

Commissioner Jonathan Abbott participated in the Caldwell County Extension meeting by Zoom.

Commissioners Minutes for November 13, 2020

Commissioners C.R. Bud Motsinger, Jonathan Abbott and Rex Hibler met in the commissioner’s room of the Caldwell County Courthouse with County Clerk Christine Owen.

Payroll was signed.

Commissioners attended a meeting at Kingston Church of the Nazarene regarding Little Otter Creek.

Commissioners met with Sharon Wright regarding phone service for the license office.

Commissioners Minutes for November 16, 2020

Commissioners C.R. Bud Motsinger, Jonathan Abbott and Rex Hibler met in the commissioner’s room of the Caldwell County Courthouse with County Clerk Christine Owen.

Weekly bills were paid.

Commissioners met with Ryan Allsup and had a conference call with Jeff Campbell, Road and Bridge Supervisor. They plan to replace tubes on Winchester Road and JCPenny Drive.

Commissioners met with Jim Anderson and Clint Mitchell of Bank Northwest to discuss the lease of the new outdoor recreation area.

Commissioners approved the 2021 Calendar for the county.

Commissioners had a conference call with members of the Braymer City Council, Lois Bigham, Dennis Batchelor and Roger Murray and Michelle Kelley, Mayor.

Commissioner Jonathan Abbott moved to approve a bid of $2,999.97 from DanComp Computers, LLC for 3 laptop computers. Rex Hibler seconded the motion and a roll call vote was called as follows; Bud Motsinger voted yea; Jonathan Abbott voted yea; Rex Hibler voted yea.

Commissioners Minutes for November 17, 2020

Commissioner Jonathan Abbott attended the Braymer Chamber of Commerce meeting at the meeting room of the Sandwich Shop in Braymer to discuss the CARES Act funding that is available by application.

Commissioners Minutes for November 18, 2020

Commissioners C.R. Bud Motsinger and Rex Hibler participated in the virtual meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce. C. R. Bud Motsinger attended the Hamilton City Council meeting.

Commissioners Minutes for November 23, 2020

Commissioners C.R. Bud Motsinger, Jonathan Abbott and Rex Hibler met in the commissioner’s room of the Caldwell County Courthouse with County Clerk Christine Owen. The meeting was opened with The Pledge of Allegiance.

Weekly bills were paid.

Commissioner met with Jeff Campbell, Road and Bridge Supervisor. New road and bridge building has been mostly completed. They will add waste lime on the building floor. They plan to upgrade electrical service to 400 amp.

Commissioners met with Terry Rumery regarding economic development for the county.

Commissioner Bud Motsinger left the meeting and attended the virtual MAC meeting from home.

Commissioners participated in the virtual MAC meeting including the Commissioners’ Association Business meeting and election.

Commissioners discussed Kidder Township board vacancy and read letter and meeting minutes from their board meeting where they nominated Keith Harpster to replace the vacancy of Tom Reedy. Rex Hibler moved to approve the appointment of Keith Harpster to the Kidder Township board. Jonathan Abbott seconded the motion and a roll call vote was taken as follows. Bud Motsinger was absent; Rex Hibler voted yea; Jonathan Abbott voted yea.

Commissioners met with Caldwell County Extension Director Carlie Quinn & the board members attending were: Dale Akey, Joni Loxterman, Cheryl Corbin, & Stephen Reed. They gave a budget update and discussed plans for construction of a new extension building.

Commissioners Minutes for November 25, 2020

Commissioner Rex Hibler met in the commissioner’s room of the Caldwell County Courthouse with County Clerk Christine Owen.

Payroll was signed.

Commissioners Minutes for November 30, 2020

Commissioners C.R. Bud Motsinger, Jonathan Abbott and Rex Hibler met in the commissioner’s room of the Caldwell County Courthouse with County Clerk Christine Owen. The meeting was opened with The Pledge of Allegiance.

Weekly bills were paid.

Commissioner met with Jeff Campbell, Road and Bridge Supervisor. They are wrapping up FEMA paperwork and have a couple projects to finish. Electricity needs to be installed in the new road and bridge buildings.

Commissioners met with Mark Merrill, Emergency Management Director to discuss updates in the county. Discussed CARES Act application for Emergency Management.

Commissioners with CCDC administrator Angie Lager present, opened bids for a Security System at the CCDC. One bid was received from Kenton Brothers Inc. for $327,638.97. No action was taken at this time.

Commissioners discussed CCDC updates with Angie Lager.

Commissioners met with Terry Rumery regarding some possible projects within the county for economic development.

Commissioners spoke with Herman Perkins from Archive Social by phone about archiving the social media for the county.

Commissioners met with Sheriff Jerry Galloway and 911 dispatch supervisor Hillary Hosman regarding the need for more dispatchers.

Commissioners called Dale Phillips of D. Phillips Ins. LLC to find out how health insurance quotes are looking. Dale is still reaching out to several companies to get the county the best rate possible.