Cass County Commission - Regular Meeting

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Mike Moreland was appointed Acting Presiding Commissioner. The Commission approved resolutions for the Sheriff's Office to purchase new access control equipment and accept a Blue Shield Grant for radios, along with disbursing 2026 tax surplus monies.

About this meeting

Government Body
Cass County Commission
Meeting Type
Cass County Commission
Location
Cass County, MO
Meeting Date
September 9, 2026

Transcript

11 sections

0:03Speaker 3

Okay, call the meeting to order. Yeah, you got to start.

0:05 – 0:18Speaker 1

Presiding Commissioner Houston is absent. In his absence of Commissioner Houston, I am appointing Mike Moreland as Acting Presiding Commissioner pursuant to RSMO 49.070. Okay.

0:18Speaker 3

I'm going to call the meeting to order. Roll call, please.

0:24Speaker 1

Bob Houston is gone. Mike Moreland. Here. Jeff Fletcher. Here.

0:28 – 1:41Speaker 3

Stand for the pledge, please. to accept the agenda as presented. So moved. Second. All in favor? Motion carries. I need a motion to approve the commission meeting minutes of September 2nd. So moved. Second. All in favor? Motion carries. I need a motion to approve the work session minutes of September 2nd for the Sheriff's Office security door updates and quarter services. So moved. Second. All in favor? Motion carries. I need a motion for Cascade Sheriff's Office Resolution 26-85, approving the purchase of access control replacement equipment and installation from Motorola Solutions Incorporated. So moved. Second.

1:42 – 2:06Speaker 2

Mr. Bannon. This is a proposal to replace all of our hardware In our facility that's 23 years old, for all our access control doors, we use your card reader to pop a door open. They're failing and needing to be replaced. And this will be phase one. I get this done, and then we can work on our touch screen software next year.

2:07 – 2:36Speaker 3

This is the card reader system and that technology? Yep. Any other questions, comments on this? We might need to... Oh. All in favor of this motion? Okay, motion carries. Okay, I need a motion for the Sheriff's Office, Resolution 26-86, accepting the 2027 Missouri Blue Shield Grant Award Program. So moved. Second.

2:36 – 3:10Speaker 2

Mr. Bennett. This will be State DPS does grants for anybody that's Blue Shield, which is supporting law enforcement operations. And we put in a four. There was a lot more agencies that put in this year. One was $50,000. But because more people put in four, it got dropped down to $27,000, $28,000. And we're going to use that to buy some additional radios because our radios are starting to die out from when the system was originally purchased. Okay.

3:10 – 3:44Speaker 3

Any other questions or comments on that? No, thank you. Okay. All in favor? okay motion carries two to zero collector's office i need a motion for request of disbursement of the 2026 tax surplus monies so move second Anybody from the collector's office? Pretty simple. It looks like we have a certificate of purchase number 42, the tax sale at 328. The amount is $36,548.92, payable to Catherine Kuhlberg. So, thank you.

3:58 – 4:11Speaker 4

that sold a couple weeks ago. They came forward. They came forward. They paid their taxes. They got hold. And the surplus monies that I'm holding will now be paid. The person who purchased them had to save. Along with the money they paid for taxes.

4:12 – 4:40Speaker 3

Okay. Very good. Okay. All in favor? 2-4. 0 against. Motion carries. Public comment. I was gone last week, so no communications. Okay. I need a motion to adjourn the meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor? Motion carries.

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