County Commission - Regular Meeting

Let's start the meeting. Today is Tuesday, September 1st, 2026. Please stand up for the oath of allegiance.

I promise the identity and the flag of the United States of America and the Republic that it represents as a nation under God, indivisible, with freedom and justice for all. Acts and reports. The report file that we have.

Yes, it has the numbers of August, 2026, if you write in the county.

The report of the commissary committee. Next meetings and events.

Wednesday has a meeting of the Constitutive Council of Voz, on Thursday.

Monday is a holiday. So if you have something on the agenda, right, certify to let us know. As soon as possible, please. Thank you. This is all on my part. There is a meeting of the Patriot Day this afternoon. Thursday is the West's business session. And let's see Thursday what happens. It's better to be in a closed environment. Ready for soccer in the zoo at 7 p.m. Are you going?

Wednesday, I'm going to the AMU.

Uh, yes, on Thursday I will talk about the inauguration of the Fluvial Market. The inauguration of the Fluvial Market. So we have about 20 minutes each. I'll cancel that. On Friday there is a meeting of the Gold Star families at 10 a.m. That's all there is. Nominations by the Commission. The nomination of McKinley Kennedy as Director of Emergency Management of the County of Cole. Good morning. Good morning. So, as you may remember, last year we decided to consolidate the emergency management operations at the Emergency Services Department. I am happy to inform you that we have made tremendous progress throughout the year.

I think everyone can attest to the increase in production by emergency management.

Much of this is attributed to Vice-Chief Sam Gibson, When we made this change, you wanted to do a deep analysis in the brand of a year and evaluate, so we sat down and rigorously analyzed the MS operations and emergency management, and we had frank conversations about what we were passionate about. To everyone and how we could better use these resources. On the MS side, with rapid growth, the MT program, you know, we're basically doing this all year round now. and the workload that comes with it and all the other parts of the training. Vice-Chief Gibson decided that this was more aligned with his passion and would like to focus on it. So this drives our skills in the training part, which allowed us to evaluate the emergency management part. And after evaluating the performance of Chief of Staff Kennedy in the last year, I strongly recommend that he be appointed Director of Emergency Management, and then we will deal with the other staff change. I'm ready to answer. I will make a motion to nominate us, Kennedy. So, one of the things that was significant in recent history were the events of July 4th and part of the recovery that happened after that. And although it was a relatively small event, it highlighted the need to have a little more workmanship and dedicated staff, especially in these moments of need. But also evaluating the rest of the work we do throughout the year. And you know, the equipment and the operational parts, we really need someone else to support this operation, especially because both will continue to manage part of the communication infrastructure and other things on the side of the emergency medical service as well. So we managed to bring Vice Director Renick from the Sheriff's Department of the County of Cowley and transfer him to our agency. and we are eager to see what he can do. I would make a motion to nominate Kyle Rehnke as Vice Director of Emergency Management of the County of Cole. Second. Any discussion? All in favor?

Yes, yes. Right.

Yeah. Thank you.

Thank you. Your dedication. Any comments from the Commission?

Licitations and contracts. Approval and signing of network equipment and services for the new printing center.

Are you looking at each other? I don't think it's necessary. Let's continue.

Good morning. Good morning. So, anyway, when we go through a new construction project, there are always things that come up that you discover after the fact. So, we analyzed the number of network connections, phones, access points and printer connections. We found that the number of switches is inadequate in the current location, especially changing to the new location. I kind of turned to the old location, but as we are moving to a new location and as one of the devices would already arrive at the end of life in June 2027, it made sense to buy two 48-door switches, which are basically the devices that connect everything and make communication. So, I got a budget from Hubert Associates under contract and I would ask for it to be approved as soon as I said the price. So, the two 48-door Cisco network switches cost $23,050, and the 68-door switches cost $21. Installed. I'll be happy to answer any question. For now, let's put it in the current juvenile center, but then we'll change it. No, I think we'll just wait for the new one to be built. So, this is just to inform them. This would be just a expense. Ah, they probably don't even know how old it is, it's 27, right? This would have been a expense here, 27. Even if we didn't have a new suite installed. Exactly. And that's the number I saw. So there are two 48-door suites. So this will give us 96 in total. So there are 23,000... ...for two network suites. There are two. Installed. I'll talk about the collector's issues later.

Well, it was quiet. All in favor.

I need a cigarette.

I said yes.

Now, the approval of a contract with DevNet for the Contributor Portal for Older People's Tax Credits. Good morning.

Uh, this is a contract with DevNet for a new portal... ...online for us. Uh...

I forgot to take it out.

Well, it says here...

I needed my help. I don't know how I live without you. No, it's not. About US$ 24,000 per year, I believe. It will be covered by the tax maintenance fund. And I think this is good. If you look at pages 10 and 11, there is the price. Well, actually it starts on page 8. but it is a portal of engagement of the MISUR contributor for the request of tax credit for the elderly, request for renewal of tax credit for the elderly, portal of review and upload of documents, automated data transfer to the DevNet Edge portal, messages, change of address, notification by automated email and email registration, training and unlimited support. So there is a cloud hosting service, and I think it was Brian's recommendation that we opt for cloud hosting. $26,000 per year just for the accommodation. Then the software, other software licenses and things like that. I think in general it reached about $24,888. They realized. contract to meet our annual budget. But again, it will be paid by the tax maintenance fund. And both Brian and Gil reviewed it. Just asking you. So we are in the S25,034 in the first year. August 1st in 6.1 to August 1st to July 30th is what we are in. So the date of the contract will be changed in a month, depending on when you sign.

The 10,726 advance, 6,000 for hostages in Nuvem DevNet, and then 4,726 for... I imagine that quarterly after...

I didn't add all this... I think this one was linked to the agenda. It was a week or two ago. At 24, it was the second year. 6.1 as the first year. Well, I think it will become much easier to do. And I probably predict that it will eliminate some of the expenses we have now. This will make the renewal less painful for people who are already in the system or who are already signing up. We won't force them to re-register every year. It can become more, I mean, they can do it online, which they can do now, but we won't have, for example, we paid US$10,000, Brian, for a few boxes of DocuSign envelopes. We won't need that anymore. So that will save money. We also have a... I'm paying, I think, about 7,500 per year for TexMyGov, a text message program for the office. We won't need that anymore. So I'm going to... I'm thinking I'm going to end up reducing some expenses by about US$17,000. The tax maintenance fund is... Rich. Poor.

Look, intermediary. I'm not sure how to answer that. Is it healthy?

You have to review it. It's very stable. Thank you. It's like a collector. Maybe I should ask the listener if he wants to comment on that. The stability of the collector and the fund.

I will answer both. I would say that both are stable.

I'll probably have money to cover the commission at the end of the year, even after these expenses.

Persianas for this building, using this fund.

I have permission to keep half of my budget in this fund. And everything that exceeds this, I must cover. I don't have problems with that coming from the general fund. I will just emphasize that I don't know if this should come from yours. I could, but if I should. So, well, my point of view now is that as long as my fund is healthy, I don't care about paying this expense. There may be a time when it is not healthy and maybe it is necessary help to keep this program going. So, I would say for now, let me complete this with TMF and move on. Even if it's your show, not mine. It's their show, not mine. Even if it's Sam and Jeff's show, not mine or Harry's. Well, thank you very much. I will make the motion to... ... answer the director's request. ...of approving the DeVetico Portal, a grant for the fiscal credit of the elderly, paid by the Departmental Maintenance Fund. Any questions, Jeff? All in favor? So I just need the Ducen... Well, it's an account discount, so... Ducen could sign it. I think they don't care much about it. I have three of them. I just need one, with the signature back. Do you need this first? Here you are, sir. Thank you. I thank you. We approve. Approval to publish a single-source ad for CPI Telecom.

We are asking for approval to publish a single-source ad with CPI Telecom, because the equipment needs to be compatible with the existing system. Changing supplier would cause a serious interruption to the county.

I make a motion to approve the vehicle of the source ad for CPI Telecom.

All in favor?

Contract amendment for the HSS modem. Seat belt program for Missouri.

So this is just an amendment that defines the date, extends the contract until September 30, 2027 and inserts a value of $ 5,000, since there was no defined value before. So we are reimbursed when we do the initial consultation and the follow-up consultation when people are looking for us for a cradle for their children. BHCS provides the cradle, but we receive it for the work of facilitating the delivery of the cradle to them. Make a motion to sign the contract amendment.

Approve and sign the amendment.

Good morning, gentlemen. Good morning.

So, this budget is for the purchase of a Clark S-30 Triple. Originally, we received the approval to buy a Bobcat stacker at the meeting of the January 27 Commission. At that time, the delivery of the new unit was scheduled for July. Since July, we have not been able to get a clear answer about whether or not we will receive this stacker. Fort Leaves of Central Missouri is willing to sell a stacker comparable by the same price with the approval of this budget. We will cancel the original request and buy it in its place.

Can I say something very quickly? I received a call from Fort Cliffs of St. Louis yesterday and he said they couldn't give us the price with a discount without a signed budget. Yesterday I tried to get in touch with Eric, Tyler and Kerry and I couldn't complete the call.

I already signed and sent it back to them so we could get the budget with a discount, hoping they would approve everything today with that.

So everything is fine. I just wanted to be sure.

You took an executive decision because my supervisor is out of town, unavailable. Just certify that you sign this check to...

I'll prove it. You just bought an impeller.

No, I said... I just need to ask. The original equipment, the manufacturer would be... Bob... Bobcat. Here. At the time, Tyler tried to get in touch with the original seller, but he couldn't talk to him. He got in touch with the series, they passed on his boss because he no longer worked there. In a few months, this person no longer worked for him. And we found out that, about two weeks later, they had just made the order and we expected the delivery in December, maybe. So, with that, we are probably still thinking about December, but they are willing to give a good discount to close business with us.

The request had not even been made yet?

In July. No. So... Well, I will make a motion to approve the budget All in favor? Thank you for taking this executive decision. I thought I had a good discount, so I thought it was better to ask for forgiveness than an alternative. We ratify today. Thank you. I thought about it yesterday, though. Good morning. So this is a desktop and a laptop for the new Vice Director of Emergency Management.

What is the total cost? It's $2,872,40. That would be...

You said desktop and laptop. Desktop and a laptop. All in favor? Proof of purchase of capital equipment for Samoa.

This is the purchase of 16 portable suction units.

These are the suction units that we use to maintain the airways of people when we are not in the back of an ambulance. The current units were purchased before my arrival and are beginning to present maintenance problems. They have some connections and parts that are not necessarily as durable as we would like and we are starting to see some flaws. So this would replace these.

I am familiar with these devices and I have used them throughout my career and I hope they last much longer than what we currently have.

They have modular design and are much more protected.

So the total cost for these 16 units is $ 11,560.

This is through our contract of medical supplies with Life Assist. I believe that I will send you an update on our capital expense of 2026, and there are about 90 thousand dollars left after these two purchases. Are you happy with the women who are prepared? We are going to wait. Stay on top. Emergency ambulance. I pass a motion to approve the purchase. Which was exactly the portable? Suction unit. Portable. Let's sell this $100.

All in favor?

I won't forget you, Tobi. It's just that he was already up here. No, you had to come back here. Approval and registration of emergency ambulance rental with an ambulance district in Calaway County. I was contacted at the end of the afternoon on Friday by Chief Anderson of Calaway County. Apparently they are having some maintenance problems with some of their units. So they needed to rent or borrow a unit from us.

We have already made agreements like this one in the past.

Basically, if they use it beyond the mileage that would require preventive maintenance, they would have to pay for us to carry out this maintenance. Besides that, with the safety and coverage of them, we are happy. I'm available for that. And we've done that before. So, it's a kind of good neighborhood policy.

Unfortunately, we did not have these problems, but I would like to think that if we had, other people would help us.

And it may be that this ambulance is stopped as a reserve of theirs until they solve things. I will make a motion to approve and sign the rent of the Coney's ambulance. Excuse me, with the district of ambulances of Calaway County.

Now, Tobi.

Sign the contract with Anorex for the purchase of furniture for the new juvenile center. This is the final contract with Anorex for the purchase of furniture for the new juvenile center using the Vibrant DAG subsidy. DAG? You approved the purchase last week, so we just need to sign the contract.

I will make a motion to sign the contract with Anorex for the purchase of furniture for the new juvenile center.

All in favor?

Yes, since we had already approved. New issues. Account review to be paid.

I request the approval of the accounts to be paid, sir.

I'll make a motion. I think it's agreed. I'll second the motion. All in favor? I abstain. Exceeding sales funds due to late taxes. All of you should have a copy of this. This was about a property that was sold last year, after one year. The surplus can be... requested as long as it is within 90 days after the end date of sale. This is a mortgage creditor. There was a house on the property that was bought and registered as a property, not as a personal property. Therefore, the mortgage creditor is requesting the debt balance of the loan. I think it was about... The total surplus was R$19,000, or R$40,000. I didn't bring an e-mail with me, of the value that was due, which was about US$ 9,000.

8,000 dollars. I think that's what they...

I'm seeing here, 8,6. I can't read very well this morning.

I found it here. I saw the numbers and... So they are requesting this. I recommend approval to release this part of the superavit

If you approve, we will receive a treasury check today with this amount and we will send it to Banner. Mortgage and Finance. The collector's request. To release the surplus funds. Well, in fact, I didn't mention it because it's considered a property.

When the house is in the property, if the owner of the house is also the owner of the land, the appraiser evaluates it as a property.

If it is a house rented on the land, then it is evaluated as personal property. So, the motion I made is good. As I said, but the address as... They are discussing. All in favor? Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you, sir. The road safety subsidy for the D.W.I. of the fiscal year of 2027... Yes, it's for the management, sir.

We all received it this year. You've already approved the request. This is the concession. It's US$6,000. You don't need to sign anything. You just need a flight. So, Sam and I need to make an electronic signature today.

Road Safety Subsidy HNV This is another one we do every year You already put in the request This is a concession Sam and I will have to sign electronically It's US$ 12,078 extra hours and two people for professional training Sharon. I will make a motion to sign the contract for the road safety subsidy HMV-FEA-FLOM-LIONS-97. Second. All in favor? Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm not even going to sign this one, since we're... I should have said to go ahead and sign it.

I'm going to play each one...

It's just for the computer. Wow, we went through this very quickly. Do we have any pending subject? Since there is none...

Harry. Jeff.