THE COUNTY COMMISSION

OF

STONE COUNTY, MISSOURI

October 17, 2017

STATE OF MISSOURI |

COUNTY OF STONE |

Be it remembered that a session of the County Commission of Stone County was held in the

courthouse at Galena, on October 17, 2017. Those in attendance today were Presiding

Commissioner Dennis Wood, Southern Commissioner Hank Smythe and Northern Commissioner

Mark Maples.

Morning Session:

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Commission Work Session – General Discussion with no decisions.

Elected Officials/Department Heads Monthly Meeting

(Including-1:00 P.M. - PDMP Meeting)

Presiding Commissioner Dennis Wood opened the meeting with the pledge of allegiance to the

flag. Following the pledge of allegiance, Judge Mark Stephens delivered the prayer.

Those present for this meeting today are as follows: Larry Lovig & Theresa Ballew, SW Division

of Workforce Development; Tina Essick, Developmental Disabled Board Member; Sheriff Doug

Rader; Chief Tim Gideon; Wendy Doucey, Stone County Sheriff’s Department; Kritsti Stephens,

Treasurer; Amy Larson, Recorder, Debbie Scobee, Circuit Clerk; Sammie Thompson, Planning

& Zoning, Vicki May, Collector, Anna Burk, Collectors office; Wendy Metcalf, Public Administrator;

Brad Hudson, Assessor; John Cunnyngham, Coroner; State Representative Don Phillips; Craig

Alexander, KCPD; Kevin Gipson & Morgan McDonald, Springfield-Green County Health

Department; Christina Fortner, TC Administrator; Pam Burnett, Todd Fickbohm, Danielle

Dingman & Donna Bailey Stone County Health Department; Cori Dykes, Lakeland Pharmacy;

Marietta Hagan, Cox Health; Isaac Jones, Crane Chronicle; Dave Abner, Stone County Gazette;

County Counsel William McCullah; Donna McConkey Chief Deputy County Clerk’s office; Denise

Dickens, Commission Administrative Assistant, Tena Foster, Stone County Clerk’s Office.

Discussion on budget and expenditures, elected officials voted out using Win Publishing and Kristi

Stephens, Treasurer is to work on an ad for school annuals for all elected officials to use as a

group ad for surrounding school.

SW Work Force Development-(Missouri Job Center)

Theresa Ballew, SW Work Force Development discussed information on the Missouri Work

Ready Communities and how it works. Theresa Ballew also presented Presiding Commissioner

Dennis Wood with a Missouri’s National Career Readiness Certificate Employer Partnership

Letter. The matter to authorize and sign the Missouri’s National Career Readiness Certificate

Employer Partnership Letter was brought to decision by a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples –

yes; Wood - yes. Matter carried, letter signed.

Recess: 9:42 AM

Back in session: 10:00 AM

Appoint Developmental Disabled Board Member

Presiding Commissioner Dennis Wood recommended that Tina Essick be appointed to the

Stone County Developmental Disabled Board, and fill the remaining 3 year term of a board

member who had to resign due to job conflicts. The matter to appoint Tina Essick to the Stone

County Developmental Disabled Board for the remaining 3 year term was brought to decision by

a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes; Wood - yes. Matter carried.

Chief Deputy County Clerk Donna McConkey conducted the swearing in ceremony of Tina

Essick to the Stone County Developmental Disabled Board. The Stone County Commissioners

Congratulated and welcomed her as a new board member

Approval of Commission Minutes

The matter to approve the minutes for Stone County Commission meetings dated October 12,

2017 was brought to decision by a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes; Wood – yes.

Minutes ordered approved.

Schedule of Bills - 1

Presiding Commissioner Dennis Wood presented a schedule of bills that have been submitted to

him from the County Clerk’s office in the amount of $23,112.10. This matter to accept the bills for

payment was brought to decision by a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes; Wood - yes.

Order to pay carried.

Schedule of Bills - 2

Presiding Commissioner Dennis Wood presented a schedule of bills that have been submitted to

him from the County Clerk’s office in the amount of $25,216.15. This matter to accept the bills for

payment was brought to decision by a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes; Wood - yes.

Order to pay carried.

Shawn Mayr-Connell Insurance

Shawn Mayr-Connell Insurance came before the Commission discussing dental and life insurance

with Kansas City Life. The matter to continue with Kansas City Life and add dental to our existing

Kansas City Life Policy was brought to decision by a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes;

Wood - yes. Matter carried.

Shawn Mayr of Connell Insurance will meet with Stone County Commissioners November 7, 2017

with information on the 2018 Cox Health plan.

Recess: 11:25 AM

Resume: 1:00 PM

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)

The Stone County Commissioners all spoke on behalf of the PDMP Program.

Time was extended to anyone who wanted to speak to the commission at this time. State

Representative Don Phillips; Kevin Gipson, Springfield-Green County Health Department; Cori

Dykes, Lakeland Pharmacy; Pam Burnett SCHD; Marietta Hagan, Cox Health each came before

the Commission with their support and appreciation for Stone County Establishing the

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. The Commissioners would like to thank everyone who

came and spoke in support of the PDMP.

The matter to sign:

1) Order Approving an Ordinance Establishing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

was brought to decision by a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes; Wood – yes.

Matter carried, order signed.

2) Ordinance Establishing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program was brought to

decision by a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes; Wood – yes. Matter carried,

ordinance signed.

3) Intergovernmental User Agreement between Stone County, Missouri and St. Louis

County Missouri was brought to decision by a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes;

Wood – yes. Matter carried, agreement signed.

4) Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Memorandum of understanding was brought

to decision by a roll call vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes; Wood – yes. Matter carried,

memorandum signed.

Announcements

October 18, 2017 at 1:00 PM the County Commissioners will be attending the Southwest Missouri

Association of County Commissioner’s meeting in Springfield at Bass Pro, White River Room.

Sheriff Doug Rader, Chief Tim Gideon and Wendy Doucey Stone County Sheriff Department

came before the Commission discussing current wage scale and their 2018 proposed salary

budget. Discussion only with no decisions made.

Public Time:

Time was extended to anyone who wanted to speak to the commission at this time.

Adjournment:

The adjournment of the Stone County Commission meeting was brought to decision by roll call

vote: Smythe – yes; Maples – yes; Wood – yes. Meeting adjourned at 1:40 PM.