June 2017

June 20, 2017 1830 at BLCAD Education Room

Board Members

Present

  • Mike Bennett-District 2
  • Nicholas Mercer-District 1
  • Shane Anderson-District 3
  • David Compton-District 4
  • Larry Eden-District 6

Quorum Present: Yes

Guests:

  • Paula Brown – Office Manager, Valerie Wilson-Director of Operations, Murray Bishoff-Monett Times, Dawnata Hopkins-CPA Group, Mike Bennett, Jody Wooten, Brandon Heupel

 

Proceedings

  • 1. Meeting called to order by Shane Anderson at 1830.
  • 2. Shane presented Mike Bennett with a plaque for his years served on the board.
  • 3. Motion made by Dave Compton to amend the agenda for District 2 placement. Seconded by Nick Mercer. Motion passed 4-0.
  • 4. The board heard from Tyler Lowry on his interest to be on the board. Nick Mercer made a motion to replace District 2 with Tyler Lowry. Seconded by Larry Eden. Motion passed 4-0.
  • 5. Swore Larry Eden and Tyler Lowry into Oath of Office.
  • 6. Motion made by Nick Mercer to approve the April Meeting Minutes. Seconded by Dave Compton. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 7. The Board heard from Office Manager Brown and Director Wilson on the April and May bills and department reports. Motion made by Larry Eden to approve the reports. Seconded by Nick Mercer. Motion passed 5-0.

New Business

  • 8. The Board heard from Dawnata Hopkins with CPA Group on the 2016 Audit and financial statements. Motion made by Dave Compton to accept the financial statements. Seconded by Nick Mercer. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 9. The Board read the letter from Amy Boxx concerning her explanation on the investigation that had been dropped due to statute of limitations running out.
  • 10. Base Rates tabled.
  • 11. New central heating and cooling units were installed by Davis and Son for a total of $21691.00. Motion made by Larry Eden to transfer $22000.00 from the money market account into the operating account to replace the funds spent. Seconded by Dave Compton. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 12. Motion made by Larry Eden to send 4 employees to the Branson Conference with cost of conference and hotel being $2760.00. Seconded by Nick Mercer. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 13. SMP tabled.
  • 14. Lagers tabled.
  • 15. Motion made by Dave Compton to adjourn open session and go into closed session pursuant to 610.021(1)(3). Seconded by Nick Mercer. Roll call Nick-yes, Dave-yes, Larry-yes, Tyler-yes, Shane-yes. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 16. Adjourned open meeting and went into closed session at 1956.
  • 17. Motion made by Larry Eden to adjourn closed session and go back into open session. Seconded by Nick Mercer. Roll call Nick-yes, Dave-yes, Larry-yes, Tyler-yes, Shane-yes. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 18. Closed session adjourned and back in open session at 2020.
  • 19. Motion made by Dave Compton to submit a claim to CNA Surety Bond to try and recover the $135,000 paid to Jeaneittia Pierce. Seconded by Larry Eden. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 20. Motion made by Dave Compton to seek other legal counsel, Frank Foster, contingent to accepting. Seconded by Larry Eden. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 21. Motion made by Nick Mercer to give Billing Specialist Stephanie Mahurin a 9% raise, bringing her hourly rate from $16.82 to $18.33. Seconded by Dave Compton. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 22. Motion made by Larry Eden to give Office Manager Paula Brown a 19% raise, raising her salary from $47,476.00/yearly to $56,496.44/yearly. Seconded by Nick Mercer. Motion passed 5-0.
  • 23. Motion made by Nick Mercer to adjourn meeting at 2027. Seconded by Larry Eden. Motion passed 5-0.