PERRYVILLE — The Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold an election for one supervisor in each of two different territories in the county from February 1 through February 22, 2022.
Anyone who owns a farm in Territory II [Central and Salem Township] or Territory IV [St. Marys and Cinque HommesTownships], and meets the qualifications listed below, may be considered as a candidate in the election.
You may submit your name for participation in the election by completing a self-nomination form and delivering it to the district by 5 p.m. December 2nd.
The self-nomination form is available online at mosoilandwater.land/perry or in person at the district office (1003 N. Main, Perryville, MO 63775, Phone (573) 547-4077 x3).
Supervisors of the district administer district policies and programs, district personnel, and cost share funding made available by the one-tenth-of-one-percent parks, soils and water sales tax.
During fiscal year 2021, the district provided $404,697.62 of cost-share funds to 41 landowners to assist the landowners with installing agricultural erosion control and water quality practices.
The qualifications required to be a supervisor are:
- Being a land representative from the district (10 CSR 70-4.010 (1) (I)). A land representative is defined as the owner or representative authorized by power of attorney of any farm lying within an area proposed to be established, and subsequently established, as a soil and water conservation district under Chapter 278, RSMo. Each farm is entitled to representation by a land representative: provided, however that the land representative is a taxpayer of the county within which the soil and water district is located.
- Residing in, or owning a farm in, the area from which he/she is nominated where there is an expiring term.
- Being a cooperator of the district, defined as, “a person who is actively engaged in farming and practices conservation activities related to agriculture”.
- Being a current resident and tax-paying citizen of the county for at least two years preceding the election date.
- Be eighteen (18) years of age or older by the election date.
Please visit the Perry County SWCD website at mosoilandwater.land/perry for more information including “Board Member Job Description,” “SWCD Board Member Self Nomination Form,” and Perry County Township Map.