JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Conservation Commission will hold its July 2024 Meetings Thursday and Friday
Tentative Agenda
Thursday, July 11, at 11 a.m. – Workshop and Closed Executive Session at Central Regional Office & Conservation Research Center, 3500 E. Gans Road in Columbia
Friday, July 12, at 8:30 a.m. — Regular Open Meeting at Conservation Department Headquarters, 2901 W. Truman Blvd. in Jefferson City
Background documents related to open meeting agenda items are available for public viewing at Conservation Department Headquarters, Jefferson City, for eight calendar days prior to the meeting.
Any person who would like to comment to the Commission about a specific agenda item must make a written request to the Director at least four calendar days prior to the meeting. The time allotted for public comment and the number of speakers will be at the Commission’s discretion.
Recording the open meeting is permissible, pursuant to any guidelines established by the Commission to minimize disruption to the meeting.
Individuals wishing to record the open meeting by audiotape, videotape, or other electronic means should notify the Director at least four calendar days prior to the meeting so accommodations for such recording can be made.
To view live streaming of the open meeting, or to watch recordings of past meetings, go to http://on.mo.gov/2nodPJU.
July 11 at 11 a.m. — Workshop and Closed Executive Session:
Commission Workshop
Regulations Pipeline Report
Conservation Employees’ Benefits Plan Update
Vote to close meeting
E.1 – Approval of minutes of previous executive session(s) (610.021 RSMo).
E.2 – Consideration of supporting documentation related to recommendations to suspend or revoke hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges (621.021(1), 610.021.14, 454.440.9, 211.321 RSMo).
E.3 – Consideration of confidential or privileged communications between the Commission and its Internal Auditor regarding work product (610.021(17) RSMo).
E.4 – Consideration of negotiated contracts (610.021(12) RSMo).
E.5 – Consideration of legal actions, causes of action, or litigation and attorney-client privileged communications as provided for in 610.021(1) RSMo.
E.6 – Consideration of potential real estate transactions/negotiations (610.021(2) RSMo).
E.7 – Consideration of recommendations relating to the hiring/firing/disciplining/promoting of personnel (610.021(3) RSMo.
July 12 at 8:30 a.m. — Regular Open Meeting:
Call to order — Steven D. Harrison, Chair
Administration:
- Director’s Comments — Jason Sumners, Director
- Presentation: Minimizing the impact of renewable energy to fish, forest, and wildlife — Jordan Meyer, Policy Coordinator
- Presentation: Education Programs — Shawn Gruber, Education Chief
- Action Item: Consideration of items on the Consent Calendar (to be approved with a single action unless any Commission member requests an item be removed and taken up separately). Items removed will be addressed as the last action item on the meeting agenda.
Regulations Committee:
Action Item: Report of the Regulations Committee, and associated action items — Laura Conlee, Deputy Director and Chair, Regulations Committee
Administration – Budget:
Financial Report and May 2024 Highlights — Melanie Crane, Interim Budget Chief
Infrastructure Management Branch:
- Presentation: Major Construction Projects Status Report — Jacob Careaga, Infrastructure Management Branch Chief
Action Item: Consideration of bids for the construction of the Conservation Commission Headquarters Runge Conservation Nature Center Siding Replacement project located in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Realty Committee:
Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director and Chair, Realty Committee.
Action Item: Recommendation for approval to purchase approximately 56 acres in Sullivan County as an addition to Morris Prairie Conservation Area.
Action Item: Recommendation for approval to exchange two MDC Tracts approximately 627 acres in Shannon County for nine tracts of similar land owned by Pioneer Forest, LLC totaling 627 acres.
Administration:
Action Item: Consideration of items removed from the Consent Calendar, if any.
Special Presentation: Recognition of John Wylie as a Missouri Master Conservationist — Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director
Action Item: Election of Commission officers
Other matters of interest
Adjourn
CONSENT CALENDAR:
Items on the following Consent Calendar either require Commission Action (if noted) or may be written reports presented for Commission information only.
The Consent Calendar covers routine items to be taken up by the Commission as the first order of business and approved with a single action. Any Commission member may request an item be removed from the Consent Calendar to be addressed individually. Any Commission member may abstain from voting on an item without removing it by specifying the item number and his/her desire to abstain prior to the vote. Items removed from the Consent Calendar are taken up in numerical order as called for by the Commission Chair or as listed on the regular meeting agenda.
C.1 Action Item: Approval of minutes of previous open meeting(s)
C.2 Action Item: Recommendation for approval to suspend or revoke one or more hunting, fishing, or trapping privileges of individuals for cause — Chad John, Internal Auditor
C.3 Information Technology Projects Status Report — Douglas Fees, Information Technology Branch Chief
FUTURE MEETING DATES:
Sept. 5-6, 2024
Oct. 24-25, 2024
Dec. 12-13, 2024