JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Conservation Commission will meet in Executive and Open Sessions Thursday and Friday at the MDC St. Louis Regional Office on the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area, 2360 Hwy D in St. Charles.
Tentative Agenda
Thursday, Dec. 12, at 1 p.m. — Closed Executive Session
Friday, Dec. 13, 8:30 a.m. – Regular Open Meeting
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.
Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. — Closed Executive Session
- Vote to close meeting.
- 1 – Approval of minutes of previous executive session(s) (610.021 RSMo).
- 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).
- 3 – Consideration of confidential or privileged communications between the Commission and its Internal Auditor regarding work product (610.021(18) RSMo).
- 4 – Consideration of negotiated contracts (610.021(12) RSMo).
- 5 – Consideration of legal actions, causes of action, or litigation and attorney-client privileged communications as provided for in (610.021(1) RSMo).
- 6 – Consideration of potential real estate transactions/negotiations (610.021(2) RSMo).
- 7 – Consideration of recommendations relating to the hiring/firing/disciplining/promoting of personnel (610.021(3) RSMo).
Dec. 13 at 8:30 a.m. — Regular Open Meeting
Call to order — Margaret F. Eckelkamp, Chair
Administration:
- Director’s Comments — Jason Sumners, Director
- Presentation:Louis Region Updates — Gary Calvert, St. Louis Regional Administrator
- 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:
- Report of the Regulations Committee and other associated action items — Laura Conlee, Deputy Director and Chair, Regulations Committee
- a) Presentation/Action Item:Recommendations to set season dates for each portion of the 2025-2026 firearms deer hunting season and recommendations to modify cervid carcass transport regulations and establish cervid carcass disposal regulations — Jason Isabelle, Cervid Program Supervisor
- b) Presentation:Turkey Research Update, recommendation to establish season dates and limits for the 2025 Missouri Spring Turkey Hunting seasons and regulations recommendations on conservation areas and managed hunts — Nicholas Oakley, Scientist
Administration – Budget:
- Financial Report — Melanie Crane, Chief Budget Officer
Human Resources Branch:
- Conservation Employees’ Benefits Plan Update — Tom Neubauer, Human Resources Branch Chief
Infrastructure Management Branch:
- Presentation: November Flood Impacts — Clint Hale, Hatchery Systems Manager and Jacob Careaga, Infrastructure Management Branch Chief
- Presentation:Major Construction Projects Status Report — Jacob Careaga, Infrastructure Management Branch Chief
- Action Item:Authorization to amend the existing professional services agreement with HDR, Inc. of Omaha, NE for the design and construction administration of the Bennett Spring Fish Hatchery Renovation Project currently under construction in Laclede County.
Realty Committee:
Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director and Chair, Realty Committee
- Action Item:Recommendation for approval to donate .53 acres in Johnson County as an addition to J.N. Turkey Kearn Memorial Wildlife Area
- Action Item:Recommendation for approval to purchase 73 acres in Harrison County from Pheasants Forever as a new conservation area to be named Blazing Prairie Conservation Area
- Action Item:Recommendation for approval to purchase 140 acres in Pettis County from Sheila Stevenson and David Coffman and be named the Dr. Harry and Lina Berrier Memorial Tract of Paintbrush Prairie Conservation Area
- Action Item: Recommendation for approval to dispose of a 3.6 acre parcel of the Worth Community Lake in Worth County to settle a property discrepancy with a neighboring landowner
- Action Item:Recommendation for approval to dispose of the 11-acre northern portion of the Powell Tower site in McDonald County. Transfer of ownership of 3 acres to the White Rock Fire Protection District and selling the remaining 8 acres via public auction
Statewide Resource Management — Michael Bill, Forestry Section Chief
- Action Item:Recommendation for approval to advertise and sell an estimated 1,272,028 board feet of timber located on 586 acres of Compartment 33, Angeline Conservation Area in Shannon County
- Action Item:Recommendation for approval to advertise and sell an estimated 6,386,003 board feet of timber located on 1,375 acres of Compartment 22, Current River Conservation Area in Shannon and Reynolds County
Administration:
- Action Item:Consideration of items removed from the Consent Calendar, if any.
- Legislative Update — Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director
- 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 Quarterly Personnel Changes Report — Tom Neubauer, Human Resource Branch Chief
C.4 Information Technology Projects Status Report — Douglas Fees, Information Technology Branch Chief
FUTURE MEETING DATES:
February 6-7, 2025
April 3-4, 2025
May 15-16, 2025
July 17-18, 2025
September 11-12, 2025
October 30-31, 2025
December 11-12, 2025