JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Conservation Commission has released the tentative agenda for Friday’s meetiong.
Friday, July 29, 8:30 a.m. – WORKSHOP and CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
Friday, July 29, 1:30 p.m. – REGULAR OPEN MEETING
Conservation Department Headquarters, 2901 W. Truman Blvd. in Jefferson City
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July 29 at 8:30 a.m. — Workshop and Closed Executive Session
Commission Workshop
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(17) 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.
July 29 at 1:30 p.m. — Regular Open Meeting
Call to order — Barry Orscheln, Chair
Administration
1. Director’s Comments – Sara Parker Pauley, Director
2. 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
3. Action Item: Report of the Regulations Committee, and associated action items — Mike Hubbard, Deputy Director and Chair, Regulations Committee
Administration – Budget
4. Financial Report — Andrew Bond, Chief Financial Officer
Infrastructure Management Branch
5. Presentation: Major Construction Projects Status Report — Jacob Careaga, Infrastructure Management Branch Chief
Administration
Mike Hubbard, Deputy Director
6. Action Item: Recommendation for approval to advertise and sell:
A: an estimated 1,219,310 board feet of timber located on 383 acres of Compartment 2, Meramec Conservation Area in Franklin County; and
B: an estimated 2,345,389 board feet of timber located on 494 acres of Compartment 6, Current River Conservation Area in Reynolds County.
Administration:
7. Action Item: Consideration of items removed from the Consent Calendar, if any.
8. 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 — Catherine Lucia, Internal Auditor
C.3 Action Item: Consideration of request for reinstatement of hunting privileges — Catherine Lucia, Internal Auditor
C.4 Quarterly Permit Suspensions/Revocations Report — Catherine Lucia, Internal Auditor
C.5 Quarterly Personnel Changes Report — Tom Neubauer, Human Resources Branch Chief
C.6 Information Technology Projects Status Report — Douglas Fees, Information Technology Branch Chief