Missouri Conservation Commission meets Dec. 7-8

/ MO State News, News

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Conservation Commission will meet December 7 and 8 for executve and public meetings.

 

The tentative agenda:

 

Thursday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. — Workshop followed by Closed Executive Session

Friday, Dec. 8, at 8:30 a.m. — Regular Open Meeting

 

All will be held at MDC 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

 

Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. — Workshop followed by Closed Executive Session

  • Commission Workshop: Employee Benefits, Land and Partnerships, Regulations Pipeline, and Cold-Water Fish Production
  • 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.

 

Dec. 8 at 8:30 a.m. — Regular Open Meeting

Call to order — Steve Harrison, Chair

Administration:

  1. Director’s Comments — Sara Parker Pauley, Director
  2. Presentation: R3 Plan Update — Eric Edwards, Hunter & Angler Marketing Specialist
  3. 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:

  1. Report of the Regulations Committee and other associated action items — Jason Sumners, Deputy Director and Chair, Regulations Committee
  2. a) Action Item: Recommendation to set season dates for each portion of the 2024-2025 firearms deer hunting season and recommendations for modifications to the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP)
  3. b) Presentation/Action Item: 2024 Missouri Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations      Recommendations and Turkey Research Update — Nicholas Oakley, Scientist         

            Administration – Budget:

  1. Presentation: Financial Report — Andrew Bond, Chief Financial Officer    

 

Infrastructure Management Branch:

  1. Presentation: Major Construction Projects Status Report – Jacob Careaga, Infrastructure Management Branch Chief

 

Realty Committee:

Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director and Chair, Realty Committee

  1. Action Item: Recommendation for approval to purchase approximately 135-acres in St. Louis County as an addition to the Columbia Bottoms Conservation Area
  2. Action Item: Recommendation for approval to purchase 160-acres in Dade County to be named the Dr. Harry and Lina Berrier Memorial tract as an addition to the Sons Creek Conservation Area
  3. Action Item: Recommendation for approval to dispose of the 40-acre Thomasville Tower site in Shannon County via a competitive bid process.
  4. Action Item: Recommendation for approval to dispose of a .4-acre parcel of the Nodaway Valley Conservation Area in Holt County to accommodate MODOT in constructing a new bridge for Route B

 

Statewide Resource Management — Justine Gartner, Forestry Section Chief

  1. Action Item: Recommendation for approval to advertise and sell:
  2. a) an estimated 885,986 board feet of timber located on 350 acres of Compartment 13, Rocky Creek Conservation Area in Shannon County; and
  3. b) an estimated 1,009,768 board feet of timber located on 708 acres of Compartment 20, Angeline Conservation Area in Shannon County.
  4. c) an estimated 1,039,495 board feet of timber located on 659 acres of Compartment 39, Rocky Creek Conservation Area in Shannon County.

            Administration:

  1. Action Item: Consideration of items removed from the Consent Calendar, if any.
  • Other matters of interest.

 

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 Quarterly Permit Suspensions/Revocations Report — Chad John, Internal Auditor

            C.3 Action Item: Recommendation for approval to dismiss the denial of Leann Tapscott’s             Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit as moot, and to deny attorney’s fees — Jennifer Frazier, General             Counsel

            C.4 Action Item: Recommendation for approval to revoke Gaylon Thibodeaux’s Licensed Big             Game Hunting Preserve Permit — Jennifer Frazier, General Counsel

            C.5 Action Item: Recommendation to appoint a new staff representative to the Conservation             Employees’ Benefits Plan Board of Trustees for a three-year term — Tom Neubauer, Human             Resources Branch Chief

            C.6 Quarterly Personnel Changes Report — Tom Neubauer, Human Resource Branch Chief

            C.7 Action Item: Recommendation for approval of the following Department policies:      Information Technology Data Governance — Ritchie Jenkins, Interim Deputy Director

            C.8 Information Technology Projects Status Report — Douglas Fees, Information Technology             Branch Chief 

 

FUTURE MEETING DATES

  • February 15-16, 2024
  • April 4-5, 2024
  • May 23-24, 2024
  • July 11-12, 2024
  • September 5-6, 2024
  • October 24-25, 2024
  • December 12-13, 2024