Missouri Conservation Commission meets Feb. 4

/ MO State News, News

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Conservation Commission will meet Wednesday, February 4 for closed executive session and regular open meeting.

 

Meeting Tentative Agenda

Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 9 a.m. – Closed Executive Session

Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. – Regular Open Meeting

Both at Commission 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.

Tentative Agendas

Feb. 4 at 9 a.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)(13) RSMo).

 

Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. Regular Open Meeting:

Call to order — Margaret F. Eckelkamp, Chair

Administration

  1. 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 — Laura Conlee, Deputy Director and Chair, Regulations Committee

  1. Action Item: Report of the Regulations Committee, including recommendations for changes to the Wildlife Codeidentified during the annual review

Statewide Resource Management — Michael Bill, Forestry Section Chief

  1. Action Item:Recommendation for approval to advertise and sell an estimated 1,358,741 board feet of timber located on 523 acres of Compartment 36, Rocky Creek Conservation Area in Shannon County. 

Realty Committee — Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director and Chair, Realty Committee

  1. Action Item:Recommendation for approval to purchase approximately 3 acres in Marion County to serve as an office facility for local staff
  2. Action Item:Recommendation for approval to accept the donation of approximately 458.58 acres in Adair County from Joyce Poehlman Otten and have it named Sugar Creek Conservation Area (Bill and Joyce Otten Unit)
  3. Action Item:Consideration of items removed from the Consent Calendar, if any

Other matters of interest

  • Adjourn

 FUTURE MEETING DATES

  • March 26-27, 2026
  • May 28-29, 2026
  • July 9-10, 2026
  • September 10-11, 2026
  • October 22-23, 2026
  • December 10-11, 2026

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 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 — Kyle Atkinson, General Counsel   

C.3    Action Item: Consideration of request for reinstatement of one or more hunting and/or fishing privileges — Kyle Atkinson, General Counsel    

C.4    Quarterly Permit Suspensions/Revocations Report — Kyle Atkinson, General Counsel   

C.5    Action Item: Recommendation for approval to remove the following Department policy: Horses and Bicycles –– Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director    

C.6    Action Item: Recommendation to appoint a new staff representative to the Board of Trustees for the Conservation Employees’ Benefits Plan for a four-year term — Andy Barnes, CEBP Chair          

C.7    Quarterly Personnel Report — Tom Neubauer, Human Resources Branch Chief     

C.8    Infrastructure Management Construction Projects Quarterly Status Report — Jacob Careaga, Infrastructure Management Branch Chief  

C.9    Information Technology Projects Quarterly Status Report — Douglas Fees, Information Technology Branch Chief