Commission Meetings and Actions

• Thursday, May 23, at 10 a.m. – Workshop and Closed Executive Session
• Friday, May 24, at 8:30 a.m. – Regular Open Meeting

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.

May 23, 2024 – 10:00 a.m. - Workshop and Closed Executive Session:

• Commission Workshop
  • Regulations Pipeline.
  • Presentation: Medicare Advantage Plans Update.
  • ADA Policy Update.
  • Presentation: FLSA.
• 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.

 May 24, 2024 – 8:30 a.m. Regular Open Meeting:

Call to order.

Steven D. Harrison, Chair.

 Administration:

1.  Director’s Comments.

Sara Parker Pauley, Director.

2. ​Presentation: Periodical Cicadas in 2024.

​Robbie Doerhoff, Forest Entomologist.

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:

4. ​Action Item: Report of the Regulations Committee, and associated action items.

Jason Sumners, Deputy Director and Chair, Regulations Committee.

​Comments on Upper Mississippi Blinds and Decoys regulation recommendations by individuals who submitted written requests prior to the meeting (not to exceed five minutes each).

​a)​ Presentation/Action Item:  Recommendations for changes to the Wildlife Code​regarding rules pertaining to all portions of the 2024-2025 deer hunting season.

​​Presentation by Jason Isabelle, Cervid Program Supervisor.

 Administration – Budget:

5. ​Presentation: Financial Report.

   Melanie Crane, Interim Budget Officer.

6. ​​Action Item: Recommendation for approval of the Department’s Fiscal Year 2025 Internal Expenditure Plan. 

   ​Andrew Bond, Interim Deputy Director – Business & Operations.

Infrastructure Management Branch:

7. ​Presentation: Major Construction Projects Status Report.

Jacob Careaga, Infrastructure Management Branch Chief.

8. ​Action Item: Consideration of bids for the construction of the Chesapeake Fish HatcheryExterior Building Renovations project located in Chesapeake, Missouri.
9. ​Action Item: Consideration of bids for the construction of the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area Entrance Road Relocation project located in St. Louis, Missouri.
10. ​Action Item: Consideration of bids for the construction of the Commission Headquarters Site Renovation project located in Jefferson City, Missouri.
11. ​Action Item: Consideration of bids for the construction of the Busch (August A) Memorial Conservation Area St. Louis Regional Office Building Exterior Renovations and Concrete Tilt-up Panel Structural Repairs projects located in St. Charles, Missouri.

 Realty Committee:

Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director and Chair, Realty Committee.

12. ​Action Item: Recommendation for approval to purchase approximately 160 acres in Harrison County as an addition to Pawnee Prairie Natural Area.  
13. ​Action Item: Recommendation for approval to dispose of a 13-acre tract of Rocky Fork Conservation Area in Boone County via a competitive bid process.
14. ​Action Item: Recommendation for approval to dispose of a 201.78-acre tract which is a portion of the Binder Lake Park in Cole County via a transfer of ownership to Jefferson City.
15. ​Action Item: Recommendation for approval to dispose of a 15.2-acre tract as Possum Woods Conservation Area in St. Louis County by a transfer of ownership to the City of Kirkwood.

 Statewide Resource Management

Michael Bill, Forestry Section Chief.

16.  ​Action Item: Recommendation for approval to advertise and sell:
    1.  ​an estimated 785,392 board feet of timber located on 366 acres of Compartment 12,  Angeline Conservation Area in Shannon County; and
    2.  ​an estimated 3,260,974 board feet of timber located on 792 acres of Compartment 16, Current River Conservation Area in Reynolds County; and
    3.  ​an estimated 1,244,466 board feet of timber located on 830 acres of Compartment 8, Rocky Creek Conservation Area in Shannon County; and
    4.  ​an estimated 778,000 board feet of timber located on 310 acres of Compartment 2, Woodson K. Woods Conservation Area in Phelps County.
17. ​ ​Action Item: Consideration of items removed from the Consent Calendar, if any.
18. ​ Legislative Update.

​Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director.

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 Permit Suspensions/Revocations Report.

​Chad John, Internal Auditor.

 C.4 ​Conservation Employees’ Benefits Plan update.

​Tom Neubauer, Human Resources Branch Chief.

 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.