Commission Meetings and Actions

Missouri Conservation Commission Oct. 29 and 30 Meeting Tentative Agenda

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m. – Operational Planning Workshop, Closed Executive Session

Thursday, Oct. 30, 8 a.m. – Regular Open Meeting

All activities will be held at River Centre at The Landing, 110 Front St. in Van Buren

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.

Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. -- Operational Planning Workshop, Closed Executive Session

• Workshop
  • Presentation: Strategic Operational Planning
  • Presentation: Land Conservation Strategy
  • Presentation: Regulations Process
• 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).

Oct. 30 at 8 a.m. -- Regular Open Meeting

Call to order -- Margaret F. Eckelkamp, Chair

Administration:

1. Director’s Comments -- Jason Sumners, Director
2. Presentation: Ozark Region Update -- Sarah Medlock, Regional Administrator, Ozark Region
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. Regulations Report -- Laura Conlee, Deputy Director and Chair, Regulations Committee
5. Presentation: Smallmouth Bass -- Jason Persinger, Scientist
6. Presentation: Forest Management -- Michael Bill, Forestry Section Chief
7. Presentation: Brown-Headed Nuthatch Reintroduction Update -- Kristen Heath-Acre, Wildlife Ecologist

Administration – Budget:

5. Presentation: Financial Report and September 2025 Highlights -- Andrew Bond, Deputy Director Business and Operations

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

6. Action Item: Recommendation for approval to accept a donation of approximately 94.88 acres in Macon County from the Estate of Kenneth Gladhill.
7. Action Item: Recommendation for approval to donate the northwest corner containing 2.98 acres of the 804-acre Maintz Wildlife Preserve, Cape Girardeau County, to the Millersville Fire Protection District and disposal of the remaining 6 acres via online auction.

Statewide Resource Management: Michael Bill, Forestry Section Chief

8. Action Item: Recommendation for approval to advertise and sell an estimated 982,347 board feet of timber located on 617 acres of Compartment 7, Sunklands Conservation Area in Shannon County.

Administration:

9. Action Item: Consideration of items removed from the Consent Calendar, if any.

• 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 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  Action Item: Recommendation for approval to suspend or revoke hunting privileges of individual(s) who inflicted injury to another person while hunting -- Chad John, Internal Auditor

C.4  Quarterly Permit Suspensions/Revocations Report -- Chad John, Internal Auditor

C.5  Action Item: Recommendation for approval to award the consulting contract for the Conservation Employees’ Benefits Plan (CEBP) -- Tom Neubauer, Human Resources Branch Chief and CEBP Chair

C.6  Quarterly Personnel Report -- Tom Neubauer, Human Resources Branch Chief

C.7  Infrastructure Management Quarterly Construction Project Status Report -- Jacob Careaga, Infrastructure Management Branch Chief

C.8  Information Technology Quarterly Project Status Report -- Doug Fees, Information Technology Branch Chief