Public Record: September 17, 2015

-Commission Minutes-

The Nodaway County Commission met in regular session Friday, Sept. 11. In attendance were Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker, North District Commissioner Robert Westfall, South District Commissioner Robert Stiens, and acting County Clerk Karen Leader.

Business before the commission included:

· A discussion with one of the residents of Timberview Estates who expressed opposition to a proposed $119,500 repaving project to be paid for by subdivision households incorporated into a Neighborhood Improvement District.

North District Commissioner Robert Westfall said each residential parcel within the subdivision receives one vote, and that 75 percent of the parcel owners must support the proposal before it can proceed.

Westfall said members of the NID have yet to conduct “due diligence” and submit paperwork that would allow the project to move forward.

· The appointment of former Deputy County Clerk Karen Leader to the position of acting county clerk following the sudden resignation of former clerk Beth Walker on Sept. 9.

Leader was named to fill the vacant elective office on an interim basis under Section 49.101 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, which states that the commission shall appoint a county official to discharge the duties of the office until the governor appoints a successor.

Leader was assigned all of the protections and bonding requirements pertaining to the office, and the order was witnessed by Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rice.

· A bid opening for a proposed stream bank stabilization project to be largely funded by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The two submitted bids came in above estimates, and the contract was not awarded. NRCS officials said they would seek a 120-day delay in an attempt either to increase available funding or negotiate an acceptable bid.

· A discussion with Scott Walk regarding the contract between the county and the Nodaway County Ambulance District.