I attended the April 4, 2024, Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.
Commissioners Gohagan and Skelton were present.
The first agenda item was Kids Harbor Proclamation – Child Abuse Prevention Month 2024.
Approximately a dozen members and supporters of Kids’ Harbor were present at the meeting. Presiding Commissioner Skelton read aloud a proclamation declaring April 2024 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and describing the importance of identifying and preventing child abuse. It also encouraged all citizens to wear blue to show their support for these efforts.
The commissioners voted unanimously to accept this proclamation.
The second agenda item was Lake of the Ozarks Council of Local Governments 2024 Membership Support (Renewal).
Presiding Commissioner Skelton explained that the primary purpose of the council is to assist with applying for and receiving grants. Camden County paid $13,000 for membership in 2022 and 2023. 2024 will also cost $13,000.
(The Council is a Regional Planning Commission that represents Laclede, Miller, Morgan and Camden counties.)
This membership renewal was approved unanimously by the Commission.
And that was that.
Among the Dogwoods 
Thanks for being tenacious. BTW, not a Camden County resident any more, but still love the drama.
Was there any discussion of the ROI on the $13K investment? Or rather, the $52K investment if all counties share equally?
And VOIP systems (from the other recap) can be tricky. POTS provides the battery backup and redundancy at the central office (CO). When you go to VOIP (I think it is especially important for government service organizations to consider this), all of the requirements for redundancy move to the VOIP supplier and the agency. This includes redundancy for the internet, redundancy for the networking equipment, and battery backup for network equipment. Also, using VOIP phones often requires either additional power at the workstation (one more plug and transformer under the desk) or using power over ethernet (POE). Both of these can be unexpected purchases when it comes time to install. It really gets ugly when the vendor sells you a “soft phone” that runs on the PC and then you find out your PCs are shit and have to be upgraded.
I am interested to see how this turns out.
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