I attended the August 25, 2026, Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.
All commissioners were present.
The first agenda item was “Bid Award 260820 Transportation Treatment Court.”
The representative from the Treatment Court requested that the Commission approve Lake Ride Pros.
The Commission approved this bid unanimously.
The second agenda item was “Assessor’s Office – License Agreement.”
According to the representative from the County Assessor’s Office, this agreement is with a third party company that wants to download the parcel data from the county’s GIS system for a project they’re completing for Ameren. The Assessor’s Office has worked with this company before on these projects. The agreement will not generate any revenue for the county.
The Commission unanimously approved this agreement.
In Public Comment, Matt Wells wanted to speak to the Commission. I will try to summarize what he said:
Wells asked if the Commission would formally support his efforts to bring in experts and meet with community members in an attempt to develop alternate forms of energy infrastructure in the county. He sought to make the county more self-reliant where energy generation was concerned and wanted to work to develop strategies to mitigate the rising energy costs faced by consumers. Wells made it clear he was not advocating for data centers. He was hoping to develop community awareness of ideas like virtual power plants and explore energy possibilities that were outside of the current energy monopoly system.
Presiding Commissioner Skelton was wary of private public partnerships and was reluctant to involve Camden County in the power generation business. Commissioner Gohagan wanted a more concrete idea of what was being proposed and was seeking more information about Wells’ resume.
Wells definitely had some intriguing ideas, but it seemed unclear how much concrete support the Commission was willing to give to an idea. Perhaps we’ll hear more about this in the future.
And that was that.
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