All commissioners were present. There were about twenty people present other than the normal Camden County employees who usually attend. Looked like a good crowd. Presiding Commissioner Hasty stated there was a Public Comment portion of this agenda and invited people to speak within a limit of three minutes each regarding items included in theContinue reading “December 14, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”
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December 13, 2021 meeting of the School of the Osage Board of Education
I attended the December 13, 2021 6:00 p.m. meeting of the School of the Osage Board of Education. This is a summary of the meeting. I want to preface this by saying I normally write about Camden County politics and the Commission because I live in Camden County, but I also live in the smallContinue reading “December 13, 2021 meeting of the School of the Osage Board of Education”
December 7, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.
All commissioners were present. There were about six people present who weren’t Camden County employees. The chairs were rearranged to face the projection screen and the Auditor, Jimmy Laughlin, was sitting up on the Commission dais trying to get his laptop to work so they could have a Zoom meeting during the Commission meeting. PresidingContinue reading “December 7, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”
Camden County 2022 Preliminary Budget Presentation on November 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.
The room was filled with the elected officials of Camden County as well as some of their staff members. There were a few citizens present during the meeting. Commissioner Gohagan was present. The other commissioners were not. The Auditor, Jimmy Laughlin, had a slide show and went through a quick overview of Camden County’s financialContinue reading “Camden County 2022 Preliminary Budget Presentation on November 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.”
November 29, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.
All commissioners were present. There was no one else present at the meeting besides myself and a bunch of employees from Camden County and the Sheriff’s Office. It was actually pretty surreal. I was sitting by myself among the right half of the meeting room chairs and the left half of the room was fullContinue reading “November 29, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”
November 23, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.
All commissioners were present. There were about a dozen people in the audience besides the usual county employees who attend. During the Public Comment portion, Tom Wolfe from Climax Springs brought up the issue of the Climax Springs park. The village of Climax Springs was disincorporated in 2015 and several plots of land that wereContinue reading “November 23, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”
November 19, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.
All commissioners were present for the meeting. I spoke to Lisa, the Commission secretary, before the meeting began about Passport Services. She said she has completed the training required for the Commission to restart passport services and they are just waiting on the federal government to give them final approval. Once they get that, theContinue reading “November 19, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”
The Daily Show on Key Radio 89.3 FM
I’ve been fortunate to be a regular guest on the Daily Show on Key Radio with KB and Bill Mundhausen on Friday mornings at 9:00 a.m., but I realize that some people might not have been able to hear the shows either because they don’t get a good radio signal or they weren’t near aContinue reading “The Daily Show on Key Radio 89.3 FM”
November 18, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.
All commissioners were present. There were a handful of us in the audience besides the Camden County employees who normally attend. During the Public Comment section, only one person spoke. He had concerns about the Prosecuting Attorney’s laser crime scene scanner system bid. Among other things, he wanted to be sure that Camden County hadContinue reading “November 18, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”
November 16, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.
All commissioners were present. There was a formal Public Comment section to start off the meeting but the two of us non-county employees who were present in the audience didn’t have anything to say so that went by pretty quick. The first agenda item was the E911 bid for signs. It was initially stated thatContinue reading “November 16, 2021 Camden County Commission meeting at 10:00 a.m.”
Among the Dogwoods 