Dave Reads the Camden County Budget

A few days ago, I wrote about the Camden County Commission meeting that occurred on June 29, 2021. During that meeting, the commissioners were faced with a decision to approve $4,500 in additional funding for the Emergency Management Agency to carry them through to December 2021. I was surprised when the County Auditor, Jimmy Laughlin,Continue reading “Dave Reads the Camden County Budget”

June 29, 2021 Camden County Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.

All commissioners were present. The front entrance of the Camden County courthouse is open again. There were only two of us in the audience other than county employees. The first agenda item was the EMA Budget. This is for Camden County’s Emergency Management Agency (https://emacamdenmo.org/). A significant portion of the EMA budget is funded byContinue reading “June 29, 2021 Camden County Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

June 24, 2021 Camden County Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.

All commissioners were present. There were a handful of people in the audience besides the normal Camden County employees. The first agenda item was the Treasurer Banking Request Proposal. There was only one bid and it still has to be reviewed by Kendra Hicks, the Camden County Treasurer. It sounded like this would be regardingContinue reading “June 24, 2021 Camden County Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

June 17, 2021 Camden County Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.

This is a summary of the meeting. All three commissioners were present.Virtual Nathan did not attend the meeting but there was a large crowd present. I correctly assumed they were there for the first agenda item: P&Z case PZ21-0040-Legett-Pier 31 Rezone from R-1 to B-2. It was proposed to rezone 18.3 acres for an RVContinue reading “June 17, 2021 Camden County Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

June 8, 2021 Camden County Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.

All three commissioners were present. There were at least a dozen people in the audience. Two of them were recording video of the meeting. It was nice to have a bit of a crowd there. The phone rang several times up at the Commission desk while I was waiting for the meeting to begin. CommissionerContinue reading “June 8, 2021 Camden County Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

June 2, 2021 Camden County Meeting at 10:00 a.m.

This one was a strange one. On June 2, 2021, I attended a meeting at 9:00 a.m. This meeting was in the Old Courthouse in the same room where the Commissioners have their meetings. This seemed to be an open public meeting because: Commissioners Gohagan and Williams were present. This was a quorum of theContinue reading “June 2, 2021 Camden County Meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

May 27, 2021 Camden County Commissioners Meeting at 10:00 a.m.

All commissioners were present. Stephanie was there to video so between the two of us, we had the meeting pretty much covered. The first agenda item was listed as “Request for Proposals Medical Examiner”. They received no bids. There were discussions about waiting on a contract with Southwest but it wasn’t clear what the contractContinue reading “May 27, 2021 Camden County Commissioners Meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

May 25, 2021 Camden County Commissioner’s Meeting at 10:00 a.m.

Commissioners Gohagan and Hasty were present. This is a summary of the meeting. There were at least 20 people in the audience so I had a pretty good idea that they might be there for the first agenda item. The first agenda item was the Purvis View Vacation Decision. This sounds like a fun itemContinue reading “May 25, 2021 Camden County Commissioner’s Meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

May 20, 2021 Camden County Commissioner’s Meeting at 10:00 a.m.

This was a Planning and Zoning Meeting. It occurs every third week each month. All commissioners were present. There were several groups of people present in the audience which is normal for P&Z Meetings. Kim Willey was present from P&Z. Before the P&Z reviews got underway, Commissioner Gohagan stated that the animal control box approvedContinue reading “May 20, 2021 Camden County Commissioner’s Meeting at 10:00 a.m.”

Dave attends a Republican Club Meeting

On May 18, 2021, I attended the Camden County MO Republican Club meeting. I figured I’d check it out and see what went on at these events. I RSVP’d and felt like it might be an interesting experience. Mrs. Dogwood (Monica) was skeptical because I’d already been at the Camden County Commissioner’s meeting that sameContinue reading “Dave attends a Republican Club Meeting”