Laclede County Commission Meeting, July 7, 2026: Asphalt Survey Report, Department Updates, CDT

This video is a recording of the Laclede County Commission’s public meeting on July 7, 2026. This video has seen no significant cuts or alterations.* Principals Present: Presiding Commissioner Randy Angst Eastern Commissioner Erik Lindsey Western Commissioner Joe Wasmer Laclede County Clerk Linda Cansler Others in Attendance: Department Heads: --Randy Rowe, Office of Emergency Management --Ryan Miles, Laclede County Central Dispatch --Mike Horton, Maintenance --Jerrod Shepherd, Road and Bridge (fixed name July 8, 2026) Bryan Boyce, Great River Engineering Theresa Jordison, County Assistant (County Assistant) Jack Silberberg, Reporter, Laclede County Record LCR SYNOPSIS. 00:00 Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, approval of June 30 minutes (Updated July 21, 2026). 02:20 Boyce discusses asphalt surfaced roadways assessment and preservation program. 31:48 OEM update. 40:17 Central Dispatch update. 46:13 Maintenance update. 58:26 Road and Bridge update. 1:11:43 County Development Tax applications. Conway Special Road District 2 approved ($27,500 is the budgeted amount). Eldridge Volunteer Fire Department reviewed. 1:18:05 Other business. Schmidt's field staff to join meeting at 11 a.m. The meeting pauses. The Record leaves at this time. After Action: Angst said Wednesday that after the Record left, the commission reviewed the pavement preservation report and had a discussion with field staff representatives from state Rep. Melissa Schmidt's (District 141) office. NOTES. *The Record was absent from the room for a brief period towards the end of the meeting but left the recording on. After Actions: The Record records actions taken during closed sessions and additional open session notes as according to the Laclede County Clerk or a commissioner. General Business: Individual commissioner concerns/reports, items not on the agenda. Routine Business: Payroll, the signing of warrants. For agendas and minutes, see the county clerk's website: https://lacledecountyclerk.org/county... For county legal notices: https://lacledecountyclerk.org/legal-... County Clerk's Election Information: https://lacledecountyclerk.org/lacled... PUBLIC MEETING RECORDING POLICY. The Record, when posting public meetings, will adhere to the following guidelines: Purpose: Public meeting videos are for preservation, public accessibility and record keeping for the newspaper; any factchecking (see below for an exception) would be in separate news articles. Unless absolutely necessitated by a need for public safety, the Record will post public portions of meetings in their entirety with minimal edits. If there are significant cuts or alterations, the Record is obliged to make that apparent and offer a sufficient explanation. Recorded governmental entities may make requests and suggestions on recording policies as per Missouri Sunshine Law, and the Record will reserve the right to consider said suggestions with the appropriate counsel before deciding whether to integrate them. Time stamps for major topics will be integrated into the video description as well as autogenerated captions for the video. Those who give public comments during the meeting or otherwise contribute significantly to public meetings will be noted in the description. Likewise, government officials, high profile citizens and other public figures can be listed in the description. Those attendees who attend regularly or have been significant in previous meetings can be listed. The Record does not typically note county employees who make brief appearances, though it would if their stay is protracted. Private citizens in attendance will be typically referred to as such until they contribute a public comment during the commission meeting, are otherwise known publicly or are connected to a meeting topic (see above paragraph). Factchecking: Other than added context in the structure of the description (i.e. what organizations/connections an individual has is listed next to their name in the attendee section), the Record does not factcheck in the video’s description. When a public meeting goes into a closed session, the Record will cease its recording for the closed portion and provide a brief explanation for that section. If the Record is not present for part of a public meeting, we will note it. Recess: When the majority of voting members already present at a meeting leave the unadjourned meeting, the Record will consider the meeting in recess until they return, ending and beginning the recording as necessary. When one of the principal members of the meeting declares a break or it is otherwise apparent a break is occurring, the Record will use its discretion in ending or beginning a recording. Comments are currently turned on for public meetings. YouTube Guidelines and basic standards of civility apply. The Record wishes to keep comments turned on for discussion's sake but will turn them off if the forum is abused.