The St. Francois County Fee held a reasonably brief meeting Tuesday to approve more stability measures and approve the 2022 funds.
IT Director Jared Faulkner approached the fee about adding protection products to the jail.
“This is the facial recognition software that we are likely to set up in our jail system,” he claimed. “We are going to use it as our demo base for the relaxation of the county.
“I have a few bids on this, this software is really a sole provider, but these three corporations use this program to do this. A single of these is a point out agreement, but as you can see, the state bid is increased than the other two.”
The commission authorised the agreement with Elliott Devices for $15,620 as a sole source service provider.
In other business enterprise, the fee accepted a new union deal for 4 a long time with the Teamsters Nearby #600 for Highway and Bridge personnel.
Soon after obtaining a public meeting the previous day, the fee also authorised the 2022 county spending plan.
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County Auditor Louie Seiberlich gave a few aspects on the spending budget.
“We experienced a concern yesterday about projected income for 2022. The estimate will be about $44 million, which incorporates money reserves and approximated expenditures will be in surplus of $37 million,” he reported.
County Clerk Kevin Engler also weighed in on the budget.
“It’s a 73-page document and it is on our website. If you want to glance at the line products that are budgeted, you can glance on our internet site,” he claimed. “You can appear and see what payments have been paid. I feel it’s a whole lot much more transparent than a large amount of locations.”
During departmental reports, the fee identified Floodplain Manager Charles “Bob” Turner for staying certified as a certified floodplain supervisor by the Association of State Floodplain Administrators.
In recognizing Turner, Presiding Commissioner Harold Gallaher spoke about the certification.
“This is the very same as a master’s degree in engineering,” he reported. “I am very very pleased of Bob for his do the job, his encounter. He labored really hard for this, it’s not a gimme, at all.”
Turner mentioned that it was a 3-hour exam based on 500 webpages of facts.
The upcoming St. Francois County Commission meeting will be Tuesday morning in the commission home of the courthouse annex in downtown Farmington. The site for the St. Francois County governing administration is https://sfcgov.org.
Mark Marberry is a reporter for the Farmington Press and Day-to-day Journal. He can be arrived at at 573-518-3629, or at [email protected]
