New furniture purchase approved by 911 board

The first meeting of the year for the Moniteau County Emergency Dispatch Board was held Jan. 15, rather than the Jan. 11 date originally set.

The board approved the purchase of new chairs and a table for the conference room, as well as a new desk for the office, from Missouri Vocational Enterprises in the amount of $2,776. This was at the request of Rick Bias, interim director.

Bias reported to the board that he has met with all law enforcement department heads to go over radio issues and guideline changes.

The treasurer's report indicated sales tax received was $46,560.50. There was a supplemental sales tax noted of $23,436.03. MMDA account balance effective Dec. 31 was $702,660.54. The CD's balance, as of Dec. 31, was $235,659.67.

Total bills of $18,857.76 were approved.

Payroll was approved by the board: Dec. 23, 2017 - $13,567.69, and Jan. 6, 2018 - $17,436.45. The total payroll taxes for the two pay periods was not provided.

A closed session was called to discuss employee matters. The board reconvened in open session 22 minutes later.

The next two regular monthly meetings are set for Feb. 8 and March 8. Both will begin at 6 p.m.