- All right, the date is June 18th, 2026. And I'd like to call to order this meeting of the Monroe County
- commissioners. I am Jodi Madeira and I'm present this morning in person in that U Hill room. And I see
- Commissioner Thomas and guests in present remotely. And so this is
- us today, Commissioner Jones is not here, and so we will get started. So I would like to begin by reading
- our statement. We, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, renew our commitment to welcome and protect
- the rights of all people, regardless of age, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender,
- gender identity, marital status, economic status, and national origin.
- and we affirm the right of every person to live peacefully and without fear. And we will fight and resist
- at every step, discrimination and harmful policies, whatever their source. We believe in diversity,
- equity, inclusion, and belonging. We also stand in support of our county public school systems, both
- E and MCC SC. I believe we have some people here to give departmental points this morning. Yeah, Toby.
- And while he's going up there, I'll just say that, you know, we understand that we don't have a quorum
- in person at this meeting. So any action that gets approved, I mean, clearly we're, I think the highway
- department has a report on last night and I think that's totally appropriate. But anything that gets
- approved here will also then have to be ratified at a meeting, which does meet that quorum requirement.
- Yes. And I believe July 2nd is our next meeting and anything will be ratified on July 2nd. Yes. Correct.
- Yes. And so Toby's going to give us an update and then also emergency management who's online will give
- an update. Yes. My name is Toby Turner. I'm the superintendent of the highway department. Just wanted
- to give an update on tornado and road issues that we're having. We've had crews out since 11 p.m.
- last night. Currently have crews out. I think there's maybe
- Currently four, most of the damage is northern end of the county. We're thinking, we're talking about
- like Burma Road, Wampler Road, Mount Pleasant, Liberty Hollow, 037 North, the north end of that, Hackers
- Creek. We have a crew, we have crews with our gradles, currently three of them out. Just maybe an hour
- ago sent our big excavator out to 037 North. So if they can get there and get unloaded,
- Lots of trees down, lots of power lines. Gonna take a few days. Currently they're just being towed to
- get a lane open so we can get traffic through. Also seeing the power companies are out. They also have
- brought machines to clear roadways. But it's gonna be a few days and especially when it gets dark, obviously
- when it's light you can see
- the one lane, you can see the limb in the road or the tree that's been, we have lots of property owners
- out helping, but need to pay attention because some of our, especially up north, some of our roadways
- are one lane and they're one side of the road and then the other side of the road. Just depends on what
- was the easiest way to get cut through and get traffic moving. That's currently where we're at. I'm
- sure we'll work through the day.
- Not sure what the situation would be this evening, but try to get at least one lane open and get traffic
- flowing. Any questions? I just want to thank you for getting to this so expeditiously and I wish you
- and your crews success. Thank you so very much and take care of today. Appreciate it. Commissioner Thomas,
- do you have any questions?
- No questions. I echo the gratitude. It's amazing work and the first responders were great. They worked
- really hard all night and really helped people through a really scary time. Also a big thank to emergency
- management, which I know is online ready to speak. Thank you.
- believe we have emergency management as well. Good morning commissioners. So the first item is we have
- American class shelter open at the Steinsville elementary school, old Steinsville elementary school,
- the community center in Steinsville for anyone who needs shelter, food, who was impacted by the storms
- last night. Um, today we will today and
- As soon as we can, we will be doing damage assessments to get the extent of the damages. We did have
- one person who was injured. It was an ankle injury, and she was transported to the hospital.
- As far as I know, that's the only injury so far. Load blades are hazardous, especially in the northwestern
- part of the county. So do not try to travel at all, if at all possible.
- Please respect the privacy of the people who were impacted. And if you have any damage, please report
- to your office for calling us or email. That's all I have currently. Any questions? No, I just echo
- what we said to Highway. Thank you to Toby. Thank you so very much. And thanks for all you're doing.
- And again, we send our regards to anyone who's impacted by this.
- and our regrets and we will do everything we can as a county to reach out to those who are affected
- and help. Commissioner Thomas. I would say the same that we're here for our residents and we're grateful
- that the injuries were fairly minimal considering the gravity of the storm. So again, Monroe County
- residents pulled together
- and we will continue to do so. And thank you to everybody and our well wishes. Thank you so much.
- With that, I think we will move approval of the claim socket and payroll. So I would like to move approval
- of the claim socket and accounts payable for June 18th, 2026 and payroll for June 12th, 2026.
- Second. And do we do a roll call vote for that, Jeff, or? I think you'd like to make the presentation,
- and then I will call the roll for that. OK, perfect. So then, lovely. Let's hear all about it.
- Good morning the accounts payable claims docket for a June 18th 2026 totals 156 million six hundred
- twenty five thousand nine hundred fifty five and 78 cents this includes all emergency claims and adjustments
- the payroll docket for June 12th includes one million six hundred twenty
- $2,571.56 indirect costs and the remaining $682,258.03 were for indirect costs for a grand total of
- $2,302,829.59. Thank you. And I think we take public comment here in the room. I don't see anyone
- queuing up for public comment here in the NatU Hill Room. Is there anyone online who would like to offer
- public comment as to these items? Seeing no hands, Jeff, would you call the roll call vote? Commissioner
- Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. The motion is tentatively passed to zero to be ratified at a
- future meeting. Excellent. I believe all those are all the items on the agenda, so it is sufficient
- to adjourn.
- And we will convene again on July 2nd. We're actually going to have another one on the 25th, I believe,
- with Commissioner Thomas. Is it 26th? No, 25th. Yes, sorry. Just for claims. Yes, just for claims. Just
- for clarification. So seeing everybody on July 25th. Yes, just for claims. Yeah. June 25th. June 25th, yes.
- back in person, all of us present on July 2nd. Yes, now that we've thoroughly confused everyone, we
- will adjourn. Thank you.