WEBVTT 00:00:00.642 --> 00:00:10.260 - All right, the date is June 18th, 2026. And I'd like to call to order this meeting of the Monroe County 00:00:10.260 --> 00:00:19.786 - commissioners. I am Jodi Madeira and I'm present this morning in person in that U Hill room. And I see 00:00:19.786 --> 00:00:25.982 - Commissioner Thomas and guests in present remotely. And so this is 00:00:27.522 --> 00:00:35.173 - us today, Commissioner Jones is not here, and so we will get started. So I would like to begin by reading 00:00:35.173 --> 00:00:42.751 - our statement. We, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, renew our commitment to welcome and protect 00:00:42.751 --> 00:00:50.330 - the rights of all people, regardless of age, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender, 00:00:50.330 --> 00:00:55.454 - gender identity, marital status, economic status, and national origin. 00:00:55.874 --> 00:01:02.756 - and we affirm the right of every person to live peacefully and without fear. And we will fight and resist 00:01:02.756 --> 00:01:09.249 - at every step, discrimination and harmful policies, whatever their source. We believe in diversity, 00:01:09.249 --> 00:01:15.807 - equity, inclusion, and belonging. We also stand in support of our county public school systems, both 00:01:15.807 --> 00:01:22.494 - E and MCC SC. I believe we have some people here to give departmental points this morning. Yeah, Toby. 00:01:25.378 --> 00:01:30.446 - And while he's going up there, I'll just say that, you know, we understand that we don't have a quorum 00:01:30.446 --> 00:01:35.562 - in person at this meeting. So any action that gets approved, I mean, clearly we're, I think the highway 00:01:35.562 --> 00:01:40.531 - department has a report on last night and I think that's totally appropriate. But anything that gets 00:01:40.531 --> 00:01:45.648 - approved here will also then have to be ratified at a meeting, which does meet that quorum requirement. 00:01:45.648 --> 00:01:50.814 - Yes. And I believe July 2nd is our next meeting and anything will be ratified on July 2nd. Yes. Correct. 00:01:51.170 --> 00:01:58.684 - Yes. And so Toby's going to give us an update and then also emergency management who's online will give 00:01:58.684 --> 00:02:06.054 - an update. Yes. My name is Toby Turner. I'm the superintendent of the highway department. Just wanted 00:02:06.054 --> 00:02:13.135 - to give an update on tornado and road issues that we're having. We've had crews out since 11 p.m. 00:02:13.135 --> 00:02:17.470 - last night. Currently have crews out. I think there's maybe 00:02:17.570 --> 00:02:25.212 - Currently four, most of the damage is northern end of the county. We're thinking, we're talking about 00:02:25.212 --> 00:02:33.079 - like Burma Road, Wampler Road, Mount Pleasant, Liberty Hollow, 037 North, the north end of that, Hackers 00:02:33.079 --> 00:02:40.797 - Creek. We have a crew, we have crews with our gradles, currently three of them out. Just maybe an hour 00:02:40.797 --> 00:02:47.390 - ago sent our big excavator out to 037 North. So if they can get there and get unloaded, 00:02:47.938 --> 00:02:56.421 - Lots of trees down, lots of power lines. Gonna take a few days. Currently they're just being towed to 00:02:56.421 --> 00:03:04.988 - get a lane open so we can get traffic through. Also seeing the power companies are out. They also have 00:03:04.988 --> 00:03:14.053 - brought machines to clear roadways. But it's gonna be a few days and especially when it gets dark, obviously 00:03:14.053 --> 00:03:16.382 - when it's light you can see 00:03:16.898 --> 00:03:23.305 - the one lane, you can see the limb in the road or the tree that's been, we have lots of property owners 00:03:23.305 --> 00:03:29.589 - out helping, but need to pay attention because some of our, especially up north, some of our roadways 00:03:29.589 --> 00:03:35.996 - are one lane and they're one side of the road and then the other side of the road. Just depends on what 00:03:35.996 --> 00:03:42.157 - was the easiest way to get cut through and get traffic moving. That's currently where we're at. I'm 00:03:42.157 --> 00:03:44.190 - sure we'll work through the day. 00:03:44.386 --> 00:03:51.589 - Not sure what the situation would be this evening, but try to get at least one lane open and get traffic 00:03:51.589 --> 00:03:58.518 - flowing. Any questions? I just want to thank you for getting to this so expeditiously and I wish you 00:03:58.518 --> 00:04:05.858 - and your crews success. Thank you so very much and take care of today. Appreciate it. Commissioner Thomas, 00:04:05.858 --> 00:04:07.710 - do you have any questions? 00:04:09.698 --> 00:04:17.797 - No questions. I echo the gratitude. It's amazing work and the first responders were great. They worked 00:04:17.797 --> 00:04:26.131 - really hard all night and really helped people through a really scary time. Also a big thank to emergency 00:04:26.131 --> 00:04:31.006 - management, which I know is online ready to speak. Thank you. 00:04:38.466 --> 00:04:47.270 - believe we have emergency management as well. Good morning commissioners. So the first item is we have 00:04:47.270 --> 00:04:55.903 - American class shelter open at the Steinsville elementary school, old Steinsville elementary school, 00:04:55.903 --> 00:05:04.707 - the community center in Steinsville for anyone who needs shelter, food, who was impacted by the storms 00:05:04.707 --> 00:05:08.126 - last night. Um, today we will today and 00:05:08.258 --> 00:05:16.315 - As soon as we can, we will be doing damage assessments to get the extent of the damages. We did have 00:05:16.315 --> 00:05:23.734 - one person who was injured. It was an ankle injury, and she was transported to the hospital. 00:05:23.734 --> 00:05:32.270 - As far as I know, that's the only injury so far. Load blades are hazardous, especially in the northwestern 00:05:32.270 --> 00:05:38.014 - part of the county. So do not try to travel at all, if at all possible. 00:05:38.370 --> 00:05:46.396 - Please respect the privacy of the people who were impacted. And if you have any damage, please report 00:05:46.396 --> 00:05:54.264 - to your office for calling us or email. That's all I have currently. Any questions? No, I just echo 00:05:54.264 --> 00:06:02.211 - what we said to Highway. Thank you to Toby. Thank you so very much. And thanks for all you're doing. 00:06:02.211 --> 00:06:07.326 - And again, we send our regards to anyone who's impacted by this. 00:06:08.098 --> 00:06:17.117 - and our regrets and we will do everything we can as a county to reach out to those who are affected 00:06:17.117 --> 00:06:26.586 - and help. Commissioner Thomas. I would say the same that we're here for our residents and we're grateful 00:06:26.586 --> 00:06:35.605 - that the injuries were fairly minimal considering the gravity of the storm. So again, Monroe County 00:06:35.605 --> 00:06:37.950 - residents pulled together 00:06:38.114 --> 00:06:47.353 - and we will continue to do so. And thank you to everybody and our well wishes. Thank you so much. 00:06:47.353 --> 00:06:57.440 - With that, I think we will move approval of the claim socket and payroll. So I would like to move approval 00:06:57.440 --> 00:07:06.302 - of the claim socket and accounts payable for June 18th, 2026 and payroll for June 12th, 2026. 00:07:07.810 --> 00:07:15.931 - Second. And do we do a roll call vote for that, Jeff, or? I think you'd like to make the presentation, 00:07:15.931 --> 00:07:23.422 - and then I will call the roll for that. OK, perfect. So then, lovely. Let's hear all about it. 00:07:24.546 --> 00:07:31.455 - Good morning the accounts payable claims docket for a June 18th 2026 totals 156 million six hundred 00:07:31.455 --> 00:07:38.986 - twenty five thousand nine hundred fifty five and 78 cents this includes all emergency claims and adjustments 00:07:38.986 --> 00:07:44.030 - the payroll docket for June 12th includes one million six hundred twenty 00:07:44.418 --> 00:07:58.525 - $2,571.56 indirect costs and the remaining $682,258.03 were for indirect costs for a grand total of 00:07:58.525 --> 00:08:12.350 - $2,302,829.59. Thank you. And I think we take public comment here in the room. I don't see anyone 00:08:12.994 --> 00:08:20.253 - queuing up for public comment here in the NatU Hill Room. Is there anyone online who would like to offer 00:08:20.253 --> 00:08:27.512 - public comment as to these items? Seeing no hands, Jeff, would you call the roll call vote? Commissioner 00:08:27.512 --> 00:08:34.495 - Thomas? Yes. Commissioner Madeira? Yes. The motion is tentatively passed to zero to be ratified at a 00:08:34.495 --> 00:08:41.408 - future meeting. Excellent. I believe all those are all the items on the agenda, so it is sufficient 00:08:41.408 --> 00:08:42.238 - to adjourn. 00:08:42.402 --> 00:08:51.489 - And we will convene again on July 2nd. We're actually going to have another one on the 25th, I believe, 00:08:51.489 --> 00:09:00.577 - with Commissioner Thomas. Is it 26th? No, 25th. Yes, sorry. Just for claims. Yes, just for claims. Just 00:09:00.577 --> 00:09:10.014 - for clarification. So seeing everybody on July 25th. Yes, just for claims. Yeah. June 25th. June 25th, yes. 00:09:10.338 --> 00:09:18.348 - back in person, all of us present on July 2nd. Yes, now that we've thoroughly confused everyone, we 00:09:18.348 --> 00:09:20.350 - will adjourn. Thank you.