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.