MINUTES
Board of Directors Meeting
Jasper County Emergency Services
Chairman Dagnan called the meeting to order at 12:04 pm. The meeting was held at Jasper County Emergency Services Center at 13870 Dispatch Lane Carthage, MO as per public notice. Present in addition to Chairman Greg Dagnan (CD), Vice Chairman Alvin Peavler (DP), Director Dan Stanley (DS), Director Steve Weaver (DW), Director William (Bill) Hawkins (DH), Director Brandy Corum (DC), and Director Jeremiah Norton (DN).
Representing Staff –Executive Director (ED) Brandon McClintock, Systems Manager (SM) Steven Williams, Operations Manager (OM) Amber Madison, Quality Assurance Coordinator (QAC) Ellen Biesemeyer, Training Coordinator (TC) Angela Russell, and Office Support Clerk (OSC) Catherine Kho.
Representing Public – Alan Talkington with TUSA, and Jana Schramm, Councilwoman and Citizen of Carthage
Review and Action of Meeting Minutes
Open/Closed meeting minutes for March 5th,2025 and March 12th,2025 were reviewed.
Director Weaver motioned to approve the amended portion of the open minutes and the closed session meeting minutes for March 5th,2025, as well as the open/closed March 12th,2025. Director Corum seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Public Comment and Correspondence –
Jana Schramm stepped forward and introduced herself as a seat on the Carthage City Council. She advised she called ED McClintock last week about joining the meeting due to wanting to learn more about Jasco. Schramm inquired about the radio project and if Carthage contributed towards the radio project. Director Hawkins confirmed that Carthage was involved in the radio project. Schramm advised that she was wanting to learn more about what the Jasper County Emergency Services Board does. Schramm then she introduced herself as a Citizen and wanted to discuss special meeting minutes from August 20th when the Board Elected Chairman Dagnan, then stated on May 17th that there was a claim against the city and that Chairman Dagnan had sued the city and that was an act of concern. Schramm advised that she sees that as an act of conflict of interest with Chairman Dagnan being on the Board much less as the Chairman of the Board. Schramm then stated that during the meeting that ‘you’ went over the pros and cons of electing Chairman Dagnan, but those pros and cons were not documented in the meeting minutes, so she wanted to know what the pros and cons were and if the lawsuit came into effect due to it being directly a conflict of interest.
Schramm advised that she had completed her comment at this point and will refrain from asking further questions.
Chairman Dagnan asked the room to see if anyone else had any other public comment. No one responded.
Chairman Dagnan ended public comment.
Chairman Dagnan advised that if the public looked at the checkbook from the past couple of meetings that the Board is responsible to look out for the entire county. Schramm interrupted Chairman Dagnan at this point asking if anyone else on the Board had anything else to say other than Chairman Dagnan.
Chairman Dagnan advised that public comment time was over and thanked Schramm before stating he wasn’t going to let Schramm disrupt the meeting. Schramm advised she wasn’t interested in what Chairman Dagnan had to say. Chairman Dagnan said to Schramm, “I’m not going to let you disrupt our meeting. Public comment time is over; I will not let you disrupt our meeting. Please be quiet.”
Schramm stated, “Excuse me, I refrain from asking other questions. I will not be put down like this. I do not-I ask everybody else the pros and cons. You were not discussing the pros and cons. That is not the question I asked.”
Chairman Dagnan advised again that, “Public comment time is over.” Dagnan, opened the conversation for other Board members to address questions that Mrs. Schramm asked. The Board discussed that there is not a conflict of interest and that the entire Board makes the decisions, not just Greg Dagnan.
Chairman Dagnan advised the Board will be moving on from Public Comment.
Committee Reports – None
Financial Report and Payment of Bills – Financial Report and payment of bills prepared by OSC Kho read by Executive Director McClintock
The sales tax deposit for February was received on March 7th, 2025, in the amount of
$ 478,471.77. Total bills submitted for approval today: $87,285.45. The checkbook balance after payment of bills will be: $ 9,489.54. Accounts receivable balance: $308.00. The Money Market account balance is: $150,000.00. The Sweep Account balance is: $8,865,076.02. The Payroll Account balance is: $1,699.71
Director Stanley motioned to approve the financial report and payment of bills. Director Peavler seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Committee Reports –
None
Executive Director and Department Status Report – Executive Director report was read by ED McClintock.
Deputy Director Position –
ED McClintock advised that the Deputy Director Position is now open.
Agency Radio Equipment Agreement –
ED McClintock advised that Jasco’s Attorney is working on the final draft for user agency agreement, between JASCO and dispatch agencies. ED McClintock requested guidance from the Board on how to get the agencies current radios covered by insurance. The Board discussed insuring the radios, the Board agreed and requested for ED McClintock to send out a survey to different agencies to see how they cover their radios, whether it is individually by officer or by car.
Comm Room Report
OM Madison – Call volume had decreased 35.7% from last year. With trainees – 3 new ones started this last week. 3 of the 13 that are currently in training will be released soon. There are 2 full-time available positions, but we are not filling them at this time due to the lack of trainers. 2025 NTW theme is JASCO to the CORE.
Systems Report:
Countywide Public Safety Radio System –
ED McClintock advised that there are ongoing connectivity concern with ATT or SpringNet. The Axs consoles are experiencing periodic outages due to connectivity concern. We are in discussions with Carthage Water and Electric to establish a backup connection to zone 4. Once the DSR is operational at JASCO, most of these periodic console outages will be resolved.
The Board reviewed the Lease Agreement with Joplin for the location of the new tower site. The Board approved to move forward with further discussions in reference to the lease agreement. Both Joplin’s Attorney and JASCO Attorney will be negotiating the terms of the agreement.
CD Dagnan advised to send the proposed contract to Joplin for their Attorney approval and report any request for change to the Board. Alan Talkington from TUSA, advised that they are working with Motorola on equipment costs for this tower. Motorola has advised that we will be able to apply “tech credits” to help cover the cost of the equipment.
Highway 43 Storage Building –
SM Williams advised that the weather hasn’t been cooperative thus delaying completion. The site needed dirt work and hauling of materials. The contractor didn’t charge Jasco for labor, only materials.
SM Williams advised that Joplin industrial electric was chosen for wiring of the building – $21,465.02 was the cost and it also allows for the new building to be on generator if needed on site. Joplin Industrial Electric will run two conduits, one for electrical and one for future growth.
CD Dagnan advised that ED McClintock is requesting approval for electric work from the Board.
Director Corum motioned to approve for Joplin Industrial Electric to complete Electrical work for the Highway 43 Building as discussed. Director Norton seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Additional Radio Supply Request –
ED McClintock advised that CD Dagnan signed the notice to proceed with the purchase of additional agency radios from Motorola. Avilla Fire also requested pagers for their department. JASCO purchased 20 pagers for Avilla Fire, at a cost of $726.75 each and savings of $72.67 each, for a total cost of $13,081.60. After the purchase of additional radios and Avilla pagers thus making the final amount $104k under budget.
New Business:
Server Infrastructure Refresh –
ED McClintock advised the Board that Stronghold Data provided pricing for a server infrastructure refresh project that was a budgeted project for 2025.
Stronghold Data request the following equipment:
3 Dell PowerEdge R660xs Rack Servers (5 years on site service), 1 Dell PowerVault ME5012 SAN (Storage Area Network) (5 years on site service), 2 Ubiquiti Pro Max 48 PoE++ Switches, 2 Ubiquiti Pro Max 24 Ports Switches, 2 Ubiquiti Pro HD 24 & 4 SFP+ Port Switches, 5 Years VMware VSphere Software 72 licenses (instances). The total cost: $120,000.26.
SM Williams advised that a decision should be reached quickly to avoid a price increase due to tariffs. SM Williams stated that he was able to get the price down from $160k to $120k.
SM Williams advised that this has space for growth.
ED McClintock advised that the company will set it all up before they bring it in to help with security and ease of installation.
Stronghold Data receives the equipment in a controlled environment off site, to keep the cyber security risk away from the center.
CD Dagnan recommended to go with Stronghold Data since they are JASCO’s IT provider.
Director Norton motioned to approve the Stronghold Data Server Infrastructure Refresh. Director Stanley seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
SM Williams advised the Board that with this server refresh this gives JASCO the ability to cost share with agencies that are hosted on our cad server. It would replace physical PC’s in the server room, and allow those agencies to purchase a virtual machine (vm). WCPD and CPD have expressed interest in the VM option. This is also a benefit to JASCO because it limits cyber security threats when it is in our controlled environment. SM Williams and the Board discussed potential cost for each VM would be $2,500.00.
Director Corum motioned to accept the Flat Charge of $2500 to have agencies access CAD on a virtual computer. Director Peavler seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Buildings and Grounds –
ED McClintock advised that Systems Tech Pruitt has been working on our landscaping project. ED McClintock is requesting to remove the Bradford Pear Memorial Tree and replace it with a Memorial Garden with a water fountain. The new Memorial Garden will honor all of those that have passed over the years. Director Peavler asked to wait for the removal of the tree until the fountain is done.
Insurance and Bonds –
ED McClintock advised that there is a $250k bond on Employees and Board members that are listed on JASCO accounts including Board Chairman, Treasurer, Executive Director, Deputy Director, Office Support Clerk and Board Secretary, and Operations Manager. Also a $50,000.00 bond on all employees. ED McClintock reached out to our Insurance agency for a blanket coverage of 1 million dollars for all employees plus Board members on our accounts. The proposal will have a $5,000.00 deductible and cost $3,815.00/year for 3 years or $10,000.00 deductible for $3,714.00/year for 3 years.
ED McClintock advised that he added the highway 43 storage building that is being constructed and the Oronogo storage unit to the insurance plan. McClintock also advised the Board that we are working on adding all of the newly purchased radio equipment to the current insurance policies.
Director Weaver motioned to approve the insurance quote proposal that has the $5,000.00 deductible agreement for the increased coverage in Insurance. Director Peavler seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Credit Card Modifications –
ED McClintock requested permission to raise his Southwest Missouri Bank Visa credit limit from $5,000.00 to $10,000.00. This is consistent with past Executive Director position credit limits. However this does not change the policy regarding the spending limit of $5,000.00 without Board approval.
Director Peavler motioned to approve the Southwest Missouri Bank Visa credit limit increase to $10,000.00 from $5,000.00 for ED Brandon McClintock. Director Corum seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
CD Dagnan then advised that the Board wanted to give an award to ED McClintock for accepting the ED Position. The Board grouped together to purchase this award for ED McClintock by request of OSC Kho.
At 1:17 p.m. Director Corum motioned to adjourn. Director Weaver seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Next Board Meeting set for Wednesday May 14th at 12:00 p.m.
On the________ day of ________________2025
I, Greg Dagnan, Chairman ___________________________certify these Jasper County Emergency
Services Board Meeting Minutes for__April 2nd , 2025_________. They have been reviewed and are accurate.
On the ________day of_________________2025
I, Brandy Corum, Secretary __________________________ attest the Jasper County Emergency
Services Board Meeting Minutes for __ April 2nd, 2025_________. They have been reviewed and are accurate.
