Chairman Dagnan called the meeting to order at 12:00 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 Jeremiah Norton (DN), Director Brandy Corum (DC), and Director Bill Hawkins (DH).
Representing Staff –Executive Director (ED) Brandon McClintock, Deputy Director (DD) Angela Russell Office Support Clerk (OSC) Catherine Kho, Systems Manager (SM) Steven Williams, and (TC) Oliver Archer.
Representing Public –Carterville Police Chief Clint Worley, Bobbie Pottorff with KSNF-TV/KODE-TV News, and Wally Bloss.
Review and Action of Meeting Minutes
Open Meeting Minutes for July 16th, 2025 were reviewed.
Director Stanley motioned to approve Open Minutes for July 16th, 2025. Director Corum seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Public Comment and Correspondence –
Committee Reports – None
Financial Report and Payment of Bills – Financial Report prepared by OSC Kho and read by ED McClintock
The sales tax deposit for July was received on August 7th, 2025, in the amount of $ 509,671.44. On July 21st, 2025, we received Missouri Service Board Cell Phone Sales Tax Revenue in the amount of $13,647.26 for Quarter Two 2025. Total bills submitted for approval today: $92,842.39. The checkbook balance after payment of bills will be: $4,679.54. Accounts receivable balance: $1,135.64 (Records request and NetMotion Licenses). The Money Market account balance is: $150,000.00. The Sweep Account balance is: $9,448,772.91. The Payroll Account balance is: $5,354.55.
Director Peavler motioned to approve the financial report and payment of bills. Director Norton 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.
ED McClintock advised that the call volume for the center in July of 2025 was 12,804 total calls of those 2,696 were 911 calls. There were approximately 210,000 Radio calls in July 2025 on JASCO Simulcast which was very high showing that the system is being highly used. For Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) the center is maintaining our ACE Standards with 62% High Compliance, 21% Compliant, 8% Partial Compliance, 3% Low Compliance, and 6% non-compliant. For Emergency Fire Dispatch (EFD) the center is at 33% High Compliance, 27% Compliant, 15% Partial Compliance, 16% Low Compliance, 9% non-compliant. There is no data for Emergency Police Dispatch (EPD) at this time.
ED McClintock advised that the new Training Coordinator that was selected was Oliver Archer. He started the new position on Monday. The center has opened hiring positions and are planning on hiring 4 out of the 8 open to help with training and staffing issues.
SM Williams gave a report on Systems & GIS departments. The virtual machines (VM’s) at Carthage Police are still seeing some slowness. SM Williams advised that this might be fixed during the router project. Webb City Police will start using their new VM in a few weeks. The Systems department has started cable work, the hope is to be finished by the end of August. The Joplin/Newton Co/JASCO CAD2CAD is going well, all the units have been built for all the agencies and the department has been working with Joplin and Newton County to get closer to completion.
ED McClintock advised that JASCO had found an ID maker that they wanted to purchase and had a packet prepared for the selection. He inquired of the Board if they would want JASCO to be used to make agency badges and charge them a set fee or just cost for materials.
The Board discussed the topic. Several Board members mentioned that the use of JASCO for this would benefit them due to being small agencies and having to order from outside venders for their ID Badges. The Board settled on agreeing that this would benefit several agencies and the set fee would be $10 per ID. This would be a trial run and if it became too overwhelming for JASCO than the agencies would find or go back to their outside means, at that time. ED McClintock advised that this step could be added to the ADD/DELETE Officer packet with the confidentiality agreements that JASCO has the agencies sign.
Unfinished Business:
Countywide Public Safety Radio System:
Tower Site Updates
SM Williams advised that they are still meeting weekly (Wednesdays at 10AM) and that there is currently an issue with one of the AC units at the Sarcoxie Site. Thermobond is working on getting a tech out to look at the unit.
Joplin New Tower
ED McClintock advised that there was a Custom Towers meeting yesterday and during the meeting the new tower was named the Belle Center Tower . The completion date given was March 2026.
Law Radio Encryption
Chairman Dagnan reported that during a meeting held earlier with the Police Chiefs and members of the public, the attending Chiefs and other law enforcement representatives expressed their desire to maintain encryption on their channels, while also showing interest in exploring an application that could provide general location and event type information as a potential middle-ground solution for the public. They also reminded attendees that Fire frequencies remain unencrypted, allowing those interested in being aware of traffic accidents or fire incidents to obtain that information by scanning those channels.
SM Williams advised that the AES Encryption was as follows: Carl Junction PD is the only law agency that has not been moved to AES. This was due to not knowing that they are activating their Storm Sirens via their Motorola radios. Once the solution is found on how to replicate that programming, systems will be able to get the CJPD fleet reprogrammed. Webb City PD is 97% completed this is due to one radio that needs the keys loaded, one radio needs to be flashed, and the control station needs to be reprogrammed as it takes special programming and then will be loaded with the keys.
SM Williams advised that systems is still flashing radios with TDMA, there is only 12-20 radios not yet completed. There is a delay in Barton County Control Stations due to waiting on the parts to arrive that MCA needs to order before they can be installed. Chief Good with Jasper Fire is working on getting the radio console quote approved with the Barton County Emergency Service Board.
SM Williams advised that in reference to the 2025 radio order updates that the DVRS’s are here at JASCO now. Once we are able to get IDs for the new radios, systems can start the installations.
Highway 43 Storage Building
ED McClintock advised that all the electric work has been completed, and the building is finalized regarding contractors. He advised that there might be a need to have some additional gravel in the driveway and around the building brought in depending on the needs of the building.
Office 365 Accounts
SM Williams advised that the Board Outlook accounts are up and working. There are some Board Members who cannot gain access to their accounts due to the two factor security issues and he would look into attempting to fix them after the meeting today.
Network Infrastructure Refresh
SM Williams reported on this during the ED Report.
SMB Account Modifications – Signature Cards
ED McClintock advised that there are Signatures that are need to be signed for the SMB changes for adding DD Russell to all the accounts.
JASCO 2025 Vehicle(s) Purchase
ED McClintock advised that the search for two Ford Mavericks ran into several issues. Manufacturer Ford has stopped accepting orders for 2025 due to high demand. DD Russell had done checking around with vendors and dealers, no one has exactly what JASCO is looking for in stock. JASCO were able to receive quotes for two similar types of Mavericks at approximately $72,000.00 for two. Due to it being over budget JASCO plans on moving to option B and looking at using that money for current needs of the center at this time.
New Business:
Policy – New / Modifications
ED McClintock advised that the policy’s presented were the Organizational Chart, Disciplinary Action Policy, Grievance Policy, and Employment Separation. In addition to these policies, all policies will reflect the following disclaimer from now on.
“This policy may only be amended, revised, or rescinded with the formal approval of the Jasper County Emergency Services Board of Directors. The Executive Director may submit recommendations or proposed changes to the Board; however, no modification shall take effect without Board approval. Once approved, policy changes become effective immediately, unless otherwise specified by the Board. Changes may be adopted with or without prior notice to employees.”
This disclaimer provides more clarity with the separation from Policy and Procedure.
Director Peavler motioned to accept the Jasper County Emergency Services Organizational Chart, Disciplinary Action, Grievance, and Employment Separation Polices. Director Stanley seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Fire Ops Channel Assignments
ED McClintock noted some of the fire agencies want dedicated operations channels(talkgroup), but he raised concerns about system capacity and balancing the request. ED McClintock also raised roaming issues onto other towers for different talkgroup channels being used. As some towers (state-owned) require each talkgroup channel to be allowed on that tower, affecting interoperability if that agency is assigned a talkgroup channel that hasn’t been allowed on it.
SM Williams advised that the current practice is that Dispatch assigns talkgroup channels per incident; different talkgroup channels are used for each event. SM Williams outlined potential issues of assigning agency specific talkgroup channel:
Discussion Points:
Director Peavler suggested holding a meeting with fire agencies for transparencies of information and their requests.
Director Corum formally motioned for such a meeting; Director Norton and Chairman Dagnan agreed. DD Russell proposed a trial period if talkgroup channel assignments are implemented of 3-6 months for tests/data to be gathered.
SM Williams requested if approved to not have the channel names changed to avoid reprogramming all radios.
Next Steps:
ED McClintock advised that there is a meeting with fire chiefs scheduled for next month. Chairman Dagnan requests an update to be provided at the next board meeting.
NetMotion Licenses – Law Agencies
ED McClintock explained that agencies have asked the Board to cover the cost of NetMotion licenses. Director Norton noted that smaller agencies face tight budgets, with CAD expenses already taking up a significant portion of their funds.
Chairman Dagnan acknowledged this change had been anticipated and pointed out that processing separate invoices for each department is cumbersome, especially when some agencies fail to pay. ED McClintock reported the current annual cost is $21,433.42 for 173 law MDT licenses. SM Williams cautioned that if the new CAD vendor requires it, Fire/EMS MDTs may also need licenses, which could more than double the cost.
Chairman Dagnan noted that agencies currently own their MDTs and pay for the licenses, while SM Williams emphasized that the software is essential for system operations and must be purchased either by the agency or by JASCO.
Chief Worley added that agencies have paid annually since adopting MDTs, primarily for officer safety. ED McClintock explained that JASCO currently pays the cost upfront and is later reimbursed, with most agencies paying as expected, but recommended any change take effect in 2026 since this year’s invoices have already been sent out and several have already made payments.
Chairman Dagnan concluded that staff will review the budget to determine if JASCO can absorb the expense.
TUSA – Joplin Site Project Management Change Order
ED McClintock advised that Tusa has submitted their cost for the project management for Technical Support, and CATP. This change order is for an additional 832 hours at $165.00 an hour. $137,280 plus $6,500.00 for expenses. JASCO pays these expenses as they are used not as an upfront payment. These costs are usually overestimated.
Director Peavler motioned to accept the Tusa Project Management Change Order for the Joplin Site Project. Director Norton seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
At 12:53 p.m. Director Weaver motioned to adjourn. Director Norton seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Next Board Meeting set for Wednesday September 3rd at 12:00 p.m.
On the________ day of ________________2025
I, Greg Dagnan, Chairman ___________________________certify these Jasper County Emergency
Services Board Meeting Minutes for___August 13th, 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 __ August 13th, 2025_________. They have been reviewed and are accurate.
