Chairman Dagnan called the meeting to order at 12:02 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, Office Support Clerk (OSC) Catherine Kho, Systems Manager (SM) Steven Williams, and Deputy Director (DD) Angela Russell.
Representing Public – Alan Talkington with TUSA, Bobbie Pottorff and Dominic Armstrong with KSNF TV/KODE-TV News, Wally Bloss and Paul Wilkenson.
Review and Action of Meeting Minutes
Open Meeting Minutes for June 16th, 2025 and Special Meeting Minutes for June 25th, 2025 were reviewed.
Director Corum motioned to approve Open Minutes for June 16th, 2025 and Special Minutes June 25th, 2025. Director Peavler seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Public Comment and Correspondence –
Several community members spoke on the topic of radio encryption and its impact on transparency and public safety:
Bobby, with KSNF-TV/KODE-TV News, expressed concerns about losing transparency if radio traffic becomes encrypted. She supports encryption for specialized units like SWAT but prefers open access to routine communications. She questioned why decisions were made without public input and noted she hasn’t heard sensitive personal info broadcasted recently.
Wally Bloss also supported transparency and voiced concerns about accountability being lost with encryption. He confirmed that current scanners can detect most talk groups unless they are encrypted and that some do pick up sensitive info like DOBs and Social Security numbers. He suggested using a separate 28/29 channel for confidential information.
Board Member Discussion
Chairman Dagnan and others asked for clarification on what scanners can and cannot hear. SM Williams and ED McClintock provided a breakdown of which agencies are encrypted:
SM Williams advised that interoperability exists between encrypted and non-encrypted systems, as long as the encryption keys are shared. This is managed through agency agreements.
Chairman Dagnan raised concerns about personal information — such as dates of birth, Social Security numbers, full names, driver’s license numbers, and HIPAA-protected data — being transmitted over open channels. He also mentioned the potential option of delayed broadcasting (up to 30 minutes) as a compromise.
Director Norton emphasized that sensitive info is still transmitted over the radio and supported encryption for officer safety, referencing incidents where civilians arrived at traffic stops after hearing scanner traffic. This has occurred on multiple occasions. Director Corum supported this concern.
Director Weaver suggested convening a meeting with all agency heads to discuss and explore solutions collaboratively.
Operational Limitations
Regarding Wally’s suggestion to use a dedicated 28/29 channel for confidential information, ED McClintock and DD Russell explained that JASCO currently lacks the staffing capacity to support or monitor an additional secure channel. With seven open positions, the existing staff already cover both channels and phones. Even for brief absences, such as bathroom breaks, this requires internal coverage while the dispatcher steps out. As such, adding a dedicated 28/29 channel is not feasible under current staffing levels.
Next Steps
The Board agreed to Director Weaver’s recommendation to schedule meetings with agency heads to further evaluate solutions that balance the need for public transparency with officer and citizen safety. Chairman Dagnan also raised concerns about AI-generated news articles based on scanner traffic, which may further complicate safety considerations for both the public and law enforcement.
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 June was received on July 7th, 2025, in the amount of $ 466,013.14. Total bills submitted for approval today: $863,648.51. The checkbook balance after payment of bills will be: $33.625.66. Accounts receivable balance: $26,286.40 (Records request and NetMotion Licenses). The Money Market account balance is: $150,000.00. The Sweep Account balance is: $9,103,256.10. The Payroll Account balance is: $1,903.47
Director Stanley motioned to approve the financial report and payment of bills. Director Corum 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 Angela Russell was promoted to the Deputy Director Position on June 25th.
ED McClintock advised that on Sunday June 29th, 2025, Springfield received a severe thunderstorm that caused wind damage across the city and county. This caused an increase in call volume and calls to roll over to Jasco. Multiple employees responded to the center to assist with processing the additional call volume. ED McClintock advised that Call Volume for June 2025 there were 12,349 total calls. Of those,
2,694 were 911 calls. That was an increase of 5.37% from June 2024. Some of the Staff were going to attend training at the APCO International Conference from July 27th – July 30th in Baltimore, Maryland. The Staff attending that would be the Deputy Director and a Team Leader. For the Motorola Training, the Final Training Session is from July 27th– August 1st in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Three Systems members will be attending Radio System Administrator Workshop there.
The Memorial Garden is coming together. The main plaque has arrived and the others will be placed shortly and hopefully be in place before the next meeting. OSC Kho advised that the plaque hasn’t been mounted yet incase the Board didn’t approve of it, but it will be if it passed approval. The Board agreed to the placement of the plaque.
JASCO’s IRT (Incident Response Team) has been asked to help staff the communications bus at the Ozark Empire State Fair in Springfield this year. This will be a collaboration with Springfield Greene County and Springfield Office of Emergency Management. JASCO IRT will also be on the ground Wednesday thru Saturday for 12 hour shifts to assist with coverage for Marian Days 2025. We’re working with Carthage PD, Carthage FD, and Mercy EMS to finalizing the Procedures for the event.
ED McClintock advised there have been several instances of checks being lost by USPS and not delivered to billers or long delays of anywhere between 45-days and 60-days mail time. This is causing us to reissue payments, pay late fees, and so JASCO is looking into alternatives payment methods. Some billers allow online payment portal; this would require a different approach in QuickBooks. But JASCO is looking into changing the way it pays some venders to more directly than through SMB Bill Pay.
DC Dagnan advised that the USPS problem has been going on with other agencies, so looking for other means of payment makes sense. ED McClintock advised that the way the Board will receive bills will look different due to the changes that need to be made.
ED McClintock advised that the team was looking at adding credit/debit card processing to the JASCO vending machine. Accepting cards could potentially help reduce waste by increasing sales before items expire. There would be a processing fee associated with this but offset by the saving of the waste. Records Requests also should be accepting Credit/Debit card payments. We would include these fee charges in the new policy that is being drafted for records requests. We would clearly outline the cost and charge the requestor the service fee associated with accepting these types of payments. JASCO will be looking into different processing options or book keeping software companies to see which company would work best for the processing of payments.
SM Williams advised that the move to the servers and switches have been installed. Stronghold is working on getting everything migrated from the old servers to the new servers. Switches are in and configured. Carthage PD has been using their new virtual machine and is advising that it’s very slow but the change in network topology might correct this issue. Webb City will start using their new virtual machine in a few weeks. Systems started cable work in the building and the hope is to be finished by the end of August. Systems has been working on the CAD2CAD project with Joplin and Newton County, building CAD units on our side for the integration between the CAD’s. SM Williams and ST Pruitt have passed the FAA Drone test and are now Certified Piolets.
DD Russell advised that the Training Coordinator Position is now open to internal applicants. They are conducting interviews this week and hope to decide by Friday of this week if not early next week. DD Russell advised that due to her being out on training, that ED McClintock will be stepping in to assist with the Trainees while she is out. There are two Full-Time and two Part-Time trainees on the floor currently, but the hope is to have them done by the next round of trainees hired. JASCO currently has seven open full-time positions. Hoping to do another six for the next round. Due to the high turnover during the training period, it is hoped that the big group will offset this.
Unfinished Business:
Countywide Public Safety Radio System:
Tower Site Updates
ED McClintock advised that Sarcoxie Fire East Tower Owner Josh Martin said JASCO could just leave the equipment on the tower and not remove it. As well as stop paying the monthly tower rental. ED McClintock advised that his opinion would be to remove the equipment in the shelter and to leave the tower equipment as this would save moving and disposing of the equipment. There is no current need or use for that equipment. As well as saving JASCO from having to pay a tower climber to remove the equipment from the tower. JASCO can remove the equipment themselves. ED McClintock advised that it is up to the Board on how to handle the equipment on the tower.
DC Dagnan agreed with ED McClintock’s suggestion for leaving the equipment as that would save money and save time for the removal of the equipment. The rest of the Board agreed as well. DC Dagnan
advised ED McClintock to make an inventory list to surplus for that equipment. E McClintock advised he will make a letter and send it to the Board.
Joplin New Tower
ED McClintock advised that the Joplin New Tower lease agreement passed first reading by Joplin City Council on 07/07/25. So, it will advance to second and third reading.
Testing Results – Road / Building / BER
SM Williams advised that his team are still working on moving Rural Law and WCPD to encryption. Law is expected to be completed in August, as of now Webb City PD is 97% completed. His team is still flashing radios with TDMA. There is a delay with Barton County Control Stations. He has confirmed the installation of the control stations is under the JASCO contract. He just needs to finish up with A&W for Barton County for the cost of the installation. SM Williams advised for the 2025 radio order update the DVRS should be here by the middle or end of August. SM Williams advised that the drive testing is completed, and BER testing is almost completed.
ED McClintock advised that there are still issues with Jasper and Golden city. The issues are in Jasper’s buildings and there is zero coverage in several critical buildings. Golden city is also having issues with coverage. SM Williams advised of some options like BDA (Bi-Directional Amplifier) but that will only solve that individual building and are very expensive which is an unrealistic solution. SM Williams advised that the contract with Motorola covered street coverage and not building coverage. Alan from Tusa agreed stating that Motorola has met their contractional obligations.
Director Peavler inquired on how the coverage is working in Jasper. SM Williams advised that they have gone back to using Fire Central for communications. Chairman Dagnan asked if this is a long term solution until the coverage is fixed. Alan explained that while the Golden City tower currently allows our radios to roam on it, incorporating it into JASCO’s simulcast system could be accomplished by adding equipment. Another option is to construct a new tower in the NE Section of the county and purchase the necessary equipment for it. A coverage survey will need to be completed to evaluate signal strength and ensure adequate coverage before moving forward with options.
Highway 43 Storage Building
ED McClintock advised that the storage building is completed and ready for moving in. SM Williams also advised that the receive antenna at the 43 site was damaged in one of the last rounds of storms. Alan from Tusa advised that this is a known issue with the vendor and Motorola replaced the antenna on 7/7/2025. Tusa is going to ask Motorola to investigate the quality control of the vender to help ensure that this isn’t a problem going forward. SM Williams advised that Systems Tech (ST) Josh Pruitt has been working hard trying to get the grass mowed at the tower sites. Sarcoxie site took 1 ½ days and the Highway 43 site is looking like it will take 2 – 2 ½ days each time it is mowed.
Office 365 Accounts
ED McClintock advised that all Board of Directors now have Jasco.gov email and access to online Microsoft apps. The cost is $12.50 per account per month. SM Williams advised that the new passwords will be reset and sent out for the Board to create their passwords and then will be able to log in. Stronghold Data is removing Global Rights on all Jasco accounts to O365 to ensure privacy/integrity of data. Jasco will have one ‘Glass Break’ username/password for emergency situations with Global rights. This is standard practice.
Consulting / Audits
Alan advised that his team is performing a 911 audit of AT&T and hope by August or September and will be confronting issues on AT&T side. Alan advised that with Next Gen 911 expect to have issues. Several other agencies in other States are having issues with Next Gen 911 and so there is going to need to have
long term solutions to make sure it is being done correctly. His team will have a presentation proposal to ED McClintock soon.
SMB Credit Card Account
ED McClintock advised that the two SMB Credit Card accounts have been verified to be closed once more. He spoke to SMB and confirmed that both cards reported at the previous board meeting that were reopened have been closed. Jasco paid the balance on one account due to the charge being a
legitimate charge for QuickBooks. The other charge from Adobe was reversed and credited back to the account before it was closed.
New Business:
SMB Account Modifications / Credit Card
ED McClintock asked the Board to approve adding Angela Russell to all SMB Accounts (Checking / Payroll / Money Market / Sweep Account / Deposit Box). He also asked for approval to issue an SMB Credit Card for Angela Russell with a limit of $5,000.00, add Angela Russell to Sam’s Club Credit Card Account and issued a credit card. This is a joint account with a total $10,000.00 credit limit that is shared between the 2 cards. As well as approval for adding Angela Russell to the Wright WEX Fuel Card Account. This is a joint account between all cards and accounts members with a limit of $5,100.00.
Director Norton motioned to approve the adding Deputy Director Angela Russel to the following accounts; All SMB Accounts and issue Deputy Director SMB Credit Card with a limit of $5,000.00, adding Russell to the Sams Club Credit Card joint credit limit of $10,000.00 and the WEX Fuel Card joint limit of $5,100.00. Director Stanley seconded the motion.
Chairman Dagnan Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Peavler Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Corum Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Stanley Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Hawkins Accept _x_ Reject__
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Director Norton Accept _x_ Reject__
Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Sales Tax Rate Approval
ED McClintock advised that the Board needs to determine whether JASCO will pursue a change to the sales tax rate in 2025 and inquired if it was needed. Chairman Dagnan advised that he didn’t think that it was necessary.
Director Peavler motioned to accept the decision of not pursuing a Sales Tax increase this year. Director Corum seconded the motion.
Chairman Dagnan Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Peavler Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Corum Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Stanley Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Hawkins Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Weaver Accept _x_ Reject__
Director Norton Accept _x_ Reject__
Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
Jasco 2025 Vehicle(s) Purchase
ED McClintock advised that JASCO is starting to search for two Ford Mavericks as this cost would be right around the allotted $60,000 budget. The 2025 Ford Maverick AWD, Hybrid (40 mpg) would be for the Executive Director and Deputy Director. The Traverse would be used by the Operations Manager and Comm Room for travel. JASCO would sell the Chevy Tahoe (due to old age and wear of the vehicle) and replacing it with the Ford Explorer as the GIS vehicle and is also available for Comm Room when needed.
Agency / User Agreements
ED McClintock advised that upon looking into the Jasper County Emergency Services Confidentiality Agreement for Restricted Access that the agreement is worded for individual signing of each responder but only the Department Heads have signed it and wanted clarification from the Board on the agreement as this was passed under a Previous Director. Does JASCO have each individual user sign the
agreement or department heads only? ED McClintock advised that this agreement would cover all the software/hardware used such as RapidSOS, Prepared911, Freedom, MDT, and CAD usage for confidential information. ED McClintock advised that all JASCO employees will sign the agreement as well.
Director Corum inquired if this could be added to the ADD/Delete process when adding an officer to the agencies. ED McClintock agreed. Director Peavler advised that this contract would hold each individual responsible and that was very important with the sensitive information the users have access too. SM Williams advised that this would make it to where all users who had access will have to sign it.
Policy – New / Modifications
Chairman Dagnan advised to keep going with the policy changes and pass the approval as a group if they agree with the policy changes.
ED McClintock advised that the Whistle Blower Policy had a modification to add the new JCESB members email group and modification to Chairman Dagnan contact email. The FMLA Policy was an entire revision of the policy for compliance. The Sick Leave Policy was an entire revision of the policy for clarity and its relation to FMLA. And the new policy for the Workplace Anti-Bullying. ED McClintock advised that there wasn’t any worries about Bullying in the center but this policy was to help our new recruits in allowing clear way to come to someone if and when assistance is needed.
Director Corum motioned to accept the Jasper County Emergency Services Confidentiality Agreement for the Restricted Access, Whistle Blower, FMLA, Sick Leave, and Workplace Anti-Bullying Polices. Director Weaver seconded the motion. Vote: 7-0. The motion was adopted.
At 1:52 p.m. Director Corum motioned to adjourn. Director Stanley seconded the motion. Vote: 6-0. The motion was adopted.
Next Board Meeting set for Wednesday August 13th at 12:00 p.m.
On the________ day of ________________2025
I, Greg Dagnan, Chairman ___________________________certify these Jasper County Emergency
Services Board Meeting Minutes for__July 16th, 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 __ July 16th, 2025_________. They have been reviewed and are accurate.
