Franklin County Commission approves contract amendment, service agreements and membership renewal; tables permitting software

The Franklin County Commission at its meeting approved multiple administrative actions and motions, including a contract amendment that reallocates state public‑health grant funds to cover the county’s electronic health‑record system, approved routine service renewals and tax adjustments, renewed the county’s membership in the Missouri Association of Counties, approved a multi‑item consent agenda and tabled consideration of a sole‑source permitting application provider.

Contract amendment for public‑health infrastructure (Commission Order 2025‑30): Tony Buell, Franklin County Health Department director, told the commission that the department had previously used another contract to pay for the county’s electronic health‑record system (Patagonia), but the other contract’s deliverables changed and “you can't use those funds anymore.” Buell said the amendment moves the same amount of money within…