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Cole County Commission approves appointments, contracts, bid awards and budget adjustments
Summary
Commissioners approved an appointment to the Parks Committee, joined a class-action participation agreement through Optum, awarded multiple bids and contracts and adopted a budget adjustment and other routine items during the meeting.
The Cole County Commission approved a series of routine personnel actions, contract renewals and bid awards during its regular meeting.
Actions approved included the appointment of Hal Dooley to complete a parks-committee term, the county’s participation in a class-action arrangement (via Optum) related to a Walgreens prescription overcharge claim, a professional-services agreement for a shop addition design and several contract renewals and bid awards. Commissioners also approved a budget adjustment to cover child support salary changes and authorized repair and capital expenditures for county facilities.
Votes at a glance • Appointment: Hal Dooley to Cole County Parks Committee — motion approved by voice vote. • Class-action participation/Optum contract: county to participate in Walgreens class action through Optum (covering 02/2007–02/2024 period); motion approved by voice vote. • Nunn Company contract addendum (assessor’s office): approved by voice vote. • Architects Alliance professional services for Monticello shop addition design: approved; proposal $106,890 plus owner costs bringing the design total to about $119,000; staff said $100,000 was budgeted and the request will come from the 806 sales‑tax allocation. • Health department irrigation annual service contract (~$235): approved. • Sheriff’s uniform contract amendment (Leon Uniform Company) to add badges: approved. • Otis Elevator Company — third renewal of elevator maintenance and repair services with a 3.5% increase to $16,146: approved. • Lakewood Subdivision Stormwater Improvements bid award (project 2023-201-21) to GWH Landscape Contracting LLC — low bid $537,227.68; commission approved the award; staff said $750,000 had been budgeted and ARPA and other funds will cover the gap. • Cole County Fire Protection District Station No. 2 renovations (project 2025-14) — bid awarded to GBH Builders; total bid $125,880; county’s out-of-pocket cost after fire district reimbursements estimated at $96,080; motion amended to award the full $125,880 and to accept reimbursement arrangements. • Accounts payable pending review: approved. • Budget adjustment No. 2 (increase $22,990 for child support salary adjustments): adopted. • LG inverter repair at Pranger (Prager) Family Center: approved — total bills $20,007.95; commissioners classified the expense as capital. • Cooperative agreement between University of Missouri Health Care and Cole County EMS to allow EMT students clinical observation: approved.
Several of the approvals were introduced by staff, followed by motion, second and unanimous voice votes. Commissioners discussed funding sources for larger projects — for example, using ARPA and the county’s sales‑tax capital lines — and asked staff to return contract documents for signature where required. There were no roll-call tallies provided in the transcript; motions were recorded by voice vote.
