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Barry County Board of Commissioners approves $2.74 million in prepaid invoices, green-lights opioid-settlement award
Summary
At its June 10 meeting the Barry County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved $2,739,935.88 in prepaid invoices, $52,933.88 in claims, reimbursement of $674.97 in mileage and a $15,000 opioid-settlement award to the Barry County Serenity Club.
At its June 10, 2025 meeting in the Commission Chambers, the Barry County Board of Commissioners approved $2,739,935.88 in prepaid invoices and took a series of related routine financial actions, including approval of $52,933.88 in claims, $674.97 in commissioner mileage reimbursements and a $15,000 award from opioid settlement funds to the Barry County Serenity Club.
The motion to approve the consent items — which included the Serenity Club award and a PACE Special Assessment Agreement for a project at 420 East Mill Street — was moved by Commissioner Jon Smelker and seconded by Vice Chair David Hatfield. The motion passed on a roll call with Commissioners Marsha Bassett, Mike Callton, Bruce Campbell, Catherine Getty, Hatfield, Chair David Jackson, Smelker and Bob Teunessen voting aye. No commissioners voted nay.
Commissioner Marsha Bassett moved to approve prepaid invoices totaling $2,739,935.88; Commissioner Bob Teunessen seconded the motion, which passed by unanimous roll call. Later in the meeting Bassett moved, and Hatfield seconded, approval of claims totaling $52,933.88; that motion also passed by unanimous roll call. A motion by Bassett, seconded by Commissioner Catherine Getty, approved commissioner mileage reimbursements of $674.97.
The agenda listed no unfinished or new business, and the County Administrator and Chair reported no additional items. The board recorded the swearing-in of a newly hired deputy sheriff and two correction officers earlier in the meeting, and recognized employee service awards as a ceremonial presentation on the agenda.
Why it matters: the approvals reflect the board's routine oversight of county expenditures and the continuing disbursement of opioid-settlement funds to local providers. The $15,000 award to the Barry County Serenity Club represents an allocation of opioid-settlement resources intended for community recovery or emergency support; specifics of the award conditions were not detailed in the meeting minutes.
The meeting was called to order at 9:01 a.m. and adjourned at 9:40 a.m.
