McDonald County Commission approves $80,872.79 in accounts payable, holds short closed session

The McDonald County Commission approved $80,872.79 in accounts payable and briefly convened a closed session during its March 6, 2024 meeting, according to the meeting minutes.

Presiding Commissioner Bryan Hall, Eastern Commissioner Jamey Cope and Western Commissioner Rick Lett were listed as present, along with County Clerk Kimberly Bell. The minutes record that the commission "signed and approved accounts payable in the amount $80,872.79." No mover, seconder or roll-call tally is recorded for that approval in the minutes.

At 11:25 a.m., Eastern Commissioner Jamey Cope moved to close the open session under RsMo. 610.021.1; Presiding Commissioner Bryan Hall seconded the motion, and the minutes state it passed with "all in favor." The minutes show the body returned from closed session at 11:35 a.m. after Commissioner Cope moved to end the closed session and Western Commissioner Rick Lett seconded; that motion also is recorded as passing "all in favor." The minutes do not specify the subject matter discussed during the closed session.

After returning to open session the commission "conducted general county business," but the minutes do not provide details of those items. The record notes the meeting was adjourned and that the commission will reconvene on March 11, 2024. The minutes are signed by Bryan Hall, Rick Lett and Jamey Cope and list Kimberly Bell as county clerk.

Formal actions from the minutes include the approval of accounts payable totaling $80,872.79 and two recorded motions to enter and end a closed session under the cited statute. The minutes do not list vote rolls for the accounts payable approval and do not state any additional votes or actions taken during this session.