Local News – Tuesday, April 5th, 2022
ELECTION RESULTS:
A municipal election was held Tuesday in Dent County and a total of 1,125 voters cast ballots for only 11.92% of the 9,441 registered voters. The unofficial results of challenged races for Dent County only are as follows:
* indicates winners
CITY OF SALEM MAYOR:
Greg Parker* 425 votes
Stephanie Skyles 70 votes
William Parsons 50 votes
Skip Dahms 46 votes
CITY OF SALEM WEST WARD ALDERMAN:
Kyle Williams* 161 votes
Catherine Dent 158 votes
SALEM R-80 SCHOOL BOARD: (two elected)
Sammi Parker* 456 votes
Phillip Mercer* 370 votes
Calvin Malone 315 votes
OAK HILL R-1 SCHOOL BOARD: (two elected)
Amanda Sapaugh* 59 votes
James Resse* 49 votes
Rabecka Geistlinger 15 votes
NORTHWOOD R-4 SCHOOL BOARD: (two elected)
(votes not available from Crawford County)
Nathaniel Woods (Nathan) 55 votes
Lawrence Rictor, Jr. 37 votes
Christina Hemmann 34 votes
BUNKER R-3 SCHOOL DISTRICT (two elected)
(votes not available from
Shannon and Reynolds County)
Nancy Amaral 23 votes
Gary Conway, Jr. 20 votes
Todd Sutton 10 votes
DENT COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE SALES TAX:
Yes* 808 votes
No 303 votes
The Dent County Commission met at the courthouse Monday morning. Salem and Dent County Economic Development Director Sally Burbridge presented the commission with her monthly report. She stated she has already submitted a semi-annual report for the FHLB- Welcome Home Affordable Housing grant even though it has not yet started in Salem. It is due every March and September. She stated she received information from MRPC on their lead-abatement program and the city will be able to use it in conjunction with the Welcome Home Affordable Housing program. The grant will fund up to $15,000 per house. She said there will be a Regional Economic Development meeting in Houston on April 21st where broadband will be discussed as well as a discussion on locations for businesses. Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles asked Burbridge to see if she could get in touch with the Missouri Department of Economic Development Director of the Office of Broadband Development, B.J. Tanksley and see if he could come attend. She said the trees are down at the certified site in the Masters Industrial Park and the cleanup will continue through April. She reported she has a number of tasks yet to perform and submit before the state approves the certified site designation and comes by with a drone to video the parameters of the space. In the road report, District 1 Commissioner Wes Mobray stated workers have finished the service on the Dura-Patcher, change out the blades on Grader #38, fix the bridge ends on Dent County Road 4220 and repair the ends of a box culvert on county road 6300. District 2 Commissioner Gary Larson said workers would be installing signs, fix a flat on Grader #32, service a transmission on county vehicle #116, install blades on tractor #6 and workers would be checking for washouts. Commissioner Skiles said he contacted Kelly Sink from the MRPC about the commission’s decision to approved providing up to $200,000 for the purchase of a new transformer at the Salem Memorial District Hospital. She said she would be in contact with them on the proper procedure to apply for the funds. Skiles also said a FEMA Mitigation plan meeting would be held at the Salem Community Center@The Armory today at 1:00 and that meeting is open to the public. At 10:00, the commissioners opened polypropylene culvert bids. The county received bids from Roberts-Judson Lumber Company and Viebrock Sales and Service. The low bid was from Viebrock for $45,097 for all the different size culverts requested by the commission. The county had budgeted $30,000 for culverts and will have to make a budget adjustment to account for the difference. The commissioners approved the bid from Viebrock Sales and Service. The next meeting of the Dent County Commission will be Thursday at 9:00 at the courthouse and it will be open to the public.
The Board of Directors of Salem Memorial District Hospital will conduct a special meeting this afternoon at noon in the Hospital Library. Interested persons may attend by telephone or other electronic means any portion of the meeting not closed to the public. For access information, contact the SMDH Administration office at 573-729-6626 ext. 4005.