Newton County will host an abbreviated event to honor our Nation’s veterans.

November 10, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. on the main floor of the Courthouse in Neosho.

Retired Army National Guard SGT David Osborn will be the guest speaker.

Veterans in attendance will also be recognized.
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All area veterans and their families along with the public are invited to attend.

Commission
Weekly scheduled Events
 
 
Monday, November 1, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  9:00 am         Budget Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
  7:00 pm         MU-Extension Meeting, Neosho
 
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
11:00 am         Closed Session, RSMo 610.021 (3), Commission Office, Courthouse
  1:00 pm         CGA Architects, Conference Call
 
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  9:00 am         Road and Bridge Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
10:30 am         Newton County Business Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
11:00 am         Closed Session RSMo 610.021 (1), Commission Office, Courthouse
 
Thursday, November 4, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  7:00 pm         Economic Security Meeting, Joplin
 
 
Posted: 10/28/2021, 3.30pm
(RSMo 610.020)

​***PUBLIC NOTICE ***
 
PURSUANT TO RSMo 50.333.01,
 
A salary commission meeting has been scheduled for November 10, 2021 at 1:00 PM at the Newton County Courthouse in the Office of the County Commission.
 
 The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the county office holders' salaries for the next term.
 
 
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 610.021 and 610.022, all meetings of a county salary commission shall be open meetings and all votes taken at such meetings shall be open records. Any vote taken at any meeting of the salary commission shall be taken by recorded yeas and nays.

Commission Agenda
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
10:30 am
Newton County Courthouse, Room 309

1. Roll Call
2. Approve Agenda
3. Approve Minutes
4. Old Business
   - none
5. New Business

          - Lafayette House, Newton County Mental Health Fund Board of Trustees Agreement
          - Ozark Center, Newton County Mental Health Fund Board of Trustees Agreement
          - Newton County Surplus
     6.   Appointments and Vacancies
          - none
     7.   Officeholders Business
          - none
     8.  Citizens Business
          - none
     9.  Accept printed reports for review
   10.  Closed Session as per RSMo 610.021 (1)
​ 
Speaking time will be limited to three minutes.
 
Elected officials/citizens request must request to speak to the Commission by 4:00pm on the Monday prior to the Commission Meeting on Wednesday. Request to speak can be approved or disapproved by the Presiding Commissioner before being placed on the agenda.
 
The News Media may obtain copies of this notice by contacting: Commission Office, 101 S. Wood Street, Room 309, Neosho, MO 64850, 417-451-8223.
 
Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 9:00am
(RSMo 610.020)

Monday, October 25, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  9:00 am         Budget Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
 
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
11:00 am         Closed Session, RSMo 610.021 (3), Commission Office, Courthouse
  2:00 pm         Clean Air Meeting, Joplin
 
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
  7:30 am         Wake-up Wednesday, Chamber of Commerce, Neosho
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  9:00 am         Road and Bridge Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
10:30 am         Newton County Business Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
11:00 am         Closed Session RSMo 610.021 (1), Commission Office, Courthouse
 
Thursday, October 28, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  9:00 am         MO Department of Natural Resources, Commission Office, Courthouse
 
Posted: 10/21/2021, 3:00pm
(RSMo 610.020)

Commission Agenda
Thursday, October 21, 2021
10:30 am
Newton County Courthouse, Room 309
 

1. Roll Call
2. Approve Agenda
3. Approve Minutes
4. Old Business
   - RFQ 2021-21 Architectural Services
5. New Business

          - Coler Street Bridge Replacement over Hickory Creek – MoDOT
    6.   Appointments and Vacancies
         - none
    7.   Officeholders Business
         - none
    8.  Citizens Business
         - none
    9.  Accept printed reports for review
  10.  Closed Session as per RSMo 610.021 (1)
​ 
Speaking time will be limited to three minutes.
 
Elected officials/citizens request must request to speak to the Commission by 4:00pm on the Monday prior to the Commission Meeting on Wednesday. Request to speak can be approved or disapproved by the Presiding Commissioner before being placed on the agenda.
 
The News Media may obtain copies of this notice by contacting: Commission Office, 101 S. Wood Street, Room 309, Neosho, MO 64850, 417-451-8223.
 

Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 8:30am
(RSMo 610.020)

County officials were disappointed to receive a petition and summons from the City of Neosho regarding non-compliance of TIF statutes.  
 
The City of Neosho has alleged that Newton County has “disregarded their duty under Missouri law to pay portions of sales tax money to the City this is a misrepresentation of the truth.  In written communication to the City of Neosho as recently as September 29, 2021, Newton County stated “Upon receipt of the EATS [TIF Funds/sales tax] Invoices, the County will cause such obligation to be included in the 2022 County budget for appropriation and payment to the treasurer for deposit in the EATS Account of the TIF Fund.  The County will also project estimated 2022 EATS from the trending data of the EATS Invoices to budget for the 2022 EATS collection and payment to the treasurer for deposit in the EATS Account of the TIF Fund.”  The County will follow the practice that has been in place with the City since the Neosho TIF was established in 1999 of the County making payment after receipt of a detailed invoicing from the City is reviewed and reconciled to County tax collections per the Redevelopment Plan.  The County has not received an invoice from the City post 2016.
 
In the same communication mentioned above the County asked the City to enter into a Cooperative Agreement regarding the Termination of the Neosho TIF which is set to terminate in July 2022 so that all the taxing districts located within the boundaries of the Neosho TIF can receive a full accounting of TIF receipts and disbursements.  Such an accounting is required to be presented by the City in a public hearing format every five (5) years during the term of the TIF plan.  These periodic TIF Act required public hearings for redevelopment plan progress have not been held since plan adoption in 1999.  County officials believe the other taxing districts, especially the Neosho R-5 School District, may have the opportunity for the return of surplus funds not expended on the scope of projects set forth in the Redevelopment Plan of the Neosho Tax Increment Finance District on July 6, 1999.  The money does not belong to the City, except to the extent that it is collected and deposited into the TIF fund for the Neosho TIF projects which the City had previously publicly represented were completed.  Under the TIF Act any surplus funds are to be returned to the taxing districts. Newton County is simply seeking an accounting of the receipts and expenditures related to the Neosho TIF as it nears termination, especially in light of the absence of public hearings. 
 
Also, in the proposed Cooperative Agreement, the County also asked for financial documentation that the City has deposited its lawful portion of sales tax into the City TIF fund., in earlier correspondence between the City and the County the City indicated they were ceasing their sales tax deposits into the TIF funds in 2017.   It is only fair that the City must follow the same statutes as is expected of other taxing districts. This filing certainly lacks City transparency and projects a reluctance for City accountability for their use of tax revenues of other taxing districts.

Monday, October 18, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  9:00 am         Budget Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
 
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
10:45 am         Meeting with CGA Architects, Commission Office, Courthouse
11:00 am         Closed Session, RSMo 610.021 (3), Commission Office, Courthouse
 
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
10:00 am         Southwest Missouri Association of County Commissioners Meeting, Bolivar, MO
 
Thursday, October 21, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  8:30 am         Chamber of Commerce Meeting, Neosho
10:30 am         Newton County Business Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
11:00 am         Closed Session RSMo 610.021 (1), Commission Office, Courthouse
  1:00 pm         MU-Extension Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
 
Posted: 10/14/2021, 2:00pm
(RSMo 610.020)

Commission Agenda
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
10:30 am
Newton County Courthouse, Room 309
 

1. Roll Call
2. Approve Agenda
3. Approve Minutes
4. Old Business
   - none
5. New Business

          - none
    6.   Appointments and Vacancies
          - Appointment to SB40 Board
    7.   Officeholders Business
         - none
    8.  Citizens Business
         - none
    9.  Accept printed reports for review
  10.  Closed Session as per RSMo 610.021 (1)

Speaking time will be limited to three minutes.
 
Elected officials/citizens request must request to speak to the Commission by 4:00pm on the Monday prior to the Commission Meeting on Wednesday. Request to speak can be approved or disapproved by the Presiding Commissioner before being placed on the agenda.
 
The News Media may obtain copies of this notice by contacting: Commission Office, 101 S. Wood Street, Room 309, Neosho, MO 64850, 417-451-8223.
 
Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 10:00am
(RSMo 610.020)

Monday, October 11, 2021
Office closed in observance of Columbus Day
 
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                         may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  9:00 am         Regional Broadband Infrastructure/Crowder College, Commission Office, Courthouse
10:00 am         Closed Session RSMo 610.021 (1), Commission Office, Courthouse
11:00 am         JCPHA - Jasper County Public Housing Authority, Joplin
11:00 am         Closed Session, RSMo 610.021 (3), Commission Office, Courthouse
  1:00 pm         AAA- Area Agency on Aging, Joplin
 
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse
  9:00 am         Road and Bridge Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
10:30 am         Newton County Business Meeting, Commission Office, Courthouse
11:00 am         Closed Session RSMo 610.021 (1), Commission Office, Courthouse
 
Thursday, October 14, 2021
  8:00 am         Commission in Session/Business with County Officeholders and Department Heads
                        may be conducted, Commission Office, Courthouse

Posted: 10/07/2021, 2:00pm
(RSMo 610.020)