Commission Chairman Will Carpenter called the Butler County Board of Commissioners to order at 9:00 a.m. Present were Commissioner Phil Anderson, Commissioner Randy Doll, Commissioner Bill Shriver, Commissioner Mike Wheeler, Administrator Will Johnson and County Clerk Ron Roberts.

Connie Rausch, Director of the Department of Aging, came before the Board and gave a brief update on transportation changes. Ms. Rausch Introduced Correna McClure, transportation coordinator, to further explain how the system has been operating. Ms. McClure stated that they are still picking people up at their homes and are trying to make 5 or 6 loops a day. She stated they always watch for people and never shut down for the day leaving someone running late at a doctor’s office with out a way home. She also stated she is working with the doctor’s staff to get appointments scheduled earlier in the day for bus riders.

The Commissioners asked them to work directly with the Senior Centers, not just the Directors, to get information out on how the new bus plan works and also do some marketing to reach other county users that do not attend the Senior Centers.

Commissioner Carpenter motioned to adjourn to Executive Session to review proposed purchase of land, with Butler Economic Development, for 20 minutes at 9:25 am. Those in attendance were Commissioners Anderson, Carpenter, Doll, Shriver, Wheeler, Administrator Johnson and Director of Economic Development, Larry Powell, Aaron Wells, and Gary Fugit.

Commissioner Carpenter reconvened the meeting of the Board at 9:45 am.

Commissioner Carpenter called a 5-minute recess at 9:45am

Commissioner Carpenter reconvened the meeting of the Board at 9:50 am.

ITEM #3 – RECEIVE AND REVIEW BUTLER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MONTHLY REPORT.

Larry Powell, Director of Economic Development, came before the Board to present and review the Economic Development Monthly report.

Carol Borger, of the Health Department, came before the Board for approval of a contract for the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Grant in the amount of $94,674.

Commissioner Doll motioned to approve the contract for the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response grant in the amount of $94,674. Commissioner Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.

Scott Stoskopf, Director of Computer Services, came before the Board for approval to fill a vacant position in the Computer Services Department.

Commissioner Doll motioned to approve filling a vacant position in the Computer Services Department. Commissioner Shriver seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.

Darryl Lutz, Director of Public Works, came before the Board to present Statements of Qualifications and Proposals related to a study phase for expanding the construction and demolition of the landfill.

Commissioner Doll motioned to receive the statements of Qualifications from Terracon, Aquaterra, Burns & McDonald and CDM (Camp, Dresser, and McKee) and to have the county engineer review the proposals and bring back his recommendations. Commissioner Shriver seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.

Administrator Johnson came before the Board for consideration of tabled allocation of funds from Sewer District #5 to the City of El Dorado. He stated he now has the letters from El Dorado, that the Commissioners requested, and is ready to transfer the remaining Sewer Dist 5 funds to the City.

Commissioner Shriver motioned to approve transferring the remaining County Sewer Dist 5 funds to the city of El Dorado to be used for upgrading the sewer system in that district. Doll seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.

Commissioner Wheeler said he had a call about commercial construction waste being dumped on private property near Cassoday. Commissioners asked the County Engineer and Zoning Administrator to investigate and take action as necessary.

Commissioner Wheeler also informed the Board that the Corps of Engineers were considering dropping the level in the lake 3 to 5 feet to try to kill most of the Zebra Mussels.

Commissioner Anderson stated he had toured SW 160^th and the area around the Southwest Butler Quarry with DV Ranch foreman, Mark Mitchell, and the owner, Mr. Dick Scofield. The roads were watered down and hard packed at the time so there was little dust while he was there, but there were no ditches so water would have to run down the road. The owner of DV Ranch will be coming before the Commission, on November 18, 2003, to discuss possible alternate truck routes.

Commissioner Wheeler also stated he had attended a Tour Butler meeting, in Beaumont, and they would like a four hundred dollar donation from the County.

Commissioner Doll motioned to approve the minutes of Monday, November 3, 2003 and Tuesday, November 4, 2003, as amended. Commissioner Shriver seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0 for Tuesday and 4-0 for Monday with Commissioner Carpenter abstaining for that day.

Commissioner Wheeler motioned to adjourn the meeting of the Board at 11:25 am. Commissioner Anderson seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.