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Courthouse
Staff 10/20/15
August
2, 2016 - Livingston County voters cast ballots Tuesday to determine who will advance to the county's general election in November. Among offices being voted upon were the east and west district commissioner posts.
In addition, Rusty Black, a retired ag instructor, who resides in rural Chillicothe, captured 86 percent of the votes cast in a two-way Republican primary contest for the office of 7th District state representative.
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June
30, 2016 - Livingston County Collector-Treasurer Paula McCoy has announced that county taxpayers can now make tax payments online through the DEVNET wEdge e-government solution website. Livingston
County's wEdge application has been providing the public with access to tax information since February 2015.
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May
3, 2016 - Members of the Livingston County 4-H Power Clovers helped preserve American history by planting a Liberty Tree on Arbor Day (April
29) on the Livingston County Courthouse grounds. Planting this tree was part of a unique
service-learning initiative launched in February by the Missouri 4-H Foundation in partnership with Crader Distributing and local STIHL dealers, according to Jena Eskew, program associate for the University of Missouri Extension 4-H Youth and the 4-H leader for the North Missouri Center for Youth and
Families' Power Clovers 4-H Club. Students planted the tree Friday morning after Eskew provided brief background information of the Liberty Tree to those in attendance.
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April
12, 2016 - Events took place Monday afternoon at the Livingston County Courthouse in recognition of National Crime
Victims' Rights Week. Those in attendance were welcomed by Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox and a proclamation was issued by Mayor Chuck Haney (read by Councilman-at-large David Moore) declaring National Crime
Victims' Rights Week as April 10-16. A Crime Victims' Rights Week video was shown to the audience called
Serving Victims, Building Trust, Restoring Hope, and Katrina Apley spoke to those in attendance about her experience with being the victim of a drunk driver.
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April
11, 2016 - The Livingston County Republican Caucus took place Saturday.
April 9, on the second floor of the Livingston County Courthouse. The purpose of the caucus was to elect delegates and alternate delegates for the 6th District Republican Convention at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30, which will be at Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center at the Chillicothe High School. The 2016 State Convention will be May 20-21 in Branson.
The Livingston County Democrat Mass Meeting took place Thursday evening in the county commission meeting room of the Livingston County Courthouse to select delegates and alternates for the 6th Congressional District Convention later this month in Brookfield. The meeting was the first level of a multi-tiered delegate selection process in Missouri. The 6th Congressional District meeting will take place April 28. Delegates and alternates will also be able to attend the Missouri State Democratic Convention on June 18th. The Democratic National Convention will be July 25-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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April
6, 2016 - The Chillicothe R-2 school bond issue passed with a 63.09 percent
approval as a result of the April 5, 2016, election. Overall, the bond issue question received 1,258
"Yes" votes and 736 "No" votes. The election saw a 26 percent voter
turnout, with 1,994 of Chillicothe School District's 7,803 registered voters casting ballots. Voters approved the bond issue in an
almost steady 2:1 fashion. There were voters from many different wards / townships (plus absentee voters) concerning the
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March
22, 2016 - On Tuesday, April 5th, 2016, the municipal election will be held, followed by the primary election which will be Tuesday, August 2, and the general election, which will be Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Polls for each election are open from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Individuals who are unable to vote at the polls may contact County Clerk
Parks to make arrangements to vote absentee. Absentee ballots are
available six weeks prior to each election. The County Clerk's office is located on the second floor of the courthouse, and the telephone number is 660-646-8000, ext. 3.
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March
16, 2016 -
Results of
the March 15 presidential preference primary election in Livingston County mirrored much of
Missouri's results - producing a close race between Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Sanders garnered just one vote over Clinton in Livingston County (less than one-tenth of 1 percent difference); statewide, Clinton edged out Sanders by approximately 1,500 votes (less than three-tenths of a percent difference). A more substantial difference between Livingston County and the state, as a whole, was seen on the Republican ticket where Livingston County voters gave a solid nod to Donald Trump with 46 percent of the Republican votes cast.
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February
23, 2016 - The Livingston County Commission recently entered into a settlement agreement with Mark Woodworth that eliminates the potential that the county would have to pay damages in a civil rights lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Missouri. Three of the
county's four insurance companies paid $1 million apiece to Woodworth which they said was the limit of each of their policies, according to county officials.
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February
17, 2016 -
Livingston
County's two associate commissioners - East District Commissioner Ken Lauhoff and West District Commissioner Todd Rodenberg
- have announced that they will not seek re-election.
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February
10, 2016 - The Livingston County Sheriff's Office recently held
three classes of pepper spray training for the Livingston County employees
and officials of the courthouse.
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February
1, 2016 - Livingston County ended fiscal year 2015 with a solid balance in most funds according to Livingston County Clerk Sherry Parks, who also serves as the
county's budget officer. County commissioners adopted the 2016 budget
on Friday, January 29, 2016; and in her budget message, Parks talked about the
city's benefits and the overall budget as well as addressed some concerns for 2016.
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January
13, 2016 - The Livingston County Commissioners are having trouble offsetting a $60,000 expense in the 2016 budget caused by Daviess-Dekalb Jail increasing its daily prisoner rate. Not only is the daily prisoner rate rising, but the number of Livingston County inmates is also increasing. Commissioners will be meeting with Sheriff Steve Cox and Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren to discuss ways to cut this inmate increase.
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October
14, 2015 - The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED)
announced today that Livingston County has been designated as
Missouri's newest Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC). The CWRC designation recognizes successful efforts by community, education and business leaders, working with the Missouri Division of Workforce Development, to strengthen workforce training and development to meet the economic development needs of communities.
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September
16, 2015 (Updated from February
5, 2015) - Livingston County is continuing with a robust plan in
bridge building this year, with two bridges
constructed - both replacing existing bridges
- one near Chula and another just south of Missouri Route 190 near Chillicothe.
A new bridge on County Road 247 and a new bridge on County
Road 525 were opened in September, 2015. The county used federal funds to pay 100% of the project cost.
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May
22, 2015 - A training tool that simulates real-life, potentially fatal situations that law enforcement officers encounter is getting expanded use. Judges, attorneys, media representatives and other community members have been taking part in
fast-paced "what-would-you-do" scenarios presented through the program. A domestic violence situation, traffic stop and a courtroom altercation are among a number of scenarios being played out at the Livingston County
Sheriff's Office through the MILO firearms training
program. The $60,000 program is owned by the Missouri
Sheriff's Association Training Academy and is being used as part of the deputy training academy offered through the Livingston County
Sheriff's Office.
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March
27, 2015 -
Effective April 1, 2015, all county offices will
remain open during the noon hour. If there is an occasional time
that the office has to be closed, there will be a note on the door with directions to the closest nearby office for a customer to leave a message or papers.
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December
15, 2014 - Kelly Christopher, Livingston County Recorder of Deeds, and Steve Ripley, Livingston County Assessor, have announced the integration of their office records online. This includes combining the Geographic Information System known as the GIS mapping system, the property record card information known as the PRC, and the most current deed for each land parcel. The integrated system is available by subscription and is believed to be the first of its kind in Missouri.
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