Board & Election Information

Board Members
  • Chair
    Steve Worrell
    Elected Area: 
    III

  • Member
    Mike Olinger
    Elected Area: 
    I
  • Treasurer
    Brad Mcpherson
    Elected Area: 
    IV
  • Vice Chair
    Brian Barid
    Elected Area: 
    II
  • Secretary
    Mike Milam

Board of Supervisors Meetings
Meeting Place:
USDA Service Center, 704 North Bypass, Kennett, MO  63857.
Meeting Date and Time:
Fourth Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. (During busy times of the year the meeting may be rescheduled to accommodate the supervisors)

Meeting times will be posted at the office no less than 24 hours before the scheduled meeting. For more information or if you are interested in running for Board Member in the up coming election please call the Office at 573-888-2480 Ext.3.

 

Election Information

Next Election: February 2026 Territory II (Freeborn/Cotton Hill Townships) and Territory IV (Salem/Buffalo Townships)

SEEKING NOMINEES

The Dunklin SWCD Board of Supervisors

Let it be known that the Dunklin County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold an election for one supervisor in each of two different territories in the county during the Month of February. Anyone that owns a farm in Territory II (Freeborn/Cotton Hill Townships) and Territory IV (Salem/Buffalo Townships), and meets the qualifications listed below, may be considered as a candidate in the election. You may submit your name for participation in the election by completing the self-nomination form and delivering it to the district by 5:00 P.M. on December 1, 2025. .The self-nomination form is available online at Forms or in person at the district office (see contact info below). Supervisors of the district administer district policies and programs, district personnel, and cost-share funding made available by the one-tenth-of-one-percent parks, soils and water sales tax. During fiscal year 2025, the district provided $818,811.56 of cost-share funds to 96 Landowners to assist those Landowners with installing agricultural erosion control and water quality practices.

The qualifications required to be a supervisor are:


1.Being a land representative from the district (10 CSR 70-4.010 (1) (I)). A land representative is defined as the owner or representative authorized by power of attorney of any farm lying within an area proposed to be established, and subsequently established, as a soil and water conservation district under Chapter 278, RSMo. Each farm is entitled to representation by a land representative: provided, however that the land representative is a taxpayer of the county within which the soil and water district is located.
2.Residing in, or owning a farm in, the area from which he/she is nominated where there is an expiring term.
3.Being a cooperator of the district, defined as, "a person who is actively engaged in farming and practices conservation activities related to agriculture".
4.Being a current resident and tax-paying citizen of the county for at least two years preceding the election date.
5.Be eighteen (18) years of age or older by the election date.

Elections are held every two years.

The qualifications required to be a supervisor are:

  1. Being a land representative from the district (as defined in 10 CSR 70-4.010 (1) (I)). A land representative is defined as the owner or representative authorized by power of attorney of any farm lying within an area proposed to be established, and subsequently established, as a soil and water conservation district under Chapter 278, RSMo. Each farm is entitled to representation by a land representative: provided, however that the land representative is a taxpayer of the county within which the soil and water district is located.

  2. Residing in, or owning a farm in, the area from which he/she is nominated where there is an expiring term.

  3. Being a cooperator of the district, defined as, "a person who is actively engaged in farming and practices conservation activities related to agriculture".

  4. Being a current resident and tax-paying citizen of the county for at least two years preceding the election date.

  5. Being eighteen (18) years of age or older by the election date.