Board & Election Information

Board Members

  • Chairman
    Tadd Barnett
    Elected Area: 
    4
    Years Served: 
    9
  • Vice /Chairman
    Jayson Davis
    Elected Area: 
    1
    Years Served: 
    4
  • Member
    Harold Catt
    Elected Area: 
    2
    Years Served: 
    2
  • Treasurer
    Brett Rains
    Elected Area: 
    3
    Years Served: 
    4
  • Secretary
    David Brown
    Elected Area: 
    Appointed by Univ. Extension
    Years Served: 
    0

Board of Supervisors Meetings
Meeting Place:
SWCD Office, 285 SE 467 Rd, Osceola, MO 64776
Meeting Date and Time:
Second Wednesday of each month at 10:00 a.m.

From time to time we have to reschedule due to scheduling conflicts. Contact the SWCD office to verify date and time.

Election Information

  BALLOT

SEEKING NOMINEES  -  ST CLAIR SWCD BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Nomination period 11-1 - 11-30, 2023

Let it be known that the St. Clair County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold an election for one supervisor in each of two different territories in the county between February 1 through February 20, 2024. Anyone that owns a farm in Territory 1 or Territory 3 (maps are available from the SWCD), 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 November 30th.  The self-nomination form is available online at https://mosoilandwater.land/st-clair 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 2023, the district provided approximately $114,000.00 of cost-share funds to landowners to assist the landowners with installing agricultural erosion control and water quality practices.

The qualifications required to be a supervisor are:

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.
Residing in, or owning a farm in, the area from which he/she is nominated where there is an expiring term.
Being a cooperator of the district, defined as, "a person who is actively engaged in farming and practices conservation activities related to agriculture”.
Being a current resident and tax-paying citizen of the county for at least two years preceding the election date.
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.