Chuck Renner and Zach Williams, with the Missouri Ozark Rally, presented the commission on May 26 with a finalized event schedule for the July 11 rally and a report for the March 13-14 100 Acre Wood Rally.

As one of the smaller rallies, the Missouri Ozark Rally has a 15-car limit and will use KP, Camel Hump and Ollie Coleman Roads. Renner said that they were keeping the rally the same as last year since Associate Commissioner of District 1 Mark Pfeifer had indicated he didn’t want to pursue new roads this year since the rallies had just come back to Crawford County and he didn’t want them to jeopardize that by changing it so soon.

Associate Commissioner of District 2 Jared Boast asked if there was going to be any practice on the roads before the event date. He was concerned because similar former miscommunications are one of the reasons why the previous commissioners stopped allowing the rally races into Crawford County. Renner assured Boast that the only thing they would do before the race would be reconnaissance, where they would drive the roads at legal speeds in non-competitor cars.

A motion to use those three roads for the rally was approved with a 3-0 vote.

Economic impact of rally events

While talking about the 100 Acre Wood Rally 2026 event report, Renner made sure to clarify that the economic analysis page was not made by an expert. The 100 Acre Rally report for 2026 said that 67 cars competed over the two-day event that went through Crawford, Dent and Washington counties.

There were over 3,300 attendees — including spectators, racers and crew, volunteers, American Rally Association volunteers, media and emergency services — who came from all across the county.

Based on data collected from the event survey, it is estimated that $3.1 million was spent across all three counties.

Savings on new service agreement

Sheriff Darin Layman presented the commission with a service agreement for a new records management system.

It is a five-year contract that will save $10,000 through years two through four; the price is locked in at $45,000 a year.

“The first year is kind of a wash. It’ll remain the same as what we currently have because there’s a migration fee that’s in there,” Layman said. “They’ve got to take all the data that we’ve had for the last 30-some-odd years and migrate it into this new software.”

There is also no double payment, as they will not make payments until they go live on the new system.

In other business, County Collector Pat Schwent presented the commission with a tax redemption.

A motion to allow James Lambert to receive $28,895.39 in surplus funds that are currently held by the county treasurer for property located on Carter Creek Road in Bourbon, executing the tax redemption process, was approved with a 3-0 vote.