EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Are St. Louis and Kansas City on?

MS. DEBI GRUENBERG: St. Louis is.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Kansas City? Do you have anybody there in St. Louis, Debi?

MS. GRUENBERG: Yes, I have Hap Burke from Thompson Coburn and Randy Asherbranner from the Missouri Riverboat Gaming Association.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Ok. I think Kansas City is now on.

MS. CHERYL NAPOLI: Yes.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Is there anybody in Kansas City, Cheryl?

MS. NAPOLI: Yes, I’ll have the gentleman identify himself.

MR. LARRY SECKINGTON: Larry Seckington.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Ok.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Apparently, we’re ready to go then.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Yes, Mr. Chairman. We’re ready.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Ok, and then we’ll call the meeting to order and would you call the roll?

MS. ANGIE FRANKS: Chairman Bartch?

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Present.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Hinrichs?

COMMISSIONER JUDY HINRICHS: Present.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Gant? Commissioner Hartsfield?

COMMISSIONER GEORGE HARTSFIELD: Present.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Biele?

COMMISSIONER RALPH BIELE: Present.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Mr. Chairman, the first item on the agenda is the relicensure of a supplier, Bally Gaming, Inc., and Sgt. George Hamilton is here to make the presentation.

SGT. GEORGE HAMILTON: Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Commissioners.

ALL COMMISSIONERS: Good morning.

SGT. HAMILTON: The background investigation, to include criminal history checks and tax reviews of the following supplier and its respective key persons, has been conducted. The following supplier has been found suitable for relicensing by the Commission: Bally Gaming, Inc.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Any questions?

COMMISSIONER HARTSFIELD: I would move adoption of Resolution 04-047.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Second.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Is there any other discussion? If not, would you call the roll?

MS. FRANKS: Chairman Bartch?

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Hinrichs?

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Hartsfield?

COMMISSIONER HARTSFIELD: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Biele?

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: By your vote, you’ve adopted Resolution No. 04-047.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Mr. Chairman, we also have three final orders of rulemaking. All three are relatively procedural in nature and technical amendments. One has to do with clarifying the rules for tournaments and chips, the other one further defines and clarifies the requirements for approvals and giveaways, and the other makes some technical amendments to the definition of bingo games allowed for electronic bingo games. We have received no comments on any of these rules and they are submitted for your consideration for final order.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Can we do it with one motion or do we need three?

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Yes, sir.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Yes. Is there any other discussion on these rules?

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: I’ll move that we approve rule 11 CSR 45-5.180, 11 CSR 45-5.181 and 11 CSR 45-5.290.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Second.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: We have a motion and a second. Do we have any other discussion? If not, would you please call the roll?

MS. FRANKS: Chairman Bartch?

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Hinrichs?

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Hartsfield?

COMMISSIONER HARTSFIELD: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Biele?

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: By your vote, you’ve adopted Final Orders of Rulemaking 11 CSR 45-5.180, 11 CSR 45-5.181, 11 CSR 45-5.290.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Mr. Chairman, the next item on the agenda is a resolution delegating the authority to the chairman. This is pursuant to a rule that you adopted recently, 11 CSR 45-1.020(4), that allows the chairman to do such things as temporarily extend licenses. It would allow us to avoid many of the meetings such as we are having today so that if a license were to come up for renewal between Commission meetings or if a live Commission meeting were cancelled because we just don’t have enough business to justify bringing the commission altogether, the Chairman could extend that license until the next meeting.

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: I thought we, why are we doing this again?

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: You enacted the rule and now this resolution is . . .

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: It’s the finalization of the rule.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Yes, it’s putting the rule into effect.

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: Ok.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: The rule authorizes you to do this and now you’re doing it.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: I move for adoption of Resolution No. 04-048.

COMMISSIONER HARTSFIELD: Second.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Is there any other discussion? If not, would you call the roll?

MS. FRANKS: Chairman Bartch?

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Hinrichs?

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Hartsfield?

COMMISSIONER HARTSFIELD: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Biele?

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: By your vote, you’ve adopted Resolution No. 04-048.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Just to further clarify, one of the reasons that the Commission decided they wanted to do this by resolution is if you ever decided you wanted to undo this, like for instance, they had a rogue chairman of some kind that was going around doing all kinds of things, if you put it all in the rule and you wanted to rescind the rule, that takes a lot of time. It takes about six months. Whereas, if it was in a resolution you can just do it. So, that’s again, one reason why you decided to do this by resolution.

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: So Floyd can turn rogue anytime he wants.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Well, I don’t think that will happen but what Kevin says is very valid and you never know what’s going to happen in the future and we don’t want to cause problems for future boards.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: One only need to look to the Illinois Gaming Control Board to see how quickly a gaming commission can become politicized and a big problem.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: No, I think that we’re doing it the right way.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: The final item on the agenda is the election of a vice-chair. The Commission’s by-laws provide for a vice-chair really so that we would have someone to preside over a meeting in the absence or the illness of the chair. It wouldn’t really have any other authority beyond that because the statute provides for the Governor to appoint the chair, so I don’t think the Commission could provide for a vice-chair that would do things such as use the powers of the resolution you just adopted but they could preside over meetings.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: I asked Kevin to put this on. We hadn’t appointed a vice-chair and probably should and I think that we didn’t do it before simply because we were waiting for everybody to get on and those things. So, if it’s the Commission’s will then we probably should appoint a vice-chair today.

COMMISSIONER HARTSFIELD: Mr. Chairman, I would nominate Commissioner Hinrichs as vice-chair.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: I’ll second that.

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: Thank you, gentlemen.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: We have a nomination and a second. Will you do it, Judy?

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: I will be happy to do that because there’s not much to do.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Well, you never can tell.

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: Right, especially if you go rogue.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Good point. Is there any other discussion? If not, would you call the roll?

MS. FRANKS: Chairman Bartch?

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Hinrichs?

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Hartsfield?

COMMISSIONER HARTSFIELD: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: Commissioner Biele?

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Approve.

MS. FRANKS: By your vote, you’ve elected Commissioner Hinrichs as vice-chair.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: That is all the business we have.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Our next meeting is in St. Jo.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: St. Jo on the 26^th and then on the evening of the 25^th for those who wish to come in early or would like to tour the St. Jo casino we have that scheduled as well.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: And Kevin, you know that I’ll still be here so I’ll have to do this on the phone.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Sure.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Ok.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Ok.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Sounds like you’re on a long vacation.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Come back the 2^nd of November.

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: That’s the day I go to Florida. I’m taking my mom down.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Very good.

COMMISSIONER HARTSFIELD: Don’t miss voting.

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: Oh, no, I will not. I will vote.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MULLALLY: Make sure you do it in Missouri and not in Florida. You don’t know if that’s going to get counted down there.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: That’s right.

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: I already have my mother’s absentee ballot.

CHAIRMAN BARTCH: Anything else? Any other discussion?

COMMISSIONER HINRICHS: Move to adjourn.

COMMISSIONER BIELE: Second.

ALL COMMISSIONERS: Aye.