Joey Auxier
Republican · MO · Phelps County Presiding Commissioner
Joey Auxier is the Presiding Commissioner of the Phelps County Commission. The three-member commission sets the county budget and oversees county roads and services.
Where Joey Auxier stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Public Infrastructure (4 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (3 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support · 1 oppose
Moved to sign Missouri's statewide agreement for sharing money from opioid lawsuit settlements. The motion passed.
March 15, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: phelpscounty.org
Moved to accept a $40,000 state health grant that traded overdose data for Narcan, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses. The motion passed.
October 19, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: phelpscounty.org
Voted yes to change the county's disaster plan to encourage small solar and wind power grids, plus backup generators, for water systems and emergency services. The change passed 2-0.
March 30, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Answered "No" when a resident asked whether the county planned to extend its COVID-19 mask order. No one moved to extend it, so the order ended. The local hospital CEO had urged commissioners to keep it.
February 2, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 3 oppose
Voted against a $2,000 raise in base pay for Phelps County elected officials on the county salary commission. The raise passed 6-2 anyway.
November 6, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Backed the sheriff's decision to stop holding federal immigration (ICE) detainees at the county jail. He said the deal was not paying for itself.
August 21, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Refused to commit county money to maintain new safety lights at the Rosati rail crossing. He said the $25,000 to $35,000 yearly cost was not in the county budget.
August 2, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Joined a unanimous vote to approve Phelps County's $44.1 million budget for 2023. It paid for a 150-bed jail addition, a new road department base, and a 6% raise for county workers.
January 31, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Moved to approve a plan to borrow money for the county jail expansion through certificates of participation, a kind of bond. It passed but was then set aside for more study.
May 31, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: phelpscounty.org
Moved to approve Phelps County's full 2022 budget. The motion passed.
January 25, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: phelpscounty.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Backed a proposed 3% county sales tax on recreational marijuana to pay for more courthouse security. He said the money was meant to pay for bailiffs who screen visitors.
March 5, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Joined a unanimous vote to approve Phelps County's $44.1 million budget for 2023. It paid for a 150-bed jail addition, a new road department base, and a 6% raise for county workers.
January 31, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Moved to approve a plan to borrow money for the county jail expansion through certificates of participation, a kind of bond. It passed but was then set aside for more study.
May 31, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phelpscounty.org
Moved to approve an agreement creating a joint Rolla-area drug enforcement task force with the city police and the sheriff. The motion passed.
December 21, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phelpscounty.org
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Moved to partner with Phelps Connections for Seniors to seek a federal block grant to renovate the senior center. The motion passed.
December 1, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: phelpscounty.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 4 support
Urged voters to approve a 1.125% county tax on online purchases. He estimated it at $500,000 to $750,000 a year, all for new road and bridge work.
March 26, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Joined a unanimous vote to approve Phelps County's $44.1 million budget for 2023. It paid for a 150-bed jail addition, a new road department base, and a 6% raise for county workers.
January 31, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Voted yes on a $931,478.70 contract to repave County Roads 2110 and 8010, paid with federal pandemic relief money. The contract passed 2-0.
August 16, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Voted yes to change the county's disaster plan to encourage small solar and wind power grids, plus backup generators, for water systems and emergency services. The change passed 2-0.
March 30, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Turned down residents' calls for a county pause (moratorium) on data centers. He said a lawyer advised waiting until a data center is confirmed, so the short pause is not used up too early.
August 25, 2026
Source: phelpscounty.org
Voted with the other two commissioners to eliminate the county's human resources director job, with two pay periods of severance for the employee.
February 19, 2026
Source: phelpscounty.org
Was elected vice chairman of the Meramec Regional Planning Commission board for 2025-2026.
May 15, 2025
Source: meramecregion.org
Cast the deciding vote to keep Juneteenth on the county's 2024 holiday list. The other two commissioners had split on it.
October 17, 2023
Source: phelpscounty.org
Was elected secretary of the Meramec Regional Planning Commission board. The group helps eight counties and their towns with grants, roads and housing.
May 11, 2023
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Won election as Phelps County presiding commissioner without an opponent, receiving 11,563 votes in the official county results.
November 8, 2022
Source: phelpscounty.org
Moved to make Juneteenth a paid county holiday. It passed 2-1, with Commissioner Gary Hicks voting no.
June 14, 2022
Source: phelpscounty.org
Seconded a motion to set the county's paid holiday list without Juneteenth, after first saying he could not back a motion that left it out. The schedule passed.
December 28, 2021
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Proposed changing the county rule on ATVs and UTVs so they could drive on all county roads, including paved ones, not just gravel roads. State highways stayed off limits.
July 13, 2021
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Won election to the Phelps County Commission's District 1 seat, taking 7,546 votes (75.70%) against Democrat Elizabeth A. White's 2,422 in the official county results.
November 3, 2020
Source: phelpscounty.org
Past race Joey Auxier ran in:
- Phelps County Presiding Commissioner · November 3, 2026 · Phelps County, Missouri · incumbent