Contract awarded for new Nevada license office

Alternative Opportunities Inc., a not-for-profit corporation based in Springfield, is the new agent for the Nevada License Office. The Nevada office, which will move to a new location at 429 E. Walnut St., has been closed since July 30 due to the voluntary retirement of the previous agent.

Additional details about when the new office will open and what its hours will be was not available Thursday, but representatives of the Missouri Department of Revenue said such details would ba announced by the agents.

Other offices awarded Thursday are in Buffalo, Butler, Mountain Grove,and Richmond.

Blen Enterprises, LLC, associated with Marli Klumb of Butler, has been awarded the right to operate the license office in Butler. The company is a new agent for the office, which will remain at 1 N. Delaware St.

The Buffalo License Office has been awarded to Scott Baker of Buffalo. Baker has been the office's contract agent since 2005. The office will remain at 945 W. Dallas St.

Britney Michel, doing business as Mountain Grove License Office, has been chosen to operate the license office in Mountain Grove. Michel, of Mountain Grove, has been the incumbent agent since 2008. The office will stay at its current location of 807 N. Main St., Suite 5.

The Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce is the new agent for the Richmond License Office. The chamber also currently operates the Lexington License Office. The Richmond office will stay at its current location of 904 E. South St.

The Buffalo License Office received one bid; Butler, Mountain Grove and Richmond received two bids; and Nevada received four bids.

All local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Missouri Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent contractor. Transactions that are conducted at these offices include the issuance and renewal of driver licenses, applying for titles for motor vehicles, and the issuance and renewal of registration for motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors.

Additional information on the bids will be released within the next few days, a press release indicated.