April 22, 2025

The Lake of The Woods County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at Lake of the Woods County Government Center in the Commissioners’ Room.

CALL TO ORDER

Chair Jon Waibel called the meeting to order at 9:00a.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited with the following members present: Commissioners: Joe Grund, Jon Waibel, Ed Arnesen, and Buck Nordlof. Also present was County Auditor-Treasurer Lorene Hanson. Absent: Commissioner Cody Hasbargen

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Joe Grund, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the agenda with the following changes: Add: Legislative Update.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve the official minutes of April 8, 2025.

SOCIAL SERVICES

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the following claims: Commissioners Warrants $8,214.10; Commissioners Warrants $1,201.66; Commissioners Warrants $59,694.25.

Credit Card Approval

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve a credit card for Val Canfield in the amount of $1,500.00 for office use effective May 1, 2025.

Auditor/Treasurer

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Joe Grund, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve the claims against the County as follows: Revenue $77,062.69; Road & Bridge $18,622.61; Social Services $1,500.00; County Development $1000.00; Joint Ditch $63.57; Solid Waste $121,567.60; EDA $1,496.72.

WARRANTS FOR PUBLICATION

Approved On 4/22/2025 For Payment 4/25/2025

Vendor Name Amount

ByteSpeed, LLC 8$,900.00 

Clay County Sheriff $4,838.68 

Co-Op Services, Inc. $9,052.03 

Computer Integration Tech, Inc $2,124.00 

Counties Providing Technology $4,452.00 

Forum Communications Printing $2,276.21 

Integris LLC $6,104.61 

Interstate Billing Service Inc $3,371.02 

LOW Towing & Repair, LLC $3,710.85 

LOW County Auditor-Treasurer $20,000.13 

LOW Highway Dept $74,722.50 

Mar-Kit Landfill $11,329.50 

Mn Office Of Enterprise Technology $3,324.75 

Motorola Solutions, Inc $7,840.00 

Pennington County Sheriff Office $8,886.51 

Powerplan $7,022.62 

U.S. Bank Equipment Finance $6,268.50

35 Payments less than 2000 $27,089.28

Final Total: 221,313.19       

Further moved to authorize the payment of the following auditor warrants: April 10, 2025 for $21,239.99; April 16, 2025 for $119,708.99.

Approve Membership for Federal Surplus

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the renewal membership for Federal and/or State Surplus and to authorize Chair Jon Waibel, Auditor-Treasurer Lorene Hanson, County Engineer Anthony Pirkl, Social Services Director Amy Ballard, and Sheriff Gary Fish to the sign the same.

Request for RFP

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the request to advertise for RFP for Minnesota Paid Family & Medical Leave and Group Life Insurance. 

Lake of the Woods Drifters

Resolution

The following resolution was offered by Joe Grund, seconded by Buck Nordlof and moved for adoption: 

Sponsorship of Snowmobile Trails Assistance Program

Resolution No. 25-04-02

BE IT RESOLVED, that Lake of the Woods County will act as the legal sponsor for an application for funding to the State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resource for Lake of the Woods Drifters Land and Big Traverse Trails managed by Lake of the Woods Drifters. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon approval of its application by the state, the Lake of the Woods County may enter into an agreement with the State of Minnesota for the above referenced project and that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as stated in the agreement. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that County Auditor-Treasurer, Lorene G Hanson is hereby authorized to serve as the fiscal agent for the above referenced project.

Northwest Angle Edge Riders 

Resolution

The following resolution was offered by Joe Grund, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and moved for adoption: 

Sponsorship of Snowmobile Trails Assistance Program

Resolution No. 25-04-03

BE IT RESOLVED, that Lake of the Woods County will act as the legal sponsor for an application for funding to the State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resource for NW Angle Islands maintenance of snowmobile trails managed by Northwest Angle Edge Riders Club. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon approval of its application by the state, the Lake of the Woods County may enter into an agreement with the State of Minnesota for the above referenced project and that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as stated in the agreement. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that County Auditor-Treasurer, Lorene G Hanson is hereby authorized to serve as the fiscal agent for the above referenced project.

Markit Contract Renewal

Markit Landfill Manager Dale Nelson gave a brief update and reviewed the 10-year contract for renewal. No action was taken at this time.

Public Works

County Engineer Anthony Pirkl gave an update that included the NACE conference, grants, and various highway projects.

Sheriff

Rule 2911 Update

Tami Maurer and Sheriff Gary Fish gave a brief update on Rule 2911 and reported no changes.

MIS

Acceptance of Resignation

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Joe Grund, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to accept the letter of resignation from MIS Director Peder Hovland effective June 27, 2025.

Credit Card Increase

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the request to increase the credit card limit for MIS Director Peder Hovland to $5,000.00.

RECESS

A brief recess took place at 9:55a.m. and reconvened at 10:55 a.m.

Request to Advertise

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the request to advertise two positions in the MIS department for IT Tech and IT Intern.

Adjourn

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 11:00 a.m.

Attest: May 13, 2025

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Auditor/Treasurer Lorene Hanson Chair Jon Waibel