MINUTES & AGENDAS
August, 2010
Commissioner Proceedings
August 9, 2010
The Lake of the Woods County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, August 9, 2010, in the Commissioners’ Room at the Government Center.
Call to Order
Chairman Arnesen called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited with the following members present: Commissioners Patty Beckel, Todd Beckel, Hanson, Moorman and Arnesen. Also present were: County Auditor, John W. Hoscheid, John Oren and George Swentik.
Approval of Agenda
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Todd Beckel to approve the agenda with the following additions:
Lake of the Woods Sustainability Foundation and closed session for Union Negotiations. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Moorman and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
Approval of Consent Agenda
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Patty Beckel to approve the consent agenda as follows: Angie Eason to Bemidji on August 24-27 for Mandatory DHS LTC/Waiver training; Shelley Pepera to St. Paul on August 18 for SSIS Document Template Conversion Training; Shelley Phillippe and Cassandra Brune to Brainerd on September 29-October 1, for MWFCC Annual Conference. The Motion was seconded by Commissioner Hanson and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
Approval of Minutes
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Todd Beckel to approve the minutes of July 23, 2010 special meeting, July 27, 2010 regular meeting, July 27, 2010 special meeting and July 30, 2010 special meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hanson and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR
Claims
Social Services Director, Nancy Wendler met with the board requesting approval of claims.
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Todd Beckel to approve the following claims against the county:
Commissioners’ Warrants $19,116.87
The motion was seconded by Commissioner Moorman and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
COUNTY AUDITOR
Claims
County Auditor, John W. Hoscheid met with the board for approval of claims:
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Moorman to approve the claims as follows:
Revenue $59,781.05
Road & Bridge $55,771.33
Co. Development $ 3,740.25
Solid Waste $26,097.18
WARRANTS FOR PUBLICATION
WARRANTS APPROVED ON 8/09/2010 FOR PAYMENT 8/12/2010
AMOUNT VENDOR NAME AMOUNT VENDOR NAME
325.76 ANIXTER INC 425.01 AUTO VALUE BAUDETTE
1800.00 BELTRAMI COUNTY AUDITOR-TREASU 378.69 BOB BARKER COMPANY INC
2190.00 BULLBERRY SYSTEMS, INC 342.99 CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
9504.23 CENEX CO-OP SERVICES, INC. 1776.51 COUNTRY CANVAS
1027.43 CREATIVE FORMS & CONCEPTS INC 9270.37 CW TECHNOLOGY
1695.81 DLT SOLUTIONS, INC 3942.00 HOFFMAN, DALE, & SWENSON, PLLC
1200.22 HOLTE IMPLEMENT, INC 5040.02 HOWARD’S OIL COMPANY
3340.05 JAKE’S QUALITY TIRE INC 10492.77 JOHNSTON FARGO CULVERT INC
2162.57 LAKE SUPERIOR MACK & VOLVO TRU 1033.75 LAKEWOOD HEALTH CENTER
679.48 LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC. 546.58 LOW FOODS
3438.75 LOW HIGHWAY DEPT 15705.00 MAR-KIT LANDFILL
7390.00 MERITCARE TRF NWMC 480.00 MN POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
320.00 MN STATE DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 1800.00 KENNETH MOORMAN
5488.00 LAW MOREN 643.78 NOBLE RADIO SHACK
1134.72 NOBLE THRIFTY WHITE 425.00 NORTH EAST TECHNICAL SERVICE,I
5000.00 NORTHWEST MN MULTI-COUNTY HRA 3148.84 R & Q TRUCKING, INC
4000.00 RESERVE ACCOUNT 1273.48 ROSEAU COUNTY COOPERATIVE ASSN
1000.00 ROSEAU COUNTY SHERIFF 13432.88 TITAN MACHINERY
6400.00 TOWERITE, INC 4373.58 WIDSETH SMITH NOLTING&ASST INC
7238.65 WOODY’S SERVICE
46 PAYMENTS LESS THAN $300 5,522.89
**** FINAL TOTAL……. $145,389.81 ****
Further moved to authorize the payment of the following auditor warrants:
July 28, 2010 $ 359,534.76
August 3, 2010 $ 58,864.19
The motion was seconded by Commissioner Patty Beckel and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
RECESS
The meeting was called to recess at 9:30 a.m. and reconvened at 9:45 a.m. as follows
Committee Reports
No committee reports were heard.
OLD/NEW BUSINESS
There were no updates on:
Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council/Outdoor Heritage Fund
County T.V.
Land Acquisition- Bernard’s Property
Township Road Inventory
Team Building
Inventory
Zoning/Conditional Use Parameters- working on
Boundary Commission
There were updates on:
Red Lake Tribe- set up a meeting date with them
Oak Island Petition- NWA Zoning Initiative is placed on the August 24, 2010 meeting at 11:00 a.m.
Line Workers School- still working on the contract
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Budget
Historical Society Executive Director, Marlys Hirst met with the board and presented the 2011 budget. The consensus of the board was to reduce the presented budget to $50,000 and that they would get back to her with the final number.
LAKEWOOD NURSING SERVICE
Budget
LakeWood Nursing Service Director, Michele Brown and RN Patty Davidson met with the board to discuss the 2011 budget and requested a three (3) percent increase in their budget.
Correspondence:
The following correspondence was acknowledged: MCIT-2010 dividend was discussed.
WYNNE CONSULTING
Small Cities Bond Grant
Project Director, Irene Wynne met with the board to discuss the Lake of the Woods County Owner/Occupied Housing Rehabilitation Program and the Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan for Grantees of the Small Cities Development Program.
Resolution
The following resolution was offered by Commissioner Hanson and moved for adoption:
Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan
RESOLUTION NO. 10-08-01
WHEREAS; pursuant to section 24 CFR 42.325 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, as described in 24 CRF, Part 570.60 and 24 CFR, Part 42 requires each applicants for Small Cities Development Program, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) funds adopt a residential Anit-displacement and relocation assistance plan for 2010;
WHEREAS, Lake of the Woods County has submitted an application to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development for Small Cities Development Program for funds,
WHEREAS, Lake of the Woods County Board of Commissioners’ hereby adopts the Residential Anti-displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan for Lake of the Woods County (grantees) and authorizes Chairman Arnesen to sign.
The resolution was seconded by Commissioner Todd Beckel and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
Resolution
The following resolution was offered by Commissioner Todd Beckel and moved for adoption:
Contract for Administrative Services for
“Small Cities Development Program Grant Agreement CDAP-09-0047-0-FY10”
RESOLUTION NO. 10-08-02
WHEREAS, Lake of the Woods County has been awarded a “Small Cities Development Program Grant” by the State of Minnesota’s Department of Employment and Economic Development Business and Community Development Division,
WHEREAS, Lake of the Woods County Board has agreed to retain and employ a consultant to perform necessary services to carry out grant administration and program implementation in connection with the project,
WHEREAS, Lake of the Woods County enters into a contract for administrative services with “Wynne Consulting Inc.” this 16th day of April, 2010,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Chairman Arnesen and County Auditor, John W. Hoscheid are authorized to sign.
The resolution was seconded by Commissioner Patty Beckel and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
Sander
Acting Public Works Director, Bill Sindelir met with the board requesting approval to purchase a sander for plow trucks.
Motion
Motion was made by Commissioner Todd Beckel to authorize the Acting Public Works Director to approve the purchase of a Falls 1ASD-9-SS sander for plow truck from Bert’s Truck Equipment in the amount of $4,542.19. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hanson and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
Stanton Drive NW/Pine Ridge Lane NW
Acting Public Works Director, Bill Sindelir met with the board requesting acceptance for Stanton Drive NW and Pine Ridge Lane NW within Rivers Edge Estates. No action was taken and was placed on August 24, 2010 agenda when Interim County Attorney Michelle Moren will be present.
UNIVERSITY OF MN EXTENSION
Nathan Johnson Regional Director/Program Leader for University of MN Extension met with the board requesting that the county enter into agreement with the University of Minnesota for providing extension program locally and employing extension staff. No action was taken
RECESS
The meeting was called to recess at 11: 30 a.m. and reconvened at 11:40 a.m. as follows:
L.O.W.WATER SUSTAINABILTY FOUNDATION
Executive Director, Todd Sellers met with the board to update them on the International Joint Commission to provide international coordination for Lake of the Woods water quality research, pollution monitoring, and development of management/remedial plan and recommendations for this boundary water lake. Todd presented a power point to the board and informed the board that there will be a L.O.W. Water Sustainability Foundation meeting on September 2, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the Warroad Community Center. He requested that a member of the board participate in the consultation process. This was placed on August 24, 2010 agenda.
BUDGETS
The board discussed the 2011 budget and set August 25, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. for a special budget meeting.
RED LAKE TRIBE
The board discussed setting up a meeting date with the Red Lake Tribe in the near future.
CLOSED SESSION
Union Negotiations, Minn. Stat. § 13D.03
Motion was made by Commissioner Moorman to close the regular meeting at 12:50 p.m. pursuant MN. Stat. § 13d.05 Union Negotiations with the following members present: Commissioners Todd Beckel, Patty Beckel, Hanson, Moorman and Arnesen, also present was County Auditor, John W. Hoscheid. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hanson and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Todd Beckel to close the closed session and open the regular meeting at 1:04 p.m. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hanson and the same being put to a vote, was unanimously carried.
RECESS
With no further business before the board, Chairman Arnesen called the meeting to recess at 1:06 p.m.
Attest: Approved: August 24, 2010
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John W. Hoscheid County Auditor Edward Arnesen, Chairman of the Board