COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS

June 25, 2024

 The Lake of The Woods County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at Lake of the Woods County Government Center in the Commissioners’ Room.

CALL TO ORDER

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

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: Law Enforcement Center, Northwest Angle Review, Election Emergency Plan, and Interim Ordinance-Cannabis. Remove: Roberta Cook.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Jon Waibel and carried unanimously to approve the official minutes of June 11, 2024.

SOCIAL SERVICES

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Jon Waibel, seconded by Commissioner Ed Arnesen and carried unanimously to approve the following claims: Commissioners Warrants $2,308.65; Commissioners Warrants $8,819.31; Commissioners Warrants $6,114.32.

Auditor/Treasurer

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the claims against the County as follows: Revenue $87,000.31; Road & Bridge $13,811.48; County Development $1,000.00; Joint Ditch $45,922.62; Solid Waste $26,102.83.

                                 WARRANTS FOR PUBLICATION

Warrants Approved On 6/25/2024 For Payment 6/28/2024

CentralSquare Technologies, LLC                        46,907.78 

Clay County Sheriff                                                 2,485.57 

Counties Providing Technology                               4,327.00 

Farmers Union Oil Co.                                             3,467.97 

HDR Engineering Inc                                            16,356.60 

Houston Engineering Inc                                          9,298.00 

Laine/Robert                                                             2,225.00 

North East Technical Service,Inc                            19,306.35 

Pennington County Sheriff Office                           13,520.94 

Roseau County Treasurer                                         34,806.37 

U.S. Bank Equipment Finance                                   6,268.50 

34 Payments less than 2000 14,867.16 

Final Total: 173,837.24                        

Further moved to authorize the payment of the following auditor warrants: June 12, 2024 for $61,959.10; June 20, 2024 for $25,799.05.

DNR Registration Contract Renewal

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the five-year contract between the Department of Natural Resources and the Lake of the Woods County Deputy Registrar office for the use of the registration and titling electronic license system and for Auditor-Treasurer Lorene Hanson to sign the same.

Emergency Election Plan Renewal

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Jon Waibel, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the updated Emergency Election Plan.

Interim Ordinance-Cannabis

It was the consensus of the board to table this discussion until the next board meeting on July 9, 2024.

Northwest Angle Meeting Review

The board reviewed discussion on a community greenhouse, road maintenance, Guardian Ambulance Flight services, the ice roads and lake levels.

Resolution of Support-Pheasant’s Forever

The board reviewed the requested resolution in support of the sale of land to Pheasant’s Forever. No action was taken at this time.

Public Works

Updates

County Engineer Anthony Pirkl gave an update on various Solid Waste/Highway projects including Demolition Landfill, and current road maintenance projects.

DNR Wildlife-Charlie Tucker

DNR Wildlife Supervisor Charlie Tucker gave an update on various wildlife management projects and answered questions from the board.

Adjourn

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Ed Arnesen, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 10:10 a.m.

Attest: July 9, 2024

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Auditor/Treasurer Lorene Hanson Chair Cody Hasbargen