June 6, 2023

The Lake of The Woods County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at Lake of the Woods County Government Center in the Commissioners’ Room.

CALL TO ORDER

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

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen, seconded by Commissioner Jon Waibel and carried unanimously to approve the agenda with the following changes: Add: Roof Repair, and Northwest Angle Agenda Discussion.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Jon Waibel, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to approve the official minutes of May 23, 2023.

SOCIAL SERVICES

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the following claims: Commissioners Warrants $49,995.93; Commissioners Warrants $5,557.76; Commissioners Warrants $5,541.36; Commissioners Warrants $1,824.00.

Auditor/Treasurer

Claims

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the claims against the County as follows: Revenue $41,197.77; Road & Bridge $14,736.56; County Development $18,150.00; Solid Waste $12,533.32; EDA $126.00.

WARRANTS FOR PUBLICATION

Warrants Approved On 6/06/2023 For Payment 6/09/2023

Vendor Name Amount

Auto Value Baudette 2,420.92

ByteSpeed, LLC 23,808.00

Cenex Co-Op Services, Inc. 2,564.46

Howard’s Oil Company 2,757.52

Just For Kix 2,100.00

LOW Highway Dept 5,085.00

LOW Historical Society 18,000.00

Northwest Tire Inc 2,543.54

Nw Mn Household Hazardous 2,001.00

Quadient Finance USA Inc. 2,000.00

39 Payments less than 2000 23,463.21

Final Total: 86,743.65

Further moved to authorize the payment of the following auditor warrants: May 23, 2023 for $733,616.02; May 31, 2023 for $1,965,233.76

Set Date for Public Hearing- Large Event Ordinance

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Jon Waibel, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to set a Public Hearing for the Large Event Ordinance for June 27, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

Human Resources

Permission to Hire Family Based Services Provider

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Buck Nordlof, seconded by Commissioner Joe Grund and carried unanimously to approve the hire of Aspen Thompson as the Family Based Services Provider at Grade 10, Step 1, $21.16 per hour, points 241 effective June 26, 2023.

Permission to Hire Social Worker

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Joe Grund, seconded by Commissioner Cody Hasbargen and carried unanimously to approve the hire of Whitney Nelson as a Social Worker at Grade 13, Step 1, $24.73 per hour, points 298 effective June 6, 2023.

Permission to Hire Part-time E911 Corrections Officer

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Joe Grund, seconded by Commissioner Jon Waibel and carried unanimously to approve the hire of Casandra Paulsen as the Part-time E911 Corrections Officer at Grade 11, Step 1, $22.28 per hour, points 253 effective June 12, 2023.

Public Works

County Engineer Anthony Pirkl gave an update on various projects in the Highway and Solid Waste Departments.

Roof Repair

MIS Director Peder Hovland informed the board of the need to repair the roof on the Government Center building due to damage caused by leaking and discussed quotes he has received.

Motion

Motion was made by Commissioner Jon Waibel, seconded by Commissioner Buck Nordlof and carried unanimously to accept the quote from North Central Insulation in the amount of $162,912.00 to repair the Government Center building roof.

Legislative Update

Chair Ed Arnesen gave a brief update on various legislative topics that included NCLUB, and PILT.

NWA Meeting Discussion

The board discussed and made plans for the upcoming meeting that will take place at the Northwest Angle.

Recess

With no further business before the Board, Chair Ed Arnesen called the meeting to recess at 9:33 a.m.

Attest: June 27, 2023

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County Auditor/Treasurer, Lorene Hanson Chairman Ed Arnesen