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>> GOOD MORNING. WE CAN CALL THE FEBRUARY 2022 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO MEETING TO
[Call Board of Commissioners Meeting to Order: Chair Dranttel]
ORDER AND STARTING WITH THE FLAG PLEDGE LED BY COUNTY ATTORNEY, ZEHNDER FISCHER.>> THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONES.
[LAUGHTER] FIRST ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
AT THIS TIME, WE NEED TO REMOVE THE TECHNOLOGIES ITEM OF THE IFS CONTRACT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE MODIFICATION?
>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[Consent Agenda]
>> I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANY THIS MORNING.
FIRST ITEM, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
[Health and Human Services]
KASEY, GOOD MORNING.>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
>> THIS MORNING I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM FOR YOU WHICH IS THE AMENDED JOINT POWERS BOARD AGREEMENT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVE.
EVERY YEAR THIS BOARD APPROVES OUR JOINT POWERS BOARD AGREEMENT.
BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE MAKING SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT PREVIOUSLY THE AGREEMENT GAVE THE JOINT POWERS BOARD THE ABILITY TO USE THE STATE'S FUNDING AND OUR TIME AND RESOURCES TO LOOK AT THINGS THAT IMPACT THOSE WITH SEVERE AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS SO THINGS LIKE OUR CLUBHOUSE AND CRISIS FUNDING, SOME OF THOSE MOBILE CRISIS SERVICES.
WE ARE ASKING AT THIS TIME THAT THE AGREEMENT BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND YOUTH WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISORDERS.
THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF LANGUAGE CHANGES, I BELIEVE, IN TWO SPOTS ON THE AGREEMENT.
MOSTLY THIS CHANGE IS BEING REQUESTED BECAUSE WE ARE FINDING THAT WE HAVE VERY FEW OPTIONS FOR YOUTH IN OUR REGION.
THERE'S NO PLACEMENTS, THERE'S NO CRISIS SERVICES AVAILABLE.
THIS WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO FORM A WORK GROUP FOR CHILDREN'S CONTINUUM OF CARE, A WORK GROUP THAT WOULD BE MADE UP OF SUPERVISORS IN THE REGION, AND THEN GIVE THE JOINT POWERS BOARD THE ABILITY TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AROUND ANY REGIONAL MOVEMENT THAT WE WOULD BE REQUESTING.
>> I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED JOINT POWERS BOARD AGREEMENT.
>> SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION OR QUESTIONS FOR MS. [INAUDIBLE]?
>> JUST WANTED TO THANK FOR THE EXPANSION AND FOR INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE. THAT'S GREAT.
>> HEARING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> MADAM CHAIR BEFORE HEATHER LEAVES, I'D LIKE COMPLIMENT HER.
TUESDAY. [LAUGHTER] BEFORE KASEY LEAVES, I'D LIKE TO COMPLIMENT HER AND THE STAFF WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE MSSA MEETING LAST FRIDAY TO TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS FOR THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD.
DO YOU WANT TO ADD ONTO WHAT YOU HAD MAYBE MENTIONED AT THAT, KASEY?
>> WELL, I THINK AT THAT MEETING, SOME OF THE PRIMARY ISSUES DISCUSSED WERE AGAIN, THAT [INAUDIBLE] I REFORM THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE AND CONCERNS TO DO WITH THAT.
I HAD SHARED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF PLACEMENT OPTIONS FOR ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AS WELL AS CHILDREN WHO ARE STRUGGLING, THINKING ABOUT THAT CHILDREN'S CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT WE'RE IN NEED OF.
THEN I HAD JUST PROVIDED A COUPLE OF UPDATES ABOUT OUR WORK REGARDING ACTIVELY RECRUITING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE, HIRING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE FOOD INSECURITY PROGRAM.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, THE EVENT LASTED 3.5 HOURS, HEARING COMMENTS FROM ALL INVOLVED SO IT WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE AND COMPLETE.
THANK YOU, KASEY. THAT'S AFTER THE WHOLE THING TOO.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS FINANCE. HEATHER.
[Finance]
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>> ONE'S BLONDE AND ONE'S BRUNETTE, JACK.
[LAUGHTER] ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT THOUGH.
>> [OVERLAPPING] GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM COMING TODAY TO PRESENT THE QUARTER 4 2021 DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR APPROVAL BY RESOLUTION.
FOR QUARTER 4, THE DONATIONS I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE ARE OF THE [INAUDIBLE] SERVICES DONATIONS, AMERICAN LEGION, $100, MR. MILLER, $50, VARIOUS DONATIONS OF $640.
WE ALSO HAVE A SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO THE SHERIFF, DONATION FROM THE REDMOND CLUB FOR $3,500.
THEN WE HAVE VARIOUS DONATIONS FOR OUR LONG CLOSET OF $230, TOTALING $4,520 FOR QUARTER 4 2021.
I'D BE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL BY RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OTHER THAN OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE DONATIONS? HEARING NONE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION PASSES.
>> THANK YOU, HEATHER. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD MORNING, SETH.
[Public Works]
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF.
ONE ITEM FROM PUBLIC WORKS TODAY.
THE ITEM IS TO CONSIDER FILING ACCEPTANCE FOR PROJECT SP 52621028.
IF YOU RECALL, THIS PROJECT INVOLVED WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED LATER IN NOVEMBER 2020 TO TEMPORARILY STABILIZE THE COUNTY ROAD 21 EMBANKMENT ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER THAT WAS DAMAGED FROM FLOODING IN JUNE OF 2020.
THIS WORK OCCURRED ON 21 JUST EAST OF THE COUNTY ROAD 14, 21 INTERSECTION.
AGAIN, THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY REPAIR PROJECT THAT ALLOWED US TO REOPEN COUNTY ROAD 21 TO BOTH TRAVEL LANES AND IT ALSO BUYS US TIME TO DEVELOP PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING THAT'S REQUIRED TO DEVELOP THE PERMANENT REPAIR WORK PLAN.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY OCCUR LATER THIS YEAR OR INTO 2023.
WE'VE RUN INTO SOME UNIQUE DESIGN CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AND SO THAT'S PUSHING THAT OUT.
BUT THIS TEMPORARY EMERGENCY REPAIR PROJECT IS WORKING VERY WELL AND BUYS US THAT TIME TO FINISH THAT DESIGN WORK.
THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED 100 PERCENT BY FEDERAL HIGHWAY EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDING.
FINAL VALUE OF THE CONTRACT WAS $293,084.25.
[INAUDIBLE] WAS THE PRIME CONTRACTOR, DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I'M ASKING THE BOARD TODAY TO APPROVE FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF PROJECT 52621028.
>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR SETH REGARDING THIS CURRENT PROJECT? HEARING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR.
>> ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TODAY, SETH?
>> IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT WAS PLANNED.
>> MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE THE QUESTION I HAVE FROM THE ST. GEORGE PEOPLE ABOUT THE TREES THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE THE REASON FOR THE TREES GETTING CUT DOWN WHEN THEY DID?
THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHY DID WE CUT TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 21 WHERE WE DID SOME OF THIS EMERGENCY WORK.
WE CUT DOWN TREES IN ANTICIPATION OF POTENTIALLY THE PROJECT STARTING IN 2022 HERE.
AS PART OF UTILIZING FEDERAL FUNDS, THERE'S CERTAIN ENDANGERED SPECIES THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO AVOID AND MITIGATE AND SO THERE'S THE NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT, WHICH IS A THREATENED ENDANGERED SPECIES, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE BALD EAGLES THAT LIKE TO NEST IN THE RIVER VALLEY.
PART OF THE WAY THAT YOU MITIGATE ANY IMPACT TO THE NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT IS TO CUT DOWN TREES DURING FROM LATE FALL INTO LATE WINTER, VERY EARLY SPRING BECAUSE THE BATS ARE HIBERNATING TYPICALLY IN CAVES AND ARE NOT IN THE TREES.
IF WE WERE PROPOSING TO CUT DOWN TREES DURING PRIME BAT SEASON, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST,
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THE LEVEL OF PERMITTING AND COORDINATION WORK AND APPROVAL FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GETS MUCH MORE ARDUOUS.WE WERE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE, CUT THOSE TREES DOWN EARLY.
THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BE REMOVED WHEN WE DO THE PERMANENT REPAIR PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLEBEE STORY.
I DON'T THINK IN NICOLLET COUNTY WE HAVE ANY IDENTIFIED TOWNSHIPS THAT HAVE RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLEBEE, BUT THEY DO DO ROUTINE SURVEYS THAT MEANS THAT POTENTIALLY THEY COULD SHOW UP.
>> THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE NAVIGATE IN TRYING TO PERMIT AND MAKE THESE PROJECTS HAPPEN.
>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS HUMAN RESOURCES AND
[Human Resources]
OUR CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY CONTRACT.>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TODAY, MY ITEM IS THE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY ACCORDING TO BEST PRACTICES, WHICH IS EVERY 10 YEARS AND CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, WAGE GROWTH, INFLATION, OTHER CHANGES IN THE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT.
THOSE THINGS SUGGESTS THAT IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO A CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY.
THERE WILL BE TWO GOALS OF THE STUDY: THE FIRST ONE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING COUNTY EMPLOYEES FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT, AND THE SECOND GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THAT AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT THE SAME TIME.
THE RESULT OF THE STUDY WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION, LIKELY A SET OF OPTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY.
BUT TODAY I'M ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR A CONTRACT WITH ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER AND COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,000 TO SERVE AS OUR CONSULTANT IN THIS STUDY.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I'LL MOVE THE APPROVAL AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, MAYBE SOME QUESTIONS.
>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE CONTRACT?
>> WE HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONTRACT?
>> YES. I KNOW YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A YEAR, BUT IN STUDYING THE 2012 REPORT, HOW DID YOU FEEL THE GALLAGHER REPORT FIGURED INTO THE EQUITY ISSUE OF PAYING AND TAKING CARE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, AND HOW DO YOU SEE THIS NEW PROPOSAL WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION?
>> ONE OF THE REASONS I'M REQUESTING THIS CONTRACT WITH ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER TODAY IS BECAUSE WE HAVE USED THEM IN THE PAST AND THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE A VERY GOOD JOB WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A BALANCE THERE BETWEEN MAKING SURE EMPLOYEES ARE COMPENSATED FAIRLY AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE WANT TO BE WISE WITH OUR DECISIONS BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
>> I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT THE COUNTY TRUSTS THE GALLAGHER SYSTEM.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S USED, I KNOW THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND VARIOUS ENTITIES LIKE NICOLLET COUNTY.
>> YEAH. WHAT I APPRECIATE THEM IS THAT THEY HAVE A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY OF EVALUATING JOBS AND PAY AS OPPOSED.
THAT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN AND GET BUYING FROM STAFF AND SUPERVISORS AS OPPOSED TO SOME SYSTEMS THAT ARE VERY COMPLEX.
>> THEN MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, WHEN RECOMMENDATIONS COME BACK, THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWING ALL RECOMMENDATIONS, OR CAN THERE BE SOME WIGGLE ROOM?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHAT GALLAGHER WILL COME BACK WITH IS A SET OF OPTIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT WORK WITH OUR BUDGET.
IF THERE ARE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT, WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO THOSE GRADUALLY RATHER THAN ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY WILL HAVE OPTIONS AND I'LL BE ALSO CONSULTING WITH THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE ALONG THE WAY.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS INTERESTED IN, TO BEGIN WITH.
>> THEY SEND US A LOT OF PAGES OF STUFF.
>> HAVE YOU NOTICED CHRISTINE IN YOUR TIME HERE, WE'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND RECLASSIFY AND UPDATE POSITIONS AND THIS STUDY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THAT.
>> CORRECT. WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHICH IS COMPLETELY
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APPROPRIATE AND HAPPENS IN ALL ORGANIZATIONS AS JOBS CHANGE, WE HAVE THEM RE-EVALUATED SO THAT THEY ARE AGAIN, PAID FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.THAT WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT LATELY, WHICH IS ANOTHER SIGN THAT IT'S TIME TO JUST DO A FULL STUDY.
>> ONE MORE MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD.
THE COMPARABLE GOVERNMENTAL UNITS, WILL THEY REMAIN THE SAME AS IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO, OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE DIFFERENT SIZED GOVERNMENTAL UNITS THAT WILL BE USED IN THE COMP STUDY?
>> THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED YET.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL BE THE SAME.
IF THEY'RE NOT AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO BE THE SAME, THAT'S GOING TO BE EXAMINED AND I'LL BE CONSULTING WITH THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AGAIN ABOUT WHETHER WE THINK WHAT GALLAGHER SUGGESTS ARE APPROPRIATE COMPARISONS.
DO THESE OTHER ONES THAT WE USED 10 YEARS AGO, ARE THEY GET A STUDIED DOWN AT THE SAME TIME THE NICOLLET COUNTY IS OR MORE RECENTLY SO THAT THOSE FIGURES MIGHT BE COMPARABLE?
>> YEAH. THEY ARE LIKELY NOT ON THE SAME 10-YEAR SCHEDULE THAT WE ARE.
BUT I KNOW GALLAGHER RECENTLY DID A STUDY WITH ANOTHER COUNTY THAT WE WERE INCLUDED IN, SO THERE MIGHT BE INFORMATION FROM THERE THAT CAN BE USED AND SO FORTH.
>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS ADMIN,
[Administration]
HHS BUILDING IN NORTH MANKATO INTERIOR REMODEL. GOOD MORNING, MANDY.>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE NORTH MANKATO HHS INTERIOR REMODEL.
JUST TO NOTE ON THE EXTERIOR PORTION OF THE BUILDING WAS REMODELED IN 2020, SO THIS IS GOING INTO THE INTERIOR REMODEL.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REMODELS TO ADDRESS SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS, ADA REQUIREMENTS, AND OVERALL BUILDING EFFICIENCIES.
WITHIN YOUR BLUE AGENDA FOLDER, YOU DID RECEIVE ABOUT BID TABULATIONS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
THERE ARE TWO DOCUMENTS WITH EACH IDENTIFYING THE BID AMOUNTS FROM CONTRACTORS.
[NOISE] BIDS WERE OPENED ON JANUARY 20TH OF 2022 IN THE BOARDROOM AND THEY ARE CONSIDERED FAVORABLE.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE DID RECEIVE MULTIPLE BIDS IN ALL CATEGORIES, EXCEPT FOR CATEGORY 8 WHICH IS FIRE SUPPRESSION, AND CATEGORY OF 14 WHICH IS SPECIALTIES MATERIAL ONLY, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO BE UNCOMMON.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT WITHIN YOUR DOCUMENT THAT IS LIKE THIS, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE IS NOT A CATEGORY 11 IN THE DOCUMENT THAT IS IDENTIFIED LIKE THIS.
THAT IS THE CATEGORY 11 AND THOSE ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CURVE CONTROLS, WHERE THE OWNER REQUIREMENTS THAT ITEMS AT THE COUNTY WILL BE TAKING CARE OF.
THESE TYPICALLY INCLUDE LIKE FURNITURE ITEMS, APPLIANCES, SIGNAGE, AND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE THE WHITE NOISE, INTERNET, ITEMS LIKE THAT, THE DOOR READERS AND EVERYTHING OF THAT NATURE, AND THEN ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WITHIN THE BUILDING.
THE REASON I BRING THAT UP, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU DID RECEIVE IN THIS DOCUMENT, THOSE ARE PRETTY EXACT AS FAR AS THE BIDS COMING IN.
CATEGORY 11 MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLUID AND THERE MAY BE FEW CHANGES HERE AND THERE DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS AND THE INFORMATION AS IT COMES BACK FROM THE VENDORS.
I CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
WITH THAT INFORMATION, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE TOTAL BID AMOUNT IS $1,765,803.97.
AS YOU MAY CALL IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, WE DID RECEIVE AN ESTIMATE THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILLION.
IT DID COME UNDER BID BY $181,854.06 WITH THIS, SO THAT WAS FAVORABLE AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, GIVEN AGAIN, THE TIME OF THE YEAR, AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACTORS, AND BUILDING SUPPLY MATERIALS BECOMING MORE AVAILABLE WITH IT.
TODAY, I DO ASK APPROVAL OF THE LOW BIDS AS PRESENTED, AND ALSO TO AUTHORIZE MYSELF TO SIGN THE CONTRACTS WITH THE APPROVED BIDDERS.
>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LOW BID AS PRESENTED.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I'LL MOVE IT. I'LL HAVE A QUESTION.
>> OKAY. DO YOU QUESTION COMMISSIONER KOLARS?
AGAIN MANDY, ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED, HOW WILL THIS IMPROVE THE OPERATION OF THE BUILDING IN
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NORTH MANKATO IN THE VIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE IN HHS?>> THE ITEMS THAT I LISTED BEFORE, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS OF OVERALL STAFF.
WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS, STAFF WITHIN THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS STAFF OFF, AND SINCE IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE OVERALL CONCERNS AS FAR AS SOME OF THE TESTING THAT IS DONE FOR OUR AGENTS AND ALSO JUST ACCESSIBILITY INTO THE BUILDING AND INTO OUR BATHROOMS. THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SO THAT ALL THAT COME INTO THE BUILDING CAN FREELY ACCESS THE BUILDING.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS WELL OVERDUE AND JUST BASIC OVERALL EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE BUILDING AND HOW STAFF OPERATE AT HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING IN THE MID-'90S TILL TODAY.
>> MADAM CHAIR? ALL OF THESE LITTLE BIDDERS HAVE BASICALLY BEEN APPROVED AS CONTRACTORS THAT ARE ABLE [INAUDIBLE] TO DO A GOOD JOB?
>> YES. ON THE BID OPENING, THEY OPENED THE ACTUAL BIDS HERE IN THE BOARD ROOM, AND THEY WENT BACK THEN TO THEIR OFFICE AND JUST WENT THROUGH EVERY BID TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS, AND SO THAT DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIES ALL THAT HAVE GONE THAT THOROUGH VETTING PROCESS.
>> AS I SAID EARLIER, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THESE BIDS.
>> CHAIR, IF I MAY, [INAUDIBLE] I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM YOUR MOTIONS TO APPROVE THE LOW BIDS AND AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO SIGN THE CONTRACTS?
>> LET THE BUILDING BEGIN. [LAUGHTER]
DO WE HAVE A DEFINITE DATE OR UPDATE, US CONSTRUCTION TIMING?
>> IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT WITH THE MOVING OF STAFF FROM NORTH MANKATO OR SAINT PETER TO THE NEW BUILDING.
CODY AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING AND KASEY STAFF AND ALSO [INAUDIBLE] STAFF FROM BETWEEN ALL THOSE THREE DEPARTMENTS THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER AS SCHEDULE WITH THAT.
ONE NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THE SECOND NEED TO HAPPEN FOR THE THIRD MOVE WITH IT JUST AN IDEA OF EARLY MARCH FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
PART OF IT IS MOVING THE FURNITURE OUT, WORKING WITH CODY STAFF AND THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS WITH THIS.
IT REALLY IS A DOMINO EFFECT TO MAKE THIS ALL WORK TOGETHER.
THE THREE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY TEDIOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING FALLS IN PLACE SO THAT TO MAINTAIN THAT TIMELINE FOR THE CONTRACTORS.
>> ANTICIPATED TIMELINE IS ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
>> THAT'S PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION SEASON BECAUSE THAT'LL ALLOW THE VENDORS THEN TO GO AHEAD AND START DOING WORK, TYPICALLY WITH SCHOOLS OR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS LIKE THAT SO THAT THEY CAN DO THAT WORK DURING THE SUMMER.
>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG. NEXT CENTER AGENDA IS THE UPDATE FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
[Informational Items]
[NOISE]>> CHAIR I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO UPDATE THE BOARD.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH COURT CASES TO CATCH UP TOWARDS THE BACKLOG RESULTING FROM THE TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN OF OUR JURY TRIAL SCHEDULE IN THE DISTRICT COURTS.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE REPORTS. COMMISSIONER LUEPKE.
>> OKAY. I SAT ON THE LEGISLATORS ZOOM MEETING WITH MOST OF YOU AND IT WAS PRETTY GOOD, I THINK.
I WENT THROUGH THE BROWN NICKEL MEETING AND NEW ALL AND SAT THROUGH OVER THREE HOURS OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE ZOOM MEETING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MORROW.
>> ALL THE SAME EXCEPT I DIDN'T SIT THROUGH THREE HOURS.
>> TO GET [LAUGHTER] NO [INAUDIBLE] MEETINGS TO GET TO, BUT THE OTHER ONES AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THE LEGISLATIVE MEETING IN THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION BOARD, CHS, MAPLE, THE SOCIAL SERVICES, DIVERSITY COUNCIL ON TODAY'S COUNTY BOARD. THANK YOU
>> THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS TO PROVE COMMISSIONER MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES.
THE LEGISLATIVE THING IS COMING UP THEN YOU'VE ALL COMMUNICATED WITH SARAH ABOUT THAT.
ANY OTHERS THAT WE KNOW OF AT THIS TIME PROBABLY NOT.
APPROVAL OF PER DIEMS AND EXPENSES.
>> WE CAN ADJOURN THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND TAKE A LONG BREAK UNTIL OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 O'CLOCK.
>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR DRAINAGE STARTS AT 10 O'CLOCK, SO IF WE COME BACK AT 9:55 ISH, WE CAN ROLL RIGHT INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON TIME.
THANK YOU. WE CAN CALL THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING TO ORDER FOR FEBRUARY 8TH,
[Call Drainage Authority Meeting to Order]
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2020 AND START WITH THE AGENDA.>> I'M SURE I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
>> FIRST ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 25TH.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M TOO FAST AGAIN, AREN'T I? PUBLIC HEARING FOR COUNTY DITCH FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE ENGINEER'S REPORT ON COUNTY DITCH 79.
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE AND LEVY OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
WE'RE THREE MINUTES EARLY, JACKIE.
>> ALL RIGHT. YES, THIS IS THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE HEARING FOR COUNTY DITCH 79 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
JUST TO RECALL, ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2019, THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY ACCEPTED THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT AND THE VIEWERS REPORT FOR THE DETERMINATION PERTAINING TO THE PROJECT TO COUNTY DITCH 79.
THEN ON APRIL 28TH, 2020, THAT CONSTRUCTION BID WAS AWARDED TO MALINO CONSTRUCTION, LLC.
ISG, THE ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT HAS NOW SUBMITTED THEIR FINAL ACCEPTANCE REPORT TO MY OFFICE.
THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING IS FOR THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT TO CLOSE OUT THIS PROJECT.
I WILL ALSO BE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE LEVY TO THE LANDOWNERS OF THIS PROJECT.
JUST AS A FORMALITY THAT NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS GIVEN BY MAIL TO ALL LANDOWNERS.
IT WAS MAILED ON JANUARY 14TH, 2022 AND ALSO POSTED JANUARY 14TH, 2022. [NOISE]
CHRIS ADAMS IS HERE FROM ISG TO PRESENT THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE REPORT. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS.
>> GOOD MORNING. CHRIS ADAMS FILLING IN FOR CHUCK BRANDEL WHO IS THE ENGINEER IN THIS PROJECT.
I'VE GOT A REAL QUICK RECAP OF THE PROJECT AND I CAN GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON [INAUDIBLE] CITY CURRENTLY.
>> COULD YOU TALK LOUDER, PLEASE?
>> I THINK I MISSED OUT ONE OR TWO.
>> OKAY. IS THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER? [NOISE] THE NICOLLET COUNTY DITCH PROJECT IS LOCATED IN SECTION 27 OF PORTLAND TOWNSHIP.
THE OVERALL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT INCLUDED CLEANING OF THE EXISTING OPEN DITCH, NEW DITCH CONSTRUCTION AROUND THE WETLAND HERE, MORE OPEN DITCH CLEANING AND THEN REPLACEMENT OF TWO CULVERTS, ONE ON THIS PRIVATE DRIVEWAY HERE, AND ONE ON 448TH LANE.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER QUICK VIEW OF THE PROJECT SCOPE.
THIS IS SHOWING THE AREA WHERE THE NEW DITCH WAS CONSTRUCTED, AND THE AREA WHERE THE SPOILS FROM THAT DITCH WERE PLACED.
THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT, BIDS ARE POSTED ON MARCH 12TH OF 2020.
BIDS ARE OPEN ON APRIL 2ND OF 2020.
THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED TO MALINO ON APRIL 28TH.
PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WAS HELD ON JUNE 30TH OF 2020.
CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON OCTOBER 19TH AND WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 18TH.
NOTING HERE THAT THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DEADLINE OF THEIR CONTRACT WAS NOVEMBER 13TH, SO THEY WERE OVERDUE ON COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT.
WE'VE GOT JUST A FEW PHOTOS OF CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS ONE OF THE CULVERTS BEING REPLACED.
THIS IS THE FINAL RIPRAP, THE OUTLET SEEDING.
THE CONTRACT HAS A LIQUIDATED DAMAGES CLAUSE, WHICH AGAIN, MALINO DID NOT MEET.
THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES ARE THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DEADLINE OF THEIR CONTRACT.
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES WERE ENFORCED BASED ON THEIR CONTRACT SIZE.
THEY WERE ASSESSED $400 PER DAY, THAT THEY OVERRAN THE CONTRACT FOR A TOTAL OF 35 DAYS.
THEY WERE BACK CHARGED $14,000 THAT WAS REMOVED FROM FINAL PAYMENT OF THE CONTRACT.
THERE'S ALSO A SEEDING REQUIREMENTS IN THE SPEC, THEY ACTUALLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION AFTER THE REQUIRED DATE THAT SEATING IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, WHICH IS OCTOBER 15TH.
FORTY PERCENT OF ALL THE SEEDING PAYMENT WAS WITHHELD UNTIL THE SEEDING ESTABLISHED AND THEN WAS RELEASED.
THAT WAS BASICALLY WHAT HELD THE CONTRACT OPEN FOR A YEAR,
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WAS WAITING FOR THAT SEED FOR ESTABLISH SO WE FLEW THE DRONE ON TWO OCCASIONS IN 2021 TO MONITOR THE STATUS.THIS IS WHAT THE SITE LOOKED LIKE, UPON COMPLETION ON DECEMBER 23RD OF 2020.
THIS IS IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, AND THEN SEPTEMBER.
WE'VE JUST GOT A FEW SLIDES SHOWING THE PROGRESS AND HOW THAT SEEDING ESTABLISHED.
IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO ESTABLISH AS THIS WAS A DRY YEAR, BUT IT FINALLY DID IN THE FALL.
AT THIS POINT, ISG FEELS THAT MALINO HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT.
WE RECOMMEND ACCEPTING THE WORK.
THE REPAIR COST ESTIMATE AT THE TIME OF APPROVAL WAS $71,390, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT TO MALINO IS $77,885.
AGAIN, WITH THAT $14,000 IN NEGATIVE CHANGE ORDERS FOR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS DOWN TO $59,974.65.
TO DATE THEY'VE BEEN PAID 53,797.35.
THERE'S A BALANCE OWED OF $6,177.3.
ISG RECOMMENDS ACCEPTING THE WORK AND PAYING THE REMAINDER OF THE CONTRACT AT THIS TIME.
>> THANKS, CHRIS. NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PORTION.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING ACCEPTANCE MAY COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE THEIR NAME AND COMMENTS.
>> I AM RONNIE CARTERS, WE ARE THE OWNERS OR THE [INAUDIBLE] AREA THERE, WHERE THE PROJECT AND A DITCH WAS PUT THROUGH.
NOW, ACCORDING TO THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT INITIALLY, THERE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A DIKE, ALONG THE EDGE OF THE DITCH, ALL THAT DIRT WAS TO BE SPREAD OUT, TAPERED BACK AWAY FROM THE DITCH AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
THEN ALSO IN THE INITIAL SCOPE, THERE WAS NOT A SPILLWAY OR A HOLE IN THE DIKE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO ALLOW WATER THROUGH THE DIKE INTO THE END OF THE DITCH, BECAUSE THERE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE A DIKE THERE.
THERE WAS A CUT OUTPUT DUG IN THERE, AND ROCKS WERE PILED IN THERE AND THE ELEVATION OF THAT IS TOTALLY WRONG, BECAUSE LAST YEAR, SPRING, WHEN THE SNOW MELTED AND EVERYTHING, THERE WAS WATER ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE DIKE IN OUR YARD, SO TWO THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS, THROUGH THE YARD PORTION, THAT THE DIKE GET TAKEN DOWN, SPREAD OUT INTO THE YARD SO THAT IT TAPERS TO THE DITCH, NOT TRAPPED AND THAT PICTURE THAT YOU HAD SHOWN UP THERE, THAT JUNE PICTURE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THE WATER HAD BEEN SETTING, TILL ABOUT A YEAR, WE DIDN'T EVEN NEED MOW OR ANYTHING IN THERE, FOR QUITE A WHILE, BECAUSE IT WAS STANDING WATER AND THAT'S WHERE WE PARK OUR VEHICLES AND STUFF WHEN WE COME IN FOR A DUCK SEASON.
YOU SEE WHERE THE GRASS DID NOT GROW ALONG THE EDGE THERE, ON THE MIDDLE PICTURE DOWN RIGHT THERE, THAT'S WHERE THE STANDING WATER WAS.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF RAIN LAST SUMMER AT ALL.
BUT THE EARLY PART OF THE SEASON WHEN WE DID HAVE RAIN, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE STANDING WATER ON THERE, SO ON A WET YEAR, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE STANDING WATER IN THERE THROUGH MAJOR PORTION OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THOSE ROCKS WERE PILED WHERE THEY WERE? THEY TOOK ALL OUR SHOOTING, WE HAD A BACKSTOP FOR OUR SHOOTING, AND WE HAD THREE TARGETS LINED UP WITH THAT AND WE HAVE A SHOOTING BENCH, ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE CABIN, AND THEY PUT THE ROCKS, EXACTLY IN LINE WITH WHERE OUR SHOOTING RANGE WAS.
THE ROCKS DON'T DO ANY GOOD WHATSOEVER, AND IT FORCES US TO MOVE OVER AND OUR SHOOTING AT ANGLES WHERE WE SHOULDN'T BE SHOOTING.
>> IF I MAY JUST RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF THOSE COMMENTS, I'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THE ENGINEER WHAT THE DISCONNECT WAS, IN TERMS OF, WHERE THE SPOILS WERE ULTIMATELY PLACED? I CAN SAY, THEY WERE PLACED EXACTLY AS DETAILED IN THE PLANS.
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I THINK WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO THAT THIS ORANGE MATERIAL HERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SPREAD OUT FURTHER, THIS IS THE WAY THE PLANS WERE DEVELOPED AND APPROVED.THE CONTRACTOR HAS SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENTS, IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT WAY TO APPROACH, LEVELING THAT MATERIAL, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
WE COULD DISCUSS, IF THAT WAS MENTIONED, I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I CAN FIND THAT OUT.
AS FAR AS THE SPILLWAY GOES, YOU CAN SEE THAT INDICATED HERE, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AGREED UPON WITH COUNTY STAFF AND ISG.
THERE WAS A REPORT THAT I'VE GOT IN FILE, A SITE MEETING THAT OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 10TH OF 2020, NOTICING THE WATER THAT WAS BEING HELD BACK, THAT MR. CORTER HAS REFERRED TO, AND WE NEEDED TO FIND AN OUTLET TO GET THAT WATER OUT OF THERE SO THAT THAT SPILLWAY WAS RECOMMENDED AS A SOLUTION AND ALL PARTIES AGREE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GO.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ROCK IN THAT SPILLWAY IS TO PREVENT EROSION, IF THERE IS OVERLAND FLOW AND IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SIXTEEN-AND-A-HALF FOOT [INAUDIBLE] WHICH IS THE COUNTIES EASEMENT, AND THAT'S ALL THAT I'VE GOT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY?
>> YEAH. MAY I STAY HERE, I'M HANDICAP.
>> SURE. IF WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK LOUD SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> I'M JUST QUESTIONING, HOW YOU DECIDED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR EACH FARMER AND THE TIME DATE HAS TO PAYMENT.
I DON'T KNOW HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT INCOME TAX IS COMING, PROPERTY TAX IS COMING, WE HAVE ALL THESE BILLS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THE AREA FARMERS, HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, TO JUST GO AND TAKE IT OUT OF WHATEVER AND THEN YOU'RE, SAYING THAT WE COULD PAY FOUR PERCENT INTEREST ON OUR PROPERTY TAX FOR THIS, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE.
I THINK THIS SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED BECAUSE THAT'S A SHORT TIMEFRAME AND I DON'T THINK WE ALL HAVE $12,000, 15,000, 20,000, WHATEVER YOUR AMOUNT IS, JUST STICKING IN OUR MILK HAND SOMEPLACE, ITS JUST A SHORT TIMEFRAME HERE AND THE OTHER THING I'M QUESTIONING IS, WHAT IF WITH THE INTEREST RATE AT 14,000, FUTURE REPAIR AT 10,000 AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AT 6,000 OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE YEARS TO THIS DITCH.
>> CAN I HAVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?
>> JACKIE CAN ADDRESS MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> YES, SO WE'RE JUMPING AHEAD TO THE LEVY A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT NOW.
NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, FOR THE FINAL COST IN WHAT YOUR PORTION IS.
YOUR PORTION IS DECIDED BY YOUR BENEFITS TO THE DITCH AND THE BENEFITS, THIS DITCH WAS RE-DETERMINED AND THEN DETERMINED AGAIN SO THOSE BENEFITS ARE NOW SET.
EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT BENEFITS, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU BENEFIT, FROM THE IMPROVEMENT AND THE DITCH ITSELF, FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, IS HOW WE COME UP WITH YOUR PORTION.
THOSE WERE DURING THE RE-DETERMINATION HEARINGS AND THERE WERE TIMES TO APPEAL THOSE, APPEALS FOR THOSE BENEFITS ARE OVER.
THEN TO ADDRESS THE COSTS ACTUALLY, SO WE HAVE THE IMPROVEMENT COSTS AT 200,784.27.
THIS DITCH HAS NOT BEEN LEVIED SINCE 2015, SO THAT'S QUITE A FEW YEARS.
WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD, THERE HAVE BEEN EXPENSES, INTERESTS, SO WHEN THE DITCH SYSTEM IS IN THE NEGATIVE, THE NICOLLET COUNTY IS BORROWING THAT DITCH SYSTEM BASICALLY MONEY AND WE HAVE TO CHARGE BY STATUTE, INTEREST ON THAT, SO WE CHARGE THAT DITCH SYSTEM INTEREST, AT FOUR PERCENT WHAT THE JUDGMENT RATE IS FOR THIS STATE, SO THERE IS A STATUTE FOR THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO CHARGE INTERESTS FOR THAT NEGATIVE AMOUNT.
ADMIN FEES, SINCE 2015, $6,853.80 CENTS, THOSE ARE JUST TYPICAL ADMIN FEES, ANYTIME ANYBODY WORKS ON THINGS, DITCH INSPECTOR TIME IS CHARGED AGAINST THAT DITCH.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FUTURE REPAIR FUND, WE WANT TO PUT A BIT OF A BUFFER IN THAT ACCOUNT,
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SO IT'S OUT OF THE NEGATIVE AT $10,000, SO THE TOTAL LEVY IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS AT 231,943, AND TYPICALLY, WE DO A 30-DAY PAYMENT WITHOUT INTEREST, ALTHOUGH MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IF THIS WAS APPROVED TODAY, WE WOULD GO TO MARCH 31ST, WHICH IS MORE THAN 30 DAYS TO PAY WITHOUT INTERESTS, AND THEN INTERESTS WOULD START ON APRIL 1ST, AND IF NOT PAID BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT GOES ON THE 2022 TAX ROLLS, AT A TIERED RATE, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF YOUR ASSESSMENT, EITHER FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEAR ASSESSMENT, IT CAN GO ON THERE.PRETTY STEEP TYPICAL STANDARD LEVY.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, I KNOW IT'S NOT ANY FUN TO GET ANY BILLS THAT WAY, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR MANY YEARS, SO HOPEFULLY NONE OF THIS IS A SURPRISE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE RE-DETERMINATION AND THE DETERMINATION, AT THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT HEARING, BECAUSE IT WAS LAID OUT, THERE WAS EXAMPLES OF HOW MUCH THIS WOULD COST, PER LAND OWNER, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT PORTION ITSELF.
>> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY?
>> BEING THAT I'M A WIDOW, AND THAT I WENT OUT BY APRIL THERE, THE ONLY BENEFIT I HAD FROM THAT LAND FROM THIS POINT IS MY GRANT, THAT I GET FROM MY RENTER, SO I'M REALLY NOT BENEFITING PER SE, FROM THAT, MY RENTER WOULD BE, SO IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THAT?
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I CLOSE.
COME ON UP, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING?
>> GERALD [INAUDIBLE], JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOW WILL THIS BE RECORDED AS ENTERING INTO SWAN LAKE WHERE THE DITCH ENDS? NOW, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCREPANCY BEFORE.
THE DITCH HAD BEEN CLEANED TWICE BY THE COUNTY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE OLD, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS TIME WHEN WE WANTED TO CLEAN, THEY STOPPED AT THE SLEW.
I KNOW PAUL GIZA K WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE, BUT HE HAD TO WORK TODAY, BUT I THINK WE WANT THE ASSURANCE THAT THIS IS TOTALLY REGISTERED AS ALL THE WAY TO SWAN LAKE NOW, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.
>> PERSONALLY I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I BELIEVE IF IT WERE BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROJECT I THINK THAT ISSUE PREVIOUSLY MAY HAVE HAD TO DO WITH THE DITCH GOING THROUGH THAT DNR WETLAND, WHICH WE'VE NOW REALIGNED AROUND.
TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD DITCH 79 ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTPUT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE END THE PUBLIC HEARING, I FORGET THE PROCESS, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I AM GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT FOLKS RAISED.
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SPEAK ONCE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS DONE?
>> ANY OTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THIS POINT?
>> I DON'T KNOW, DO I NEED TO COME UP HERE AGAIN BECAUSE YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED TO THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT? I WAS AT ALL THE MEETINGS WITH THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND WAS TOLD THAT THAT DIRT WAS GOING TO BE TAPERED OFF, LEVELED BACK-OFF TO MATCH THE YARD.
WHEN I TALKED TO THE GUY THAT WAS ACTUALLY OUT THERE WITH THE BOBCAT AND STUFF WHEN THAT WAS STARTING, HE STARTED TO LEVEL THAT DIRT OFF AND WAS TOLD BY SOMEBODY FROM THE PROJECT TO STOP DOING IT.
ON MY NEIGHBOR'S LAND, WHERE THE FIELD IS, WHERE THEY DUG THE DITCH [INAUDIBLE], ALL OF HIS DIRT WAS LEVELED OFF PERFECTLY WITH THE FIELD.
I GUESS BEFORE WE CLOSE EVERYTHING HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OUR YARD?
>> I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT CONVERSATIONS WERE HAD, I WASN'T A PART OF THOSE.
I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE.
WHATEVER WAS DISCUSSED WAS NOT INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL APPROVED PLANS.
>> WELL, I JUST TALKED TO CHUCK LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER OR BEFORE THAT AND HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO DO IT YET.
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THAT THE PROJECT COULD EVEN BE CLOSED WITH AN AMOUNT OF MONEY LEFT SET ASIDE TO DO IT, OR THAT THE PRODUCT WOULD REMAIN OPEN.IN MY OPINION, I WOULD JUST ASSUME AND SEE THE PROJECT REMAIN OPEN BECAUSE IF THERE'S JUST A LITTLE POOL OF MONEY SITTING THERE, THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR ANYBODY TO GET OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE WORK.
BUT IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT EVERYBODY'S WAITING TO GET CLOSED, THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE PROJECT BEING COMPLETED IS MORE, IT'S GREATER.
>> CHUCK MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD THIS CONCERN TO ME THIS MORNING BEFORE I CAME OVER.
>> CHUCK MENTIONED YOU HAD THESE CONCERNS THIS MORNING BEFORE I HEADED OVER.
OUR DISCUSSION WAS THAT AGAIN, THE FINAL PLANS THAT WERE ISSUED TO THE CONTRACTOR DO NOT REFLECT THE SPOILS BEING SPREAD OUT AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED.
THEY REFLECT THE WAY IT WAS CONSTRUCTED.
I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT THE CONTRACTOR DIDN'T PERFORM THEIR DUTIES PER THE CONTRACT.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE FUNDS THAT WERE WITHHELD FROM THEIR FINAL PAYMENT DUE TO THEIR LACK OF PERFORMANCE OR LACK OF TIMELY PERFORMANCE ON THE CONTRACT.
I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THAT CAN BE USED TO RESOLVE YOUR CONCERNS, BUT I AM NOT SURE THAT IT'S FAIR TO HOLD THIS CONTRACT OPEN LONGER ON THIS CONTRACTOR AS THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTED THE PROJECT PER PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
>> I WAS HERE FOR EVERY ONE OF THE MEETINGS WE HAD ON THIS PROJECT.
WE SAT AND WENT THROUGH THIS BOOK IN THE LAST MEETING.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THE DITCH WAS GOING TO BE SPREAD OUT.
THERE WAS NOT TO BE A DYKE ALONG THE EDGE OF THAT DITCH.
THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE TOLD THE ENTIRE TIME AND APPARENTLY THAT CONTRACTOR HAD BEEN TOLD THAT TOO, OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE STARTED LEVELING IT OFF.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWER FOR YOU.
>> SURE. THE OPTIONS BASICALLY THEN ARE TO HOLD THE CONTRACT OPEN AS MR. CORTEZ HAD SUGGESTED OR WE COULD ACCEPT PAYING THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE WORK COMPLETED WHICH WAS COMPLETED PER PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND WORKOUT ANOTHER DEAL ON THE SIDE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK, BUT I JUST WANT TO RESTATE THAT.
>> IF IT WASN'T IN THE PLAN HOW DID MY NEIGHBORS DIRT GETS SPREAD OUT?
>> I BELIEVE THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED PER PLANS ALSO.
>> MA`AM SURE IF I COULD ASK MR. CORTEZ A QUESTION? COULD YOU JUST REPEAT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
I THINK YOU'VE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MR. BRANDEL AND MAYBE WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
>> YES. AFTER I GOT THE LETTER FROM THE COUNTY ABOUT THIS MEETING, I CALLED THE COUNTY HERE AND SHE SAID THAT I SHOULD GET HOLD OF CHUCK.
I CALLED HIM THE FIRST DAY AND HE CALLED ME BACK THE NEXT DAY.
OUR CONVERSATION BASICALLY WAS, I TOLD THEM ABOUT OUR CONCERNS.
THEN HE SAYS, "WELL, WE COULD EITHER SET MONEY ASIDE OR WE CAN HOLD THE CONTRACT OPEN."
>> MR. CORTEZ I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BE SPECIFIC HERE, IF YOU WOULD.
YOU SAID YOU TOLD ALL ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS, WHAT SPECIFICALLY DID YOU TELL HIM SO THAT I WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT HE SAID WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED?
>> I THOUGHT THE PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY CLOSED ALREADY.
I TOLD HIM THAT LAST SPRING WHEN THE SNOW MELTED AND EVERYTHING, WE HAD A PUDDLE ALONG OUR ENTIRE YARD.
THAT WHEN IT WOULD RAIN AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THE WATER WAS GETTING HELD BACK BY THE DITCH.
I BROUGHT UP THE CONCERN WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE AT THE SITE THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THAT ROCK PILE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE SPILLWAY, IT WAS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE YARD ITSELF.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT IN MY PHONE EVEN.
I LAID ON THE GROUND AND TOOK A PICTURE AND IT PHYSICALLY WAS HIGHER.
HE SAYS, "WELL MAYBE THE DIRT SETTLED AND EVERYTHING AND THAT'S WHY THE WATER IS NOW BEING RETAINED THERE." WELL, WE HAD FOUR OR FIVE INCHES OF WATER IN OUR YARD AND IT STILL WASN'T GOING THROUGH THAT SPILLWAY LAST SPRING.
YOU CAN SEE IN THAT PICTURE WHERE THE GRASS WASN'T EVEN GROWING AND STUFF UNTIL WAY LATER WHEN IT FINALLY CAME IN.
THERE'S NO REASON WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAPERED BACK IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WHEN WE ISSUED THE PROJECT, WHY SHOULD WE BE SITTING WITH A PUDDLE OF WATER IN OUR YARD?
>> I'M SORRY, MR. CORTEZ, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE REAL CLEAR, WHAT DID MR. BRANDEL SAY WOULD BE FIXED?
>> HE SAID THAT THEY COULD HOLD MONEY BACK AND HAVE THE DITCH OR HAVE THAT DYKE LEVELED OUT WITH THE YARD SO THAT THE WATER WOULD RUN TO THE DITCH, NOT BE RETAINED BY THE DIKE ALONG THE DITCH.
THAT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE INITIAL PROJECT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE IS A CONCERN AND A DESIRE
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BY THE BOARD TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ENGINEER BRANDEL, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE NOT CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT YOU CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION TO A FUTURE DATE TO REQUIRE MR. BRANDEL TO BE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.IF YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU WOULD HAVE TO RE ADVERTISE IT.
THAT'S THE REASON FOR MY SUGGESTION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME.
>> IF I MAY ASK CAN I TRY A QUESTION? DO WE NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR JUST NOT CLOSE IT?
>> I WOULD JUST NOT CLOSE AND CONTINUE IT.
>> ANY OTHER TESTIMONY BEFORE I GO FORWARD HERE? AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND REQUEST MR. BRANDEL TO SHOW UP AND EXPLAIN HIS COMMENTS AND ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT MR. CORTEZ HAS BROUGHT UP.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD REQUEST THAT IF WE CAN JUST ADJOURN VERY BRIEFLY TO DETERMINE WHAT MR. BRANDEL SCHEDULE IS SO YOU CAN ANNOUNCE THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. ADAMS, IF HE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH MR. BRANDEL TO NOTE THE DATE SO THAT IT'S ANNOUNCED.
>> OKAY. WE CAN RECESS THE PUBLIC HEARING, DO THAT, AND COME BACK AND FINISH [OVERLAPPING] UP THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY. THANK YOU.
LET'S TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS AND COORDINATE THOSE SCHEDULES SO WE CAN SET THAT DATE FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE COORDINATED SCHEDULES WITH MR. BRANDEL AND WE CAN RESCHEDULE OR BRING THE PUBLIC HEARING BACK ON MARCH 8TH AT 10:00 AM NOT 10:00 PM.
THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE CONTINUED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME?
>> I GUESS I HAD ONE QUESTION IF I MAY[OVERLAPPING].
THIS MIGHT BE FROM COVID, ASSUMING THAT WE'RE NOW DOING MARCH 8TH, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE 30-DAY PERIOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE GETS PUSHED BACK AS WELL.
>> CORRECT. AT THE TIME WE SENT OUT, THOSE ARE ALL PROPOSED AMOUNTS, PROPOSED DATES, UNTIL THE BOARD APPROVES THEM.
THE ACTUAL BILLING WOULD REFLECT WHAT THAT DATE IS WHEN THIS ACTUALLY GETS CLOSED OUT, AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL EXPENSES, WE`LL REDO THAT.
>> WE HAD HAD ONE PERSON COMMENT ABOUT THE COINCIDENCE OF THE TIMING OF THIS TAX DAY, THIS WOULD MOVE IT BACK A LITTLE BIT, I WOULD ASSUME?
[OVERLAPPING] THIS MAY EVEN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
WE CAN DETERMINE THAT WHEN THIS DOES GET CLOSED OUT.
I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THIS GETS CLOSER TO CLOSING OUT.
>> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> I ASKED YOU GENTLEMEN, THERE THEY ARE.
HOW DO WE KNOW IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION ERROR? IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DESIGN ERROR.
>> I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH MR. BRANDEL, I'LL JUST DETERMINE WHAT DISCUSSION WE HAD. I DON'T HAVE A RECORD YET.
>> THAT'S A DISCUSSION WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE WITH MR. BRANDEL AND JUST DETERMINE WHAT DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD.
I DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF WHAT MR. CORTEZ IS ALLUDING TO.
I'M NOT SAYING IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, JUST DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF IT.
>> THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SOME SNOW MELTS SO THIS CAN BE VERIFIED? BRIAN CORTEZ IS GOING TO CAN CALL UP ONE OF YOU GUYS, YOU COME OUT AND SAY, YEAH, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
>> I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND WAITING UNTIL THERE'S A THAW IN THE SPRING TO SEE WHAT THE WATER HOLD BACK LOOKS LIKE, THAT'D BE A PRETTY EASY THING TO DO.
IT REALLY WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE TO DO ANY EARTHWORK ON THIS SITE UNTIL THINGS ARE THOUGHT OUT AND DRIED OUT ANYWAY.
>MY QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT MARCH 8TH? WHO KNOWS WHAT THE WEATHER'S GOING TO DO? WE DON'T KNOW.
>> WE STILL NEED HIM HERE TO TELL US WHAT WENT ON.
>> I KNOW. BUT WILL WE BE BETTER OFF GOING TO APRIL 8TH OR WHATEVER?
>> I WOULD TRY AND RECOMMEND AS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HEARINGS [INAUDIBLE], I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE PROCEED MARCH 8TH AND MAKE THE DECISION FROM THERE ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION FROM MR. BRANDEL
>> HOW MANY TIMES ARE THESE PEOPLE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK, I GUESS THIS IS WHERE I'M GETTING FROM.
>> I RECOGNIZE THAT'S A CONCERN UNFORTUNATELY.
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PROCEDURALLY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT AND PROCEDURALLY THIS IS MOVING.THIS IS HOW WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD BEFORE WE CAN GET THE RIGHT ISSUE RESOLVED AND THEY WON'T FEEL THE NEED TO.
>> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED UNTIL MARCH 8TH.
NEXT ITEM ON THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY AGENDA IS CD86, LAMETTI & SONS CONTRACT EXTENSION REQUEST. JACKY.
>> I WILL JUST INTRODUCE THIS, BUT THERE IS AN ATTACHED LETTER IN YOUR PACKET FROM LAMETTI & SONS REQUESTING THE CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR 86A.
JACOB RISCHMILLER FROM ISG IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT, AND SO I'LL LET JACOB TO SPEAK ON THAT.
>> GOOD MORNING. IN CONVERSATIONS WITH LAMETTI & SONS, THE BREAKERS FOR THE TWO MAIN PUMPS HAVE BEEN DELAYED.
THEY REACHED OUT TO THEIR SUPPLIER AND THEN THEIR SUPPLIER REACHED OUT TO THE MANUFACTURER SCHNEIDER.
APPEARING THAT SHIPPING DATES ARE FEBRUARY 18TH FOR THE BREAKERS AND ARRIVAL ON FEBRUARY 22ND.
THAT IS THE CURRENT TIME THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US.
THIS ALL SUMS BACK TO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE GOT THE FIRST EXTENSION.
THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE EXTENSION IS BASED ON SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, AND THE BREAKERS BEING DELAYED.
THAT'S THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE TO START THE PUMPS UP.
I KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO WORK AND GET ALL THE BACKFIELD ON.
THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH IT BECAUSE THEY'RE FROZEN MATERIAL AS WE EXPECTED.
THEY DO SO BEFORE THIS GETS ACCEPTED, WE WILL ALL HAVE THEM STARTED UP, MAKE SURE ALL THE PUMPS WORK AND FUNCTION.
THERE'S A WHOLE WARRANTY AND ACCEPTANCE PORTION OF THIS, BUT WE WILL BE ON SITE.
WE'LL HAVE COUNTY STAFF ON-SITE.
I KNOW WE'LL HAVE AN ELECTRICAL ACCOMPANY ON-SITE AT STARTUP TO MAKE SURE THESE PUMPS FUNCTION AS DESIGNED.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BEFORE SPRING RUNOFF HITS HERE, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
THEY COULD MANUALLY WEAR THESE UP AND NOT HAVE THE BREAKERS INVOLVED.
THAT COULD BE AN EXTRA COST OCCURRING IF WE WOULD GO DOWN AND PURSUE I AVENUE.
BASED ON THIS TIMELINE, IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO REQUIRE THAT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE IT'S FEBRUARY, IT'S END OF THE MONTH, THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THE SAME DOWN WITH BREAKERS.
THAT'S IF THE BREAKERS WILL SHOW UP.
[LAUGHTER] KNOWING THAT IF THE BREAKERS DON'T SHOW UP, THAT COULD BE AN EXPLORATION AVENUE IN THE FUTURE.
>> THEIR REQUEST IS AN EXTENSION TO FEBRUARY 28TH?
>> YES. THEIR EXTENSION REQUEST IS FEBRUARY 28TH.
THE BREAKERS SHOULD ARRIVE ON THE 22ND, WHICH INSTALL IS ANOTHER A COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> GO AHEAD, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MR. RISCHMILLER, [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
SUPPLY CHAIN, CAN YOU GIVE US ANY MORE TEXTURE ON THIS AND ANY REASON WHY WE SHOULD REALLY BELIEVE.
AT ONE POINT THEY WERE TO TALK ABOUT CHIPS THAT THEY NEEDED AND THE LIKES.
>> YES. THE CHIPS HAVE ARRIVED.
THE SWITCH GEAR, ALL THAT STUFF HAS ARRIVED.
THE FIRST REQUEST THAT WE HAD WAS TWO MONTHS AGO ROUGHLY OR RIGHT BEFORE THE NEW YEAR. THAT HAS ARRIVED.
ALL THAT EQUIPMENT HAS ARRIVED.
NOW, IT'S A DELAY ON THE BREAKERS WHICH THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD IN STOCK.
THEY HAD THEM TARGETED, BUT EITHER THEIR SUPPLIER OR SOMEBODY ELSE SOLD THEM.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
>> I MISSED THE LAST PART. SOMEBODY ELSE DID WELL?
>> THE BREAKERS THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD ON STOCK FOR THIS PUMP STATION DISAPPEARED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD SOLD IN REALITY, I DON'T KNOW.
>> THEY PHYSICALLY HAD THEM AND NOW THEY'RE [OVERLAPPING]
>> NO, THEY NEVER HAD THEM, THE SUPPLIER.
>> THE SUPPLIER LITERALLY HAD THEM.
>> THEY'RE BEING TOLD THEY HAD THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WENT TO A DIFFERENT JOB OR I DON'T KNOW THAT DETAIL.
BUT THIS IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD IS THEY HAD THEM AT THE TIME WE TALKED ABOUT SWITCH GEAR STUFF, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THEM NOW.
>> WHAT CONFIDENCE LEVEL DO YOU HAVE ON THE 22ND?
>> WITH THE INFORMATION I'M BEING TOLD, I'M NOT SURE.
[LAUGHTER] BECAUSE IT GOES BACK TO ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE AND SUPPLY CHAIN STUFF.
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RIGHT NOW IF THIS WAS PRE-COVID, I WOULD HAVE VERY CONFIDENCE.I WOULD BE 100 PERCENT BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS MEETING DEADLINES.
WITH EVERYTHING NOW IT'S UP IN LIMBO.
THE DEADLINES EVERYBODY HAS BEEN TOLD HAVE BEEN DELAYED, GETTING PUSHED WITH ELECTRICAL ISSUES.
THIS ALL STEMS BACK TO YOUR ELECTRICAL STUFF AND WORK ON THE GROUND IS BEING DONE.
THIS IS THE PART THAT WE'RE BEING DELAYED ON.
>> MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY STOP AFTER THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHOICE WE HAVE.
>> THEY CAN'T DIRECT WIRE, BUT THAT'S NOT AN OPTION EITHER.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S NOT A FREE OPTION.
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO PUT THEM IN THE EXPENSE.
>> IT'LL BE AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE.
YOU COULDN'T NEGOTIATE BASED ON LIQUIDATED DAMAGES TO IT.
I THINK WOULD BE A FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT'D HAVE TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD.
>> LYNN, IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> [INAUDIBLE] 41460, 5501 AVENUE.
WHAT I'M HEARING HERE IS A BUNCH OF EXCUSES THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE WHEN I WAS DOWN THERE THE OTHER DAY, ONE OF THE LAMETTI & SONS PERSON CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED ME HOW IT WAS GOING.
HE SAYS WHY? I SAID IT'S BECAUSE THIS PROJECT ISN'T GETTING DONE.
HE SAYS, WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE ISG KEEPS CHANGING THE WORK ORDER AND THE PARTS ARE ON THE SHIP, WE CAN'T GET THEM.
WELL, NOW I'M HEARING THAT [LAUGHTER] THEY DIDN'T GET AN ORDER UNTIL A WEEK OR SO AGO.
THEY HAD ALL SUMMER TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. GO AHEAD.
>> SIR, THE REASON I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP IS I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE VERY ITEMS, THE BREAKERS.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE CERTAINLY RECEIVED THEM, BUT ON THE BREAKERS, WERE THE BREAKERS ORDERED A WEEK AGO?
>> I DON'T HAVE THE DATE ON ME, BUT I KNOW WHEN WE APPROVED ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL ITEMS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LAST YEAR SOMETIME.
>> AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE BREAKERS WERE ORDERED.
MR. RISCHMILLER HAS TOLD US THERE'S A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.
I ASKED HIM FOR AN EXPLANATION ABOUT THAT WHICH HE PROVIDED, SO WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE BREAKERS.
>> WELL, I WAS TOLD THAT THE BREAKERS WERE ON THE SHIP.
NOW, HE SAYS THEY JUST WEREN'T IN STOCK BECAUSE SOMEBODY SOLD IT ALL FROM UNDER THEM.
>> BUT BOTH COULD BE TRUE. THEY COULD'VE BEEN ON THE SHIP, CAME TO THE SUPPLIER AND THE SUPPLIER SENT THEM TO A DIFFERENT JOB.
IF I UNDERSTAND MR. RISCHMILLER [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THAT IS WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT AS WELL.
>> MR. SCHNEIDER DIDN'T GET THE BREAKERS TO LAMETTI, PROBLEM.
>> THAT'S WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THEY GOT TO SCHNEIDER BUT [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED THE EXTENSION TO FEBRUARY 28TH FOR.
>> HE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE GROUND BEING FROZEN.
>> I THINK WE'RE REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THE BREAKERS AT THE MOMENT.
>> THE BREAKERS YOU COULD WIRE THEM DIRECTLY.
CHUCK SAID YOU COULD WIRE HIM DIRECTLY AND YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE AN EXTRA COST, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT WHY WEREN'T THEY DOING THE GROUNDWORK LAST FALL? THEY DIDN'T START UNTIL DECEMBER WHEN IT WAS SUBZERO.
I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS WHOLE PROJECT.
>> YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT THE ONLY ONE.
>> I'LL BRING UP ONE MORE QUICK COMMENT AND THEN I'LL SHUT UP.
MY QUESTION IS WHO'S GOING TO INSPECT THIS BEFORE THE WATER GETS FLOODED INTO THE PUMP STATION? BECAUSE THERE IS ISSUES ABOUT THE SHUT-OFF GATE, THE CRACKS IN THE STRUCTURE, THE THREE-FOOT PIPE THAT'S SUPPOSED BE A FOUR-FOOT PIPE.
IS IT GOING TO BE CRACK AND PUMP ITSELF BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S 10 FEET OF ICE ON THEM.
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>> DO YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS THAT?
>> YOU MENTIONED INSPECTION IS COMING AFTER THE BREAKERS.
>> CORRECT. WE'LL BE ON-SITE TO REVIEW ALL THE CONCERNS THAT LYNN HAS BROUGHT UP AND APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVE AND THEREAFTER, CORRECT THEM BEFORE THE CONTRACT IS ACCEPTED.
>> THANK YOU. OUR CURRENT THING IS TO EXTEND THIS COMPLETION DATE OF FEBRUARY 28TH BECAUSE OF THE BREAKER ISSUE.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I'LL MOVE [OVERLAPPING]
>> [INAUDIBLE] INFORMATION IS NOT TO APPROVE IT.
>> I AM GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED CONTRACT EXTENSION, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE WE HAVE ANY CHOICE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? AGAIN, WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF A THIRD OR FOURTH PARTY HERE.
>> I THINK COMMISSIONER LUEPKE WILL BE ABSTAINING IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> THAT WAS YOUR COMMENT, MICHELLE?
>> THAT WAS MY COMMENT. CORRECT.
>> WOW, I'M READING THROUGH THE MASK HERE.
[LAUGHTER] HEARING NO OTHER COMMENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> AYE, AT THIS POINT, WE CAN ADJOURN THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.