[Community Corrections] [00:00:05] WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AGREEMENT WITH ANOKA COUNTY EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL JUVENILE CENTER. MR. MOLITOR, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING, MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A AGREEMENT WITH ANOKA COUNTY EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL JUVENILE CENTER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS AND WITH ADMINISTRATION. WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ANOKA COUNTY FOR A SECURE BED, AND THUS, WITHIN THOSE MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR THE SECURE BED, WE HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR OTHER SERVICES, WHICH THERE ARE SEVERAL SECURE, NON SECURE, AND OTHER TYPE OF PLACEMENTS FOR JUVENILES WITHIN THEIR FACILITY. SO WE, AS MR. MOLITOR HAS INDICATED, WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS AT WORKSHOP. WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2022. WE, AS NICOLLET COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS OR NICOLLET COUNTY, WOULD ENTER INTO IT WITH THREE YEARS AND THREE QUARTERS OF ANOTHER YEAR STARTING IN MARCH 1ST OF 2023. WE'LL MAKE A MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR THIS OBLIGATION, PRORATED FOR THE FIRST YEAR, AND IT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE ADVISORY BOARD OF WHICH WILL BECOME A MEMBER OF WILL BE A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH 20 COUNTY MEMBERSHIPS. WE WILL MEET THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN JUNE OF 2023. AND IN THOSE MEETINGS, WE MAKE DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT THE PAYMENTS WILL BE FOR FUTURE YEARS BASED ON THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES WITHIN THE FACILITY AND THE PER DIEM RATE. IT COULD GO UP OR DOWN BUT WE ARE SET AT A SOLID RATE FOR 2023 AND IT WILL BE THE 24 OR, I'M SORRY, THE 20 MEMBERSHIP THAT WILL DECIDE WHAT THAT RATE WILL DO FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND BE LOOKED AT EACH YEAR THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT ENDING DECEMBER 31ST OF 2026. I'M ASKING THAT WE JOIN THIS UNION OF THE JOINT POWERS TO ALLOW ACCESS FOR BEDS AND SERVICES FOR OUR NICOLLET COUNTY JUVENILES WHEN NEEDED. YOU'VE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION OF MR. MOLITER. IS THERE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? SO MOVED. MR. DEHEN HAS MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. COMMISSIONER DRANTTEL DISCUSSION OF BOARD MEMBERS, MR. MORROW. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MR. MOLITER, DO YOU HAVE THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU? THREE SEPARATE ARTICLES. ONE IS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. I HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME CURRENTLY. AND THEN ALSO THE CONTRACT THAT'S ON THE TOP UP RIGHT LISTED AS C009767 SPECIFIC BETWEEN NICOLLET COUNTY AND ANOKA COUNTY. AND THAT'S THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT. IF WE COULD GO TO ARTICLE ONE ON PAGE ONE. AND THE FIRST DEFINITION IS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. YES. AND IT SAYS AND I'M PROBABLY MISREADING THIS, THE COMMITTEE CREATED BY THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT IN SECTION 701, IS THAT REFERRING TO THE OTHER AGREEMENT OR IS THAT REFERRING TO THIS AGREEMENT? THE 7.01 SPECIFIC TO THAT. AND I'LL TELL YOU, BECAUSE THE 701 IN THE DOCUMENT YOU'RE HOLDING RIGHT NOW DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WITHIN OUR DOCUMENT. IF YOU LOOK INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENT THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE TOUCHING RIGHT NOW, IF YOU PLEASE, GO TO 701. WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON? COMMISSIONER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PAGE FIVE IS WHERE 701. THANK YOU. TOWARDS THE BOTTOM REFERRING TO AGENT SHALL PROVIDE TO ANOKA COUNTY ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED. RIGHT, MR. MOLITER THE WORD COMMITTEE DOESN'T SHOW UP THERE. SO I'M ASSUMING IT MEANS THE OTHER AGREEMENT. THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT? YEAH. COULD YOU LOOK AT SEVEN? I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE IN FRONT OF ME. COULD YOU LOOK AT 701 THERE AND JUST TELL US WHAT IT SAYS IN THAT AGREEMENT? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S ON THIS COMMITTEE AND WHAT ITS COMPOSITION IS. THANK YOU MANDY. IT'S ON PAGE SIX OF THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU A COPY. THAT'S RIGHT. I MUST HAVE MISSPOKE. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE READ IT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF US. AS FAR AS I KNOW, 0.1 ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD. EACH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF EACH MEMBER COUNTY SHALL APPOINT TWO PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE ON AN ADVISORY BOARD AND ACT AS LIAISONS WITH THE OTHER MEMBER. [00:05:02] COUNTY'S ADVISORY BOARD SHALL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL BE ADVISORY ONLY AND SHALL NOT BE JOINT POWERS BOARD. UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTE 471.59, THE FACILITY SUPERINTENDENT SHALL SERVE AS AN EX FACULTY NON-VOTING MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD. AND I DO APOLOGIZE, MR. MOLITER. I DO SEE IT'S IN OUR PACKET AFTER THE AGREEMENT AND AFTER A CHART. SO I SEE WHERE WE ARE. WHO IS DO YOU KNOW WHO OUR TWO PEOPLE ARE? OH, THAT HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED. YET. I'VE NOTED WITHIN THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT I SUBMITTED, I'LL REFER TO IT AS THE MINUTES FROM ECRJC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. FROM THE LAST ONE, I WOULD NOTE THAT NICOLLET COUNTY IS MENTIONED WITHIN THERE. I WOULD NOTE THAT, IN THE ATTENDING SECTION SOMEWHERE IN THIS DOCUMENT, I APOLOGIZE. THAT IT WAS MOSTLY PROBATION DIRECTORS. BUT I DO SEE ON PAGE TWO OF THAT DOCUMENT. OKAY. EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL JUVENILE CENTER, THAT IT DOES LIST BOTH A DIRECTOR AND A COMMISSIONER. AND SO THAT HAS NOT BEEN CHOSEN FOR NICOLLET COUNTY. AND, MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, I THINK AFTER THE BOARD IS IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, MR. MOLITER WILL HAVE TO BRING BACK BEFORE THE BOARD A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHO THE BOARD WANTS TO PUT FORTH TO BE ON THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIR, IF I MIGHT. ARE WE APPROVING THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT TODAY? NO, THE JOINT POWERS. WE'RE GOING TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE JOINT POWERS THAT IS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE EXISTING COUNTIES. AND THERE'S THE PERMISSION TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL COUNTIES TO BECOME PART OF THAT JOINT POWERS BY ENTERING INTO THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY. THAT'S THE CONFUSING PART OF THIS, IS BECAUSE THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT ITSELF WAS NOT BEFORE US TO OFFER FEEDBACK ON ITS CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY VOTED ON BY THE EXISTING COUNTIES, WERE BECOMING A MEMBER OF AN EXISTING JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. AND MR. CHAIR, I'LL STOP AFTER THIS. BUT THIS IS PART OF MY THIS IS NOT ABOUT ANYONE IN THE ROOM. I'M CONCERNED, AS I THINK WE ALL ARE, ABOUT THE STATE OF DETENTION BEDS AND OTHER BEDS IN THE STATE AND HOW THIS IS NOT A PROCESS THAT'S WORKING WELL AND THAT WE HAVE TO DO THESE KIND OF THINGS JUST TO RESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE SOMEBODY IN A BED THAT'S NOT IN MOORHEAD, NOT IN MASSACHUSETTS. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE FOLKS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS FACILITY, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. SO NOW WE HAVE A JOINT POWERS BOARD MADE UP OF IT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST 15 COUNTIES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM. AND THESE COUNTIES ARE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. THIS IS I'M GOING TO VOTE YES ON THIS. I JUST IT'S NOT ABOUT MR. MOLITER. IT'S ABOUT THE SITUATION. AND SO NOW WE'RE JOINING A HUGE JOINT POWERS BOARD, CORRECT. TO TRY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM. THAT'S A STATE PROBLEM. MR. CHAIR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL BE THE 20TH MEMBER WITHIN THIS JOINT POWERS CONTRACT AND THE FINALS. ALSO, MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK WE'RE THE FINAL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US? WHAT IS THE INVESTMENT OF NICOLLET COUNTY TO THIS VENTURE? THIS WILL COME OUT OF NICOLLET COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS BUDGET APPROVED FOR 2023. SO THAT [INAUDIBLE] FOR PRE-SPENDING IT. IT IS PRORATED THIS FOR THE NEXT NINE MONTHS AT $9,027 A MONTH. OKAY. AND TO THE POINT, MADAM ATTORNEY THAT COMMISSIONER MORROW BROUGHT UP, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT? AND ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH ITS NATURE AS WE MOVE IN? MR. CHAIR, I AGREE WITH THE BOARD ACTING ON THE DOCUMENTS AS SUBMITTED. I SHARE IN COMMISSIONER MORROW'S CONCERNS THAT THIS IS WHAT COUNTIES ARE HAVING TO RESORT TO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS A STATEWIDE ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AT A STATEWIDE LEVEL, RATHER THAN THESE INDIVIDUAL, JOINT POWERS OF COUNTIES. THANK YOU. AND IF I COULD, MR. MOLITER JUST TO HELP TO FIND THIS TO THE VIEWERS AND LISTENERS ON THIS MEETING, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT FOLKS IN PROBATION AND CORRECTIONS ARE FACING THAT LEAD US TO THIS, CONTRACT TODAY? YES, MR. CHAIR. WHAT WE'RE DISCOVERING OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS, AND MOST SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, IS THAT WHEN I STARTED AS DIRECTOR HERE 12 YEARS [00:10:01] AGO, THERE WAS OVER 20 OPTIONS FOR US TO FIND PLACEMENTS FOR JUVENILES WITHIN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. THAT'S NOW DWINDLED DOWN TO, I BELIEVE, SEVEN. AND OF THOSE SEVEN, YOU NEED TO HAVE A CONTRACT TO BE PART OF GETTING FOLKS INTO THE FACILITIES THAT WE NEED SERVICES FOR. SO BY DOING THIS, NICOLLET COUNTY IS PROTECTING ITS JUVENILES, PROVIDING FOR A BED FOR SERVICES, AND THAT DOOR OPENS TO OTHER BEDS WITHIN IT FOR OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. AND AS I RECALL, MEMBERS HAD DURING OUR WORKSHOP SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS. I POINT TO WHAT MR. ZINS HAD MENTIONED. THE PRIVATE ENTERPRISES WERE WORKING. WHY DOESN'T IT WORK FOR PRIVATE FOLKS ANYMORE? UH, CURRENTLY IT COULD BE TIED TO COVID OR NOT, BUT, UH, A TRANSITION OCCURRED WHERE, UH, THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THESE ENTITIES, PRIVATE ENTITIES AND PUBLIC ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING THE STAFF TO MONITOR THESE FOLKS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE WAGE ISN'T ENOUGH FOR THE WORK, BUT THEY'RE NOT HAVING STAFF TO BE ABLE TO, REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THESE JUVENILE CLIENTS OF OURS. AND, COMMISSIONER ZINS, I HOPE I REPRESENTED WHAT YOUR CONCERN WAS DURING WORKSHOP. YEP. ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO THE MOTION? JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. I'D HAVE MAYBE FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE VIEWERS AS WELL. IN TERMS OF BUDGETING, YOU SAID THAT YOU'VE, I MEAN, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SPENDING FOR THIS, IT FALLS STILL FALLS WITHIN YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT FALLS WITHIN YOUR BUDGET FOR THE SO THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SPENDING ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR BUDGET AT THIS TIME. CORRECT. IT'S INCLUDED INTO A LINE ITEM FOR OUT OF HOME PLACEMENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT WITHIN THAT. WE'RE BASICALLY PRE-SPENDING THAT TO ASSURE A BED, THE HISTORY OF OUT OF HOME PLACEMENTS OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, THEY DO EBB AND FLOW. AND SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT WE MIGHT NOT EXCEED THAT AMOUNT. BUT LAST YEAR WE DID NOT. WE FELL WITHIN THE REALM. AND WE'RE IN A CERTAIN WE'RE IN THAT SAME PACE FOR 2023 RIGHT NOW. SO I SEE NO PROJECTION AS TO WHY I WOULD EXCEED IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER. DEHEN. YES, COMMISSIONER. DRANTTEL. YES, COMMISSIONER. ZINS. YES, COMMISSIONER. MORROW. YES, COMMISSIONER. KOLARS. YES. CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'LL LOOK TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO COME BEFORE US TODAY. UH, NO, MR. CHAIR, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA. THIS IS FAIRLY TYPICAL FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR SO OF A PRETTY LIMITED AGENDA ITEM. JUST VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, MADAM ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US TODAY? [County Attorney Update] I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION ON THE LAST MATTER. WE APPRECIATE THAT. REGARDING THE CHAIR'S REPORT, UH, WE'VE HAD COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT, NICOLLET COUNTY NORTH MANKATO MEETING [Chair’s Report] AND TODAY'S MEETING. MR. ZINS, WAS THAT THE BLUE EARTH COUNTY JOINT BOARD MEETING WITH EVERYONE HERE AS WELL? [Commissioner Committee Reports] AND, UH, MR. DEAN AND I HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETINGS, GETTING TO KNOW EVERYONE. AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE AMC DRAINAGE CONFERENCE UP IN ALEXANDRIA, WHICH I FELT WAS A GOOD CONFERENCE. SOME GOOD INFORMATION, MR. DEHEN. I ATTENDED THE NORTH MANKATO LIAISON MEETING AS WELL. AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE MRCI BOARD MEETING, AND THEY HAVE ELECTED A NEW DIRECTOR TO REPLACE BRIAN BENSHOOF. THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE COMING OUT VERY SOON, AND HE'S LOOKING TO START IN MARCH, SO THAT'LL BE NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE TAKING OVER THAT POSITION, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS SOME CONCERN BECAUSE IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE OPERATION. AND THEN WE HAD OUR, OUR, DEPARTMENT TRAINING YESTERDAY. SO WE'RE GETTING WE'RE STARTING TO SUCK TO LOWER THE FIRE HOSE LEVEL, I THINK. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MORROW. HRA. OPEN MEETING LAW. [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER. SORRY, I'M NOT DOING THIS MORE QUICKLY. I APOLOGIZE WE HAD AN ARPA MEETING LAST WEEK HAD A MEETING WITH BLUE EARTH COUNTY, I THINK, [00:15:03] TRI COUNTY RECYCLING. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR IT NOW. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DRANTTEL. I ALSO ATTENDED THE JOINT MEETING WITH BLUE EARTH COUNTY, WHERE WE HAD INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUT OF HOME PLACEMENTS. SO THAT WAS THE MAIN TOPIC OF OUR DAY. THE ARPA MEETING. I MISSED THE TRI COUNTY SOLID WASTE BECAUSE MY FIREWALL DIDN'T LET IT THROUGH. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? YOU WERE ELECTED CHAIR. YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT THAT LATER. AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, MY FAMILY EXPERIENCED THE BED SHORTAGE IN OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS. SO IT IS REAL. SO DON'T GET SICK. IT'S UGLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. JUST TO REVIEW, I THOUGHT THE DISCUSSION WITH BLUE EARTH COUNTY WAS VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE. INTERESTING TO HEAR ALL THE TOPICS THAT ADMINISTRATOR MEYER AND LANDKAMER HAD PUT TOGETHER. AND NOW WE'RE PLANNING TO MEET LE SUEUR COUNTY, OUR NEIGHBORS HERE IN MARCH. AND THEN IS IT JUNE WHEN SIBLEY COUNTY IS WORKING OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE? SO THOSE COMMUNITY, THOSE COUNTY BOARD SHARING TIMES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK FOR US JUST TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND TO SHARE IDEAS, THOSE SUCCESSES, THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WE ALL HAVE, UH COMMISSIONER MEETINGS AND [Commissioner Meetings & Conferences] CONFERENCES. WE DO HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE COMING UP NEXT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY. SO PLEASE, IF YOU'RE INTENDING TO, TO GO CONTACT SARAH ABOUT THAT. CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE PER DIEMS AND EXPENSES. [Approve Per Diems and Expenses] SO MOVED. MR. ZINS HAS MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, COMMISSIONER DEHEN. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED IT CARRIES. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE BOARD MEETING AND CALL OUR DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING TO ORDER. [Call Drainage Authority Meeting to Order: Chair] WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND. DRANTTEL AND MORROW. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE WAS OPPOSED. CARRIES APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVED. SECOND. MORROW AND DEHEN. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. CARRIES. THANK YOU. ARE THERE PUBLIC APPEARANCES FOR THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY? ANY OTHER APPEARANCES BEFORE THE BOARD. WE WILL ADJOURN THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING AT 9:20 A.M.. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.