[Call Board of Commissioners Meeting to Order: Chair]
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GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE MARCH 25TH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, WELCOME. FIRST ON OUR AGENDA IS THE ALWAYS SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
[Approval of Agenda]
SECOND IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MANDY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, MADAM CHAIR.THANK YOU. MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND? YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
[Approval of Consent Agenda]
AYE. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS POINT? MOVE IT. SECOND. THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION.
HEARING AND SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
NEXT IS PUBLIC APPEARANCES. AND THERE IS NO PUBLIC.
SO WE HAVE NO PUBLIC APPEARANCES. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
[Health and Human Services]
GOOD MORNING CASSIE. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY TOPIC THIS MORNING IS THE STATEWIDE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP.
NOTICE OF INTENT. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS REQUESTED A NOTICE OF INTENT THAT'S DUE MARCH 31ST TO OUTLINE OUR APPROACH FOR THIS CYCLE, SPECIFYING WHETHER NICOLLET COUNTY INTENDS TO APPLY AS OUR CURRENT COLLABORATIVE OF BROWN, NICOLLET, LESUEUR AND WASECA COUNTIES, OR IN A NEW CONFIGURATION.
FOLLOWING THE DISSOLUTION OF THE BROWN NICOLLET COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD, NICOLLET COUNTY HAS BEEN EXPLORING THE VALUE OF MOVING FORWARD AS A SINGLE COUNTY SHIP PROGRAM. STRENGTHS OF THIS APPROACH INCLUDE SHIP CAPACITY AND EFFICIENCY.
AND WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE BOARD WORKSHOP LAST WEEK, AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR CONVERSATION WAS FOCUSED ON HOW MUCH WE VALUED THE COLLABORATION WITH BROWN, WASECA AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DISSOLUTION OF BROWN NICOLLET COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD OR THE SHIP? SORRY. IT'S BEEN. MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU.
SECOND. FURTHER DISCUSSION. I JUST WOULD COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED. I THINK THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLABORATE GOING FORWARD, BUT IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE FOR US TO MAKE THIS MOVE AT THIS TIME SINCE WE'VE DISSOLVED THE BROWARD COUNTY HEALTH BOARD AS WELL. YEAH, I THINK THAT COLLABORATION IS GOING TO STILL BE THERE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT. AND NOT THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.
IT'S JUST DIFFERENT. GREAT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING AND SEEING. NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
[County Attorney]
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I BROUGHT FORTH FOR YOU TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A PROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. EVERY MARCH, WE RECOGNIZE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.THIS EVENING IS THE ANNUAL WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN EVENT HERE IN SAINT PETER, WHERE A LOCAL WOMAN WILL RECEIVE AN AWARD FOR THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT PROCLAMATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO READ IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO SO.
AND WHEREAS THE THEME FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION IS MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER WOMEN, EDUCATION, EDUCATING AND INSPIRING GENERATIONS.
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WOMAN WHO HAS SERVED HER COMMUNITY AND INSPIRED GENERATIONS.DATED THIS 25TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION. SECOND.
THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AND MADAM CHAIR, THERE'S GENERALLY A $200 CONTRIBUTION FOR THIS EVENT, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY A BUDGETED ITEM.
SO WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT TO THE GROUP AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY IDEA WHO THE WINNER IS? IT'S THE BEST KEPT SECRET TILL THEY CALL YOUR NAME. CORRECT? OKAY. THE RECIPIENT HAS NO IDEA UNTIL THEIR NAME IS CALLED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE STILL ON? STILL UP.
[County Attorney Update]
COUNTY ATTORNEY UPDATE. WE'VE BONNIE PETERSON HAS DONE A COUPLE OF FRAUD PREVENTION PRESENTATIONS.WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND DOING SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS.
WHICH SEEMS TO BE EVEN MORE PRESSING NOW. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S RAMPANT FRAUD GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO ALL KINDS OF NEW AND INTERESTING WAYS OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND GET PEOPLE'S PRIVATE INFORMATION.
AND WE'RE ALSO GEARING UP FOR CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP IN APRIL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE REPORTS.
[Commissioner Committee Reports, Meetings & Conferences]
LET'S CHANGE IT UP. JACK, LET'S START WITH YOU TODAY.THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ATTENDED THE AREA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MEETING LAST WEEK, DIVERSITY COUNCIL AMC ZOOM YESTERDAY AND A COUNTY BOARD MEETING TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HELGET.
THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. I ATTENDED AN AMC LUNCH AND LEARN ON DEVELOPING LOCAL WORKFORCE.
THE AQUA MEETING. SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE EASY ACCESS TO THC DRINKS.
WAS ADDRESSED IN THAT MEETING, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I SAW IT LAST NIGHT WHEN I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE, NOT IN SAINT PETER, BUT IN A LOCAL COMMUNITY.
A LARGE DISPLAY OF THC DRINKS, LIKE, RIGHT AT THE CHILD'S EYE LEVEL.
I HAD A TOUR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS AWESOME WITH MANDY.
AND SETH. AND THEN WE HAD THE BOARD WORKSHOP LAST WEEK, AND THEN TOMORROW I GO TO AMC LEADERSHIP.
CONFERENCE. REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. COMMISSIONER.
I ATTENDED THE BOARD WORKSHOP ALONG WITH ALL OF YOU, OBVIOUSLY.
AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, WITH RURAL ENERGY.
IT'S KIND OF MUCH THE SAME IN TERMS OF THEY TALK ABOUT A LOT OF RURAL ENERGY PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD AND, AND THE ADDITION OF BOTH WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.
TRANSMISSION LINES ARE SOME NEW TRANSMISSION LINES PLANNED IN THE WORKS OR WHATEVER LIKE THAT. THE TRANSMISSION LINES COME ON VERY SLOW, WHICH SO I JUST FIND IT ODD THAT THEY CONTINUE TO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD AND PUSH MORE WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY, WHICH IS FINE, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT ALL OF IT THAT GETS BUILT, THEY CAN'T EVEN PUSH THE POWER UP ON THE GRID BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO.
SO THEY BUILD ANOTHER ONE, AND THEN THEY JUST CURTAIL THE REST OF THEM EVEN MORE.
SO I THINK THAT IT'D BE NICE TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM, WHERE THEY COULD GET THE TRANSMISSION LINES BUILT SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY USE THE ENERGY. COMMISSIONER DEAN. WE HAD THE COMMISSIONER WORKSHOP LAST WEEK, AND THEN I ATTENDED THE EMC LEGISLATIVE CALL YESTERDAY WITH JACK.
[Chair’s Report]
I ATTENDED AFTER OUR LAST BOARD MEETING AND AFTERNOON OF HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS AND ENTERTAINING AFTERNOON.HAD A TRAVERSE CITY LIBRARY BOARD MEETING AND THE BOARD WORKSHOP.
[Approve Per Diems and Expenses]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS TO APPROVE PER DIEMS AND EXPENSES.IS THERE A MOTION TO DO THAT? SO MOVED. SECOND.
I DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA, SO I'M GOING TO WING IT. IS THERE? IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? SO MOVED? SECONDED.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.ANY THING TO PULL OFF? NO, IT'S JUST THE MINUTES.
MOVE IT. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NO PUBLIC APPEARANCES FOR DRAINAGE.
WE ARE DONE. WE CAN ADJOURN THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING.
WELL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.