>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO MAY 13TH, [00:00:03] 2025 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING. [Call Board of Commissioners Meeting to Order] AS ALWAYS, WE START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. FIRST ON OUR AGENDA IS THE SILENCING OF THE CELL PHONES AND TURNING ON OF THE MICROPHONES. WE'RE GOOD TO ROLL? NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, CHANGE, MORPH AROUND A LITTLE BIT, OR ARE WE GOOD TO ROLL? >> THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, MADAM CHAIR. [Approval of Agenda] >> MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. WOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD [Approval of Consent Agenda] LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE APPROVE IT? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. [Public Appearances] >> AYE. >> AYE. >> NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE PUBLIC APPEARANCES. IT'S THE USUAL THREE-MINUTE GIG. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. >> TIM WAIBEL, 45438 541ST AVENUE, COURTLAND, DITCH 86A, WHICH MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUILDING. [OVERLAPPING] >> WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC APPEARANCES DURING THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY TOO, IF YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THAT. >> COULD YOU TURN YOUR MICS UP AT ALL? IT'S REALLY HARD TO HEAR YOU BACK THERE. >> IS IT? >> I'M SORRY. >> WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC APPEARANCES DURING THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THAT. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCES NOT RELATED TO DRAINAGE? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, FINANCE DEPARTMENT. [Finance] GOOD MORNING, HEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M HERE TODAY FOR YOU TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE QUARTER 1, 2025 DONATIONS RECEIVED BY NICOLLET COUNTY. FOR QUARTER 1, FOR THE VAN PROGRAM, THE FIRST ONE WAS FROM NORTH MANKATO AMERICAN LEGION, AUXILIARY 518, FOR $500. THEN WE HAD VARIOUS DONATIONS FOR $340 TOTALING 840 FOR THE VAN PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAD SHERIFF K9 UNIT DONATION FROM THE NICOLLET COUNTY K9 FOUNDATION FOR $12,500. THEN WE ALSO HAD LE SUEUR COUNTY SHERIFF'S YOUTH PROJECT DONATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM FOR INCENTIVES GED AND FOR ALSO THEIR TRUANCY PROGRAM TOTALING $500. THEN WE ALSO HAD VARIOUS DONATIONS FOR OUR LOAN CLOSET OF $130 FOR A TOTAL OF $13,970. I'M LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE DONATIONS BY RESOLUTION TODAY. >> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION IS IN THE PACKET. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> ANY QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU TO THE DONORS. >> YES, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COMMISSIONER DEHEN? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HELGET? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KOLARS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ZINS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER DRANTTEL? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. RESOLUTION PASSES. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS ADMINISTRATION. [Administration] >> GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I HAVE FOUR ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, BEGINNING ON PAGE 17. THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE NICOLLET COUNTY ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES OFFICER. I HAVE IRIS BLOOFLAT WITH ME TODAY. I JUST MIGHT GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATUTE. ACCORDING TO MINNESOTA STATUTE 197.60, A COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES OFFICER AND OR ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM. ASSISTANT VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER IRIS BLOOFLAT HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED HER PROBATIONARY PERIOD ON APRIL 4TH OF 2025 AND IS ELIGIBLE TO COMPLETE HER ORIGINAL FOUR-YEAR TERM AS PER THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION. [00:05:05] MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE RESOLUTION FOR THE RECORD. >> PLEASE DO SO. >> RESOLUTION APPOINTING A NICOLLET COUNTY ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER. WHEREAS MINNESOTA STATUTE 197.60 STATES THAT COUNTIES MAY APPOINT AN ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, AND WHEREAS MINNESOTA STATUTE 197.601 STATES THAT AN ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF MINNESOTA, A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, AND A VETERAN AS DEFINED BY MINNESOTA STATUTE 197.447. WHEREAS CURRENT NICOLLET COUNTY ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES OFFICER IRIS BLOOFLAT WAS HIRED ON APRIL 4TH OF 2024. WHEREAS SUBJECT TO THE DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF THE COUNTY'S VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, THE ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES OFFICER MAY EXERCISE ALL THE POWERS AND SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, AND IS SUBJECT TO ALL THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS MINNESOTA STATUTE 197.60-197.606 RELATING TO A COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES OFFICER. WHEREAS NICOLLET COUNTY VETERAN SERVICES OFFICER NATHAN TISH, HAS REVIEWED ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER BLOOFLAT'S PERFORMANCE AND IS RECOMMENDING END OF PROBATION STATUS. NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE NICOLLET COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPOINT IRIS BLOOFLAT TO BE THE NICOLLET COUNTY ASSISTANT COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT MS. BLOOFLAT HAS THE QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A VETERANS SERVICES OFFICER AS REQUIRED IN MINNESOTA STATUTE 197.601, AND BE IT RESOLVED, MS. BLOOFLAT'S FOUR-YEAR TERM COMMENCED ON APRIL 4TH OF 2024. THIS RESOLUTION IS DATED THE 13TH DAY OF MAY 2025. >> COOL. WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU. >> YES. >> WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COMMISSIONER ZINS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER DEHEN? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HELGET? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KOLARS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER DRANTTEL? >> YES. >> THE RESOLUTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THAT LOOKS PAINFUL, WHATEVER YOU GOT GOING ON THERE. >> I HAD A TORN MENISCUS AND I FINALLY GOT IT REPAIRED. [LAUGHTER] >> IT'S AN EXCITING DAY HIGHLIGHTING ALL OF OUR AMAZING STAFF. THE NEXT ONE IS A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING OUR COUNTY ENGINEER. ACCORDING TO MINNESOTA STATUTE 163.07, A COUNTY ENGINEER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM IN THE MONTH OF MAY OF THE YEAR THAT TERM EXPIRES. MR. GREENWOOD WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED IN 2008 AND HAS BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY REAPPOINTED SINCE THEN. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO READ THE RESOLUTION FOR THE RECORD AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING COUNTY ENGINEER. WHEREAS ON JUNE 8TH, 2008, THE NICOLLET COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPOINT MR. SETH GREENWOOD TO THE POSITION OF NICOLLET COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WHEREAS THE NICOLLET COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SINCE MAY 26, 2009 HAS SUBSEQUENTLY REAPPOINTED MR. GREENWOOD TO THE POSITION OF NICOLLET COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR FOUR FOUR-YEAR TERMS. WHEREAS AS ALLOWED FOR MINNESOTA STATUTE 163.07, SUBDIVISION 2, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MADE MR. GREENWOOD'S CURRENT APPOINTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS FROM MAY 26, 2021 THROUGH MAY 25TH OF 2025. WHEREAS MINNESOTA STATUTE 163.07, SUBDIVISION 2, STATES THAT ALL REAPPOINTMENTS SHALL BE FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS AND SHALL BE MADE IN MAY OF THE YEAR IN WHICH TERM EXPIRES. WHEREAS MR. GREENWOOD WAS REAPPOINTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD FOR MAY 26TH, 2021 THROUGH MAY 25TH, 2025. WHEREAS MR. GREENWOOD'S ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS HAVE ALL MET OR EXCEEDED EXPECTATION RATINGS. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT ON MAY 13TH, 2025, THE NICOLLET COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DOES HEREBY TAKE OFFICIAL ACTION TO REAPPOINT MR. SETH GREENWOOD TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM AS NICOLLET COUNTY HIGHWAY ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EFFECTIVE MAY 26TH, 2025 THROUGH MAY 25TH OF 2029. THIS RESOLUTION'S DATED THE 13TH MAY OF 2025. [00:10:01] >> MADAM CHAIR. >> COMMISSIONER KOLARS. >> IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS APPOINTMENT. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ON THE SEARCH COMMITTEE WHEN MR. GREENWOOD APPLIED FOR THIS JOB. I THINK WE HAVE CHOSEN A WINNER BACK THEN AND FOR ALL THESE FOUR-YEAR APPOINTMENTS. I'M GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE AND WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. FURTHER COMMENTS? COOL. GLAD YOU'RE HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COMMISSIONER KOLARS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER DEHEN? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ZINS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HELGET? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER DRANTTEL? >> YES. >> THE RESOLUTION PASSES. YOU CAN'T LEAVE FOR FOUR YEARS NOW, SETH. [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN'T LEAVE FOR ANOTHER FOUR. [LAUGHTER] >> CONGRATS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR, TODAY IS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS FEASIBILITY STUDY MASTER PLANNING PHASE UPDATE. I HAVE BRIAN RUSHE HERE, WHO IS ONE OF OUR OWN REPRESENTATIVES, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE THE PROCESS IS, BASED ON LAST WEEK'S CONVERSATIONS. >> HERE WE GO. MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED PAPER COPY OF THIS, JUST MY REGULAR UPDATE. WE'VE ISSUED THE RFP AND RECEIVED FIVE PROPOSALS. PAUL, ERICK, AND I, ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HAVE SCORED THEM. ON MAY 6TH, WE HELD A WORKSHOP WHERE WE REVIEWED PRELIMINARY SCORING. WE NARROWED THE FIELD DOWN TO THREE FIRMS, BRUNTON ARCHITECTS, OERTEL ARCHITECTS, AND WINDSOR THAT WE'D LIKE TO INTERVIEW. WE'VE SCHEDULED THE INTERVIEWS WITH THOSE THREE FIRMS ON MAY 20TH. IN ADDITION TO THE PACKET IS DATE AND TIME FOR THE INTERVIEWS, A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE GENERATED FROM THE PROPOSALS THAT WE PROPOSE TO WORK THROUGH THE INTERVIEWS WITH THIS LIST OF QUESTIONS. FOLLOWING THAT IS NEXT STEP, TIMELINE FOR FOLLOW UP NEGOTIATION. BEHIND THE UPDATE IS THE UPDATED SCHEDULE. WE'RE BASICALLY FOLLOWING ALL THE DATES THAT WE HAD LAID OUT IN THE ORIGINAL RFP SCHEDULE. PRETTY MUCH ON TASK. OVERALL, I THINK WE HAD FIVE VERY GOOD PROPOSALS. I THINK THE THREE THAT WE SELECTED ARE ALL VERY GOOD FIRMS, VERY EXPERIENCED IN THE INDUSTRY. ANY QUESTIONS? >> MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONER ZINS AND I ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE THAT MET WITH THIS WORKSHOP AND WE AGREE THAT THESE THREE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD BE INTERVIEWING STARTING NEXT TUESDAY. IS THAT WRITE? >> YEAH. >> YEAH NEXT TUESDAY. COULD YOU SHARE WITH THE BOARD, BRIAN, WHAT INVESTMENT THE COUNTY WILL BE MAKING UPON CHOOSING ONE OF THESE FOLKS? >> COUNCIL, THE PROPOSALS RANGED IN VALUE FROM 65,000 TO NORTH OF $100,000. THERE WERE SOME VARIATION IN WHAT THEY INCLUDED AND EXCLUDED, BUT I THINK WE COULD ANTICIPATE SOMEWHERE AROUND $100,000-$130,000 INVESTMENT TOTAL FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. I THINK ONCE WE LOOKED AT THE PROPOSALS, SOME OF THEM WERE SHORT ON SOME ITEMS OR SOME EXCLUSIONS, AND I THINK WE'LL VET THAT IN THIS INTERVIEW PROCESS. I THINK THAT $100,000-$130,000 RANGE IS WHERE WE WOULD SETTLE. >> THAT'S THE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AT THE WORKSHOP, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS, MOVING FORWARD. THAT GROUP WILL GIVE US A SENSE AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHERE IT MIGHT BE LOCATED, ETC. >> CORRECT. >> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? >> NO. I THINK JACK COVERED IT WELL. >> WE DID HAVE SOME COMMENTS TOO, KURT, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, JUST ON WHAT THE FUTURE BUILDING COSTS MIGHT BE, BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT STEP YET. >> CORRECT. WE'RE NOT. THIS IS BASICALLY JUST THE WHOLE FEASIBILITY STUDY OF DETERMINING POTENTIAL SITES, LOCATIONS, WHAT BUILDING SITES MIGHT NEED. LOTS OF PRELIMINARY STUFF TO GATHER FOR INFORMATION BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE NEXT STEP, SELECTING SITE, POTENTIAL BUILDING. THEN OF COURSE, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL REALLY FIND OUT WHAT THE INVESTMENT WILL BE. >> IF YOU NOTICE, IF WE LOOK AT THE LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR EACH OF THE INTERVIEWEES, [00:15:01] THE LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THIS BEING JUST BASED ON HISTORIC EXPERIENCE? THE REASON WE DO THIS PROCESS IS TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT WILL GIVE YOU GOOD SNAPSHOT. IF WE ASK EACH OF THESE INTERVIEWEES FOR AN ANTICIPATED BUDGET, I THINK THAT WILL HELP YOU FORESEE WHERE WE WILL END UP TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. >> THE BOARD WILL RECALL, MADAM CHAIR, THAT WE'RE HIRING BRIAN AND HIS GROUP TO ASSIST US. MANDY AND SETH ARE BUSY WITH THEIR JOBS, BUT THIS OUTSIDE HELPING GROUP WILL GET US THOSE STEPS IN A MORE EFFICIENT WAY, WE BELIEVE. >> MORE TIMELY. >> YEP. THE RFP DETAILS, THE SITE SELECTION, THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THAT THAT OUR GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON. THE ITEMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT THAT AREN'T PART OF THE BUILDING BUT ARE REQUIRED FOR COMPLETION OF IT. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL HELP GENERATE THE BUDGET FOR FURNISHINGS, ALL THE SYSTEMS, AND ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE BUILDING AND THE PROJECT THAT WON'T BE PART OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY BY THE ARCHITECT BUT WILL BE A COUNTY EXPENSE SO THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU'LL HAVE A COMPLETE PICTURE, COMPLETE COST OF THE PROJECT. >> I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER TOO THAT OUR PRESENT BUILDING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, SETH. THE MACHINERY THAT IS BEING USED TO TAKE CARE OF ROADS, TO DO OUR HIGHWAYS IS GETTING BIGGER THAN THE BUILDING WE'RE STORING THEM IN. COUNTIES ARE FACED WITH THAT ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THAT'S OUR TASK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. THERE'S ALSO SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THESE DAYS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE 60 YEARS AGO WHEN WE BUILT BUILDINGS. IT'S 60 YEARS, I THINK, 65. IT'S OLD. IT'S WELL USED. SERVED IT'S PURPOSE. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN, MANDY, OR SETH? SEE WHAT THEY GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE LAST ITEM I HAVE HERE IS TO CONSIDER AMENDED TO THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE 2025 COMMITTEE MEETING AND BOARD ASSIGNMENTS THAT QUALIFY FOR PER DIEM PAYMENT. AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR, THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND BOARD ASSIGNMENTS LIST IS REVIEWED, DISCUSSED, AND COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVES AND CITIZEN APPOINTMENTS ARE ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC COMMITTEES. MADAM CHAIR, I'M REQUESTING THE BOARD CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION AND COMMITTEE LIST TO APPOINT RANDY KING TO THE PLANNING & ZONING ADVISORY COMMISSION. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE HANDOUT IN YOUR PACKET, THAT IS THE START DATE OF HIS APPOINTMENT OF MAY 13TH, 2025, AND HIS TERM WOULD EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST OF 2027. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT? >> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> THIS A NEW RESOLUTION. FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> COMMISSIONER DEHEN? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HELGET? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KOLARS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ZINS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER DRANTTEL? [County Attorney Update] >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY UPDATE. MR. HUGHES. >> THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, OTHER COMMISSIONERS, I'M HERE REPRESENTING MICHELLE ZEHNDER FISCHER, THE NICOLLET COUNTY ATTORNEY, WHO IS OTHERWISE DISPOSED AT TRIAL TODAY. SHE DID NOT PROVIDE ME WITH ANY UPDATES TO GIVE. I HAVE NO UPDATES TO GIVE. [Commissioner Committee Reports, Meetings & Conferences] >> THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE REPORTS, MEETINGS, AND CONFERENCES. COMMISSIONER ZINS. >> I HAD THE BLUE EARTH COUNTY JOINT MEETING ALONG WITH REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS. ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF PERSONNEL COMMITTEES RELATED TO OUR SEARCH FOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS ATTENDED THE BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE RFP THAT WAS PROPOSED TODAY. THAT'S ABOUT IT. >> COMMISSIONER DEHEN. >> I ATTENDED THE TECH MEETING ON TRANSPORTATION, MRCI HAD AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. [00:20:01] THERE WAS A READER ADVISORY MEETING WITH ALL THE ADVISORIES THERE. ATTENDED THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. HAD THE MODEL JAIL LEARNING SEMINAR. GOT A PHOTO WITH ALL OF YOU FOR OUR REBATE CHECK FROM CPE ELECTRIC. THEN THIS COMMISSIONER MEETING THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KOLARS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ATTENDED THE AMTRAK MEETING. YOU WILL RECALL THAT WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SERVICE ENDING HERE IN THIS NEXT YEAR. OUR TRANSIT MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER DEHEN, OUR DIVERSITY GROUP, PUBLIC WORKS MEETING WITH BRIAN HERE LAST WEEK, WITH MANDY AND SETH AS WELL. THE JAIL PRACTICES MEETING, WHICH WAS TREMENDOUS FORUM THERE. I WAS WITH THE AMC VIRTUAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION YESTERDAY, WHICH SPOKE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACING OUR COUNTY, FROM COST SHIFTS AND COUNTIES FACING PROPERTY TAX BURDENS THAT WE HOPE CAN BE RESOLVED BEFORE THE END OF THIS SESSION OR THROUGH SOME SPECIAL SESSION AND TODAY'S COUNTY BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HELGET. >> I ATTENDED THE JOINT MEETING WITH BLUE EARTH, THE PARENTING INSIDE OUT PRESENTATION, THE AMC LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. THEN YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE SNAP ROUNDTABLE IN MANKATO, AND THAT TOO WAS OUTSTANDING AND EYE OPENING. THEY DID A REALLY NICE JOB HOSTING A PANEL WHO DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CUTS TO SNAP ON OUR COUNTIES. IN NICOLLET COUNTY, I THINK AROUND 20,000 OF OUR RESIDENTS RECEIVE SNAP BENEFITS, AND ALL OF THAT MONEY GOES BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY. IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU. I'VE HAD LOTS OF REGION 9, LOTS OF LIBRARY. [Chair’s Report] SOME BUDGET AND PERSONNEL MEETINGS WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. YESTERDAY, I HAD ONE WATER, ONE PLAN. WE MIGHT NEED TO ADD THAT TO OUR BOARD WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK. IF WE GOT 15 MINUTES, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THAT IS IT. I'M SPENDING THE AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN GAYLORD WITH DUTCH MATTERS. [LAUGHTER] ARE THERE ANY FUTURE MEETINGS OR CONFERENCES THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF OTHER THAN THE AMC DISTRICT 7 MEETING, WHICH IS JUNE 13TH? >> ST. JAMES. >> ST. JAMES. AMERICAN LEGION. >> YES. LISTED BY ONE COMPANY. >> WITH THE FLAT ROUNDABOUT. [LAUGHTER] >> IT IS. >> SOME OF US MAY HAVE WENT OVER THE TOP OF IT. >> I DID THAT FOUR YEARS AGO. >> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS TO APPROVE PER DIEMS AND EXPENSES. >> MOVE IT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION. [Approve Per Diems and Expenses] IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> NOW WE ADJOURN THE COUNTY BOARD MEETING. LET ME CHANGE SCREENS AND MOVE IN TO THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING. [Adjourn Board of Commissioners Meeting] WE CAN OPEN UP THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING. FIRST IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. IS THERE ANYTHING TO ADD OR DELETE TO THE AGENDA? >> THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, MADAM CHAIR. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONTAINS SOME MEETINGS AND [INAUDIBLE] REPORTS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC APPEARANCES FOR THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY. >> TIM. >> TIM. [LAUGHTER] SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU EARLIER, BUT IT WOULD BE FORGOTTEN BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THIS POINT. THANK YOU. >> AGAIN, TIM WAIBEL, 45438 541ST AVENUE, COURTLAND. COUPLE OF THINGS ON DITCH 86A, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A HARD TIME GETTING BIDS ON THE BUILDING OVER THE NEW BUILDING. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE AS PROPERTY OWNERS OR LANDOWNERS CAN BUILD THAT BUILDING OURSELVES? IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE TO BUILD THE BUILDING THAT SMALL. IF THERE'S ANY DESIGNS OF HOW THEY WANT IT. WE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR TWO YEARS, ON LEAKAGE COMING IN WITH HEAVY RAIN, COMING IN ON ALL THAT ELECTRICAL STUFF. [00:25:04] THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN OVER WAY TOO LONG, BUT THAT'D BE ONE. THEN NUMBER 2, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT INSURANCE WITH THE AMOUNT OF THEFT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. THERE IS A TON OF WIRING DOWN THERE THAT PEOPLE COULD GET INTO AND PROBABLY STEAL IT. THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF BIG ISSUES. THEN AT SOME POINT, IF THE COUNTY COULD JUST SEND OUT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EVERYTHING, SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T ASK QUESTIONS AMONGST OURSELVES AS LAND OWNERS, WHERE WE'RE SITTING IN REGARDS TO WHERE WE'RE MOVING WITH THE PROCESS, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY AGENDA IS PUBLIC SERVICES HEARING DATE FOR COUNTY DITCH 84, PETITION FOR PARTIAL ABANDONMENT. >> MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. PUBLIC SERVICES RECEIVED A PETITION FOR PARTIAL ABANDONMENT TO COUNTY DITCH 84 ON APRIL 24TH. I'M REQUESTING THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY SET BY ORDER, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PETITION TO BE ON MAY 27TH AT 10:00 AM HERE IN THE NICOLLET COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ROOM. THIS PETITION WAS SUBMITTED BY UFC FOR A PIECE OF TILE ON THEIR PROPERTY AT THE END OF THE DITCH. THE ORDER IS ATTACHED. I'D BE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL TO SET THAT HEARING DATE FOR MAY 27TH, AT 10:00 AM IN THE BOARDROOM. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING? >> I MAKE A MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> SECOND. >> FURTHER COMMENTS AND/OR QUESTIONS? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NOW WE CAN ADJOURN THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.