>> THE JOINT 22ND 2025 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
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WE'LL START THE MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.[Call Board of Commissioners Meeting to Order: Chair]
>> THANK YOU. THIS MEETING IS OCCURRING BY MEANS OF INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY AS ALLOWED BY MINNESOTA STATUTES S CHAPTER 13.
COMMISSIONER HELGET WILL BE PARTICIPATING BY MEANS OF INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE JULY 22ND BOARD MEETING.
THE NOTICE AND ZOOM LINK WERE PUBLISHED ON NICOLLET COUNTY WEBSITE AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE WITHIN TODAY'S PACKET.
COMMISSIONER HELGET, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE US ON THE SCREEN?
>> THANK YOU. AS REQUIRED BY MINNESOTA STATUTES CHAPTER 13, ALL VOTES WILL OCCUR BY ROLL CALL.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE SILENCING OF THE CELLPHONES.
NUMBER 3 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
WHITNEY, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS?
[Approval of Agenda]
THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA, MANAGER.>> THANK YOU. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
>> SECOND. HEARING AND SEEING NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL START WITH OUR ROLL CALL VOTES STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER HELGET.
>> YES, THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[Approval of Consent Agenda]
ANYBODY LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE APPROVE IT? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA>> FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC APPEARANCES, AND SEEING NO PUBLIC AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC ONLINE, CORRECT?
[Finance]
APPROVE SECOND QUARTER, 2025 DONATIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO PRESENT THE QUARTER 2 DONATIONS AND LOOKING FOR APPROVAL BY RESOLUTION.
FOR QUARTER 2, NICOLLET COUNTY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF DONATIONS.
WE HAVE A DONATION FOR A PARK BENCH THAT'S ABOUT 7-MILE IN MEMORY OF BRUCE HESSER, THE DONOR WAS MARGARET HESSER FOR $1,459.65 FOR THAT PARK BENCH.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF DONATIONS FOR THE PROJECT COMMUNITY CONNECT THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN AUGUST, AND THE THREE DONORS WERE JARRAFF INDUSTRIES FOR $250, HOMETOWN BANK FOR $100, AND BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD FOR $1,000.
TO WRAP UP, WE HAVE VARIOUS DONATIONS FOR OUR LOAN CLOSET OF $340.
FOR THIS QUARTER 2, TOTAL OF $3,934.65, AND I'M LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THESE DONATIONS FOR RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU. THE RESOLUTION IS NOW PACKAGED.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE?
>> THANK YOU, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR DONATIONS ALSO.
A NICE GIFT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
[Health and Human Services]
COME ON AND MAKE SURE YOUR MIC IS TURNED ON.>> YES. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
>> MY FIRST ITEM IS THE IMMTRACK RESOLUTION.
SINCE JANUARY OF 2012, NICOLLET COUNTY HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL IMMTRACK JOINT POWERS, A MULTI-COUNTY COLLABORATIVE FORMED PARTNER ON IMMUNIZATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FOR PROVIDER ACTIVITIES WITH FUNDING FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS SINCE NOTIFIED THE JOINT POWERS BOARD THAT THIS FUNDING WILL END WITH THE CURRENT FISCAL CYCLE WHICH CONCLUDED ON JUNE 20TH, 2025 AND THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ACTIVITIES WILL TRANSITION TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON JULY 1ST OF 2025.
IN APRIL 28TH, 2025, THE JOINT POWERS BOARD VOTED TO BEGIN THE DISSOLUTION PROCESS AND RECOMMENDED THAT EACH MEMBER OF COUNTY
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ADOPT A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING IT'S INTENT TO DETERMINE IT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.SEPARATELY, THE PARTICIPATING COUNTIES DURING INTERESTED IN EXPLORING WAYS TO CONTINUE REGIONAL COLLABORATION THROUGH COORDINATED PLANNING, SHARING OF RESOURCES AND, JOINT OUTREACH EDUCATION EFFORTS.
THIS MORNING, I'M REQUESTING YOUR CONSIDERATION ON APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TOO TERMINATE NICOLLET COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL IMMTRACK JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
>> HAVING SERVED ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS AT OUR IMMTRACK BOARD WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS, AND SO I WOULD MOVE THIS RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU. FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> I MIGHT JUST SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE NEIGHBORING COUNTIES WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CLINICS AND DOCTORS THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS, YOUNGER PEOPLE, CHILDREN, BECOME IMMUNIZED AND THE REPEAT INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT OUT TO FAMILIES HAS BEEN VERY WELL DONE.
CERTAINLY, WE HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE GOOD COOPERATION WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AS WE MOVE FORWARD UNDER THIS NEW STATE IDEA THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, AND I WOULD JUST ASK CASSIE IF SHE SEES IT THAT WAY TOO.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST ACROSS THE REGION IN CONTINUING TO PARTNER, SO WHEN THERE ARE SPECIFIC TOPICS OR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THAT COME UP, I THINK PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TOO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT THERE THAT DO PUSH OUT INFORMATIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WORK WITH CLIENTS TOGETHER SO THAT THEY'RE HEARING THE SAME INFORMATION FROM EACH COUNTY.
>> I THINK WE HAVE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR CLINICS AS WELL, SO I SEE THAT PARTNERSHIP CONTINUING.
>> YES, AND, MADAM CHAIR, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH BLUE EARTH, AND WASECA, AND, BROWN, FARIBAULT, AS I REMEMBER, LE SUEUR COUNTY,, SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD COLLABORATION WORKING WITH THE IMMTRACK.
I'M SAD TO SEE IT GO, BUT HOPEFULLY THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER REGARDLESS OF WHAT RFK JR. WANTS TO DO OUT IN WASHINGTON TO GET RID OF IMMUNIZATIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS COMMUNICATION HERE.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> MY SECOND ITEM IS RELATED TO PRAIRIE COMMUNITY SERVICES.
IN MAY OF 2025, THE BOARD OF PRAIRIE COMMUNITY SERVICES DECIDED TO CLOSE ROLLINGWOOD HOME IN NORTH MANKATO DUE TO FINANCIAL LOSSES.
THE SETTING OPENED IN 2015 AS A CHILDREN’S INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY AND WAS CONVERTED TO AN ADULT COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL SETTING IN 2022 AS CLIENTS WERE AGING INTO ADULTHOOD.
SINCE THE CONVERSION, THE OCCUPANCY HAS DECLINED AS CLIENTS HAVE TRANSITIONED TO OTHER SETTINGS RESULTING IN THE RE-PURPOSING OF AVAILABLE BEDS.
THE PROVIDER PROVIDED THE REQUIRED 60-DAY NOTICE TO REMAIN AN OCCUPANT AND COMMITTED TO REMAINING OPEN UNTIL A NEW PLACEMENT WAS FOUND, AND THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.
UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 245A.11, SUBDIVISION 11, THE HOST COUNTY BOARD MUST APPROVE THE CLOSURE PLAN BEFORE IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.
WHILE THE LOSS OF A COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL SETTING IS NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY FOR US, THIS DECISION IS SUPPORTED BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, SO THIS MORNING I AM REQUESTING AND APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL SETTING CLOSURE PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> THANK YOU. DISCUSSION? SECOND.
>> DISCUSSION. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, DOES IT?
>> MARK, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
>> NO, I DON'T. I'M JUST LOOKING CLOSELY THE QUESTION DO I KNOW WE HAVE SECTION E FOR THAT SINCE THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THIS FACILITY.
>> WE HAVE EXPLORED THAT OPTION WITH THE PROVIDER AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR SO.
THERE WERE TWO BEDS ASSIGNED FOR NICOLLET COUNTY IN THAT LOCATION, AND SO ONE OF THEM WAS ABLE TO MOVE WITH THE CLIENT THAT TRANSITIONED TO A SETTLING IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY.
>> I'M WONDERING, MADAM CHAIR,
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WE'RE GIVING APPROVAL TO THIS BEFORE THEY CAN CLOSE.I DON'T KNOW IF I UNDERSTAND THIS MECHANISM OR ANYTHING.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
>> IT'S VERY RARE BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF CLOSURES BUT IT IS IN STATUTE THAT THE HOST BOARD DOES NEED TO DO THAT, SO WHERE THERE'VE BEEN CHANGES TO DAY PROGRAM FACILITIES OR ICF FACILITIES, THOSE HAVE COME TO BOARD AS WELL.
I THINK ONE OF THEM I HAVE BEEN IN A CONSENT AGENDA IN THE PAST.
BUT IT ISN'T TYPICAL THAT WE'RE SEEING CLOSURES. WE TYPICALLY ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONS.
>> I THINK IF THE BOARD IS [INAUDIBLE] TO APPROVE THE PLAN, THAT THE FACILITIES [INAUDIBLE].
>> SORRY, LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ON.
>> I THINK THE APPROVAL IS TO APPROVE THE PLAN, THAT IS LIDDIE'S PLAN, VERSUS THE CLOSURE ITSELF.
>> IF I MAY. WHAT WILL HAPPEN, SHOULD WE NOW APPROVE IT OR WE HAVE THE OPTION?
>> I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I DO THINK THE FACILITY WILL HAVE TO MAYBE PROPOSE A NEW CLOSURE PLAN ANS SPECULATE, WHICH I HAVEN'T DONE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE RESEARCH BUT MY ANTICIPATION WOULD BE THAT IF THE FACILITY FOR EXAMPLE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THEY WERE SUDDENLY JUST GOING TO CLOSE WITH NO PLAN FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS, THEN I THINK THE BOARD COULD ACT TO MAKE THEM LOOK AT A DIFFERENT PLAN OR TAKE DIFFERENT STEPS TO ADDRESS THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE REMAINING IN THE FACILITY OR THAT NEED NEW PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE THE FACILITY HERE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT IF FOUND A SPACE FOR IT OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
>> HEARING AND SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> YES. THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING, I GUESS.
OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM IS RELATED TO UCARE. NICOLLET COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN HEALTH SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY OUR AGING SERVICES TEAM HAS PROVIDED CARE COORDINATION FOR MINNESOTA SENIOR CARE PLUS AT MINNESOTA SENIOR HEALTH OPTIONS THROUGH THREE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS REALLY MEANS THAT OUR STAFF WORK DIRECTLY WITH CLIENT TO HELP THEM MANAGE THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS THROUGH THOSE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY REALLY HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE HEALTH PLAN AND CONNECT TO SERVICES.
IN 2023 AND 2024, OUR TEAM PROVIDED AND OR RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT FOR CARE COORDINATION TO AN AVERAGE OF 432 CLIENT EACH YEAR.
IN THE LAST YEAR, WE PROVIDED CARE COORDINATION SERVICES TO AN AVERAGE OF 139 UCARE MEMBERS EACH MONTH AND HAVE BEEN REIMBURSED APPROXIMATELY $19,000 PER MONTH BY UCARE FOR THIS DELEGATED WORK.
TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP, UCARE IS REQUIRING US TO RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSALS.
THIS RFP ASKS THE COUNTY TO OUTLINE IT'S CAPACITY TO EXPAND SERVICES TO INCLUDE SPECIAL NEEDS BASIC CARE AND POTENTIALLY PROVIDE CARE COORDINATION TO OTHER COUNTIES.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RFP RESPONSE, COMMITTING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE MSC+ AND MSHO CARE CARE COORDINATION FOR NICOLLET COUNTY ONLY AT THIS TIME, AND TO CLARIFY THAT ANY EXPANSION OF SPECIAL NEEDS WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFFING RESOURCES ON OUR END.
THIS MORNING, I'M REQUESTING TO RESPOND TO THE RFP AND TO CONTINUE PROVIDING DELEGATED CARE COORDINATION.
>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED. DISCUSSION?
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
CASSIE, HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT RESIDENTS OF NICOLLET COUNTY?
>> WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT WE DO THIS CURRENTLY, THE CARE COORDINATION SERVICES, AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY LOCAL WHO HELPS YOU NAVIGATE THOSE RESOURCES AND KNOW HOW YOUR HEALTH PLAN CAN BE USED HERE WITHIN THE REGION.
THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT TO HAVING THAT CARE COORDINATION PROVIDED AT A COUNTY LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO AT A STATE-WIDE MANAGED HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION.
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>> MADAM CHAIR, AS A FOLLOW UP, AND UCARE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO THIS, OR ARE THERE OTHER ENTITIES?
>> WE CURRENTLY DO THIS FOR UCARE, BLUE+, AND MEDICARE.
WE HAVE NOR BEEN ASKED TO RESPOND TO AN RFP TO CONTINUE THESE SERVICES IN THE PAST, SO THIS IS NEW TO US THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO THIS TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP.
>> IN THAT REGARD, WE PRESUME THAT, OR MY PRESUMPTION AGAINST THIS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET CONSOLIDATION OF NOT OTHER COUNTIES DO THIS [INAUDIBLE] WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR?
>> I WOULD SPECULATE SIMILARITY, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO UCARE TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY THE RFP WAS RECEIVED OR THEY SHARE WITH US TO AS FOR COUNTIES TO RESPOND TO CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A CLEAR RESPONSE.
TALKING TO NEIGHBORING COUNTIES SUCH AS BLUE EARTH ARE PLANNING TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY, BUT NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.
WE ARE ELECTING TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE CARE COORDINATION OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY, WE STRUGGLE TO THAT WITH OUR NUMBER OF STAFF WITHIN THE COUNTY ALREADY, I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME PICTURING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH ADDED TRAVEL,AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT AGAIN SPEAKING TO THE VALUE OF THE SERVICE THAT WHEN IT'S LOCAL TO YOUR COUNTY AND YOU KNOW THE RESOURCE'S AVAILABLE, THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT THERE, SO I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE GOAL, YES.
>> BECAUSE THEY'RE KNOWN TO BE HAVING SOME FINANCIAL ISSUES [INAUDIBLE].
>> I JUST WANT A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION.
DID YOU SAY THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THIS IS FINANCIALLY COMMITTING US TO SOMETHING MORE THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST?
>> NO. THEIR ASKING US IF WE CAN CONFIRM OUR CAPACITY TO GROW IN THIS AREA AS PART OF RFP,SO WE ARE CONFIRMING THAT WE CANNOT PROVIDE SERVICES OUTSIDE OF NICOLLET COUNTY AND WE DON'T CURRENTLY PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS BASED AT CARE, AND WE'RE INDICATING THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR STAFF AND A POTENTIAL TO HIRE TO DO THAT, AND MAKE SURE THE REVENUE COMING IN WOULD BE ENOUGH TO OFFSET THAT COST.
IT IS A NON MANDATED SERVICES BY COUNTIES, BUT IT DOES BRING IN A LOT OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE SERVICE.
>> FOR THE CLARIFICATION, I WAS CONFUSED TO THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU MADE IT SOUND LIKE WE MIGHT BE COMMITTING TO DO IT OR THAT WE ARE BUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT WE ARE NOT COMMITTING TO DOING ANYTHING OR [INAUDIBLE]?
>> CORRECT. WE'RE BEING A LITTLE BIT NON-COMMITAL IN TERMS OF THE MSBC ADD, I THINK BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE AT RISK OF LOSING THE POTENTIAL TO KEEP PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO TO MAINTAIN OUR DELEGATION, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
>> COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER KOLARS.
>> NO. THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR ASKING THEM AND FOR THE ANSWERS.
WE MAY SEE MORE OF THIS IN THE FUTURE.
>> HEARING AND SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS, WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CASSIE. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY UPDATE.
BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, YOU WILL HAVE THE COUNTY FAIR AND SO YOU WE ARE GEARING UP TO HAVE OUR BOOTH AT THE COUNTY
[County Attorney Update]
FAIR TO TALK ABOUT FRAUD AND UNFORTUNATELY, BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE'RE THERE AT COUNTYFAIR, THERE'LL PROBABLY BE ANY NUMBER OF NEW FRAUDS.TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THOSE SCAMS AND FRAUDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT MEETING, I'M HOPING TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL UPDATES REGARDING OUR NUMBERS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN A DIFFERENT INCREASES OR DECREASES.
IT LOOKS LIKE OUR JUVENILE CASE LOAD IS DOWN, WHICH IS A GOOD TREND FOR JUVENILES.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR ADULT CRIMINAL FILES ARE ON TRACK FOR HIGHER YEARS.
[Commissioner Committee Reports, Meetings & Conferences]
WE ARE NOT SEEING A CORRESPONDING DECREASE THERE BUT HOPEFULLY I HAVE THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS COMMISSIONER COMMITTEE REPORTS [INAUDIBLE]. COMMISSIONER ZINS.
>> HAD [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL AS ANY HEARING FOR JDS [INAUDIBLE] AND ALSO ATTENDED [INAUDIBLE] WORKSHOP WITH [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER DRANTTEL
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FOR COVERING ME UP WHEN [INAUDIBLE].>> I HAD THE COMMISSIONER WORKSHOP LAST WEEK AND THEN I HAD ATTENDED THE GMG LEGISLATIVE FORUM WITH COMMISSIONER HELGET LAST WEEK WITH THAT SOUTH CENTRAL [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I ATTENDED THE AMC LUNCH AND LEARN WITH A COUPLE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.
I THINK COMMISSIONER HELGET AND COMMISSIONER DRANTTEL WERE THERE.
THE WORKSHOP AND TWO WEEKS AGO, COUNTY BOARD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HELGET.
>. I ALSO ATTENDED THE COUNTY BOARD WORKSHOP LAST WEEK. I GOT TO SEE AMC LUNCH AND LEARN.
[INAUDIBLE] FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS. [INAUDIBLE] ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING THERE, SO WEALTH IN AGRICULTURE AND [INAUDIBLE] PROVIDER PARTNERS, IT WAS AWESOME.
>> THANK YOU. I ATTENDED THE AMC LUNCH AND LEARN, THE BOARD WORKSHOP, [INAUDIBLE] WELL WORTH THE 50-MILE DRIVE, THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME. WE HAD A REGION 9 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, TDS MEETING.
[INAUDIBLE]. JUST GIVING YOU BRIEF OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
FUTURE MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES, FIRST, WE HAVE TOWNSHIP OFFICERS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THURSDAY NIGHT IS THE FARIBAULT ANNUAL MEETING THAT WE WERE ALL INVITED TO WHAT'S THAT NOTICED AND WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT OPEN MEETING ROSTER, WE SHOULD CHAT ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE ALL SHOW UP.
>> I WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND WE'RE OUT OF TOWN.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL CHAT ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE ALL SHOW UP.
[Approve Per Diems and Expenses]
IS TOO APPROVE PER DIEMS AND EXPENSES.>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> YES. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE CAN ADJOURN THE COUNTY BOARD MEETING AND OPEN UP THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING.
[ Adjourn Board of Commissioners Meeting]
I HAVE TO READ THE [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU.[Call Drainage Authority Meeting to Order: Chair]
SORRY.>> THANK YOU. WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> YES. NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION, SECOND. WHITNEY.
NEXT IS PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND THE ROOM IS NOW DOWN TO TWO. SEEING NO PUBLIC APPEARANCE, WE CAN GO ON TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND THE APPROVAL OF THE FINDING AND FACTS. JACKY.
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AT THE LAST DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING WAS HELD ON JULY 8TH REGARDING THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF COUNTY DITCH 38A.
AT THAT HEARING, CHRIS OTTERMAN THE ENGINEER FOR HOUSTON ENGINEERING PRESENTED THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT.
[INAUDIBLE], ONE OF THE LEAD VIEWERS PRESENTED THE FINAL VIEWER'S REPORT, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY THE MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ADVISORY LETTER WAS ALSO READ INTO THE RECORD.
THE PUBLIC WAS ALSO GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED IMPROVED PROJECT.
FOLLOWING THE INPUT, THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MADE A MOTION TO, ORDER AND ADAPT THE FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT AND THE FINAL VIEWER'S REPORT, AND DIRECT MYSELF TO REPAIR FINDINGS OF FACT AND IN ORDER OF CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING.
IN YOUR GREEN FOLDERS, I BELIEVE THERE IS THE ADDITIONAL, THE FINDING OF FACTS AND THE ORDER,
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AS WELL AS THE FINAL BENEFITS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTED INTO OUR SYSTEM. I'LL BE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE FINDING OF FACTS AND THE ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE.
>> THANK YOU. FINDINGS OF FACT AND THE ORDER.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME, AT THAT MEETING, LAST MEETING WE HAD, FOLKS WERE PRETTY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE IDEA, AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY COMPLAINING UNLESS YOU HAD.
>> I HEARD NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS.
>> I ACTUALLY HAD ONLY LAND OWNER WHO WAS AT DOWNSTREAM QUESTION WHY THERE WOULD BE ASSIST FOR PROJECT BUT IT CAN'T GO [INAUDIBLE] REPORTS AND THE SHARED COSTS OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
>> EVEN THOUGH THEY EXPRESSED SOME CONFIDENCE ON HAVING TO PAY FOR IT, THEY ALSO RECOGNIZED IF THERE WAS A PETITION THAT THEY WERE CALLING AT SOME POINT, AND SOME POINT IN TIME IT WOULD COST OTHER LAND OWNERS, THEY WOULD EXPECT THEIR SUPPORT OR IT'D BE CLOSER TOO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I HEARD NO NEGATIVE, NOBODY CAME OUT IN OPPOSITION TO THE ONLY ONE.
>> MAYBE WE COULD ASK COMMISSIONER HELGET IF SHE HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS OR ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, MADAM, CHAIR.
>> I HEARD NO COMPLAINTS AND LIKELY ESTABLISHED TWO WEEKS AGO THAT ONE DISAGREEABLE REPORT [INAUDIBLE] A LONG TIME SO [INAUDIBLE] THE PROJECT.
>> THAT MIGHT BE THE BEST D&R REPORT EVER.
>> [INAUDIBLE] SO MAKE A COMMENT.
IF I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY, THERE WAS NOT A LARGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST FOR THE REPAIRS, AND THE REPAIRS WERE NECESSARY, OR WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY AND WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN MADE ANYWAY, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. AT THE BOTTOM LINE, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IMPROVEMENT BENEFITS DOSE NOT OUTWEIGH WHAT THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENT ACTUALLY IS.THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM.
WE WERE TIGHT ON NUMBERS ON THIS CASE, SO THE NUMBERS SEEMED TO ALIGN QUITE WELL, ALSO I THINK IT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL.
TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAD A INFORMATIONAL MEETING WHERE THE VIEWERS GAVE THEIR REPORT IN-DEPTH AND THE ENGINEER GAVE HIS REPORT IN-DEPTH.
EVEN THOUGH 38A IS VERY LARGE SYSTEM, WE HAD 10-15 LANDOWNERS SHOW UP WHICH IS MORE THAN SOMETIMES WE USUALLY GET, THEY ALL ASKED QUESTIONS, THEY ALL HAD CONCERNS, BUT THEY WERE ALL [INAUDIBLE], AND SO I THINK THE BENEFITS OF THAT OPEN DISCUSSION PRIOR TO THE HEARING REALLY SHOWED IN THIS CASE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR ANSWERS, ANY OR MAY NOT AGREE WITH IT BUT KNOW THAT WHAT PROCESS IS.
>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WHITNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> YES. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE CAN ADJOURN THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING. THANK YOU.
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