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WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 20TH 22ND, 2025 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
[Call Board of Commissioners Meeting to Order]
FIRST ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU.
THIS MEETING IS OCCURRING BY MEANS OF INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY AS ALLOWED BY MINNESOTA STATUTES. CHAPTER 13.
COMMISSIONER MARK. DEHEN WILL BE PARTICIPATING BY MEANS OF INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE TODAY'S MEETING.
12 2225. THE NOTICE AND ZOOM LINK WERE PUBLISHED ON THE NICOLLET COUNTY WEBSITE AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE WITHIN TODAY'S PACKET.
COMMISSIONER. DEHEN. ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR AND SEE US ON SCREEN.
HE DID EMAIL AND STATE THAT HE TRIED TO LOG IN, BUT IT APPEARED LOST AND HE HAS SOME PRIOR COMMITMENTS THAT HE NEEDS TO ATTEND TO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DEHEN HAS PRIOR COMMITMENTS AS REQUIRED BY MINNESOTA STATE'S CHAPTER 13 D. ALL VOTES WILL OCCUR BY ROLL CALL.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
[Approval of Agenda]
SO MOVED. SECONDED. THANK YOU.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I MARCUS NOT HERE.
THE VOTES NEED TO OCCUR BY ROLL CALL.
PLEASE. CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER.
KOLARS. YES. YES. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A PUBLIC APPEARANCES HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WE CAN MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
[Administration]
MULTI HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REQUEST.MADAM CHAIR, I DID DISTRIBUTE A COPY OF AN INVOICE SUBMITTED BY THE SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA MULTI-COUNTY HRA.
THEY ARE REQUESTING THE PAYMENT OF $51,000 TO ASSIST WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR PORTIONS OF 2025 INTO 2026 TO COVER THEIR ADMIN FEES.
THANK YOU. WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IN OUR PRIOR BOARD WORKSHOP.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT? MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY I NOTICED THAT THE OBVIOUSLY THE REQUEST FOR THIS INVOICE IS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $100,000, OF WHICH $51,000 APPEARS TO BE NICOLLET COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY.
I'M JUST A LITTLE I. COULD YOU GIVE US SOME MORE CLARIFICATION ON ON THE WHAT THIS AMOUNT IS, HOW IT WAS ARRIVED AT AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST OR WHAT WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY FOR? IS IT FOR SPECIFIC INVOICES TO DATE, OR IS THERE SOME EXTRA MONEY IN THERE TO HELP THEM OPERATE? THIS WOULD COVER OPERATING EXPENSES THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, INCLUDING PAYROLL AND SHORTAGES IN THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS DUE TO HUD HOLDING BACK SOME OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS.
MADAM CHAIR, IT'S JUST A COMMENT.
IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT IT HAS COME TO THIS MOMENT TODAY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE ALL DEVOTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THESE 361 PEOPLE ARE HOUSEHOLDS SUSTAIN THEIR, THEIR VOUCHERS AND THEIR HOUSING THROUGH THIS EMERGENCY. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT DOES TAKE SOME ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE VOUCHERS.
AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS ONLY, NOT HOUSING DOLLARS. EXACTLY.
COMMISSIONER. KOLARS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
ZINS. AND HELGET. WEIGHING IN ON THIS TOO.
DURING OUR WORKSHOP DISCUSSION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE BOARD, THE HRA BOARD, MAKE SURE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THE USAGE OF THE DOLLARS THAT COME FORWARD OUT OF THIS 51,000, AND I THINK MARK DEHEN HAD VOICED THAT.
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HE'S JOINING US NOW. SO, MARK, DID YOU WANT TO ADD THAT TO THE MOTION? YEAH, I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME GUARDRAILS ON THAT AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR WORKSHOP, PLEASE. WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION AT THIS POINT YET, JACK. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND, AND WE'RE AND MAYBE MARK IS WITH US TO, TO MAKE THAT MOTION OR MAYBE NOT, BUT WE WERE GETTING TO THAT POINT.WOULD WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION? I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY.
THANK YOU. GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT.
SO I GUESS MY I'M NOT SURE I'M ON THE DISCUSSION.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT PAYING THE INVOICE AND THEN HAVING THE THE BOARD CHAIR SIGN THOSE CHECKS? THE HRA BOARD CHAIR MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD CHAIR. SIGN THE CHECKS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, IN IN LIEU OF MARK HAVING TO BE AWAY FOR JUST A MOMENT WHILE WE DISCUSS THAT.
I WILL MAKE THE MOTION THAT THAT WE DEDICATE THE FUNDS TO TO PAY THIS HRA INVOICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $51,000 FOR THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS TO OPERATE GOING FORWARD AS I'M SORRY, WAS IT TO THE, THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR? I WOULD ALSO ADD TO THAT MOTION IF I CAN, THAT A REQUIREMENT BE ADDED TO THAT, THAT THE CHAIR OF THE HRA BOARD BE REQUIRED TO AUTHORIZE ALL EXPENDITURES AND OR ASSIGN THOSE EXPENDITURES BEFORE THEY ARE PAID GOING FORWARD.
I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER ZINS MOTION.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WOULD JUST ADD, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PROBABLY SOME MANEUVERS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DO OR SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE WITH THE REST OF THE OTHER BOARD. I, I HOPE THAT THEY THAT THEY WOULD AGREE TO THOSE TERMS IN TERMS OF HAVING THE OVERSIGHT FROM THAT HR BOARD BEFORE ANY OTHER EXPENDITURES ARE MADE.
THANK YOU. FURTHER COMMENTS? HEARING AND SEEING NONE. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER.
DRANTTEL. YES. THE MOTION PASSES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY? WE CAN ADJOURN THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WHILE WE GOT OUR TECHNOLOGY ROLLING.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. YOU TOO.
MERRY CHRISTMAS. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.