[ Call Board of Commissioners Meeting to Order]
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THE BOARD OF COMMISSION MEETING FOR JUNE 23RD, 2026, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.
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.
FIRST THING IS SILENCE IN CELL PHONES.
[ Approval of Agenda]
NEXT ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.THE AGENDA WAS PROVIDED FOR YOU IN ADVANCE.
ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS? MR. CHAIR, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A BLUE AGENDA ITEM TO ADD TO THE CONSENT AGENDA TO CONSIDER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, WELLNESS, AND RESILIENCY PROGRAMS. SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
MOTION ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT? AYE.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT
[ Approval of Consent Agenda]
AGENDA.THOSE ITEMS WERE PROVIDED FOR YOU IN ADVANCE.
ANYONE WANT TO PULL THAT ITEM OFF? IF NOT, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC APPEARANCES.
[Property Services ]
WE WILL CONTINUE ON TO PROPERTY SERVICES.GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SO AS YOU KNOW, DATA CENTERS ARE BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY PREVALENT LAND USE AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND MINNESOTA, AND THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THINGS LIKE NOISE POLLUTION, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, WATER CONSUMPTION, AND NICOLL ZONING ORDINANCE DOES NOT CURRENTLY ADDRESS DATA CENTERS WITH ANY SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
AND THEREFORE, PROPERTY SERVICES IS PROPOSING A MORATORIUM OF 12 MONTHS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PERMITTING OF NEW DATA CENTERS IN NICOLL COUNTY.
AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MORATORIUM'S CONSIDERATION.
AND THEREFORE, TODAY, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION CONSIDER JULY 14TH AT 930 A.M. AS THE DATE FOR THE DATE AND TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTERS.
DO I HAVE A DISCUSSION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO, MR. CHAIR, JOHN, HOW MANY LOCATIONS IN NICOLLET COUNTY UNDER OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE COULD PERMIT A DATA CENTER CURRENTLY? RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD CATEGORIZE A DATA CENTER AS AN INDUSTRIAL USE AND NOT A FORM OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE.
AND THEREFORE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE LOCATED IN ONE OF OUR LIMITED INDUSTRY DISTRICTS.
AND THE ONLY PLACES WHERE WE HAVE THAT ZONING ARE WITHIN THE SETTLEMENT OF KLOSSNER.
AND THEN ALSO, THERE IS PART OF THE NEW ULM QUARTZSITE QUARRY SITE THAT CARRIES THAT ZONING, THOUGH ALL OF THOSE AREAS CURRENTLY ARE OCCUPIED BY OTHER USES.
BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY PLACES REALLY ON THE MAP WHERE WE HAVE THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
ANY QUESTIONS? MR. CHAIR, I THINK WE ALL NOTICED THAT CITY OF MANKATO LAST NIGHT ACTED ON MORATORIUM.
I HAVE SHARED WITH MANDY THAT I HAD VISITED WITH SENATOR NICK FRENTZ AT THE GMG LEGISLATIVE MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH OR LATE MAY, AND HE HAD INDICATED POTENTIAL WILLINGNESS FROM HIS SEAT ON THE ENERGY COMMITTEE IN ST. PAUL AT THE LEGISLATURE TO AT LEAST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH US SOME OF HIS FEELINGS REGARDING DATA CENTERS.
AND SO, I HAVE SHARED THAT WITH MANDY AND I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BELIEVED THAT THEY WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER REGARDING THIS IDEA.
ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I WILL SAY THERE IS A MOTION TO CREATE A PUBLIC HEARING.
[Health and Human Services ]
NEXT ITEM IS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
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THIS MORNING, BOTH OF MY ITEMS ARE RELATED TO OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH, HUMAN AND VETERAN SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.THE FIRST ONE IS CONSIDERATION OF THE BYLAWS.
THE COMMUNITY HEALTH, HUMAN AND VETERAN SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY-INFORMED INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING HEALTH, HUMAN AND VETERAN SERVICES PROGRAMS, PRIORITIES, AND EMERGING NEEDS.
THE COMMUNITY THEN SERVES IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICE GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS TO MEET STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS.
TO GUIDE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEE, BYLAWS WERE DEVELOPED THAT OUTLINE MEMBERSHIP ROLES, MEETING PROCEDURES, AND GENERAL OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES.
THESE PROPOSED BYLAWS WERE REVIEWED BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT THE INITIAL MEETING ON JUNE 11, AND FORMAL APPROVAL BY THE COUNTY BOARD IS REQUESTED TO ESTABLISH THE BYLAWS AS THE GOVERNING FRAMEWORK MOVING FORWARD.
THIS MORNING, I AM REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE BYLAWS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I WILL MOVE THAT.
DISCUSSION? HOW WAS YOUR ADVENTURE IN CREATING BYLAWS? IT WAS A FIRST.
AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO IT AS WE TALKED TO EACH OTHER.
BUT IT WAS A GOOD REVIEW FOR US.
AND THE SECOND ITEM IN FOLLOW-UP TO THAT IS THAT FOLLOWING THE BYLAWS AS WELL AS STATUTES OF HUMAN SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS NEEDS TO FORMALLY APPOINT THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
SO THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WERE NOMINATED AND AGREED UPON IN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE JUNE 11TH MEETING.
THE COMMITTEE NOMINATED MICHAEL VODKA AS CHAIR AND ANA GARZA AS VICE CHAIR.
SO THIS MORNING I AM REQUESTING APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL VODKA AS CHAIR AND ANA GARZA AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH, HUMAN AND VETERAN SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
MARK, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE? NO.
OR HAVE WE DECIDED? COMMISSIONER HELGUT IS THE COMMISSIONER'S REPRESENTATION ON THIS COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER HELGUT, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE? I AM GOING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE A CHIP BEFORE, MARK, AND SO NOW YOU.
[County Attorney Update ]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S UPDATE.I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES TODAY.
[Commissioner Committee Reports, Meetings & Conferences ]
OKAY.WE'LL MOVE TO COMMISSIONER REPORTS.
WHEN IS THE BLUE AGENDA ITEM GOING TO TAKE PLACE? THAT WAS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HELLO, WITH THE COMMISSIONER ZINS.
I ATTENDED THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON JUNE 9TH.
WE HAD A DIVERSITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 10TH.
AMC DISTRICT 7 MEETING, JUNE 12TH.
BOARD OF APPEALS WITH THIS BOARD ON THE 15TH.
BOARD MEETING. I ALSO HAD THE BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING, THE WORKSHOP LAST WEEK AND THE JUNETEENTH EVENT IN ST.
I ALSO HAD ONE WATER ONE PLAN, A LOT OF PERSONNEL, A LOT OF HOUSING, AND SOME REGION 9.
ALL RIGHT, I HAD THE APPEALS AND THE WORKSHOP AND THEN TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING.
[ Approve Per Diems and Expenses]
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ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF PER DIEMS AND EXPENSES.MOTION, DO I SECOND? SECONDED. MOTION SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
[ Adjourn Board of Commissioners Meeting ]
NEXT ITEM IS TO ADJOURN THE MEETING, SO WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING AND WE'LL MOVE ON INTO THE DITCH[ Call Drainage Authority Meeting to Order: Chair]
AUTHORITY MEETING. OKAY, FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. SO MOVED.NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, THAT'S ONLY THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
MOTION IS SECONDED, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PUBLIC APPEARANCES SEEM NO PUBLIC.
NEXT ITEM WILL BE TO ADJOURN THE DITCH AUTHORITY MEETING. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.