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WE'LL RISE AND JOIN FROM THE PLEDGE.
TO START OUR SEPTEMBER 8TH COMMISSIONER'S MEETING.
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 ITEM IS SILENCING CELL PHONES, PLEASE.
[Approval of Agenda ]
NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA THAT WAS PREVENTED, PRESENTED FOR YOU IN ADVANCE.ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA? MR. CHAIR, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.
[Approval of Consent Agenda]
NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.THOSE ITEMS WERE ALSO PROVIDED FOR YOU IN ADVANCE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT.
THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION TODAY FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE,
[Presentation]
I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC APPEARANCE SECTION, AND WE WILL INVITE OUR GUEST FROM MINDA TO COME UP AND MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.GOOD MORNING, GUYS, THANKS FOR COMING.
WHAT HAPPENED? THAT ONE LIKES TO FORGET.
YOU MAY NEED TO MOVE THEM CLOSER.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF PROGRAM DELIVERY.
I GOT SIX SECTIONS UNDERNEATH ME.
ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.
WHAT'S UP, ANGIE, HE'S MY BOSS AND I'M ANGIE PILTAVER.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL PLANNER FOR DISTRICT 7 AND I WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION WITH YOU ALL.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT YOU CAN JUST KIND OF CHIME IN OR RAISE YOUR HAND, OR HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE THAT.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME OKAY.
DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO THAT FIRST SLIDE? THAT LOOKS GREAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUNDING.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SORT OF OUR OUTLOOK.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT KIND OF OUR PROJECTS.
WHAT SORT OF THE RESULTS ARE, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR ROADS ARE DOING, BOTH CURRENTLY AND THEN INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THEN THAT'S WRAP IT UP WITH THAT PRETTY MUCH.
SO ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF WHERE OUR FUNDING COMES FROM.
THIS SLIDE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO READ, AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO READ ALL OF IT.
I THINK WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF FOCUS ON THAT.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR REVENUES AND KIND OF HOW THEY GET DIVIDED.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK ON THE LEFT, AND THERE ARE SOME LARGER PRINTS OF THESE SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR FOLDER, SO YOU CAN SEE THEM A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS IS THAT THE LICENSE FEES THAT WE GET, OR TAB FEES, ARE THE ACTUALLY THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE FOR ROADS IN MINNESOTA, AND THEY ACTUALLY EXCEED THE GAS TAX AT THIS POINT, AND THEY HAVE DONE THAT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO JUST BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION FOR AWARENESS.
I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T NECESSARILY REALIZE THAT THE CAB FEES DO ACCOUNT FOR QUITE A BIT OF OUR, OUR REVENUES.
IN 2026, $1.8 BILLION WAS DISTRIBUTED TO TRUNK HIGHWAY TO THE TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND.
THINGS LIKE OUR STATEWIDE PROGRAMS, LIKE REST AREAS, OR SPECIAL PROGRAMS LIKE QUARTERS OF COMMERCE, THOSE PROGRAMS ALL COME OFF AT THE TOP OF THE MONEY, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY IS THEN DISTRIBUTED BY FORMULA TO ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.
AND THEN JUST FOR REFERENCE, DISTRICT 7 GETS 7.3% OF ALL THE FUNDS DISTRIBUTED TO THE DISTRICTS, AND THAT'S BY FORMULA, SO IT IT ALL GETS DIVVIED UP, AND THERE'S A THERE'S A FORMULA THAT KIND OF SAYS SEVERAL FACTORS THAT GET INCLUDED AND ALLOW THAT TO BE ADDED UP TO GET THAT TOTAL.
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SO THIS IS THE THIS IS OUR OVERALL PROGRAM.THERE'S TWO MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS WHEN WE ARE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE FUNDING AND WHERE IT GOES.
NUMBER ONE IS WHAT ARE OUR GUIDANCE, WHICH IS THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGHWAY INVESTMENT PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS MNSHIP, THAT PROVIDES THE GUIDANCE AS TO HOW WE DIVVY UP OUR FUNDS.
AND THEN SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IS BASICALLY WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE OTHER SORT OF HALF OF THE EQUATION ON FIGURING OUT WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
MNSHIP IS UPDATED ABOUT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
IF, IF YOU NOTICE, YOU'LL SEE THE BIG $36.7 BILLION IN THE CIRCLE.
SO, WE HAVE ABOUT 37 BILLION THAT WILL BE INVESTED BETWEEN 2023 AND 2043.
THE CATEGORIES ON THE LEFT ARE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT CATEGORIES THAT WE PUT OUR MONEY INTO, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE CHART THAT SORT OF SHOWS YOU HOW IT'S DIVIDED UP AS OF THE 2023 MNSHIP, AND THE MNSHIP IS COMING UP FOR UPDATE HERE, I THINK 2027, 2028 TIME FRAME SO IT'LL BE READY BY 2028.
AND IF YOU NOTICE, A LOT OF THIS CIRCLE IS GREEN, AND THOSE ARE OUR MAIN PAVEMENT, BRIDGE AND ROADSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY REALLY KIND OF GOES INTO THOSE CATEGORIES.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OKAY, SO THIS GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRICT, AND I KNOW YOU FOLKS HAVE PROBABLY HEARD US SAY THIS BEFORE.
IN DISTRICT 7, WE HAVE OVER THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED LANE MILES THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING WITH OUR FUNDS, 475 BRIDGES, OVER NINETY-SEVEN HUNDRED CULVERTS, AND WE SERVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 290,000 PEOPLE, COVERING 13 COUNTIES.
WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE OWN ABOUT 8% OF ALL THE ROADS IN THE REGION, HOWEVER, THOSE ROADS CARRY ABOUT 60% OF THE TRAFFIC WITHIN OUR AREA.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, NEXT SLIDE.
SO HEADING ON TO, CONSTRUCTION MAP, ALTHOUGH THE ROUNDABOUT IS PRETTY, CAUSE IT'S BRAND NEW.
SO THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION MAP FOR THIS YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, THIS, THIS MAP REPRESENTS ABOUT $68 MILLION WORTH OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE EXPENDED THIS YEAR IN CALENDAR YEAR 2026.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN OR ADJACENT TO NICOLLET COUNTY THIS SUMMER INCLUDED THE ROUNDABOUTS, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU THE PICTURE NEXT, ON FORT ROAD OR CSAH 5.
ONE BUILT AT HIGHWAY 15 AND KLOSSNER, AND THAT ONE I BELIEVE IS COMPLETE, AND THE ONE AT ONE AT HIGHWAY 111 AND FORT ROAD IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE VETERANS BRIDGE PROJECT THAT'S BETWEEN NORTH MANKATO AND MANKATO.
THAT ONE IS GETTING CLOSER TO BEING DONE.
THAT'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT THAT OBVIOUSLY THE DETOUR ROUTE AND EVERYTHING CAME INTO PLAY THERE.
AND THEN THE FINAL PHASE OF THE HIGHWAY 22 PROJECT FROM MANKATO TO SAINT PETER, THAT ONE IS GOING TO FINALLY BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
SO THAT'LL OPEN BACK UP, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A TIME FRAME FOR THAT, FOR US, BUT.
BUT THESE ROUNDABOUTS, WE'RE INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY WERE SPECIAL FUNDING.
SO THE LEGISLATIVE BODY PUT $10 MILLION ASIDE FOR RURAL HIGH-RISK ROADWAYS, AND WE APPLIED.
THREE PROJECTS ENDED UP BEING TWO PROJECTS, BUT BOTH ROUNDABOUTS ON FORT ROAD WERE FUNDED BY THAT FUND.
SO THAT WAS MONEY ON TOP, IF YOU WILL.
SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT WE DO HAVE TIMES WHEN, SINCE OUR, OUR, OUR DOLLARS ONLY GO SO FAR, WE END UP SOMETIMES LOOKING FOR THESE OTHER FUNDS OUT THERE THAT AREN'T DIFFERENT POOLS, OR POTS OF MONEY, IF YOU WILL.
AND WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL IN APPLYING FOR AND OBTAINING SOME OF THOSE OUTSIDE FUNDS, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ON A FASTER TIMELINE THAN MAYBE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD NOT GOTTEN THOSE FUNDS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE FORT ROAD ROUNDABOUT ON 15.
SO THIS PROJECT STARTED ON MAY THE 18TH, AND IT WAS OPEN TO TRAFFIC ON JULY THE 31ST.
THIS IS A ASPHALT OR BITUMINOUS ROUNDABOUT.
THERE WAS SOME MUCK EXCAVATION THAT HAD TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO GET IT GET IT BUILT PROPERLY.
AND SINCE THE REOPENING, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A A BUMP OR A DIP IN THE PAVEMENT ON THE SOUTH LEG OF THE ROUNDABOUT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE LOOKING INTO WHAT WHAT THEY THINK THE CAUSE OF THAT IS AND HOW TO CORRECT IT.
SO JUST IN CASE ANYBODY DRIVES THROUGH IT AND SAYS, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS, THAT'S WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS, LIKE I SAID, AT A CSAH 5 AND HIGHWAY 1 11.
THAT ONE STARTED ON AUGUST THE 3RD, AND THAT ONE SCHEDULED TO BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC IN LATE OCTOBER, WEATHER PERMITTING.
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THAT ONE HAPPENS TO BE A CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT, AND IT WILL INCLUDE STRUCTURAL SNOW FENCE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER.SO I THOUGHT I'D THROW IN THIS VERY COOL PICTURE OF THE NIGHT CONCRETE POUR THAT WAS DONE.
THIS IS THE VETS, THAT VETERANS BRIDGE PROJECT.
THIS PARTICULAR OVERNIGHT CONCRETE POUR WAS DONE ON AUGUST THE 13TH.
SO MOST OF THE DECK, THE RAIL AND THE APPROACH PANEL, THOSE ARE COMPLETE.
SO NOW THE PROJECT FOCUSES BASICALLY ON SORT OF THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING PAINT, PAINT SYSTEM ON THE STEEL GIRDERS, AND PAINTING THE CONCRETE BARRIER BARRIER RAIL AND THE AESTHETIC FEATURES, AND SOME CONCRETE PAVING, AND THEN CURB AND GUTTER INSTALLATION.
THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF OCTOBER, AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO BE OPEN FOR TRAFFIC BY NOVEMBER THE FIRST.
WE ALSO HAD TO COORDINATE THIS PROJECT WITH NORTH MANKATO FOR THEIR BELGRADE AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
SO, THERE WAS SOME COORDINATION BETWEEN NOT ONLY MANKATO AND MENDOTA, BECAUSE WE OWN PART OF THE BRIDGE AND THEY OWN PART OF THE BRIDGE, BUT WE ALSO HAD TO COORDINATE WITH NORTH MANKATO BECAUSE THEY WERE RECONSTRUCTING BELGRADE.
SO, ALL OF IT IS HAPPENING AT ONCE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AND THE LAST ONE IS NOT AS EXCITING OF A PICTURE, BUT THIS IS THIS PICTURE IS A LITTLE BIT DATED NOW.
IT'S FROM AUGUST THE 8TH, SO THIS IS ABOUT KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 22 FROM MANKATO TO SAINT PETER.
THEY WERE WORKING ON AGGREGATE BASE PLACEMENT THROUGHOUT MID-SEPTEMBER, AND THEN PAVING WILL COMMENCE, AND WE'RE TARGETING EARLY NOVEMBER FOR THAT ROAD TO BE OPEN AGAIN.
OKAY, SO I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE HAVE SOME MAPS AND SOME EXTRA HANDOUTS, THE 11 BY 17 MAPS THAT YOU SEE, OR THE MAPS THAT YOU SEE UP HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE 11 BY SEVENTEENS OF THE MAP THAT'S IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW, IS THE DRAFT.
IT'S THE ATP, WHICH IS THE AREA TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THAT GETS ROLLED UP WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS ATPS, AND THEN GETS PUBLISHED AS THE STIP, WHICH IS THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, ONCE ALL OF THE ATPS ARE APPROVED.
SO, ON THIS PARTICULAR MAP, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE WORKING ON BETWEEN 2027 AND 2030.
THIS MAP REPRESENTS ABOUT $250 MILLION WORTH OF WORK.
SO THAT'S ROUGHLY $65 MILLION PER YEAR ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT WE'LL BE SPENDING.
AND IT INCLUDES A LITTLE UNDER 300 LANE MILES WORTH OF WORK AND 23 BRIDGES.
SO, WE GOT QUITE A FEW THINGS GOING ON.
PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROGRAMMED IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 27 AND 2030 INCLUDE THE RECONSTRUCTIVE US 16, 169 FROM BELGRADE AVENUE TO LAKE STREET IN MANKATO, NORTH MANKATO, IN 2027.
THEN WE HAVE THE RECONSTRUCTIVE US 169 FROM BROADWAY AVENUE TO UNION STREET HERE IN IN SAINT PETER IN 2028.
WE'LL BE REPAIRING THREE BRIDGES ON US 169 FROM RIVERFRONT DRIVE TO BELGRADE AVENUE IN THE MANKATO, NORTH MANKATO AREA IN 2028, AND FINALLY WE ARE PLANNING TO RESURFACE 169 FROM MANKATO TO SAINT PETER IN 2029.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS? OKAY, HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO ON TO SOME OF THE LOOKS AT SOME OF WHAT WE THIS WORK THAT WE'LL HAVE UPCOMING.
SO, THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE IS IT'S BASICALLY A RENDERING OF WHAT THE US 169 BROADWAY TO UNION STREET WILL LOOK LIKE IN SAINT PETER.
THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PAVEMENT FIX THAT WE'LL BE DOING.
IT'S ONLY COVERS ABOUT 1/2 A MILE OF AREA, BUT IN ADDITION TO REPLACING THE PAVEMENT, THE ROADWAY WILL BE RECONFIGURED SO THAT THE SHOULDERS, TURN LANES, AND MEDIAN WIDTHS MATCH OTHER SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 169 THROUGH SAINT PETER.
AND IT'LL BE BASICALLY SIMILAR TO THE SEGMENT THAT'S THAT'S CLOSEST TO MINNESOTA SQUARE PARK.
SO, YOU SEE THE SORT OF THE GREEN, THE LAND, THE THE LANDSCAPE MEDIAN, AND THEN THE BOULEVARDS, AND THEN THE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
THE IDEA HERE IS TO PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT.
IT'LL PROVIDE BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW AND ACCESS.
WILL PROVIDE A SMOOTHER ROAD SURFACE, OF COURSE.
WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE ADA SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SIDEWALKS ADA COMPLIANT.
THIS WILL ALSO HELP WITH PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, OF COURSE.
AND WE'LL BE MODIFYING ACCESS AS IN TURN LANES, AND THE NET EFFECT OF THIS SHOULD BE SOME TRAFFIC CALMING.
PROJECT ALSO WILL INCLUDE UPDATES TO STORM SEWERS AND THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO WORK ON ITS UTILITIES THAT ARE IN THIS AREA.
SO BASICALLY, WE'LL BE RECONSTRUCTING IT.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.THE PROJECT MANAGER IS NICOLE RICK, AND I BELIEVE HIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE LISTED ON THERE, AND MARIE, I SEE YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THE STREETS GOING TO GET WIDER? NO. P M'S JEN, BY THE WAY, OH, IT IS? YEAH. OKAY.
TREES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO? THERE, YEAH.
IS THERE GOING TO BE DIMINISHED ACCESS POINTS ALONG THAT SECTION AT ALL THOSE CROSS BLOCKS NORMALLY COME IN, ARE THEY GOING TO LIMIT THOSE DOWN TO SOME EXTENT, OR? YES.
THERE'LL BE SOME RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUTS. OKAY.
SO APPARENTLY THE PROJECT MANAGER IS ACTUALLY JEN.
NICK GOT PROMOTED TO MY PREVIOUS POSITION, SO HE PASSED THIS PROJECT ON TO JEN WOODIN HERE.
YOU WANT TO GO, TO THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT.
SO THIS IS THIS IS SORT OF A OVERVIEW MAP OF THE US 169 THROUGH MANKATO, NORTH MANKATO PROJECT.
SO THIS IS A 37 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IN 2027, AND THEN WE'LL BE SPENDING ANOTHER 19 MILLION FOR THE 2028 PORTION, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE 2028 WORK IS PRIMARILY WHAT'S MARKED IN ORANGE ON THE ON THE MAP.
AND THEN THE BLUE IS MOSTLY 2027 CONSTRUCTION.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A PORTION THAT'LL WILL BE DOING A MILLION OVERLAY IN EARLY 2028, KIND OF STARTING UP THERE BY IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE HAPPY CHEF IS UP IN THAT AREA, AND THEN JUST SOUTH OF 14, I BELIEVE TO WHERE WIND STREET WOULD BASICALLY CONCRETE SECTION STARTS, YEP.
SO THAT THAT WORK WILL BE IN EARLY 2028.
ABOUT $34 MILLION OF THIS PROJECT COMES FROM THE DISTRICT, SO, 15 MILLION OF THAT FOR 2027, 19 FOR 2028.
SOMETHING IMPORTANT HERE TO NOTE IS SORT OF LIKE FORREST WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE RURAL HIGHWAY, RURAL HIGH-RISK ROADWAY FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED IN ORDER TO DO THOSE ROUNDABOUTS, THIS ONE IS GOING TO GET 11 MILLION FROM LOCAL PARTNERS, AND THEN 10 MILLION FROM A COMPETITIVE FREIGHT SOLICITATION THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING FUNDS FROM THAT.
SO, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF US HAVING TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF OUR ALLOTMENT OF MONEY THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY GET IN ORDER TO DO SOME OF THESE SORT OF HIGHER DOLLAR PROJECTS.
FOR CONTEXT, IF WE HAD TO DO THIS PROJECT WITH JUST OUR MONEY, THAT WOULD HAVE CONSUMED HALF OF OUR, BASICALLY, HALF OF OUR PROGRAM FOR ONE CONSTRUCTION YEAR.
SO, IT WOULD HAVE MADE IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO OTHER PROJECTS AT THAT POINT.
AND THIS MAP IS GOING TO BE YOUR, THIS IS LIKE THE BACK SIX YEARS.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE, THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE REFER TO AS THE SHIP PORTION OF OUR OVERALL 10-YEAR PLAN.
THESE PROJECTS THIS IS KIND OF MORE LIKE A PRIORITY LIST.
THE CHIP, ONE THING TO TAKE AWAY TODAY, IF IF YOU DON'T TAKE AWAY ANYTHING ELSE, IS THAT THE CHIP IS THE MORE FLEXIBLE OF THE TWO.
AND WE DO SOMETIMES HAVE TO SHUFFLE THINGS AROUND, EITHER BECAUSE REVENUES CHANGE, AND SINCE EVERYTHING IS BASED ON ESTIMATES, THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE.
SO, WE WE HAVE THIS PLANNED OUT AS MORE OF A PRIORITY LIST, WHERE WE'RE IDENTIFYING WHAT OUR FIRST UP PRIORITIES ARE, PRIMARY.
THE GREEN LINES REPRESENT WHAT'S NEXT AFTER THAT, OR SECONDARY, AND THEN FINALLY, THE PURPLE LINES ARE AT THE BACK END OF THE CHIP, AND THEY ARE SORT OF WHAT WE CALL OUR ON-DECK PROJECTS.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE KIND OF WE THEY'RE JUST COMING INTO THE INTO THE PLAN, AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE WORK THAT WE'LL HAVE TO START RESEARCHING THEM ONCE WE KIND OF GET TO THAT POINT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE BLUE ONES ARE THE ONES WHERE WE'RE COMMITTING OUR, STAFF TIME, AND THE GREEN ONES ARE THE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE ALREADY ACTIVELY STARTING TO SCOPE THESE AND CONDUCTING THAT RESEARCH TO SEE WHAT THE PROJECT NEEDS TO BE.
SO, WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THIS MAP IS QUITE A BIT OF WORK THAT'S ALSO BEING DONE ON I NINETY, AND I BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE SINCE IT'S AN INTERSTATE, IT HAS TO BE KEPT TO A PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR CONDITION THAT'S HIGHER THAN THE OTHER ROADS THAT WE MAINTAIN.
SO, IT ALSO KIND OF HAS THIS UNFORTUNATE PROBLEM OF, SINCE IT WAS ALL BUILT WITHIN THE SAME 10-TO-15-YEAR TIME PERIOD, ALL OF THE BRIDGES ARE KIND OF COMING DUE FOR WORK, AND PAVEMENT IS ALL COMING DUE FOR WORK ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
SO A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES DO END UP HAVING TO GO INTO MAKING DOING PROJECTS ON I NINETY AS A RESULT.
SO, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CHIP IN AND AROUND NICOLLET COUNTY INCLUDE THE HIGHWAY 22 PAVEMENT FROM
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NICOLLET COUNTY ROAD 20 TO WASHINGTON AVENUE IN SAINT PETER, AND THEN THE HIGHWAY 22 PAVEMENT FROM US 169 UP TO WASHINGTON AVENUE, ALSO, IN SAINT PETER.THEN WE HAVE ON HIGHWAY 14, WE HAVE THE LOREE DRIVE BRIDGE IN NORTH MANKATO THAT WE'LL NEED TO DO WORK ON, AND THEN FINALLY, HIGHWAY 14 PAVEMENT FROM LOOKOUT DRIVE TO HIGHWAY 22.
QUESTIONS ON THOSE? NEXT SLIDE.
SO, IF ALL THIS WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE, WE'RE GOING TO WHAT IT'S GOING TO LEAD US TO IS WHAT THE ROAD CONDITIONS ARE, RIGHT? SO, OUR STARTING POINT FOR CURRENT 2025 ROAD ROAD QUALITY OR RIDE QUALITY INDEX, WHICH WE CALL RQI, THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF IT, AND THE DATA RUNS JUST.
I'M WONDERING WHY IT'S 2025 INSTEAD OF 2026.
THIS DATA RUNS ABOUT A YEAR, ALMOST A YEAR BEHIND.
THE DATA GETS COLLECTED DURING THE WARMER MONTHS, DURING THE SUMMER, AND THEN IT GETS PROCESSED, AND THEN IT GETS SENT OUT.
BY THE TIME IT GETS SENT OUT, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY AT ABOUT A YEAR LATER.
SO AS OF 2025 IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THIS MAP, WHAT YOU SEE IS A LOT OF ROADS THAT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND FAIR CONDITION, NOT A WHOLE LOT IN POOR CONDITION.
THE GOOD CONDITION ROADS ARE OBVIOUSLY THE ONES IN GREEN.
THE YELLOW ONES ARE FAIR, AND THE RED ONES ARE POOR.
THIS ASSUMES THAT ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY ARE ESSENTIALLY CLASSIFIED AS BEING IN GOOD CONDITION.
AND, AND THINKING ABOUT THIS MAP AND LOOKING AT THE HIGHWAYS THAT ARE ON IT, YOU'LL SEE, I THINK WE SEE THIS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS ON OUR NHS, OR NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM ROADS.
SO THOSE ARE ROADS LIKE I90, HIGHWAY 60, HIGHWAY 169, AND HIGHWAY 14.
AND IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT MAP, THIS SHOWS YOU WHERE WE'LL BE ASSUMING ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE TODAY ARE ARE COMPLETED BY 2036.
THIS IS THE MAP THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT THE ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE AT THAT TIME.
SO, WE'RE FAST FORWARDING, OBVIOUSLY, 10 YEARS.
SAME THING, GOOD ROADS ARE GREEN, YELLOW FAIR, RED ARE POOR. MOST OF THE DISTRICT IS STILL IN GOOD TO FAIR CONDITION.
WE DO HAVE, HOWEVER, MORE RED OR POOR CONDITION ROADS AT THAT POINT, THAT SAME INVESTMENT THAT HELPED OUR SYSTEM LOOK SO GOOD ON ALL THOSE NHS HIGHWAYS. NOW UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT THAT SORT OF TRANSLATES INTO IS WE KIND OF HAVE SOME CATCH UP TO DO WITH OUR NON NHS HIGHWAYS.
AND THEN, SO, WE'LL HAVE A FEW MORE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A FEW MORE ROADS THAT ARE IN THAT RED CONDITION, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT ALSO DEMONSTRATES THAT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE GET IS STILL NOT QUITE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE IN ORDER FOR US TO FULLY MAINTAIN OUR ROADS TO TO BRING THEM TO THIS CONDITION.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? OKAY, SEEING NONE, LAST SLIDE.
SO, SOME OTHER UPDATES OBVIOUSLY, DODD ROAD IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE DOING LIKELY IN PHASES.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OBVIOUSLY IN THE NEXT DECADE.
WE'RE CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY ON COORDINATION AND THE TIMING OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IS HIGHWAY 14.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A STUDY IN MANKATO AND NORTH MANKATO. WE'RE ACTUALLY A PARTNER TO THE STUDY.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE TO EVALUATE THINGS LIKE THE 169 INTERCHANGE AT 14.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS, THE LANE CONFIGURATIONS, AND WE'LL BE PREPARING FOR FUTURE INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.
AND WE WILL ALSO BE INCLUDING THE LOWERY TERMINALS AND COMMERCE, COMMERCE DRIVE, I THINK, INTERSECTIONS IN THAT PROJECT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? ANGIE, COULD YOU DIAL BACK TO THE OTHER PREVIOUS MAP FOR JUST A SECOND? YEAH. SO, THOSE RED STRIPES, YEP, DOES THAT INDICATE CURRENT FUNDING LEVEL, AND CAN THAT BE AVERTED WITH AN INCREASED FUNDS IN OUR DISTRICT? YEAH. YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY, IF WE GOT MORE FUNDS, WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE PROJECTS.
AND WE'RE VERY GOOD AT APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND OTHER ANY OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE, WE APPLY FOR.
AND I THINK IT'S NOT A BAD TIME TO SAY, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONERS THAT THAT I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED GAS TAXES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THE GAS PRICE OF GAS WENT UP $1 OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND WE SEE NOTHING OF THAT.
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CAN PEOPLE COMPLAIN? SURE, BUT WHAT IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD SOME SORT OF EXTRA FUNDING? THERE WE NEED IT, IN MY OPINION, AND TO SEE THAT IT HAS FALLEN BEHIND THE PARTS, PART OF THE EQUATION IS A BIT CONCERNING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHO WANTED TO REMOVE SOME OF THAT TAX ON PARTS, BUT THOSE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T IN FAVOR OF A GAS TAX INCREASE.AND SO, WE GO AROUND IN A CIRCLE AND AROUND IN A CIRCLE, ARGUE AND ARGUE AND ARGUE.
BUT, BUT, WITH MORE FUNDS, SOME OF THOSE RED LINES COULD BE ANSWERED, CORRECT? YEAH.
YEAH, IT'S A IT'S A BALANCING ACT FOR SURE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ROAD CONDITION 13 DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND BALANCING IT AGAINST THE REVENUES.
AND OF COURSE, OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS, THEY CHANGE EVERY YEAR BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN REALITY.
IT IT ADJUSTS, INFLATION, EVERYTHING THAT COMES TO BEAR, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY AFFECTS OUR PROGRAM AND OUR ABILITY TO TAKE ON MORE PROJECTS.
SO IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO TO I THINK THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MORE MONEY IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE HAVE TO PLAN.
WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED WHEN WE WHEN WE DO THIS PLAN, SO, WE CAN ONLY REALLY YOU KNOW, USE THE PROJECTIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US AND SAY, THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE'LL HAVE, AND THAT'S IT, AND THEN PLAN ACCORDINGLY BASED ON THE THE NEEDS ON THE ROAD, AND AND WHAT WE THINK THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE, SO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
ON THE CHIP DRAFT FOR SEPTEMBER OF 2026, THEIR CIRCLES REFLECTED IS ARE THOSE LIGHTING? BRIDGES.
YEAH, A LOT OF BRIDGES ON I90.
SO, SOME OF THEM HAVE VERY LOW TRAFFIC, BUT THE GUARDRAIL IS NOT MEETING OUR STANDARDS, AND IT HASN'T FOR 25+ YEARS.
THE RAILING DOESN'T MEET OUR 10 KIP STANDARDS.
SO, AS WE ONCE TOUCH THEM, YOU GOT TO DO IT ALL.
SO, THEY GET PRETTY EXPENSIVE PRETTY QUICK.
AND WE'VE GOT FOUR BRIDGE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE 20 SOME BRIDGES. YEAH.
SO, SO ROCK COUNTY. I WOULD JUST ASK THE QUESTION, SO, TO THE POINT, ALL THOSE BRIDGES WERE ROUGHLY BUILT WITHIN A TEN-YEAR PERIOD, RIGHT? YES.
HOW DO WE FUND ALL THAT 50 YEARS AGO, AND THEN NOW WE'RE STRUGGLING ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN ALL THAT? YEAH, IT'S A ASK EYES AND HOUR.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THAT'S HOW LONG AGO IT WAS. 60 OR 70 YEARS AGO. EXACTLY.
I MEAN, STANDARDS WERE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, FORCED TO THE POINT, FOR FORCE JUST POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT GARGOYLE OUT THERE THAT'S 25 YEARS PAST COMPLIANCE, SO TO SPEAK.
SO, WE BUILT SOMETHING, RIGHT, AND THEN WE REALIZED IT JUST DOESN'T WORK, RIGHT? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CRASHING OR FLIPPING OVER, AND THEN IT'S LIKE, OH, WE SHOULD REDESIGN THAT, AND THEN WE REDESIGNED IT.
WE GOT A NEW STANDARD, AND NOW THOSE STANDARDS APPLY TO EVERYTHING, ALL THE OTHER BRIDGES, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT WE FUNDED IT ALL AT ONCE, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY 60 YEARS AGO, AND NOW WE ARE PIECEMEALING EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR THE LAST THREE DECADES.
BUT 60 YEARS AGO, WE HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION, DIFFERENT VOLUMES, DIFFERENT SPEEDS, ONCE MORE AGRICULTURE.
AGRICULTURE, EQUIPMENT GOT BIGGER.
TRUST ME AT ALL, TRUCKS ARE HEAVIER, EQUIPMENT IS BIGGER.
I MEAN, IT ALL TRANSLATES TO MORE WEIGHT ON THE ROAD.
IT TRANSLATES TO THE JUST THE GROWTH IN COMMUNITIES ALL OF IT TRANSLATES TO MORE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD, WHICH IS MORE WEAR AND TEAR, WHICH, AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU REMODEL YOUR HOUSE, FIRST, LIKE, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU WANT TO REMODEL IT, AND YOU THINK THAT. OKAY.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO REMODEL MY HOUSE AND DO A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING ADDITION FOR $100,000.
AND THEN YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY, AND YOU THINK YOU'RE GETTING
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TWO ROOMS AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER, AND THEN YOU FIND OUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY TWO AND A HALF TIMES THAT TO GET WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD GET FOR 100, AND YOU'RE LIKE, FORGET IT.I'M JUST GOING TO SELL MY HOUSE AND BUY ANOTHER ONE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU FIND OUT IT'S WAY MORE EXPENSIVE TO REMODEL SOMETHING OR RENOVATE SOMETHING THAN IT IS TO JUST START FRESH.
I THINK SOMETIMES THAT'S EVEN THE PROBLEM WITH OUR ROADS IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALREADY OUT THERE.
WE HAVE TO CORRECT CONDITIONS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BEFORE, OR BRING THINGS UP TO DATE, AND IT'S MORE COSTLY TO DO THAT THAN MAYBE JUST TO BUILD A ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
AND WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION AS A STATE TO BUILD ROADS, NEW ONES ANYMORE.
WE'RE BASICALLY JUST MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF LANE MILES.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE WE ARE ON THE LIST OF WHICH STATES HAVE THE MOST MILES TO DEAL WITH IN THEIR STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, BUT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE UP THERE, WE'RE UP THERE SOMEWHERE IN THE TOP, SO.
NO QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE APPRECIATE IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS GET COMPLETED SOON.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS GUYS, HAVE A GREAT DAY.
[Human Resources ]
ALRIGHT, NEXT TIME ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSIDER MCH RENEWAL FOR THE 2027 MEDICAL INSURANCE.THAT TIME OF YEAR, AND WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS RENEWING OUR CURRENT HEALTH PLAN, AFTER REVIEW OF THE PROPOSALS FOR 2027.
WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION IN THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE TO CHOOSE TO CONTINUE WITH THE COUNTY'S MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH MEDICA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM, AND THE PLANS ARE SHOWN HERE AS MEDICAL CHOICE PASSPORT WITH AN HSA, AND THAT IS A THIRTY-FIVE-HUNDRED-DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE, 20% CO INSURANCE, MEDICAL CHOICE PASSPORT WITH VEBA IS TWENTY-FIVE-HUNDRED-DOLLAR DEDUCTIBLE, AND 20% CO INSURANCE.
I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU ACCEPT THIS RENEWAL AND AUTHORIZE MYSELF TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN OFF ON IT.
WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS IN THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN AT THE WORKSHOP. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE IT. A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY, DISCUSSION.
WILL WE DISCUSS THIS, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS, AT OUR FOLLOWING BUDGET COMMITTEE TODAY, OR HAVE WE SEEN WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE NEED TO SEE? I THINK WE'VE THIS IS SAYING WE'RE CHOOSING THIS, THIS. CHOOSING THIS COMPANY. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME INTERNAL DISCUSSION HOW WE'RE PUTTING THAT OUT.
SO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT RATES AT THIS POINT? NO, THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE, THIS IS THE BEST OF THE CHOICES THAT THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWED.
CORRECT, AND WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS JUST TO CONTINUE WITH OUR CURRENT INSURANCE.
THERE'LL BE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEES REGARDING THE ACTUAL COUNTY EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
I WANT TO THANK THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. WERE THERE TWO PROPOSALS, OR DID YOU ENTERTAIN MORE THAN THAT? THERE WERE THREE. THERE WERE THREE. YEAH.
OKAY, AND THIS WAS THE LEAST IT WAS THE BEST MODEL AND THE LEAST PERCENTAGE INCREASE FOR US.
I THINK THEY, IF I RECALL, THEY PUT IT OUT TO A 4TH ONE TOO.
AND THAT 4TH ONE DECLINED, DECLINED. YES, CORRECT. BIDDING, FOR SURE.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS, THIS WOULD BE A ONE YEAR, WE, AND WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A MULTI-YEAR ON DEAL WITH THE, WITH MEDICARE IN THE PAST.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S IT'S A 02, THERE'S A THIS IS A ONE YEAR AT THIS RATE, AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND YEAR WITH A MAXIMUM THEY GAVE US. I SEE.
IT'S A TWO YEAR, BUT EFFECTIVELY IT'S A ONE YEAR.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN DOING THIS NEXT YEAR
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BECAUSE THE RENEWAL CAPS ARE EXORBITANT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, SURE.I MEAN, YEAH, TECHNICALLY I THINK WE'RE LOCKED IN FOR TWO YEARS, BUT I MEAN WE'LL BE REVISITING THIS AGAIN ANNUALLY, RIGHT? OKAY.
AND I GUESS YOU'LL BE AT THAT SEAT NEXT YEAR WITH YOUR NEW VICE CHAIR TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
WONDERFUL, SO WE'LL COUNT ON YOUR EXPERIENCE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[Administration]
AYE. OKAY.ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS THE ADMINISTRATION CONSIDER DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT.
GOOD MORNING, MR. AND CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I HAVE ONE ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND THAT BEGINS ON PAGE 33.
AS MR. CHAIR SAID, IT IS TO REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF THE CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT FOR JACKIE KOPET AS A DRIVER LICENSE AGENT FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA FOR NICOLLET COUNTY LICENSE CENTER.
MINNESOTA STATUTE 17.061 ALLOWS COUNTY BOARDS TO APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT INCLUDES THE DUTIES OF FORWARDING TO THE DEPARTMENT ALL APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED AND FEES COLLECTED BY THE AGENT AS REQUIRED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
WITHIN YOUR PACKET AS A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATION STATEMENT.
MR. CHAIR, I'M REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF THE CERTIFICATION APPOINTMENT FOR JACKIE KOPET, AND THEN AUTHORIZATION FOR MYSELF AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO SIGN THE DOCUMENT THROUGH DOCU SIGN.
DO YOU LIKE THE MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, AND I HAVE A QUESTION.
I HAVE A QUESTION AFTER MARIE'S QUESTION.
MY QUESTION FIRST. PARAGRAPH 2 STATES AFTER FEBRUARY 14TH OF 2014.
SO, THE DBS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BEHIND IN SENDING THESE OUT.
WHAT'S A DECADE, ONLY 12 YEARS? WHAT THE HELL, 2014 OR 2024? SO, THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL CAUGHT UP, CAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS FOR A WHILE, AND SO, THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN GETTING THESE OUT.
BUT I'M NOT ACTUALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THE 2014.
WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL DATE OF APPOINTMENT? THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL DATE, BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY WHEN BRIDGET RETIRED.
YEAH, SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL DATE OF RETIREMENT.
THAT'S WHEN I WAS APPOINTED, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANY APPOINTMENTS SINCE.
SO THEY'VE BEEN CATCHING UP ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THE 2014 IS CORRECT.
IT'S JUST A SIGNIFICANT DELAY ON THEIR SYSTEM, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A 10-YEAR APPOINTMENT, WOULD HAVE BEEN 24, AND NOW THEY'RE STILL CATCHING UP ON THEM.
I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THAT SYSTEM, DON'T WE? MR. COLORS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU.
MR. CHAIR, I WISH THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD LEARN HOW TO SPELL NICOLLET, AND THE TOP LINE JACQUELINE KOPET.
NICOLLET COUNTY SPELLED POORLY.
YOU CAN BLAME MY LONG-DECEASED MOTHER FOR ME BEING ABLE TO POINT THESE THINGS OUT, BUT JACK, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY'RE 12 YEARS BEHIND.
THAT'S IT. THEY COULDN'T FIND IT. RIGHT? I WILL SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE IT ON THEIR DOCUMENT.
ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.
[County Attorney Update ]
RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY UPDATE.THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
JUST A CONTINUATION OF COMMUNITY EVENTS OF ATTENDANCE.
MOST RECENTLY, WE ATTENDED THE GUSTAVUS STUDENT ACTIVITIES EVENT UP ON CAMPUS, AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE COMPLETED THE BACKPACK PROGRAM, WHERE MANY, MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED TO FILL 654 BACKPACKS THAT WERE THEN DISTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS IN SAINT PETER AND RURAL NICOLLET COUNTY. SO, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED FINANCIALLY
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WITH THEIR TIME AND TALENTS.COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER
[Chair’s Report ]
KOLARS.THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, JOINED WITH ALL MEMBERS WITH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER ZINS AND I HAD A BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING.
I'M STILL WITH THE DIVERSITY COUNCIL, FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND ANOTHER BUDGET.
WHAT WE SAW TODAY FROM MNDOT, WE DISCUSSED AT OUR MANKATO REGIONAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION MEETING, MAPLE AND TODAY'S COUNTY BOARD, FOLLOWED BY A BUDGET MEETING TODAY.
MR. ZINS. BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONER KOLARS.
WE HAD A JOINT DITCH FINAL REDETERMINATION MEETING, BUDGET WORK WALK WORKSHOP WITH ALL OF YOU, INSURANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, PERSONAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, MAYBE ONE OR TWO, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.
ALL OF THE ABOVE, PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF REGION I WAS ALSO A VOLUNTEER AT THE BACKPACK PROGRAM AND PET A TRUCK LOAD OF CARDBOARD THAT GOT TO RECYCLING, AND SOME VERY NICE YOUNG MAN HELPED US UNLOAD IT OVER THERE.
SO WE WERE FORTUNATE WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAD A COUPLE OF BUDGET WORKSHOPS, THE INSURANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE.
I ATTENDED THE HIGHWAY 169 OPEN HOUSE THAT MNDOT SPONSORED DOWN AT THE SPRING LAKE PARK WARMING HOUSE, AND THEN I HAD A ONLINE REACTION TO PREVENTION FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT I DID THROUGH AMC.
DO WE HAVE APPROVAL FOR PER DIEMS AND EXPENSES? MOVE IT.
MOTION, SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
[Approve Per Diems and Expenses]
MEETING TO ADJOURN.CALL THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY MEETING TO ORDER.
FIRST ITEM ON THAT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
WELL, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT PULLED UP HERE.
ALRIGHT, DO YOU APPROVE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST SESSION? SO MOVED. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
I SEE NO PUBLIC, SO, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC SERVICES, AND WELCOME JACKIE, NOW THAT YOU'RE NEWLY APPOINTED.
YES, I'M SO GRATEFUL, THANK YOU. 12 YEARS LATER IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY.
WHO KNEW THAT YOU DID ALL THAT CHANGES AROUND? OKAY.
ON AUGUST 25TH, 2026, A PUBLIC HEARING, SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE HELD FOR CONSIDERATION OF REDETERMINATION OF BENEFITS FOR COUNTY DITCH 16A, COUNTY DITCH 80, COUNTY DITCH 85, COUNTY DITCH 92, AND COUNTY DITCH 94 AND 96.
FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY APPROVED THE REDETERMINATION OF BENEFITS FOR EACH DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
ATTACHED NOW ARE THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND THE ORDER FOR EACH DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR THE DRAINAGE AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER APPROVAL.
SO, THERE ARE SIX FINDINGS AND ORDERS IN YOUR PACKET.
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD GET APPROVALS FOR EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM, OKAY? SO, STARTING WITH COUNTY DITCH 16A THE TOTAL BENEFITS APPROVED WERE 8,453,642, AND THIS DITCH IS AN OPEN DITCH, AND THE THE BUFFERS WILL BE PAID OUT AFTER OCTOBER 8TH, 2026, 30 DAYS FROM TODAY.
ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SURE. SECOND.
WE'LL GO ON A COUNTY DITCH 80.
THOSE TOTAL BENEFITS ARE 05,928,851.
THIS ALSO IS AN OPEN DITCH, WITH THE BUFFER PAYMENTS TO BE PAID OUT AFTER OCTOBER 8TH, 2026.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVE IT, SECOND.
COUNTY DITCH 85 THE TOTAL BENEFITS, $7,963,093.
THIS IS ALSO AN OPEN DITCH, AND THEY WILL BUFFER PAYMENTS WILL GET MAILED OUT AFTER OCTOBER 8TH, 2026.
TOTAL BENEFITS, $892,184. THIS IS AN ALL-TILE SYSTEM, SO, THERE ARE NO BUFFER PAYMENTS.
ALRIGHT. COUNTY DITCH 94 IS ALSO AN ALL-TILE SYSTEM.
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SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.TOTAL BENEFITS, 1,901,431 AND THIS IS AN ALL-TILE SYSTEM AS WELL.
MOVE IT. MOVE IT. A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALL RIGHT, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? I'LL DO. I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ADJOURN. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR COMING.
WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO OUR.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.