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Home My WebLink AboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 04/20/1976MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OTTER TAIL COUNTY MINNESOTA Pursuant to adjournment, the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota met at 1: 00 P .M., Tuesday, April 20, 1976, all members present. · Motion was made by George Walter·, seconded by Andy Leitch and unanimously carried, to authorize John Snowberg and K. W. Hanson to attend the Association of Minnesota Counties meeting at St. Cloud, April 21st. Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by John Snowberg and unanimously carried, the county sheriff was authorized to attend the Safety Council awards and presentation.meeting. Upon motion made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Bert Hovland and unanimously carried, the following,. applications for license to sell non-intoxi- cating malt liquor were approved: Duane Donley Clarence Koehler ArranBentzin George H. Hagen Fred L. Evan Aaron A. Johnson Owen L. Stowman August Heinrich Edgar Splittstoesser Esther 0. Lee Sunrise Resort Koehler's Resort Red Lantern Resort Pleasure Park Resort Babe's Resort Sunset Beach Shady Grove Resort Cozy Cove Resort South Turtle Lake Resort Lee's Wee Town Store Dead Lake Township Pine Lake Township Amor Township Otter Tail Township Perham Township Girard Township Rush Lake Township Dead Leke Township Sverd!UP Township Friberg Township T The Board, having previously advertised for bids for grading and aggregate surfa~ing, under project SAP 56-637-01, CP 76:37, proceeded to open bids which were fourid to· be as foHows: Ackling Construction Co., Frazee, Minnesota Evavold-Vikesland Construction, Fergus Falls; Minnesota Clifford Strom, Brandon, Minnesota · Bain Bros. Const. ·Clarissa, Min_nesota Stan ·Morri 11, Inc. , Fergus Falls~ 1':1inneso:ta Donald Conroy.Construction Co., Oumont, Minnesota Minnerath Const .. , In~., Col_d Spring, Minnesota Strom Construction Co., Moorhead, Minnesota Sellin Bros., Inc., Hawley, Minnesota Al Minnerath, Inc., & Martin Fruth, Inc., St. Cloud, Minnesota _Gladen Construction, Inc., Laporte, Minnesota ·, $" 75,793.45. 80,161.90 . 80,850.90 ·. 81,078.43 . 82,134.30 88,106.31 84,282.06 91,897.67 93,181.68 I . • 94~864.22 98,590.17 After consideration, motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by . George Walter and unanimously carried, to accept the bid of Acklirg Construction Co., Frazee, Minnesota in the amount of $75,793.45, it _being the lowest bid. The Board, having previously advertised for bids for grading and aggregate surfacing, under projec,t C.H. 76:116, proceeded to open bids which were found to be as fol lows: Ackl~ng Construction Co., Frazee, Minnesota Bain Bros. Const., Clarissa, Minnesota Stan Morrill, Inc., Fergus Falls, Minnesota Minnerath Const., Inc., Cold Spring,' Minnesota Donald Conroy Const. Co., Dumont, Minnesota _Evavold-Vikes land. Const. , Fergus Falls, Minnesota Martin Fruth, !Ne., & Al Minnerath, Inc., :Cold Spring, Minnesota Clifford Strom, Brandon,· Minnesota 'Gladen Construction, )nc., Laporte, Minnesota Strom Construction Co., Moorhead, Minnesota , Ed Zimmerman, Barrett, Minnesota Sellin Bros;, Inc.-, !-fawley, Minnesota $ 53,095.64 56,754.50 58,501.63 58,557.93 60,427.92 62,239.5.~ 62,933.98 :64,046. 05 64,348.35 64,874.33 65,781.28 71,079.70 AFter consideration, motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by George Walter and unanimously carried, to accept the bid of Ackling Const., Fraze_e,~ Minnesota, in the amoui:it of $53,095 .. 64, it being the lowest bid. I., Upon.motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by John Snowberg and carried; the following applications for license to sell non-intoxicating malt liquor were approved, subject to record check, town board signature; etc., Robert D. Johnson David L. Gillaspey Randy Hutmacher ; Riverside Resort South Lida Resort Klein's REsort Everts Township Maplewood Township Rush Lake Township The Board, having previously advertised for the sale of the t1.,ro county-owned houses on South Court in the City of Fergus Falls, proceeded to open bids which were found to be as follows: Vernon L. Jensen, Fergus Falls, Minnesota $8,000.00 Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by George Walter and unanimously carried, the bid was rejected. The Board, having previously advertised for the sale of the coW1ty garage in the City of Pelican Rapids, proceeded ·to •c:>p_E:lTl bids which were foW1d to be as follows: City of Pelican Rapids $3,000 cash, plus other ·considerations Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, · seconded by. George Walter and unanimously carried, the bid was rejected. Motion was made by George Walter, seconded by Bert Hovland and unanimously carried, to approve the application of Bennett Berg for special use permit to expand existing resort in G.L. 1, Section 15,.Pine Lake Township,sub- ject to the following requirements: 1) . Soil Conservation Service be used and go by their recommendation for stabilization 2) Trees should be moved back in 3) Site #5 eliminated. Motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by George Walter and unani- mously carried, to approve the application of Gilbert Garza for special use· permit to operate paintihgrshop on Lots 9, 10, 15 and 16, Bonita Beach, Everts Township, subject to review by CoW1ty Board after one year. Upon motion made _by Bert Hovland, seconded by John Snowberg and unanimously carried, the application of Lynn J. Rhodes for special use permit to change the use of existing resort from 3.2 beer to on-sale liquor license was denied because of inadequate parking facilities.· Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by George Walter and · unanimously carried, to approve the special use permit for James Ahlfs in G. L. 4 of Section 24, Otter Tail Township, to build gravel washing plant and ready-mix plant, subject ·to conditional requirements. Motion was made by 'George Walter, seconded by Bert Hovland and '· unanimoµsly carried, to approve the application of Albert. F. Cousins for special use permit for the construction of a road in G.L. 2 & 3, Section·7 -136 -38, subject to.conditional requirements. · Motioh:;was made by George Wal_tei, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried, Andy Leitch voting "no", to approve the appli.cati_on of Cozell (Q. and Blanche E. Heath for special use permit to construct;a 24 unit cluster develop- ment in G.L. 4 & 5 of Sectiori 34 and-G.L. 10, Section· 33 ··-' 135 -41 · Motion was made by George Walter, seconded by John Snowberg and unanimously. carried, to deny the application of Kermit Schmidt for specitl use permit to operate general repair garage in G.L. 2, Section 9 -135 --41. Motion was made by Hub .Nordgren, seconded by George Walter and unanimously carried, to approve the conveyance, by metes and bounds description, of a small parcel of land in Government Lot 5~ Section 21 -134 -38, from Melvin Nyhus to Richard Braun. Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by George Walter and unanimously carried, the following preliminary plats were approved:_ Oak Acres Section 11, Clitherall Township- Stony Brook Man9r Section 26, Fergus Falls, Townshir Kongsberg Cemetery, 1st Addn' Section 24, Fergus Falls Township Prairie View Section 1, Compton Township Hein's Development Section 1, Amor Township · Stony Bar Estates Section 32, Lida Township ' '. : ; Upon motion made by George Walter -----..ac------------seconded by. ·-~A"""n=d ___ y_·-L~e-i~t~c~h~--------and carried, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that Employees of Otter Tail County for purposes of. MINN. STATS . . Chap. 176, amendments and supplements thereto, as it relates to Workmen's i ·. Compensation, include el(tted and appointed officers inc hiding officers appointed and elected to complete the unexpired portion of any regular term. Dated at Fergus Falls, Minnesota this 20th day of April, 197.6. ATTEST~ · Clerk I. T Motion was made by George Walter, seconded by John Snowberg and unanimously carried, to approve the following applications for sewage disposal installers license: Wilbur Torgrimson Robert J. Schafer Harry C. Hoffman Frank R. Steuart Richard E. Hanson (subject to bond) Hoffman's Backhoe Service Steuart Plumbing & Heating Ashby, Mi!1nesota Ottertail, Minnesota Vergas, Minnesota Henning, Minnesota Fergus Falls, Minnesota Motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Bert. Hovland and unani- mously carried, to approve the following applications for sewage disposal system cleaners license: Glenn W. Miller Clifford H. Olson Cliff's Enterprise Pelican Rapids, Minnesota Henning, Minnesota Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by AndyLei tch and unani- mously carried, the sheriff's department was authorized to purchase riot guns and bullet-proof vests as needed. Motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by George Walter. and unani- mously carried, to authorize the county commissioners to attend the Minnesota County Veterans Service Officers meeting to be held in Moorhead, Monday, April 26th. UPon motion made by HubNordgren, seconded by Bert Hovland and unani- mously carried, the county auditoTwas authorized to· a:d,yerti~e for bids to be re- ceived until 10 :00 A.M.; Tuesday, June 8, 1976 for three patrol cars.:,.to be used by the sheriff's department. Upon m?tion made by ·Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Leitch and carried, the county auditor was authorized to advertise for bids to be received until 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, June 8, 1976, for a triangular tract of, land owned by Otter Tail County located in Fergus Falls Township across from the site of the new highway department building. I • Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by George \\Tal ter: a?d unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned until 9:30 A.M., Saturday, May 1, i976. 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