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Home My WebLink AboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 04/07/1982j I MINUTES 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 Mtnnesota met at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 7, 1982, all members present. Motion was made by Van 'Ellig, ·seconded by Sydney Nelson and carried, to grant forgiveness of certain portions of sheriff's costs and clerk's fees on a I payment of delinquent taxes by Jerome B. Sazama, L & J Sports Center, and accept payment of $32.66 on the general unsecured claims filed and allowed under bankruptcy. The Board, having advertised for bids for maintenance and service of the telephone system in the courthouse, proceeded to open bids which were found to be as fa 11 ows : Park Region Mutual Telephone Co., Underwodd, MN Park Region Mutual Telephone Co., Underwood, MN Monthly Maintenance $500.00 Time & Material $18.00 per hour & 26¢ per mile After consideration, motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Sydney Nelson and carried, to accept the time and material contract maintenance at $18.00 per man hour and$ .26 per mile, being the only bid. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, to approve payment of a $40.00 pre-sort fee to the U. S. Postal Service for pre- sort utilization by the various courthouse offices. Laura Youngsma appeared before the Board and presented a cost study on various alternate methods of data processing. No actio'n taken. Norman Fjestad appeared before the Board and explained progress of the R. C. & D Committee on the Pomme deTer~e.project. George Nelson, County Treasurer, appeared before the Board and pre- sented the investment schedule for April, 1982. He also stated the personal property taxes were mailed too late to meet the February 28th deadline for payment and requested consideration by the board for delay of deadline until the 30th of April. After discussion, motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Sydney Nelson, and carried, to adopt the following resolution: _/ RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes requires payment of personal property taxes on or before February 28th where the amount is $10.00 or less, or first half on amounts over $10.00 by February 28th and the second ' -' half by June 30th, and .. WHEREAS, due to the latene~s of mailing of.statements for personal property taxes making payment by the 28th of February impossible, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT.~ES0LVED the County Board does hereby grant authority to the Treasurer of Otter Tail County to collect personal property taxes until April 30, 1982 without penalty imposed, where the amount is $10.00 or less, or first half on amounts over $10.00. i Adopted at Fergus Falls, Minnesota this 7th day of April ,·1982. ·~~ ctki rman ATTEST: Clerk I Howard Koeppen, custodian, appeared before the Board and presented a proposal from Lake Country Gardens, Battle Lake, for planting trees on the court- house lawn, four shade trees, four ornamental trees and four.arbor vitae, dry root I $725.00, bagged root, $1075.00. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, authorizing Mr: Koeppen to use his own discretion Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Sydney Nelson and carried, to call for bids to be received until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 5, 1982, for the following, for final on inclusion of all or any proj~cts to.be made a the time of awarding of bids: S.A. P. S.A.P. S.A.P. C.P. C. p. 56-601'...15 56-601-16 56-607-03 82:018-(1 )R 82:01B-(2)U BITUMINOUS SURFACING 7 .009 miles 4.054 miles 4.997 miles 1 .11 9 mil es 0.475 mile, I GRADING AND AGGREGATE SURFACING C;P. 82:142, Length 3.787 miles. County Aid Highway #142 from CSAH#67 east 3.787 miles to T.H. #106. GRADING, AGGREGATE BASE, PLANT MIXED BITU~INOUS BAtE AND SURFACE, CONCRETE CURB AND CONCRETE SEWER PIPE S.A.P. 56-619-05, Length 0.230 miles. In the village of Bluffton (Prospect St.) from Jct. T.H.#10 north 0.230 miles on CSAH #19 in Bluffton CONSTRUCT C.S. CULVERTS' S.A.P. 56-599-17, Bridge replacement with two lines 12011 C.S. Struct. Pl. Pipe Culverts over the Wing River Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Sydney Nelson and carried, to approve payment of $1,098 to Raymond Clausen for 4,392 cubic yards of common borrow. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Sydney Nelson and carried with Van Ellig voting "no", to grant perm,ission to James Buchholz to clean out portions of County Ditch #44, on his own property located in Sections 33 and 34 of Rush Lake Township, to the original grade and cross section. A correction of the minutei of the March 10th meeting was r~tjaested to awarding roadside mowing contracts under area D to Carl Wallevand, Vining, MN, at $34.00 per mile, who was the correct submitter of said bid, not Archie Wahlin as so shown in said minutes. Upon motion made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried with Sydney Nelson and Hub Nordgren voting "no", the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County .Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that WHEREAS, in accordance with a ·procedural agreement between the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice, dated May 23, 1962, certification by the County Board of Commissioners for acquisition of lands by the U. S .. Fish and Wildli.fe Service is requestEid, and ·' ◄; WHEREAS, represe~tatives of the U. S. Fish And Wildlife Service ' met withthe County Board ori April 7, 1982 aQd infor~ed said Board that a water- fowl easement had been secured from Verle and Rose Lee Martin, on the SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, S½SE¼SW¼, Lots 2 & 4, in Section 19-131-40, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the County Board does hereby approve the aforementioned acquisition by the U.S. Fish a~d Wildlife Service. Dated at Fergus Falls, Minnesota this 7th day of April, 1982. ATTEST: Clerk Upon motion made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried,· the following resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, some of the residents of De,ad Lake Township have r:e.quested a_ 45 mile per hqur speed zone be es-tablished on County $.ta_te AJd H;i.J~h~.:1,y-No: 35 for approximately one half mile on the north shore of Dead Lake in the area between the ''North Shore Re sore' and "Huck's Haven Reso:rt," and WHEREAS, the County of Otter Tail also believes that a speed zone would be beneficial in this area. NOW·, TBEREFOR,E, BE IT RESOLVED, that Otter Tail County dqes hereby-request that the a,r:ea be studi_ed by the Minnesota Depa,rtment Qf Transportation to determi.ne th.e. need for a proper sp~ed zone, tf any. BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, that Minnesota Department of Trans- port~t;i.on proceed with establtshing a legal speed zone if the findings of th.e traff;i.c study are ~upportiye, A.dopt:ed at Fergus Falls, Min.nesota, this Apri:l, 1982 .. Att.e&t.; (SEf\.,L) 7th day, of Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, the following resolution was adopted: RESQLUTI:ON WHEREAS, Friberg Township has made an application to the Minnesota Dep?,i;-tment of Natural R.esources for a construction perm;i:t t9 pla.ce culverts on Reed C1;eek in Section 7, Friberg Townsh;i:p, a,nd WHEREAS, Otter Tail County does acknowledge that a,pprox;i:ma,tely 1.1 acres of low· lying land is subject to a stage increa,se qf i.9~, so BE IT RESOLVED~ thi:lt Otter Tail County does 1:>upport this desi&n {'IOV;i::de.cl tha,t the Town:;,.hi.p of ;F:i;-iberg does ootain consent from the. a,f fected land owners, A.doptec:J, thi§ 7th A_ttest: c~~~ CSEAL) Motion was made by Sydn-ey Nelso~, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, to approve the plat of Oakland· Beach, ls:t ,Add.'_n, iri Sect_io~ 1-136-39, provided no direct access is made onto CSAH #8, with ,each deed of conveyance to so specify. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren:, sec~nded by Bert Hovland and carried, to approve the plat of Oppegaard Estates, located in Section 25-134-38. Motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried, to approve the plat of Link Add'n, located in Sectjon 28-133-40. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, to approve the plat of Rostad Development, 2nd Add'n, located in Section 32-134-41. Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Sydney Nelson and car- ried, the following application sof sewage disposal installers license were approved, subject to posting of bond: Arlen K. Johnson Melvin M. McGowan Lloyd Peasley Robert J. Esser James Golombiecki Robert Kirckof Rodney Hanson Johnson Heating & Plumbing McGowan Clearing & Sodding Lloyd's Excavating Esser Plbg, & Htg. Golombiecki 's Excavating Kirckof Backhoe Hanson's Plbg. & Htg. Underwood, MN Ottertail , MN Erhard, MN Perham, MN Fergus Falls, MN Parkers Prairie, MN Vergas, MN Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried, to authorize two or three persons, depending on who is available to go, to attend an A.M.C. seminar on Enforcement Process. With no further business, the Chairman adjourned the meeting at 2:10 until 9:.30 a.m., Thur.sday, April 8, 1982, -THURSDAY'S SESSION - Pursuant to adjournment, the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County met at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, April 8, 1982, all members present. The Board, having previously advertised for bids to be received for a storage building constructed on the site of the county highway building for use by the sheriff's department, proceeded to open bids which were found to be as follows: Quality Builders, Fergus Falls, MN Stoering Designers & Builders, Inc., Perham, MN Dalton Lumber Co., Inc., Dalton, MN Menard Agri-Buildings, Fergus Falls, MN Morton Buildings, Inc., Morton, Illinois Del's Construction, Frazee, MN Nordick Construction, Fergus ·Falls, MN Vic Satter, Jr., Pelican Rapids, MN $11,250.00 11,500.00 11,620.00 11 , 998. 00 13,380.00 13,685.00 15,300.00 19,322.00 Motion was made by Bert Hovland, second~d by Van Ellig and car- .! ried, to table action on bids until" 1:00 p.m.~ •Tuesday, April 20, 1982. The Board, hav.ing previous-ly advertised for bids to be received for timber on the county gravel pit located in Section 10 of Dead Lake Township, proceeded to open bids which were found to 'be as follows: Eugene Davenport, Fergus Falls, MN Richard Leitch, Battle Lake, MN Louis A. Sieling, Frazee, MN $ 102. 00 126.00 600.00 After consideration, motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried, to accept the bid of Louis A. Sieling, Frazee, MN, in the amount of $600.00 for the sale of the timber, timber to be removed within three years. Upon motion made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Van Ellig and car- ried, the following applications for on-sale liquor license were approved: Wm. Thomas Hoagland Ronald J. Bina Colonial Motel & Supper Club l Galaxy Lounge & Restaurant Perham Township Star Lake Township Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Sydney Nelson and carried, the following applications to sell non-intoxicating malt liquor were approved: Arran W. Bentzin Robert & Glendia Pouliot LeRoy Schleisman Eugene L. Pier Mary C. Blanshan Norman K. Anderson Thelbert Gillespie Ronald J. Bina Bennett C. Berg Anna Hunter Elmer G. Anderson Morris G. Anderson Ray A. Chase James P. Ditzig James Zweerink George Reimer Joan E . Ha rd i na Donald E. Graham Viola M. Brown Lee Hurlburt Red Lantern Resort Countryside Grocery B & L Interstate Skelly Hack6erry Haven Resort. Riverside Resort Three Se.asons Lodge Wee Town Galaxy Resort Big Pine Resort .wagon Wheel Resort Mosquito Heights Resort Olson's Resort & Trailer Park Ethel Beach Resort Riverside Cabins Sunset Beach Star Lake Resort Lakeside Market The Corner Store Kleins Resort on Marion Lake Barkers Resort Amor Township Corliss Township Fergus Falls Township Amor Township Everts Township Amor Township Friberg Township Star Lake Township Pine Lake Township Otto Township Pine Lake Township Dunn Township Girard Township Friberg Townsh1P Girard Township Dora Township Amor Township Amor Township Rush Lake Township Perham Township Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, to approve the application of Louise Trana for permit to allow consump- tion and display of intoxicating liquor at Dave & Louise's Restaurant in Leaf Lake Township. A request was made by Clyde Kessner for a refund of the beer license recently purchased for Clyde's Market in Amor Township, establishment having been sold. Motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Van Ellig and car- ried, to not grant a refund as it would be establishing a precedent in that such refundments have not been made in the past on a transfer of property. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, authorizing the Veterans Affairs Officer to attend the spring conference for County Veterans Service Officers to be held in Moorhead May 13th. Fred.·Moen of:10erporate Risk Managers, Inc., appeared before the Board with recommendations of changes to be made in the county~s risk insurance, After considerable discussion motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Sydney Nelson and carried, to accept the recommendations, upon clearance and approval of the County Attorney, and authorized Mr. Moen to prepare· specifi'cations and accept proposals on behalf of Otter Tail County, for final approval /byf1the County Boa rd ~o~stbly~t~"Jyne. Upon motion made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried, the County Auditor was authorized to advertise for bids to be received until 2:00 p.m., May 18th for the sale of the house, cottage, and other outbuildings, excluding the garage, at the property known as the Nelson property at Phelps Mill. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and. carried, to uphold the decision of the Otter Tail County Planning Advisory Commission and deny the application of Peter Mehl for special use permit for certain land- scaping, etc., on Lot 30, Heilberger Lake Estates in Friberg Township. Motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried, to approve the application of Ralph Salvog for special use permit to remove ice ridge on Lot l & 2, Linda Beach, Clithera_ll )ownship, subject to conditional re- quirements of the Otter Tail Planning Advisory Commission. Motion was made by Sydney Nelson~ seconded by Van Ellig and car- ried, to approve the application of James R. Spenningsbyfcr special use permit to landscape on lot on Lake Seven, Hobart Township, · subject to conditional requirements. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried, to approve the application of the Otter Tail Nursing Home in Amor Township for special use permit t_o convert the former administrator's residence into a 12 bed group horrefor the elderly mentally retarded. Motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Bert Hovland and car- ried, to approve an application of the City of Fergus Falls for special use permit to remove dirt and replate with sand to increase the area of Pebble Beach in Buse Township. Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Va.n Elli g and carried, to uphold t~e decision of the Otter Tail County Planning Advisory Commission and deny approval to Larry S. Nygard for special use permit to add a recreationa.l cabin on Lot 3, Block l, Paul Lake Preserve, Edna Township, for lack of representation. Motion was made,1by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried, to approve a preliminary plat of Mooring Stone 1Add'n to be located in Section 9 of Dunn Township, on the condition the lots be identified with proper legal numbers foi lots,and blocks. A request ~as pre~ent~d to the Bciard for·r~classification of Hancock Lake from a Natural Environment Lake to a Recreatfona·l Development Lake. After discussion, motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried, not to request the D.N.R. reclassify said ·1ake. Motion was made by Hub .Ncirdgren, seconded by Sydney Nelson and carried, to approve the following applications for sewage disposal installers license, subject to posti~g of bond: Dennis Delzer Mark Hawes Delzer Construction, Inc. Hawes Plbg. & Htg. Dalton, MN Ottertail , MN Motion. was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried, to approve the application of Roger Kube, President of the Pebble Lake Golf Club~ Inc., for ori sale intoxicating liquor license in Buse Township. Richard Anderson of the Otter Tail Lake Property Owner•s Associ~tion appeared before the Board and offered whatever assistance possible to assist in the water safety program on Otter Tail Lake. With no furth~r business at 2:05 p.m., the Chairman adjourned the meeting until the afternoon of April 20, 1982. Ch ATTEST %4,a) %3t_,,r Clerk