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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 06/08/1984MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEEI'ING . OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY CrnMISSIONERS aITER TAIL COUNTY MINNESOTA Pursuant to adjourriment, the Board of County Corrmissioners of Otter Tail County Minrl;esota net Friday, June _,_a, 1984, with all rnsnbers present. From · 12 :30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., the meeting was closed to the public for union strategy. At 1:00 p.m., .Chainnan Nelson declared the meeting open to the public. George Klein & Associates appeared before the Board and discussed the design phase of the proposed jail renovation-remodeling project. .Motion was made by Bert Hovland to appoint Van Ellig, Nub Nordgren and Larry Krohn to serve as a committee to assimilate and accumulate data for space detail and needs for all court functions tying in with jail needs. The motion failed for lack of a second. .Motion was made by Andy Leitch to appoint Mike Kirk, Hub Nordgren, Larry Krohn, John Halvorson and Ken Rudd to serve on said comnittee. The motion was seconded by Sydney Nelson but failed with Hub Nordgren, Bert Hovland and Sydney Nelson voting "no". Chairman Nelson appointed Hub Nordgren, Van Ellig and Larry Krohn as a committee to work with C',eo. Klein & Associates tlo assemble information requested. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, to approve an agreerrent and the Chairman of the Boa,rd and County Auditor were authorized to sign said agreement on behalf of the County to fonrulate the design documents in conjunction with the proposed jail project. Upon motion made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Andy Leitch and carried, the following applications for special use permit were approved, subject to conditional requirerrents: _ John Cheli Larry B. Johnson, Ken Fenner Dr. James B. Cook John E. Sontag Myron Gerdes Ken Bjorke Michael Lucy Leland A. Huseby Darle Miller Orland Nelson Patrick Detwiller Virgil Martinson Everts Township Maine TONnship Girard Township Edna,,Township Hobart Township Pelican Tavmship Girard Township Fr:i.berg Township Edna Township Dora Township Lida Ta.vnship Edna Township Sverdrup Township Remove.dirt Slope sides and landscape lot Level kna.vn and fill low area Fill low area Remove ice ridge and landscape lot Construct four dwelling unit Level area and slope lot Back fill and grade Grade and slope lot Remove dirt Level hill, build road & landscape Remove knoll; remove dirt and slope lot Cut and fill for landscaping County Board -2 -June 8, 1984 Motion was ma.de by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried, to U?~?ld the decision of the Otter Tail County Planning Advisory Commission and deny the application of Chris P. Myrold to revel beach, install railroa,d tie restraining wall ,and sod, in Edna Township. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Leitch and carried, to uphold the decision of the Otter Tail County Planning Advisory Commission and deny the following applications: Gary Knutson Gale E. Smith Dunn Township Hobart Township Cut, fill and landscape lot Cut mound and level lot, sodding shoulders as needed Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Leitch and carried, the following applications for sewage disposal installers license were approved: Keven Marquette . Ronald Neuschwander Jerone Kuehl Dean Creason Marquette Excavating Neuschwander Excavating Co • Abl:ott Arne Schwindt, Inc. Dean Creason Excavating Brandon, MN West Fargo, ND Moorhead, MN Ottertail, MN . Upon motion made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by.Andy Leitch and carried, the following applications for sewage disposal.system cleaners license were approved: Ronald A. CMens Tan Stenger Stenger's Sewer Service New York Mills, MN Vergas, MN Motion was made by Bert Hovland to leave the authority for special use pennits, sewer system permits, etc., to the Otter Tail Lakes Area Sewer District during the period of construction of .the sewer system project. The motion was seconded by Andy Leitch but withdrawn refore vote. Motion was made by Bert Hovland to grant the authority to issue sewer ·systE:TT1 permits.to the Otter Tail Lakes Area Sewer District during the period of con- struction of the sewer system project. The motion was seconded by Hub Nordgren,and carried~ Motion was made by Van Ellig to reluctantly accept the resignation of Jt1lie Sanderson from the Otter Tail County Planning Advisory Commission. The rnotion was seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried. l Upon motion made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, the follOvJing resolution was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County, that WHEREAS the various landfills throughout the county are anti- cipating closing problems relative to the superfund liability, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Otter Tail C6unty Board requests a review of the superfund liability as it pertains to landfills, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Otter Tail County Board does hereby enlist the assistance of the Minnesota Association of Landfills, the Association of Minnesota Counties, the League of Minnesota Municipalities and the Minnesota Township Officers Association, ·in said request for review~ Dated at Fergus Falls, MN this 8th day of June, 1984. Chai~·r· · ATI'EST: Clerk Upon motion made by Andy . Leitch, seconded by Hub Nordgren, 1and carried, the foll0r,1ing resolution was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that WHEREAS the County Board, on the 10th of April, 1984, accepted the bid of Avant Painting, Battle Lake, MN for painting the exterior of the mill building at Phelps Park in the amount of $6,958.00, .and WHEREAS the above contract has n0r,1 reen completed to the satis- faction of the County Board, NCW, THEREFORE, BE IT. RESOLVED, the County Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to issue a warrant in the arrount of $6,958.00 to Avant Pairting, Battle lake, MN in full payrrent thereof. Dated at Fergus Falls, MN this 8th day of June, 1984. ATTEST: 4aLt._; df) ~'u--t?_J) Clerk County Board June 8, 1984 Larry Krohn, County Coordinator, discussed with the Board the re- .. licensing of the county landfills, re~ding the same engineer be retained for this project for all l~dfills in the county.so each landfill would be treated in a similar fashion. Motion was made ·by Van E;llig, seconded by Bert Hovland and car- ried, to obtain estimated costs for engineering prior to retaining an engineer. A recomrrendation was presented to the Board by Krohn that to accomplish a guarantee on,'011-going sites, that the County retain.ownership of said sites with the landfill districts acting in advisory capacity only. No action taken. Krohn.advised the Board that Otter Tail Power Company is requesting a guarantee of a minimum garbage flCM to the proposed incinerator in the. City of Perham, of a potential estirrate of 50 tons per day. The Solid Waste Corrmittee is requested to check with Clay and Wilkin Counties for participation in said project. Krohn also advised the Board the comty must respond to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency by Jme.15th regarding the proposed closure deadline of the end of July for three dump sites in otter Tail County. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried, to send a letter to Janes Warner of the M.P.C.A. requesting a delay of closure tine schedule from Jme 15th to the end of July. AFter verbal objections by Willis Mattson of ·the M.P.C.A. to tfue delay, motion was rrade by Van Ellig to reaffirm an mderstanding re~en Otter Tail County and the M.P.C.A., to the satisfaction of the M.P.C.A.. The notion was ~econded by Sydney Nelson but failed with Andy Ieitch, Bert Hovland and Hub Nordgren voting "no". Laura Youngsma, Data Processing Director, reported on the progress of the computer operation and stated the canputer was temporarily "down" due to the electrical storm recently experienced. Ms. Yotmgsma also advised the Board additional equipment is necessary to.E!ccornplishthe proposed system installation. Motion was made by Van Ellig, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried to order the following addi- tional equiprrent: 16 Adds Viewpoint/60 C.RI's @.$895.00 1 AMLC Board for support for the CRTs 2 IMB rrain memory@ $10,500.00 1 315 .MB fixed disk to be house in the current tape cabinet 'l'O'mL COST · $14,320.00 5,200.00 21,000.00 15,500.00 $56,020.00 Cmmty Board Jme 8, 1984 Motion was made by Van Ellig authorizing Larry Krohn, Comty Coordinator, to hire a one-half to three-fifths time employee t:o· assist· in the o~ration of his office. The rrotion was seconded by Bert Hovland and carried with Andy Leitch voting "no". Ken Rose, West otter Tail County Extension.Director, c!I1d John Sethre, . . ·,-. member of the otter Tail Comty Extension Corrmittee, appeared before ,the Board relative to the need of a replacerrent of the 4-H Agent in the West otter Tail Extension Office during Steve Handegaard' s leave of absence. Motion . was made by Andy lei tch to hire a six month replacement, at full comty expense of $950.00 per rronth, with the mder- standing the temporary employee sign a disclaimer of unemployrrent benefits at termin- ation. The motion was seconded by Van Ellig and carried with Pert Hovland and Hub Nordgren voting "no". Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Leitch and carried, to authorize the Comty,Auditor to pay each of the Agricultural Associations the amount of $10,000.00 representing the 1984 appropriation. Upon IT10tion made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, the follaving applications for license to sell non-intoxicating malt liquor were approved: Mame & Leslie Hovland Charles P. Scherz Donald Steering Perry's Lakeview Acres REsort Perham Oasis Dora Township Perham Township Perham Township Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Van Ellig and carried, to approve the following applications for permit to allav consurrption and display of intoxicating liquor: Jeffrey Tweeton Zorba's II Perham Tawnship Harold Nelson Ye Olde School House friberg Township Robert Garberg Bob's Bait Elizabeth Township Michael J. Herrquist Balrroral Golf Course otter Tail-Township With no further business, at 4:00 p~m., Chairman Nelson declared the ) . meeting adjourned until the afternoon of Jme , 1984. ATTEST: ~tt:) /3e_,y~~ Clerk