HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 10/05/1984MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING
OF THE
BOARD OF'COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OITER TAIL COUNTY MINNESOTA
Pursuant-to adjounment, the Board of County Canmissioners of Otter
Tail County Minnesota net Friday, _October· 5, 198 4, with Hub Nordgren, Sydney Nelson,
Andy Leitch,· Bert Hovland and Van Ellig present. Chairman Nelson called the rreeting
to order at 12: 45 p.rn ••
In response to a request from Perham 'Ibwnship, notion was made by
syaney Nelson, seconded by Andy Leitch and carried, to grant special aid to Perham
Township in the amount of $500.00 for various tarring projects.
Gene Davenport, County Assessor, announced the hiring of Edgar Meyer
of Perham as the new county appraiser to fill the position vacated by the retirerrent
of John Skrarnsted, stating Mr. Meyer will be working out of the Perham area and main-
tain parttime offices in the City of Perham.
Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Van Ellig and carried,
Gene DavenpQrt was re.,...appointed as Otter Tail County Assessor for a four year term
commencing October 1, 1984.
The Board, having previously advertised for bids to be received for
Concrete A;rch Culvert under SAP 56-599-44, proceeded to open bids which were found to
be as follows:
Landwehr Heavy ltlving, Inc., Saint. Cloud, MN
Midwest Contracting, Inc., Marshall, MN
S.W.M., Inc., Walnut Grove, MN
Riley Bros. Const. , Inc. , Morris, MN
Kern & Tabe:ry, Inc. , . Wadena, MN
A. R. Brisk Conpany, Pierz, MN
$42,829.00
42,860.00
43,256.50
. 47,110.00
50,999.88
64,379.00
Afte;r:-consideration, motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Bert
Hovland and carried, to award the contract to Landwehr Heavy ltlving, INc., Saint Cloud,
MN in the amount of $42,829.00 being the lowest bid received.
Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried,
to allav Wilrrer Buschke to have0_a building remain on road right.:..of-way as presently
situated in Woodside Township, under a grandfather provision.
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County Board O.::tober 5, 1984
Roadviewing on projects canpleted in 1984 was set for O.::tober 24th
in East Otter Tail County and O.::tober 25th in West Otter Tail County, comrrencing at
9:30 a.m ••
A discussion on roadside seeding along Cotmty Road #124 detennined
the seeding operation to be rerroved from the contract and perfo:rrred by the highway de-
pa.rtment personnel.
County Engineer Berend presented drawings of the preliminary plans
for access road to the proposed refuse burner in the City of Perham.
Motion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried,
to grant a variance to Richard Jacobson for a fence location on highway right-of-way
lll Sverdrup T0tmship.
Motion: was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried,
to approve an agreement with Darco, Inc., for storage of salt on Otter Tail County
property in the City of Dent, agreement to run for a five year period.
Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Andy Leitch and carried,
to approve the plat of Springer's Beach, located in Section 14-136-38.
Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Leitch aiid carried,
to approve the following applicationslfor conditional use pennit, subject to conditional
requirements:
Rick Lebahn & Philip Nelson Lida Township Grading
George L. Johnson Hobart Township . Cut and fill
Dennis & Ruth McCurdy Dead Lake Township Excavate for walk-out basement
.l;\rten K. Naylor Nidaros 'Ibwnship Excavate for walk-out basement
··John Stimnler Everts Township Cut, fill and landscape
Motion was made by Van Ellig, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried,
to reap:point R,ic:hard J?ortmann, Reba lee and Robert Schwartz, to the Otter Tail County
Planning Ccmnission to terms expiring December 31, 1986.
Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren ·arid carried,
to approve a preliminary plat of Church Bay Beach, to be located in Section 22-137-42.
County Board October 4, 1984
Judge Donald Gray appeared before the Board and presented-proposals
.'for law clerk and secretm:y furniture for the court system. from Cooper's Office
Supply and Lundeens, in the anounts of $2,785.00 and $2,840, respectively. After dis-
cussion, motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Andy Leitch and carried, to accept
the Judge's ~eccmrendation and accept the proposals as presented.
Motion was made by Van Ellig, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried, to
request· an extension; ·of time from the· Deparbnent of Revenue for determining the levy
for the 1985 tax until October 23rd.
M:)tion was made by Andy Leitch, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried,
to approve the application of Mary A. Zenner for on sale intoxicating liquor license
for The Hustler, Buse Township.
Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Leitch and carried,
to approve the following applications for hanestead classification and/or reduction of
assessed valuation:
Lyle Wilrres Fergus Falls Township
Robert Higgenbotham Clitherall Township
Henry N. Ness Dunn T<;,.vn.ship
Iawrence Belmont Leaf Lake Township
Iaverne & Beverly Thoreson Effington Ta.vnship
Vernon & ~olyn Borgen Lida Tc:wnship
Cecelia Schuty Otto To..mship
Gene Donley & Richard Werner SVerdrup Township
Homestead classification and mobile
home overvalued
Cabin not totally completed
Assessed for more lakeshore than
actually owns
Mid-year homestead
Garage & cabin overvalued
Excess lakeshore assessrrent
Woodland assessed as pasture
Unbuildable lots overvalued
Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried,
to appoint Cecil Fem.ling to the otter Tail County Planning Commission for a term expiring
December 31, 1987.
Larry Krohn dj:scussed with the Board the Solid Waste Corrmittee's plans
for the refuse burner at Perham with proposed plans for the county to pay costs of
}?auling from the cannisters to the landfills, with costs to be covered by user fees.
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County Board October 5, 1984
Motion was made by Van Ellig, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried
with Andy Leitch voting ''no", that the user .fee concept to pay for solid waste haul:j_n9
costs from mini station collection Points to authorized landfills be put into effect as
·soon as possible and the county therefore pay these hauling costs and .include costs that
may accrue prior to collection: mser fees.
Moti:on was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Van Ellig and carried with.
Andy Leitch voting "no", that the contract for container service be accepted as modified
by the Solid Waste Committee and proceed with request for bids as soon as legally possible.
Motion was made by Van Ellig, seconded by Bert Hovland and carried, to
request solid waste hauling quotations frorn West otter Tail County to Perham incinerator
site.
Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried,
to accept the offer of the City of Fergus Falls to provide project legal counsel on
pending but not yet approved State Hospital incinerator project.
Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Van Ellig and carried,
to authorize the purchase of twelve four cubic yard cannisters.
With no further business, at 4:03 p.m., Chainnan Nelson adjourned
the meeting until 9:30 a~m., Tuesday, Cctober 9, 1984.
ATIBST:
Clerk