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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 11/12/1985Call to order All present Veterans Service Vehicle purchase Minutes approved AM: dues Paddock 'lbwnship Special Aid Nidaros Township Special Aid Eastern Tarmship Detour road repair Parking Lot Signing Henning Refuse Transfer Station Star Lake Bridge Replacement Parkers Prairie City Jail Construction MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETilJG OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OITER TA.IL COUNTY MINNESOTA Pursuant to adjournment, the Board of County Comnissioners of otter Tail County rret Tuesday, November 12, 1985. Chairnian Nordgren called the rreeting to order at 9: 30 a.rn. , with all rrembers present. Dave Johnson, Veterans Service Officer, appeared before the Board with a request for purchase of a new vehicle for use by the Veterans Ser- vice. Motion ·was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unanimously carried, to authorize quotations to be received and pre- sented to the Board by November 22nd, with delivery in 1986. l'lbtion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by r-•'.!el O. Olson and unani- mously carried, to approve the minutes of the meeting of November 1st. rtotion was TI'ade by .Mel o. Olson, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to approve payment of dues to the Association of Minne- sota Counties in the amount of $8,973, for the year 1986, to be paid in February of 1986. A request for special aid for Paddock Township was presented to the Board for consideration, after which motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Bert Hovland and unanimously carried, to pay one-half of the installation cost and materials for tw::> major drainage structures in the arrount of $1,770.62, plus $500.00 special aid for road construc- tion. Motion was made by Andy Lindquist, seconded by Bert Hovland and unani- mously carried, to grant special aid to Nidaros Township in the arrount of $500.00, for road work and graveling. Motion was made by Melo. Olson, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to approve payrrent in the arrount of $750.00 to Eastem Trn-mship, to assist in the cost of repairing a township road used by the county as a detour road during construction of CSAH #46. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to approve payrrent in the amount of $13,090.56 to the Road & Bridge Fund for the construction and surfacing of the new par- king lot on the corner of Mill and LTunius in the City of Fergus Falls. Motion was made by J:Vel o. Olson, seconded by Bert Hovland and unani- mously carried, to instruct the County Engineer contact the State of Minnesota Deparbnent of Transportation for installation of appropriate signs for the Henning refuse transfer station. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by f·tel O. Olson and unani- mously carried, authorizing the County Engineer to hire a consultant to design a bridge replacement at Star Lake, on CSAH #4. No:rrnan Boehne, Mayor of the City of Parkers Prairie, appeared before the Board relative to a delapitated building in the City of Parkers Prairie, requesting abatement of the tax or reduction of assessed valu- ation. No fornial action taken. Rick J\'k::Carthy of C,eo. Klein & Associates appeared before the Board with a progress rer.ort on the justice facility construction, and presented a recornrrendation on type of brick glaze for both interior and exterior construction. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Lind- quist and unanirrously carried, to approve the recomnendation as pre- sented for glazed concrete block base. Highway Dept. Bldg, . OED!' Committee Highway Dept. Grievances Conditional use pennits approved Conditional use pennits tabled Shoreland Crowding Study Solid Waste User fee cµarges Water Resources Board County Board -2 -November 12, 1985 McCarthy and Virgil Florhaug, Construction-Analysis-Management, also discussed with the board the structural deterioration on the southwest area of the highway depart:rrent building, recommending a structural en- gineer view the situation. No formal action taken. 'Ihe matter of appointrrents to the overall Economic Development Plan (OEDP) for otter Tail County was brought up for final action, with the follOvJing appointrrents made upon motion of Mel O. Olson, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unanimously carried, with mileage and per diem of $30.00 to cover expenses of members: District #1: Wm. Scholte District #2: District #3: District #4: John Grefsrud and Art Christiansen Darrel Ecker and Jerry Enderson Carol Melcher and Wm. Goepford District #5: Wm. Giesen and Jay Dmbar Errployee grievances were presented to the County Board by two employees of the Highway Depart:rrent. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Melo. Olson and unanimously carried, to appoint Larry Krohn as repre- sentative of the Board to rreet with the grievers. Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Melo. O1son and unani- mously carried, to approve the following applications for conditional user pennits, subject to conditional requirements: John Barry & Don DeJong Blowers 'Ibwnship Howard Thorson Scott Dirks & Richard Cichy L. A. Johnson Donald Harding Paul Wegner Deanna & Bill Elling- son David-R. Bowman Phyllis Vieths Estate Devine Ochsner Melvin Jerstad Dunn Township Blowers 'Ibwnship Edna Township Dora Township Fill low spots Bridge replacement level lot Construct road to serve proposed plat Dunn Township Excavate for walk-out base- . rnent and fill low area Otto Township Fill low area Otter Tail Township Grade and fill Edna Township leaf Lake Township Dunn Township Dunn Township Dunn Township Fill low area and landscape 'Build boatramp Fill and level lots Fill and level lot Fill low area Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to table action on the request of Jerome Schroeder on Pelican Lake to extend a special use pennit to fill low area on lot until the 22nd of November to allair time for the Board rrernbers to view project. A request of the Otter Tail Planning Commission for upgrading the Shoreland Crowding Study was discussed, with motion made by Mel o. Olson, seconded by Bert Hovland and.unanimously carried, to request the Office of Land & Resource Managerrent sul::rnit a schedule or goal of completion of the crowding study using the present staff. Malcolm Lee, Solid Waste Officer, discussed with the Board service fees for solid waste disposal, ash disposal trucks, trailer costs and transfer station costs being shared with Becker County; illegal durrping at the Ottertail and Henning landfill sites, and the 30 to 60 day delay in the Quadrant installation at Perham. 1-"Dtion was made by Andy Lindquist, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and unani- mously carried, to call a rreeting of the Solid Waste Committee, with C--ene Davenport and Malcolm Lee included, for the purpose of establishing the user fees to be charged. Andy Lindquist re:i:x:,rted on a rreeting of the Water P.esources Board which he had attended, stating counties are being encouraged to complete carrprehensive water studies. HRA Assessor Resolution Boat & Water Safety Sewer assessment Otter Tail Lakes County Board -3 -November 12, 1985 Jeff Gaffaney of the Fergus Falls HRA and Pete Hoff, Otter Tail County HRA appeared before the Board requesting funds for 1986 for the Otter Tail County HRA, Section 8 Program. Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Mel. O. Olson and unanimously carried, to approve an appro- priation of $5,000 to the Otter Tail County HRA for the year 1986. Gene Davenport appeared before thE= Board with a request for re-classi- fication of an employee in the Assessor's office, after which rnotion was made by Mel OJ. Olson, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unanimously carried, to grant an increase of $33.00 retroactive to July 1st, 1985, to November 1st, with an additional increase of $23.00 effective as of November 1, 1985. Upon motion made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Andy Lindquist and carried, with Mel O. Olson voting "no", the following resolution ·was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Canrriissioi:iers of otter Tail County lYlinnesota, that ~JHEREAS, under the provisions of M.S. Section 361.24 (1980) the sheriff of each county is required to carry out the provision of M.S. Section 361.01 to 361.29 and the Boat and Water Safety Rules, hereinafter re- ferred to as the "NR Rules," promulgated by the Commissioner of Natural Resources, inclu:ling patrol, enforcement, search and rescue, watercraft inspection, ·waterway marking and accident investigation, all herein- after referred to as the "Sheriff's Duties"; and WHEREAS, in connection with the Sheriff's Duties :MS. Section 361.24, Subd. 2 and 3 provides that the County sul:mit to the Commissioner of Natural Resources a budget to carry out the Sheriff's Duties; and WHEREAS, the County has·sul:mitted a proposed budget to the State, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Otter Tail County Board of Com- missioners, hereby approve the annual County Boat and Water Safety Agreement, and the Chairman of the Board and the County Auditor are hereby authorized and directed to execute said agreerrent on behalf of Otter Tail County, and BE IT FURI'HER RESOLVED, the SlilTl of $13,000 be appropriated as the county's portion of the $53,319 budget as set forth in said agreerrent. Dated at Fergus Falls, !N this 12th day.of November, 1985. Motion vms made by Mel o. Olson, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- rnously carried, to approve payment in the amount of $96.78 to the Otter Tail Lakes Area Sewer District, Battle Lake, for sewer assessrrent. With no further business, at 3:40 p.rn., motion was made by M2l O. Olson, seconded by Bert Hovland and unanimously carried, to adjourn the :rreeting until the aftern(X)n of November 22, 1985. Cha.1:rman ATI'EST: .Approved ___.lw.f_-...;o/~-<--_.k=-~=---