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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 02/07/1986Call to o:rder All present Minutes approved Ackling Building Perham :Forgiveness of ];€I1alty Forgiveness of penalty r-:rrn.JTES OF THE P..D..:CUP,NED MEETING OF:•THE BOAPD OF can-.Jify COMi:~!ISSIONERS O'ITER T.:ZUL COUNTY.Jll!INNESorA Februa:..-y 7, 1986 Pursuant to adjournment, the Boai::-d of County Corrmissioners of otter Tail County met Friday, February 7, 1986. Chainnan Olson O'J€I1ed the meeting at 12:51 with all members present. U!.X)n notion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, the minutes of the January 29th ~eting -were approved as nailed. corrmissioner Nelson reported on the ccmnittee appointed to report on the advisability of purchasing the Ackling Building in-the City of Per- ham, stating it was .1. the corrmi ttee' s opinion the asking price of $207,000 ·t\-ra.s excessive and advised against purchase at this time. AFter consideration, motion was made by r-~l 0. Olson, seconded by Bert Hovland and unani.mJusly carried, to reject the offer by Ackling in the amount of $207,000 and counb.f propose the sum of $161,000, plus furnishings, and the county auditor was instructed to forward a letter to Ackling advising him of the county's offer. Arlene ~.lbredt, Pelican 1?.apids, appeared before the Board with•a request for forgiveness of penalty on payment of the 1985 tax, statin0 she had been advised a statement would be In2iled on a split of property, in- fonning the Board a statement was never fon.-ra.rded to her after several attempts to receive same. -}'btion 'If.BS. made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Bert Hovland and unanimously carried, to grant forgiveness o~ penalty and interest, payment to be received by February 15th. Ed F.il.ber, Pelican Rapids, appeared before the Board requesting forgive- ness of penalty on payment of the 1985 tax, stating attempts v:rere made to acxruire a tax statement, or amount o;,,ed for 1985, ·with none beincz received until a delinquent tax staterrent v.es mailed. Motion v1as rrade by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unanimously carried, to grant forgiveness of penalty and interest if payment is received by · February 15th. Forgiveness of penalty:. rbtion vJas made by Hub Nordgrc~n. seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- rrously carried, to grant forgivenem:.>f penalty on late payment of tax on the following, ·where attempts were made to obtain tax statements with none having been received; or other receipting errors in the county offices: SalaD.f Increase Request, Rudd Battle Lake Landfill ~oger Beals Girard TO\,\,nship Ervin & Iona Tenter Edna Township Edward Christopherson Folden Township Keith Robertson otter Tail Township Greg t-·'benkedick Deer Creek Township Donald Danielson Lida Ta-..1J1Ship ~btion v-Ja.s made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unani- rrousl y carried, to table action to Ken Rudd, Court Jl...dministrator, re- quest;frn-increase in salary, until the February 13th meeting. Malcolm Lee, Solid Waste f1anager, appeared before the Board and I_:>re- sented the 'I\•1in City Testing report on the Battle lake Landfill, in- dicating the count found none above drinking standards. County Board -2 -February 7, 1986 Resolution. Upon motion made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- Joint Powers rrously carried, the follaving resolution was adopted: Solid WaSt e Management RESOLVED by the Board of County Cornnissioners of Otter Tail Cotn1ty Minnesota, that WHEREAS, Otter Tail County has entered into a Joint Powers Agreement with eight other counties, the nine cotn1ties involved being Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin, for the purpose of management of solid waste generated in the nine counties; and WHEREAS to more fully manage the solid waste, the nine counties need special legislation authorizing them to jointly negot::ate and enter into contracts for extended periods of time; and WHEREAS, similar special legislation ¼ES passed by the Legislature for Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and Rock Counties in 1985, Laws of Minnesota 1985, Chapter 274, Sections 39 and 40, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL'ilED that the Otter Tail County Board is in favor of and supports the aforementioned special legislation nOlrl before th.e _i'.!.innesota Legislature in the fo:rm of House File #1800, or such other special legislation which substantially confonns with the Proposed Special Legislation for solid waste management, a copy of which is attached hereto, marked Exhibit A,· and incorporated herein by reference. Adopted at Fergus Falls, J\n.N this 7th day of February,. 1986. Exhibit A Sec. l(SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT) Subdivision 1.. (LONG-TERM CONTRACTS. ) Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin Cotn1ties may jointly negotiate and enter into contracts, for a te:rm not to exceed 30 years, for the management of solid waste generated in the counties. This authority supplements other authority of the cotn1ties. Contracts made by joint negotiations shall be approved by resolution adopted by the county board of each county. The contract may only be dissolved, be- fore the date specified in the contract, by resolution of the county board of all counties involved. Subd. 2 (APPLICATION.) ·This section is effective in Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin Cotn1t~es the day after canpliance with Minn. Stat., Section 645.021, Subdivision 3. · Sec. 2 . (LTOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.) Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin Counties may enter into a joint. powers agreement for the managerrent of solid waste under Section 1, other counties that enter into a joint powers agreement under Section 471.59 with Becker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin Counties may enter contracts under Section 1 in the same manner as the counties in Section 1. · · Jail Construction Change orders Deputy Court Admini- strator Road Projects Change Orders Erhards Grove Bridge replacement 1986 Bridge and High""BY Construction Plan Radio counsel Change order Ietroit.Lakes Collection station County Board -3 -February 7, 1986 Virgil Florhaug and Jim Perras of C-A-M, Rich McCarthy of Klein McCarthy Associates,: and John Halvorson of the jail study committee, appeared before the board and presented the following rea:mmendations for changes in the jail construction, approxinate cost to be $100,000: 1. Install £rams and doors in trustee block 2. Install frames and doors in sentence block on east side 3. !-'bve bookkeeing-prograrrming to second floor 4. Add seven cells in area vacated by moving bookkeeping, etc. to second floor 5. MJve laundry to mezzanine level. 6. L~E.C. demolition and removing to that area vacated by jail and nail functions · 7. · Inst.all 14 windows on east side of second floor not to exceed $5,000. After consideration, motion was rrade by Hub Nordgren, seoonded by Andy Lindquist and unanimously carried, to proceed with change orders as recorrmended by the jail study cormnittee, at an approximate cost of $100,000. At ,2:43 Chairman Olson recessed the rreeting, :rrecomtening ai:t .2:50 p.m •• .f.'btion vtas :made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to approve the hiring of Dawn Nastansky as full time deputy court administrator. Upon rrotion made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- mously carr.:j_ed, the fcl)lilowil)g change orders were approve on various county road projects: Buffalo Bituminous Buffalo Bituminous Buffalo Bituminous Buffalo Bituminous Buffalo Bituminous SAP 56-608-10, etc., liquidated damages waived after October 24, 1985 in accordance with Specification 1807 SAP 56-608-10, etc., add pipe culverts and aprons, $1,360.62 SAP 56-608-10, earth shouldering, $111,126.00 SAP 56-608-10, etc., salvage cattle pass apron, install cattle pass culvert and apron, total cost $3,800 SAP 56-608-10, etc., change in aggregate base, no cost County Engineer Berend discussed with the board a replacement of bridge No. L08a)in Erhards Grove, total oost of oonstruction approximately $100,000 with $82,000 available state and federal aid funds. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unanimously carried, to support the replacement of Bridge L0880 and pass the required resolution at the appropriate time. · Engineer Berend presented the report of.potential future bridge, highway and road construction plan, to be discussed at the public rreeting Thursday, February 13th, at 2 :00 p.m., in the govenment services building. Fergus Falls Police Chief Hull appeared before the Board relative to the prop::>sed two position dispatch radio counsel, at an estimated cost of $64,800, one half of v.hich would be borne by the City of Fergus Falls, one half by the County. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unanirrously carried, authorizing permission to draw up perfonnance specifications. JYbtion was rrade by Hub Nordgren, seconded.by Bert Hovland and unani- mously carried, to approve Change Order No. 7, for installation of 1250 square feet 6" thick fiberglass friction fit at a cost of $448.00 at the Solid Waste Collection Station at Detroit Lakes Landfill. Change Order No. 6 Tabled 1984 Tax Split l'-bbile Hone Tax .Judgrrent, Cooper Adjournrrenb I ' ' County Eoard -4 February 7, 1986 Motion wasmade by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to table action on Change, Order.No. 6, in the arrount of $5,338.19 due to additional winter construction costs, on the solid_waste collection station at Detroit Lakes ·landfill. r-btion was made. by Andy Lindquist, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- rrously carried, to grant approval to a.split of the 1984 tax on property owned by David& Carolyn Johnson, to allCM the purchaser to pay his portion of the delinquent tax in Dane Prairie Township. !-btion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded.by Sydney Nelson and unani- rrously carried, to rerrove an erroneously assessed tax' on whioh a citation was issued on a rrobile home located in.Elizabeth .Township, owned by Rodger Cooper of Barnesville, said tax having been paid; and issue an apol6g\.J to Mr. Cooper for any inconvenience, confusion or embarrassment·caused·Mr. Cooper. With no further business, at 4:00 p.m., Chairman Olson declared the meeting adjou_rned until 9: 30 a.m., Thursday, February 13, 1986. -~a ~µ1/ Cha1nnan Apprqved ~ -/ 3 -i le ATI'EST: ~-,i,) ~!t<<JJClerk