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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 11/13/1986CALL TO ORDER ALL PRESENT MINU'IES APPROVED RESOIDTION BQZ.\T & WATER SAFETY MINU'IES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE BOA.tm OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OITER TAIL COUNTY MINNESOTA November 13, 1986 Pursuant to adjournment, the Board of County Commissioners of otter Tail 1County ~.d.nnesota met Thursday, November 13, 1986. Chairman Olson opened the meeting at 9: 30 a .m. , with all members present. Upon motion made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Bert Hovland and unani- mously carried, the minutes of the November 6, 1986 meeting were approved as mailed. urx:m motion :r.'ade by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- mously carried, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that WHEREAS under the provisions-of M.S. Section 361.24 (1980) the sheriff of each county is required to carry out the provisions of M.S. Section 361.01 to 361.29 and the Boat & Water Safety Rules, and WHEREAS, in connection with the Sheriff's Duties, M.S. Section 361.24, Subd~ 2 and 3 provides that the County submit to the Corrrnissioner of Natural Resources a budget to carry out the Sheriff's duties; and WHEREAS approval of the Board of County Corrmissioners is necessary in the establishment of such budget, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the County Board does hereby grant approval of the budget in the amount of $52 , 550. 00, of which the County of Otter Tail will appropriate the sum of $13,000 and the State of Minnesota the sum of $39,550.00, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the County Sheriff, Chairman of the County Board and the County Auditor are hereby authorized and directed to execute the required agreements between otter Tail County and the State of Minnesota. Dated at Fergus Falls, MN this 13th day of November, 1986. FORGIVENESS OF PENALTY Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- DENIED mously carried, to deny forgiveness of penalty on late payment of the solid waste user charge on the following: SMALL CITIES DEVEI.DP- MENT PRcx;RAM DEPAR'IlvJENT HFAD SAIARY COMMITI'EE HONORARIA Gary T. & Patricia Lundborg Eagle Lake Township Frances Samnerfield Rlish Lake To.vnship Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to approve payment to Douglas K. Wise, Planner, for preparing the grant application, for the month of October, in the amount of $760.00 for the Coun"bJ's Small Cities Development Program. At the request of the Personnel Committee, Chairman Olson appointed Bert Hovland and Hub Nordgren to a Department Head Salary Corrmittee as representatives of the County Board for the purpose of reviewing department head salaries and recanmending ranges for department heads. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unani- mously carried, to accept the recorrmendation of the Personnel Conmittee as it pertains to honoraria received by county errployees, and include same in the county's personnel policy. County Board -2 -November 13, 1986 BIDS, HEATING SYSTEMS The Board, having previously advertised for bids to be received for REJOCTED heating systems at the Parkers Prairie, Battle Lake and Dalton garages, opened bids 'Which were found to be as follows: PELICAN LAKE IMP. DISTRICT, DENIED POOR FARM CEMEI'ERY SAIARY CHANGES ELEVATOR ACKLING BUIIDING REMODELING Park. Pr. Battle Lake Dalton Custan Aire, Inc. Grand Forks $9,240.00 . $2,340.00 $8,940.00 A & E Plumbing & Htg., Inc., Alexandria 8,190.00 8,247.00 7,969.00 Hanson's Plbg. & Htg. , Vergas 8,193.00 8,259.00 7,965.00 Knutson Htg. & Air Cond., F .F. No bid 9,600.00 9,300.00 country Ht. & Air, 1 Ashby 10,170.92 10,012.12 9,987.36 Motion was made by Andy Lindquist to reject all bids and re-advertise. The motion was seconded by Hub Nordgren and carried, with Sydney Nelson and Bert Hovland voting "no". Scott Dirks, attorney for the Pelican Lake Irrproverrent District No. 1, appeared before the Board w-i th the request that the Cmmty Board re- consider their decision on the denial of the establishnent of the district. After presenting his argurrents, motion was made by Pert Hovland to rescind the action taken on November 6th and enter the order establishing the Pelican Lake Improvement District No. 1. The motion was seconded by Hub Nordgren but failed on a rc!>ll call vote, with Hub Nordgren and Pert Hovland voting ."yes", Sydney Nelson, Mel 0. Olson and Andy Lindquist voting "no", with the reason for denial being no adequate showing of benefits vs costs. Mark BOW=rs, West Otter Tail County Agricultural Inspection Agent, appeared before the Board relative to the cemetery plot on the for- mer county poor farm. No forma\ action taken. Larry Krohn, County Coordinator, presented recommendations for salary changes as reccmnended by the Personnel Comni ttee, which were approved as foll~Js, upon motion made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unanim:::,us·ly carried: Alphild IDken, change from range 4, step 6 to range 5, step 5, resulting in a $13.00 per month increase Joyce Schmidt, change fran rage 4 , step 5 to range 5, step 4, resulting in a $8.00 per month increase Evelyn wagner, change from rage 4, step 5 to rage 5, step 5, resulting in a $25.00 per month increase Kathryn OUren, change fran rage 4, step 5 to step 6, resulting in a $76.00 per month increase Jean Helander, change from range 5, step 4 to step 5, resulting in an $81.00 per month increase Krohn also discussed elevator changes as recamiended by Rick McCarthy, architect. No formal action taken. Krohn also discussed renovation of the Ackling building in Perham, with an estimated cost of $14,998.00 for the rerrodeling project. No formal action •taken. SOLID WA.STE COLLECTION MOtion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- AND TRANS. LICENSE mously carried, to approve the application of Stanley Toutges for solid \\B.Ste collection and transportation license, Henning, MN. BATTIE LAKE LANDFILL Malcolm lee, Solid Waste Officer, presented a report fran Twin City Testing, at the Battle Lake Landfill, ·indicating nothing detected in the Table #1, Volatile Analysis test. HEARING -orro 'I'Ov-JNSHIP ROAD PROBLEVi RESOWTION OI'IO TCWNSHIP 911 TELEPHONE SYSTEM CONTRACTS PARKERS PRAIRIE CITY R/R CROSSING COUNTY DI'ICH #18 County Board -3 -November 13, 1986 Pursuant to proper notice, at 1:30 p.m., a hearing was held for the purpose of listening to the various interested parties and act on a_ conplaint filed against otto Tov.nship in the maintenance of a road in Quiet Waters Development in otto Ta.vnship, pursuant to Minn. Stat. 163.16. Speaking on behalf of the canplaint.=mts was John Bergland, attorney, together with Lee Hennen, Pal, Olson and Robert Hanson. Speaking on behalf of ottoTQ\r.mship was attorney, Dennis Haggstrom, together with Delbert Bauck, Chair:rrian of the otto ToWn Board. At 2:30 p.m., Chainnan Olson declared the hearing closed. Upon Eotion made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Jl.ndy Lindquist and unar.i-- mously carried, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Corrmissioners of Otter Tail County JY!j_nnesota, that ~S the Ott.er '}'ail County Board on tJ..ie 28th of October, 1986 1 did receive and consider a complaint from various property o~ners in the Quiet Waters Development of otto Township stating the town board ~snot property maintained the road designated as a dedicated public road, and · WHEREAS, hearing on ·such complaint pursuant to Minn. Stat. 163.16 was duly held on the 13th of November, 1986, with proper notice thereof, NOW~ -THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the County Board has determined the otto Township Board did act properly in refusing the request for maintenance of said road in otto Township. Adopted at Fergus Falls, MN this 13th day of November, 1986. Joe Pelc:quin, Sheriff's Deparunent, appeared before the Board relative to the agreements for irrplementation of the County 911 Telephone Sys- tem. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unanimously carried, to approve the 911 Telephone System agreements with the Hohman Telephone Carpany and the Park Region Mutua1Telephone company, and the Chainnan of the Board and the County Auditor were authorized to execute said agreements on behalf of otter Tail County. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to aut.l'iorize Dennis Beren<J_, County Engineer, to check into funding for the railroad crossing in the City of Parkers Prairie. Motion was made by Andy Lindquist, seconded by Bert Hovland and unani- mously carried, to appoint George Walter, Roland Sauck and Giles Har- lowe as viewers for the redetermination of benefits of County Ditch #18. OSHA COURI'HOUSE BASE-Larry Krohn reported OSHA has informed.the County there will be no MENT penalty irrposed on the violation of the baserrent offices, provided an additional exit is provided no lat.er than July 1, 1987. CLOSED 'ID PUBLIC ADJOURNMENT At 2 :50 p.m., Chairman Olson closed the meeting to the public for the purpose of discussing union negotiations. With no further business, at 3:15 p.m., Chai:rman Olson declared the meeting adjourned until the afternoon of November 25, 1986. Cha Approved / / ---? 5 ·~ ff (:J . a I Clerk l;