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.
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