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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 03/05/1987CALL TO ORDER HOVLAND ABSENT MINUTES APPROVED ABATEMENTS APPROVED OONAI.D HENDERSHOI' COUNI'Y DITCH #18 HEARING FORGIVENESS GB PENALTY STEGEMAN -APPROVED BIIJ..S APPROVED VERNDALE FIRE DEPT. GRANT APPLICATION ASS' T VET. SERVICE OFFICER IARRY KROHN COUNTY RECORDER READER-PRINTER -. MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEEI'ING .. ~, ,; . OF THE BOARD OF COUNI'Y COMMISSIONERS o:rrER TAIL COUNTY MINNESOI'A March 5, 1987 Pursuant to adjournment, the Board of County Ccmnissioners of Otter Tail County met Thursday, March 5, 1987, with Ccmnissioners Nelson, Lindquist, Nordgren and Olson present. Ccmnissioner Hovland absent to attend a funeral, arriving at approximately 3:30 p.rn.. Vice Chair- man Lindquist opened the meeting at 12: 35 p.rn •• Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Melo. Olson and unani- mously carried·, to approve the minutes of the February 26th meeting. Motion was made by Melo. Olson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- mously carried, to approve an application for disability classification on property owned by Donald Hendershot in the City of Parkers Prairie and Woodside Townships for the years 1984, 1985 and 1986, together with forgiveness of penalty, costs and interest. Motion was made by Hub.Nordgren, seconded by Melo. Olson and unani- rnously carried, to schedule a hearing for 10: 00 a.rn. , Thursday, April 23, 1987, on the viewers' report on re<B.ete:rmiination · of· benefits~~on County Ditch No. 18 in Aurdal and Dane Prairie Townships. Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- mously carried, to approve payrrent of tax by Richard Stegeman on prope:tty in Candor Township without penalty and additional costs, where an attempt was made to pay the 1986 tax, with the check being returned to the tax- payer. Upon motion made by Melo. Olson, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unani- rnously carried, the following bills \\Jere all~d: Bretz Hardware , Perham Misc . Sunplies, Ackin9 Bldg. M=hl's Commercial Boiler Repair, Fargo, ND Courthouse asbestos rerroval $48.55 9,700.00 Upon notion made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Melo. Olson and unani- rnously carried, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Cormnissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that WHEREAS, application has been made by the Verndale Volunteer Fire Department for grant funds for the purpose of purchasing a hydraulic vehicle extrication tool (Jaws of Life), said tool to be used for the emergency rescue of trapped victims, and WHEREAS endorsement by the local governing bodies involved is required in obtaining said grant funds, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the County Board does hereby endorse said project by the Verndale Volunteer Fire Departrrent. Adopted at Fergus Falls, MN this 5th day of March, 1987. The County Board conducted interviews with Duane Thompson and C',ene C-austad, candidates for Assistant Veterans Service Officer. No action taken. Lar:ry Krohn, County Coordinator, discussed with the Board the Ackling Building in Perham, including the rental space with the Soil & Water Conservation District; a Road & Bridge Fund claim by Doug Kraemer; and the errployees lounge area in the cour1tthouse baserrent. No action taken. Evelace Hanson, County Recorder, reported to the Board the microfilm reader printer cost to be $5,580-..rather than the $8,100 originally estimated to be the cost. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and unanimously carried, authorizing Hanson to proceed with the purchase. SALES TAX LEGISIATION 4-H & FFA BUIIDING JAIL FACILITY STAFFING PROCEDURE ELEVATOR FF & E -JAIL FACILITY E.O.T. SOIL & WATER COPY MACHINE RESOLUTION E.O.T. S & W CONS. DIST. HOSPITALIZATION County Board -2 -March 5, 1987 Peter Van Santen appeared before the Board and discussed with the Board· the pncbposed·sales tax on fuel, requesting the County Board sup- port a reccmmendation putting the funds into the trans!_tiortation f\md on a gallonage charge rather than straight sales tax which would go into the revenue f\md. The Board instructed the County Attorney to check into proposed legislation and report back to the board at the next meeting. Van Santen also requested the County Board assist the 4-H and the FFA in theirpro:r)x:Jsed building construction at the West otter Tail County Fairgrounds. Larry Krohn, County Coordinator, reported on the workshop he and John Halvorson recently attended on staffing and hiring :orocedur:res: in con- nection with the new jail facility. The Board requested that Tom Reid from the Minnesota Jail Info:rmation Center appear before the Board and the press relative to the staffing of detention officers. Jim Perras, C-A-M, appeared before the Board and discussed hiring of Twin City Testing for soil borings vs having the elevator corrpanies provide their own testing, recornrending the cost difference would be better to have the elevator canpany provide their own testing. The matter of fixtures, furnishings and equipnent purchases for the new jail facility was discussed, with instructions to the County Attorney to review the contracts with C-A-M and Klein McCarthy before proceeding with hiring sorreone to do the necessary specifications, etc. Representatives from the East otter Tail Soil & Water Conservation District appreared before the Board relative to the need for a new copier. Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Mel O. Olson and unanimously carried, to approve the purchase of a new copier at a proposed cost of $2,500 for the Ackling Building, with rentals to be paid by the Soil & Water Conservation District. Upon motion made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub No:rdgren and unani- mously carried, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Comnissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that The employees of the East otter Tail Soil & Water Conservation District be allo.ved to be included in the otter Tail County's hospitaliaab:i:on plan, provided, however, that no less than 75% of said employees participate in said plan. Adopted at Fergus Falls, MN this 5th day of March, 1987. FORGIVENESS OF PENALTY Motion was :made by :Mel O. Olson, seconded by Hub Nordqren and unani- DENIED -OSTROM mously carried, to deny forgiveness of penalty in late payrrent of tax by Jack Ostran, on property in Friberg Township • NE O.T. SANITARY LAND-M::>tion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- FILL BIDS mously carried, to advertise for bids to be received until 10 :00 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 1987, for daily operations of the North East otter Tail County Sanitary Landfill. NE.O._T. LANDFILL Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- SIGN REPLACEMENT mously carried, to approve replacerrent of the highway signs at the Northeast otter Tail County Landfill, on a Minnesota Trunk Highway, at a cost of $594.00, payable out of the solid waste fund, to be re- imbursed by all counties involved in the solid waste plan. CSAH #4 LIDA TOWNSHIP County Engineer Dennis Berend discussed with the Board the petition presented to the County Board for,:bepair of CSAH #4 in Lida-Township, and Berend was instructed to prepair a preliminary estimate of costs to be sutmitted to the Board of consideration. ROAD RESTRICTIONS Engineer Berend inforrred the board road restrictions would be placed in effect beginning Monday, March 9, 1987. County Board -3 -March 5, 1987 RESOLUTION' -CCNTAINER Upon motion made by Hub_ Nordgren, seconded by Sydney Nelson and carried DEPOSIT LEGISIATION with Mel O. Olson abstaining, the follcwing resolution was adopted: VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER ASSISTANT W.O.T. EXTENSION' SERVICE -VEHICLE CITY OF OITERI'AIL TAX FORFEITED BUIIDING DEMOL[ll'ION ADJOURNMENT RESOLVED by the Board of County Ccmnissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that · WHEREAS, otter Tail Cotmty is making a whole hearted atterrpt to canply with current state legislation and rules relating to solid waste manage- ment; and WHEREAS, Minnesota statute Chapter 400 mandates that to protect, the state's.water, air, and land resources and to pranote public.safety, heal th and welfare, it is · in the public's interest that counties conduct solli waste management programs; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Rules will/do require counties to address and implement recycling measures· as an integral part of overall solid waste management; and WHEREAS, otter Tail Cotmty is making a concerted effort to address its· area's overall solid waste management problems via joint powers agree- rrents with eight surrounding cotmties and the City of Fergus Falls; and WHEREAS, otter Tail Cotmty has made considerable financial and policy ccmni tltlent: to solid waste managerrent in the fonn of Resource Recovery projects and a network of solid waste management to service such pro- jects; and WHEREAS, recyclable materials such a aluminum, glass, plastic and bi- rretal containers are of no value to the State of Minnesota or its resi- dents when intrcduced into a waste stream; and WHEREAS, the Association of Minnesota Cotmties and Governor Rudy Per- pich have indicated·their support for state wide mandatory container deposit legislation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Otter Tail County Board supports legislation mandating state wide container deposits. Adopted at Fergus Falls, MN this 5th day of March, 1987. The matter of appointrrent of the Assistant Veterans Service Officer was brought up;'for action, with Bradley Bice, Veterans Affairs Officer, and Arnold Nietf ield, speaking. M'.:>tion was mac;le by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Mel O. Olson and carried with Hub Nordgren_voting "no", to advertise for the position of Assistant Veterans Service Officer. Ken Rose, West otter Tail Cotmty Extension Director, appeared before the Board relative.to the purchase of a new or used station wagon for use by the West otter Tail County Extension office. Since the purchase was included in the budget for 1987, Rose was instructed to proceed on that basis. Proposals for the denolition of a building declared by the De~ar1::Jrent of Public Health to be a public nuisance on a piece of tax forfeited land in the City of. ottertail, were presented to the Board for con- sideration. M:>tion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Mel o. Olson andunanirrously carried, to instruct the Public Health Director to contact the persons who presented the proposals,· informing said bidders 1 of the decision of the .Minnesota Polution Control Agency regarding the disposal of the debris, and request the bidders obtain their own land site for disposal not using the NE Sanitary Landfill, and proceed with the denolitibn. With no further business, atA:50 -p~m.·,.1Ghainnan Hovland declared the meeting adjourned tmtil the afternoon of March 12, 1987. CMiiman ~-/ Q _ [5 J ATI'EST: -Clerk