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Home My WebLink AboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 12/23/1987CALL TO ORDER ALL PRESENT MINUTES APPROVED SOLID WASTE -QUADRANT MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OTTER TAIL COUNTY MINNESOTA December 23, 1987 Pursuant to adjournment, the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota met Wednesday, December 23, 1987. Chairman Hovland called the meeting to order at 9:32 a.m. with all members present. Motion was made by Andy Lindquist, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and unani- mously carried, to approve the minutes of the December 17th meeting as mailed. Mike Hanan, Solid Waste Officer,:appeared before the Board and re- ported on the act iv iti es of the· Sol id Waste Committee. Motion was made by Andy Lindquist, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unanimously carried, to accept the recommendation of the Solid Waste Committee and authorize the sub;;;;committee consisting of George Palmer, Lyle Rosenow, Jourdan Sullivan and Jim Osterfeld meet with Quadrant Corporation to further discuss the existing problems and future operation of Quadrant Corporation. SOLID WASTE FEE SCHEDULE Motion was made by Andy Lindquist, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- mously carried, to adopt the following fee schedule, as recommended by the Solid Waste Ccimmittee: JACK FREDERICKS MPCA Mixed Municipal Waste/Household Waste Per Ton Per Container (minimum) Car Load Pie ku p/Tra i l er Demolition Debr.ii·s (wood, concrete, plaster, etc.) Car Pick-up/Trailer Dump Truck (10 yd) White Goods All major household appliances Batteries Car/Boat/Motorcycle Truck/Tractor Tires Passenger Car/Pickup Semi Truck/Trailer Tractor Miscellaneous Ch airs (stuffed ) Sofas Mattresses Scrap Iron (In large volumes) Pickup/Trailer Dump Truck (10 yd.) Brush/Stumps (From commercial tree services, cities, townships, MN DOT, etc.) Pie ku p/Trai l er Oum p Truck ( l O yd.) $10.00 .50 5.00 7.50 5.00 10.00 20.00 5.00 .50 1.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 5.00 12 .00 3.00 12 .00 Jack Fredericks of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency presented written reports to the County Board on the Clean Water Partnership, Clean Lakes Program, Land Use Connection, Waste Red~ution and Re- Cycling Act. The Board requested Mr. Fredericks return and present a more detailed explanation at a' future meeting. - COMPARABLE WORTH COMPARABLE WORTH IN~ CReASES -EMPLOYEES DEPARTMENT HEAD'S COMPARABLE WORTH SALARY INCREASES, 1988 COURTHOUSE APPRAISAL NEWTON TOWNSHIP BILLS ALLOWED SHERIFF DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR 1987 BILL APPROVED RED RIVER VALLEY DEV. ASS'N DIRECTOR APT. County Board -2 -December 23, 1987 Diane Thorson, Chairman, Gerald Frederick and Spencer Lundquist, Appea 1 s Committee for Comparabjle ~Jorth, appeared before the Board and presented the final findings on the Comparable Worth Study. Motion was made by Mel 0. Olson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- mously carried, to accept the ranking as presented and on file in the office of the County Auditor. Moti.on was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Andy Lindquist and car- ried with Sydney Nelson and Berton Hovland voting 11 no 11 , to implement the :findings of the study, granting comparable worth increases in salary over a three year period, increasing to the nearest step closest to one:-ithird of the difference between the employee's current range and the determined comparable worth range. Motion was made by Andy Lindquist, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and carnied wirth 1 Sydney Nelson voting 11 nb 11 , to increase the department head's salaries as established in the comparable worth study, over a three year period, increasing to the nearest step closest to one-third of the difference between the current range and the determined comparable worth range. Motion was made by Mel 0. Olson, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to grant a 4% "across the board" step increase on the salary scale for all non-union, non-merit, non-bargaining, or state established scale employees, for year 1988. Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and unani- mously carried, to request the County Assessor determine an appraised value of the Otter Tail County Courthouse. Motion was made by Sydney Nelson to tanqel :the bill tdi Newton Township for engineering servi~es on a road in Newton Township that was never constructed. The motion was seconded by Hub Nordgren bt:J!t! failed with Commissioners Hovland, Olson and Lindquist voting 11 no 11 • Motton was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unani- mously carried, to approve pre-payment of the following bills to take advantage of discounts: Perkins Oil Co., Fergus Falls $5,257.50 ($75.00 savings) Battle Lake Farmers Oil Co., Battle Lake 305.90 ($66.50 savings) Dick Kausler, Sheriff's Department, appeared before the Board and reported on the Sheriff's Department's expenditures for the year 1987, explaining although there were additional costs and expendi- tures incurred in the department because of unexpected cases, such as the drug bust and related costs, he felt the total i:oslts forr,· all phases of the Sheriff's Department would not exceed the budget. Kausler also stated the County would be reimbursed through State and Federal Funds for some activities carried on in the department. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and unani- mously carried, to approve payment in the amount of $4,153.64 to Widseth Smith Nolting & Associates, Inc., Alexandria, MN for Engineering Services for the Highway Department. Upon motion made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unanimously carried~ the following resolution was ado~ted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that Daniel Roehl be and is hereby re-appointed to the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Red River Valley Development Association, for a three year period commencing February 15, 1988. Dated at Fergus Falls, MN this 23rd day of December, 1987. COUNTY BOARD SALARIES ADJOURNMENT I County Board -3 -December 23, 1987 Upon motion made by Mel 0. Olson, seconded by Andy Lindquist and unanimously carried, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota, that The 1988 salary for the Otter Tail County Commissioners shall be an increase of 4% o~er the 1987 salary, for a total annual salary of $1 2 , 27 9 . 20 , · BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, perdiem is established at $30.00 per day for serving on any or all of the following committees, plus any oth~~ committee that may be established by the Board: County Extension Committee Solid Waste Committee Jail Study Committee Joint Powers Board Budget Committee Building & Grounds Committee Salary Committee Farm Resource Center Committee Appl ic,itidii Screening Committees MN Wood Committee WesMin RC & D Committee AMC Committees & Board Appointments BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, mileage shall be established at 20¢ per mile for performing official duties on behalf of the County, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, fringe benefits as granted to all other county employees shall be applicable to County Board Members, in- cluding hospitalization, term life insurance, PERA, Deferred Compen- sation where applicable, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, maximum daily allowance for meal expense shall be $15.00. Adopted at Fergus Falls, MN this 23rd day of December, 1987. With no further business, Chairman Hovland adjourned the meeting at 3:05 p.m .. c~~ > Approved )-s-15.~