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Home My WebLink AboutBoard of Commissioners - Minutes - 04/27/1988CALL TO ORDER ALL PRESENT MINUTES APPROVED LAGERQUIST MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITNESS FEES LIQUOR LICENSE THE LANTERNS ABATEMENTS MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OTTER TAIL COUNTY MINNESOTA April 27, 1988 Pursuant to adjournment, the Board of County Commissioners of Otter Tail County Minnesota met Wednesday, April 27, 1988, with all members present. Chairman Lindquist called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unani- mously carried, to approve the minutes of the April 20th meeting. Motion was made by Bert Hovland, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and unani- mously carried, to approve the maintenance agreement with Lagerquist on the law enforcement center elevator, subject to approval by Rick Sytsma, Maintenance Supervisor. Motion was made by Mel 0. Olson, seconded by Bert Hovland and unani- mously carried, to approve payment in the amount of $149.60 to Steve Zimmerman, for witness fees. Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- mously carried, to approve the application of Duarie & .. Jr.ene Fnostifon ;:! license to sell intoxicating liquor at The Lanterns in Rush Lake Town- ship. Upon motion made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and unani--= mously carried, the following applications for hom~stead classification and/or reduction of assessed valuatidn were approved: Gerald Grefsrud George Zender Galen Bayer Harry r,. Wells Robert Harthun Edward Swift E.R. & Anna Zaranka Vincent Anderson Brent Caval l in Darelen C. Zummach Conrad Roers Trondhjem Au rda 1 Bluff ton T. Buse Buse Corliss Dunn Dunn Dunn Edna Effington Otto Otto Andrew Maki Maurice Miller Harold Moltzen Carl ton Knutson Church of Luth. M i c ha e 1 Zu r n Star Lake Fergus Falls C Breth.Fergus Falls C Dale & Vicky Ballard Ottertail C Pelican Rapids Bare land, should have no user charge Property overvalued Homestead classification Property overvalued Property undervalued Homestead classification Homestead classification Property overvalued Homestead classification Property overvalued Homestead classification - residential ma-pa resort Should have homestead & ag cred't Remove user charge, no dwe 11 i nC) Homestead classification Small business credit Building partially rented Seasonal & recreational Homestead classification GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE Dale Akerman, Employees Committee, and a delegation of county employees appeared before the Board relative to problems experienced in the new hospitalization coverage. After listening to the various interested parties, motion was made by Mel 0. Olson, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unanimously carried, to give American Administrators until July 1st to correct the problems currently being experienced by employees and if not corrected by then, the board will take action to invite new bids, for coverage to be comparable to past coverage. TELEPHONE SYSTEM BIDS PROJECT 55 RESOLUTION APPROACH TO CSAH #4 KEV IN JOHNSON ENGINEERING FABRIC BIDS ACCEPTED STRONG BEER LICENSE County Board -2 -April 27, 1988 The Board, ~aving previously advertised for bids to be received for a new telephone system for use in the courthouse complex, proceeded to open bids which were found to be as follows: Park Region Telephone Co., Underwood, MN Advanced Business Telephone, Inc., Fargo, ND Reliance Telephone Co., Fargo, ND $60,905.90 51,388.00 72,505.00 All bids were referred to the communications consultant with a decision to be made on the acceptance in three weeks. Joe Peloquin, Sheriff's Department, appeared before the Board relative to Project 55. Motion was made by Mel 0. Olson, seconded by Bert Hov"" land and unanimously carried, to approve said contract with the State of Minnesota, with a $12,000 budget to be reimbursed by the State, and the following resolution was adopted:. WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of PUblic Safety has continued to promote efforts to ensure compliance wi-th the 55 m.p.h. speed limit through funding of County Sheriffs concentrated speed enforcement efforts; ,1airld , WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety has established Project 55 for 1988 to achieve the above stated purpose, promoting 1 aw enforcement and traffic safety; and, WHEREAS, the County is eligible to reteive up to $12,000 in reimburse- ment for participation in Project 55 to be conducted beginning on May 13, 1988 and extending through September 30, 1988, to offset any increased overtime patrol costs: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County of OttertTail enter into agreement with the State of Minnesota, Department -of Public Safety for the following purposes, to wit: to reimburse the County for money spent for·::approved activities in connection with Project tt for additional· traffic law enforcement on County State Aid Highways within said County to increase compliance with the 55 mo~.h. speed limit, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairperson of the County Board and County Auditor be and they hereby are authorized to execute such agreement, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that apcopy of this resolution be forwarded to Garry Nelson, Otter·na i1 County Sheriff. Adopted at Fergus Falls, MN this 27th day of April, 1988. Motion was made by Bert Hbvland, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unani- mously carried, to approve a request from Kewin .Johnson, for an addi- tional approach to C.S.A.H. #4, including a culvert, adjacent to the Pelican ~upper Club. The matter of bids received at the meeting of April 20th for engineering fabric was returned for final consideration. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and unanimously carried, to accept the bid of Wheeler Consolidated, St. Louis Park, MN in the amount of $570.00 for MI~AFI (500X), $770.00 for MIRAFI (600X) and $590.00 for MIRAFI (140N), and Water Products Co. of Minnesota, Eden Prairie, MN, in the amount of $1,020.00 for Woven 200# and $1,100.00 for Non-woven 140#. Thomas Hanson and Jim Beaton appeared before the Board requesting that the County Board adopt an ordinance allowing the establishments now selling 3.2 beer and wine licenses, have also strong beer. After consideration, motion was made by Hub Nordgren, seconded by Mel 0. Olson and unanimously carried, to schedule a hearing atr2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 11th, for the purpose of receiving public opinion on establishing an ordinance allowing the sale of strong beer at those establishments having~ 3.2 beer and wine license as of Au~ust l, 1987 County Board -3 -April 27, 1988 CSAH #54 ADD'L ACCESS Motion was made by Sydney Nelson, seconded by Hub Nordgren and unani- mously carried, to approve an additional access to the l.ots across CSAH #54 from Lake Buchanan, onto CSAH #54. SAFETY GLASSES PINE LAKE ASS'N FOOT BRIDGE PHELPS MILL DAM CLOS ED TO PUBLIC ADJOURNMENT Julie Klawitter from Midwest Visions appeared before the Board and demonstrated safety glasses. Commissioner: Sydney Nelson announced the Pine Lake Association is going to contribute the sum of $500.00 towards the construction of a foot bridge. The matter of leakage at the Phelps Mill dam, and potential danger of collapse of the dam,was discussed. Motion was made by Hub Nordgren seconded by Andy Lindquist and unanimously carried, to declare an emer~1 gency and schedule a meeting for Friday, May 6th, at 9:00 a.m., to meet with Russ Evjen, Dennis Berend, Larry Krohn and the County Board to discuss what action sho~ld be taken, authorizing the Highway Depart- ment to fence off the picnic area,for the present. Motion was made by Mel 0. Olson, seconded by Sydney Nelson and unani- mously carried, to close the meeting to ,he public for the purpose of discussing with the County Attorney pending litigation. With no further business, at 4:30 p.m., Chairman Lindquist declared the meeting adjourned"until ~ednesday afternoon May 11th. Approved S-JI-~ J ATTEST: Clerk