SYNOPSIS OF COUNTY BOARD MEETING
June 15, 2010
Members present: Seeboth, Berg, Dove, Lochner,
and Potter, along with Administrator Enter and
County Attorney Hinnenthal.
M/Berg, S/Lochner, to accept the Minutes of
6-1-10 and authorize publication of the Synopsis
of same, carried.
M/Potter, S/Berg, to authorize the payment
of General Government claims in the amount of
$104,406.75, carried.
M/Lochner, S/Dove, to consider proposed
changes to the Auditor/Treasurer fee schedule in
the miscellaneous fees public hearing later this
year, carried.
M/Dove, S/Potter, to accept and file the Cash
Management/Investment Report through 5-31-10
reflecting an invested balance of $22,558,918.29,
carried.
M/Berg, S/Dove, to authorize one (1) Drainage
Ditch Repair request, as revised, carried.
M/Lochner, S/Potter, to accept and file the
update as presented by Auditor/Treasurer Helget
on the JD #30 R&B Teleconference held at 8:15
AM this date that was attended by Commissioners
Lochner and Potter representing Brown County,
whereby the JD #30 R&B Joint Ditch Authority
approved the Minutes of the JD #30 R&B Joint
Ditch Meeting held on 6-1-10 accepting the quote
from Mathiowetz Construction not to exceed
$14,710.00 to remove and dispose the existing
deck of bridge #2, leaving the abutments in place
and replace this bridge with culverts, carried.
M/Berg, S/Dove, to approve the Sentenceto-
Service (STS) hourly fee of $6/hr for for-profits
and $4/hr for non-profits effective 7-1-10, carried.
It should be noted there is no fee for STS crew
leader hourly salary and Brown County affiliated
projects would not be charged an hourly fee.
M/Lochner, S/Dove, to approve prepayment
of $37,839 for the second half of 2010 for
detention services on condition that all of the six
counties (including Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin,
Nicollet and Watonwan) pay their assigned share,
carried.
M/Berg, S/Dove, to accept and file the report
noting that Brown County Career Agent Jon
Schiro received the Excellence in Corrections
Award from the MN Assoc. of County Probation
Officers at the annual conference on 5-26-10,
and to extend congratulations to Agent Schiro for
receiving said award, carried.
M/Potter, S/Dove, to accept and file the
presentation on activities, agency project
review, and 2011 agency budget appropriation/
membership dues request for the Redwood-
Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA) as
presented by RCRCA Exec. Director Douglas
Goodrich, carried.
M/Dove, S/Potter, to consider at a future date
reimbursement Resolution No. 2010-05 with
respect to the Facility Infrastructure & Energy
Efficiency Improvement Project in 2010, carried.
M/Potter, S/Lochner, to approve Conditional
Use Permit (CUP) App. #C-00250 of MR Paving
by Jeffery Carlson on property described as
part of the NE4 of SE4, Sec. 23T109NR34W,
Burnstown Township for the purpose of amending
existing CUP #C-00138 (prev C-00033) to expand
in a separate area southeast of the current mining
location. This is to continue to allow use of an
existing gravel mine all for gravel extraction and
processing to include crushing and screening,
with three (3) conditions listed, carried.
M/Potter, S/Berg, to approve the CUP App.
#C-00251 of David & Joan Richert on property
described as part of the NW4, Sec. 20T108N
R34W, Bashaw Township for the purpose of
amending existing CUP #C-00010 to allow an
expansion of the facility to include construction of
an approximate 36' X 42' addition for gun repair,
woodworking room, storage and processing furs
in addition to the existing sporting equipment
including guns and ammunition sales and also
outside shooting area for sighting guns, with
three (3) conditions listed, carried.
M/Potter, S/Lochner, to approve the CUP
App. #C-00249 of Andrew Schmidt on property
described as Block 4 Schotzko's part of the
W2 SW4, Sec. 19T109NR34W, Burnstown
Township for the purpose of constructing a
40'x85' shop with facilities for employees to store
equipment for a masonry business, with six (6)
conditions listed, carried.
M/Potter, S/Lochner, to approve the
CUP App. #C-00254 of David Vogel on property
described as the E2, Sec. 09T109NR35W,
Stately Township for the purpose of renewing
CUP # 8033 & to combine with CUP #6567 to
continue to allow use of existing feedlots with
up to 403 AU (1550 hogs - 750 over 300 lbs.,
250 btwn 55 & 300LBS, 550 under 55 lbs) in a
hog nursery to finishing operation, with seven (7)
conditions listed, carried.
M/Potter, S/Berg, to approve the CUP App.
#C-00252 of Chad & Jane Thram on property
described as part of the SW4 of SW4, Sec. 13
T108NR35W, Stately Township for the purpose
of allowing construction of a new 100 X 300
monoslope 300 head cattle barn. Site contains
3 existing partial confinement barns w/concrete
open lots attached. Site total not to exceed 900
head (900 AU) steer & stock cattle, with four (4)
conditions, listed, carried.
M/Dove, S/Potter, to approve the Preliminary
Plat #P-00118 a single lot split by Thomas & Judith
Stueber known as Stueber Second Subdivision,
on property described as part of SW4 Sec. 29
T110NR31W, Milford Township. Property being
platted is an existing farmstead being split off
from the tillable land, carried.
M/Berg, S/Dove, to approve the Final Plat #P-
00117 a single lot split by Lon Ahlness for Lynn
Ahlness known as Ahlness Fourth Subdivision,
on property described as part of SW4 Sec. 13
T108NR31W, Lake Hanska Township, with one
(1) condition listed, carried.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to approve the Final Plat
#P-00116 Plat - a revision of a part of a multiple
(5) lot subdivision by Duane Kjelshus C/O David
and Anne Grunert known as Kjelshus Fifth
Subdivision, on Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Kjelshus
Fourth Subdivision in part of Sec. 30T108N
R31W, Lake Hanska Township, with one (1)
condition listed, carried.
M/Potter, S/Dove, to approve the appointment
of Katherine Kral as the summer Intern to assist
the Brown County Water Plan Administrator from
June 2010 to 12-31-2011 for 3040 hrs/week
during summer months and intermittently thru
out school year at $10.50 per hour and with a
projected start date of 6-16-10, carried.
M/Berg, S/Lochner, to approve regular
employee status for Dana Trebesch, Social
Worker CP/CMH, carried.
At 10:30 AM, Law Enforcement Labor Services
(LELS) #94 Business Agent Len McFarland,
Deputy Schwarzrock, and LELS #94 Steward
Fairbairn met with the County Board to present
a LELS #94 Step 3 Grievance; Overtime Benefit
appeal. Also present were Sheriff Hoffmann, Chief
Deputy Seidl, and Personnel Director Crabtree.
After considerable discussion, M/Berg, S/Dove,
to take the LELS #94 Step 3 Grievance; Overtime
Benefit appeal by Business Agent McFarland
and Deputy Schwarzrock under advisement and
respond to the union by letter within fifteen days,
carried.
M/Berg, S/Dove, to accept and file the
presentation on activities, agency project
review, and 2011 agency budget appropriation/
membership dues request for the MN River Board
(MRB) as presented by Water Resources and
MRB Exec. Director Shannon Fischer, carried.
M/Dove, S/Potter, to accept and file the
presentation on activities, agency project
review, and 2011 agency budget appropriation/
membership dues request for the Three Rivers
Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D)
Council as presented by the Three Rivers RC&D
Council Representative Greg Roiger, Brown
SWCD Supervisor, carried.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to accept and file the
presentation on activities, agency project review,
and 2011 agency budget appropriation request
for the Area II Minnesota River Basin Projects
as presented by Area II Coordinator Kerry
Netzke, and to authorize Area II Brown County
Representative Commissioner Lochner to sign
the extended Joint Powers Agreement through
6-30-11, carried, with Seeboth dissenting.
M/Potter, S/Lochner, to authorize the payment
of Family Services Administrative claims in the
amount of $66,918.04, carried.
At 12:02 PM, Chairman Seeboth convened
a Closed Session to consider Social Services
Payments, whereupon M/Lochner, S/Berg,
to authorize the payment of Social Services
payments in the amount of $218,886.31, carried.
The Closed Session ended at 12:05 PM.
At 12:06 PM, Chairman Seeboth recessed
the regular Board meeting until after the Board
of Equalization meeting which was scheduled to
begin at 1:00 PM this date.
M/Lochner, S/Dove, to renew Brown County's
membership in the MN Dept. of Admin. Materials
Management Division Cooperative Purchasing
(CPV) Program for state fiscal year 7-1-10 to 6-30-
11, which makes state contracts for commodities
and services in the Cooperative Purchasing
Venture available to Brown County, carried.
M/Potter, S/Berg, to approve extension of the
existing Agreement with New Ulm Telecom, Inc.
to provide Brown County with Centrex Services
for telephone lines and related services for county
offices within New Ulm Telecom, Inc.'s exchange
until New Ulm Telecom, Inc.'s re-evaluation
process is finalized and they are prepared to
revisit new contracts with their subscribers,
carried.
M/Lochner, S/Dove, to accept and file the May
2010 Budget Report (Cash Basis and Unaudited)
which reflects activity at 41.7% of the budget
year as follows: expenditures of $9,857,920.85
or 34.7%, and revenues of $10,322,890.64 or
37.0%; and the May 2010 Supplemental Budgets
Report noting expenditures of $480,263.99 or
25.9%, and revenues of $706,886.33 or 37.8% of
annual budgeted activity, carried.
Correspondence C-1 thru C-12 were accepted
and filed.
Berg reported on Enterprise North matters
and on the Brown County Park Commission
meeting on 6-7-10; C-10. Lochner reported on
the SCHA meeting on 6-1-10; Dove reported on
RC&D matters, the recent BCEDP, Inc. meeting,
and with Seeboth on the STS meeting on 6-7-10
and with Potter on the Extension meeting on 6-9-
10; Potter reported on the Brown County Library
Board meeting on 6-14-10 and with Seeboth on
the SWCD tour.
Calendars were coordinated for the next two
week period.
There being no further business, Chairman
Seeboth adjourned the Meeting at 2:15 PM.
The Official Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June
15, 2010 are on file in the County Administrator's
Office and may be viewed during normal business
hours, M-F, 8AM-5PM. Correspondence and
requests for additional information may be
directed to the County Administrator's E-Mail
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