Community Room 9:00 AMRock County Family Services Agency August 5, 2003Chair Boyenga called the meeting to order with Commissioners Wildung, Jarchow and Bakken present and Commissioner Hoime absent.Motion by Wildung, seconded by Jarchow, to approve the July 22, 2003 County Board minutes, declared carried on a voice vote.The Chair called the Public Meeting for Judicial Ditch No. 3 to order. Jim VanderWoude from DGR presented a "preliminary field summary" pertaining to proposed improvements for Judicial Ditch No. 3. Mr. VanderWoude also presented hydraulic information and gave the following options: Option #1: continue with the current study and include a hydraulic study Option #2: dismiss the petition based on the outlet not being feasibleThe chair allowed public comment and thereafter closed the public hearing at 9:30AM.Motion by Bakken, seconded by Jarchow, to table the petition until the August 19th County Board meeting. Mary McLaughlin, RSVP Director and Greta Van Der Brink, Local RSVP Coordinator presented a program update and the 2004 budget funding request of $.98 per capita, which reflects a decrease of $.03 from 2003; no action was taken. Heartland Express Director Terrie Gulden and Bus Driver Linda Anderson informed the County Board of Anderson’s second place achievement at the MnDOT Annual Bus Rodeo. The County Board congratulated Ms. Anderson for her fine work in representing Rock County at the state level. The Heartland Express Director also requested to submit a grant request for a facility that would store the (4) buses along with a wash bay; state and federal funding would be 80% with 20% local funding. Motion by Wildung, seconded by Jarchow, to move forward with the grant application, declared carried on a voice vote. Motion by Jarchow, seconded by Wildung, to approve Resolution No. 30-03, authorizing the operation of Heartland Express for 2004, declared carried on a voice vote. Mark Sehr, Engineer, presented a number project updates: oThe bike path is essentially complete minus the signage oCounty Road 4 — grading and installation of fly ash materials into the aggregate to re-construct the base oOverlays projects will begin on County Roads 8, 17 and 3.There was additional discussion regarding a Bike Path dedication ceremony. The Board directed that the Administrator and Engineer work with Commissioner Wildung in organizing that dedication ceremony. Gloria Rolfs, Auditor/Treasurer, requested approval of the claims with additions to the list; motion by Wildung, seconded by Bakken, to approve the claims as presented, declared on a unanimous vote. A complete listing of claims is available at the Auditor/Treasurer’s Office. General $ 38,669.63LEC 1,056.86Road & Bridge 12,686.48Welfare 42,838.21Landfill 7,452.93TOTAL $102,704.11Motion by Wildung, seconded Jarchow, to approve the fund balance report, declared carried on a voice vote.The Auditor/Treasurer informed the County Board of property in the City of Hardwick that is due for tax forfeiture and also has a lien on the property from the Southwest Minnesota Opportunity Council. After discussion, the County Board referred the matter to the County Attorney’s office for further legal research. Motion by Wildung, seconded by Jarchow, to approve the per diem payments totaling $175.00, declared carried on a voice vote. The Budget Committee presented a summary report from their previous meeting; they will be proposing a number of recommendations to accomplish a balanced budget for 2004.Motion by Wildung, seconded by Bakken, to agree in principle to a new lease for the Land Management Office in the building owned by DD & JJ Enterprises located at 311 W. Gabrielson Road for 5 yrs with square foot payments of $11.00 — 2004, $11.00 — 2005, $12.00 — 2006, $13.00 — 2007 and $13.00 — 2008, declared carried on a voice vote. The County Board was informed of the following:oFederal charges in the Overgaard lawsuit had been dismissed. oA joint meeting with the City of Luverne will be held August 12th @ 7:00PM in the City Chambers. oThe Lyon County Board of Commissioners has submitted their intent to withdraw from the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).oThe Feedlot Task Force has decided not to apply for a Feedlot Friendly designation to the state.The County Board scheduled a meeting on August 18th @ 7:00PM in the Community Room at the Human Services Building inviting representatives of the contract cities to discuss contract law enforcement rates. Rock County representatives will be Administrator Oldre, Commissioner Wildung and Commissioner Hoime. Commissioners were informed of a Rock/Nobles Corrections Annual meeting to be held September 15th @ 6:30PM and a Feedlot Task Force meeting with the MPCA Commissioner to be held on August 14th.Commissioner Boyenga stated that Rural Water is working to repay a loan with the current funds that are being held by the county in order to save on interest expenses and that DAC is looking at a building project to meet special needs for individuals. With no further business to come before the board, the meeting was declared adjourned. Ron Boyenga, Chairman of the BoardATTEST:Kyle J. Oldre, Clerk to the Board(8-21)
