Law Library 9:00 AMRock County Courthouse November 4, 2003Chair Boyenga called the meeting to order with all Commissioners present.Motion by Wildung, seconded by Bakken, to approve the County Board minutes of October 21, 2003, declared carried on a voice vote. Holli Arp, University of Minnesota Extension Educator, presented a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for extension services provided by the University of Minnesota for 2004. After discussion, motion by Hoime, seconded by Bakken, to adopt the MOU as presented; after additional discussion, the question was called by Hoime and the motion failed on a 2-3 vote with Commissioners Hoime and Bakken voting aye and Commissioners Wildung, Jarchow and Boyenga voting nay. The item was referred back to the Extension Committee for further discussion. County Engineer Mark Sehr and County Attorney Don Klosterbuer presented a discussion referencing municipal solid waste hauling. Following discussion, motion by Hoime, seconded by Jarchow, to reject all bids for the MSW hauling contract, declared carried on a voice vote. The Engineer presented Resolution No. 40-03, a Minnesota Rural Road Safety Program encouraging the State of Minnesota to create a safety program to provide fifty million dollars in bonding funds in 2004 and 2005 to improve the safety of Minnesota’s rural roads. Motion by Wildung, seconded by Bakken, to approve Resolution No. 40-03, declared carried on a voice vote. Commissioner Jarchow presented an update of the Memorandum of Understanding for the sale of Prairie Holdings, formerly known as the Prairie Expo building; presented as information only. Randy Ehlers, Family Services Agency Director, Ona Reker and Wendy DelaRosa-Gacke of the Family Services Agency presented a collections year to date review. The County Board appreciated their presentation and requested a Regional Fraud report be presented at a future meeting. The Family Services Director also presented the 2004-2005 proposed fees schedule; motion by Wildung, seconded by Jarchow, to approve the FSA Fees schedule, declared carried on a voice vote. Mr. Ehlers also requested to remove the daycare licensing fees from the 2004 budget; motion by Hoime, seconded by Bakken, declared carried on a voice vote. Gloria Rolfs, Auditor/Treasurer, presented the claims for payment with additions; motion by Jarchow, seconded by Bakken, to pay the claims, declared carried on a unanimous vote. A complete listing of the claims is available by request at the Auditor/Treasurer’s office.General $ 25,221.61 LEC 437.73Road & Bridge 20,242.96Welfare 39,424.63Landfill 991.77TOTAL $ 86,318.70The County Board was informed of the Truth and Taxation Hearing to be held on December 4, 2003 at 7:00 PM in the Community Room at the Human Services Building. Motion by Wildung, seconded by Bakken, to waive the fees to individuals wishing to change their driver’s license due to the address changes; this will not apply to those individuals whose Driver’s Licenses were due for renewal in 2004. Motion was declared carried on a voice vote.Motion by Wildung, seconded by Bakken, to approve the receipt of the fund balances, declared carried on a voice vote.The County Board reviewed the Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) information, but took no action. Motion by Hoime, seconded by Jarchow, to send letters to our federal representatives requesting funding for RC & D, declared carried on a voice vote. Motion by Wildung, seconded by Jarchow, to send a letter to Sioux Valley Hospital thanking them for their efforts in resolving the access issues for the new hospital, declared carried on a voice vote. The County Board briefly discussed the county’s involvement with the Rock County Pool & Fitness Center in regard to any changes in management services regarding the Pool & Fitness Center; the board took no action. The County Board was also in receipt of the Annual Ag Society report and took no action. The County Board was informed that the City/County Liaison meeting that was scheduled for earlier in the day had been re-scheduled for Thursday. Motion by Bakken, seconded by Hoime, to support the Collaborative duties being assigned to the Office Manager position at the Extension Office pending further review of the Extension Committee, declared carried on a voice vote.The County Board received an E911 Committee update and then requested the committee to send a letter to the County Board and City Council informing them of their recommendation which is to move forward with bid of E911 upgrades to include the funding stream and identifying the fund stream in the correspondence addressed to the Commissioners and Councilmen. Motion by Wildung, seconded by Jarchow, to approve the letter and to go to bids for the E911 equipment upgrade, declared carried on a voice vote. The County Board was informed that the December County Board meetings are scheduled for the second and sixteenth. The County Board was informed that Redwood County would be hosting meetings in Rock County regarding the Waste to Energy Facility on November 20th.Commissioner Hoime stated that he has attended the Regional Energy Task Force meeting. 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(11-20)
