Rock County Commissioners meet April 18
Herreid Board Room 9:00 A.M.
Rock County Courthouse April 18, 2023
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Burger with Commissioners Overgaard, Williamson, and Reisch present; Commissioner Thompson was absent. Also in attendance were County Administrator Kyle Oldre, County Attorney Jeff Haubrich, Deputy Administrator Susan Skattum, Star-Herald Reporter Mavis Fodness, City of Luverne Representatives Mayor Pat Baustian, City Administrator
Jill Wolf, Building Official Chad McClure and Councilman Scott Viessman.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by those in attendance.
Motion by Reisch, seconded by Burger, to approve the County Board agenda
of April 18, 2023, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Overgaard, seconded by Reisch, to approve the County Board minutes
of April 04, 2023, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Reisch, seconded by Overgaard, to approve the consent agenda,
declared carried on a voice vote.
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Eric Hartman, Land Management Office Director, DNR Representatives Jeff Weiss and Gary Kurth and FEMA Representative Munib Ahmad were all present via Zoom to discuss the status of the updated maps of the Rock County floodplains. The floodplain mapping project has been stalled as Rock County has indicated we would not accept the inaccurate map documents. Weiss stated that after additional discussion and investigation, FEMA has determined that the preliminary maps for Rock County will not be finalized until updated modeling and mapping for Poplar Creek and the Rock River are complete. He further stated that FEMA has committed to fund the work along with Minnesota DNR committing to complete the project. Project timelines are still to be determined as additional detail is needed to define the scope of work. City of Luverne Representative along with the Rock County Board thanked Mr. Weiss for the update and his efforts in correcting the
issues missing from the preliminary maps and bringing the maps up to date.
Hartman requested to approve (5) Conditional Use Permits (CUP); he reported
that all permits had a public hearing and there was no public comment.
Motion by Reisch, seconded by Overgaard, to approve a CUP for Duininck Inc.
to place a temporary hot mix asphalt plant in a gravel pit owned by Ron Fick,
located in the SE 1/4 of Section 15 of Luverne township as per the conditions
identified on the permit, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Williamson, seconded by Overgaard, to approve a CUP for
Duininck Inc. for rock quarry mining, stockpiling, washing and processing located
in Section 14 and 11 of Denver Township, as per the conditions identified on
the permit, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Burger, seconded by Overgaard, to approve a CUP for Duininck Inc. for the placement of a temporary asphalt plant located in Section 14 and 11 of Denver Townhship, as per the conditions identified on the permit, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Overgaard, seconded by Reisch, to approve a CUP for Duininck Inc., for aggregate mining, stockpiling, washing, and processing, and stockpiling and recycling of concrete and asphalt, located in the SW 1/4 of
Section 21 of Battle Plain Township, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Overgaard, seconded by Reisch, to approve a CUP for Duininck Inc. for the placement of a temporary asphalt plant located in the SW 1/4 of Section 21 Battle Plain township, as per the conditions identified on the permit, declared carried on a voice vote.
Mark Sehr, Engineer, the bid results for SAP 067-030-016,
the Bituminous Crack Saw/Seal Project:
MP Asphalt Maintenance $161,381.85
Northwest Asphalt & Maintenance $227,434.59
Motion by Reisch, seconded by Overgaard, to accept the low compliant bid of $161,381.85 from MP Asphalt Maintenance, declared carried on a voice vote.
Sehr presented the bid results for SAP 067-401-026, 2023,
Pavement Marking project:
Sir Lines-A-Lot $126,973.55
Motion by Reisch, seconded by Williamson, to accept the bid of $161,381.85
from Sir Lines-A-Lot, declared carried on a voice vote.
The County Board was in receipt of the claims and per diems of $1,200.00; after review, motion by Overgaard, seconded by Reisch, to approve, declared carried on a voice vote. A complete listing of the claims is available upon request at the Auditor/Treasurer's office.
APRIL 18, 2023 CLAIMS OVER $2,000
ASHBY/STEVE $2,884.20
BECK & HOFFER CONSTRUCTION 26,651.30
BREMIK MATERIALS, INC 2,210.51
CHS INC 31,392.14
CLEARGOV INC 12,120.00
COOPERATIVE ENERGY CO 2,708.00
COUNTIES PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY 6,925.00
FLEET SERVICES DIVISION-ADMIN FMR 7,158.28
GRAHAM TIRE-WORTHINGTON 2,091.04
KETTERLING SERVICES INC 10,682.77
KIMBALL MIDWEST 3,209.60
LUVERNE/CITY OF 7,694.34
LYON COUNTY LANDFILL 15,753.99
POWERPLAN 2,912.89
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 19,670.25
ROCK COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES 2,379.20
SANITATION PRODUCTS 4,630.83
SOUTHWEST HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 34,570.50
STAPLES ENTERPRISES INC 4,926.25
STEPP MFG. 8,207.50
TOLLEFSON PUBLISHING 5,762.00
TRANSOURCE TRUCK & EQUIPMENT INC 4,121.49
65 PAYMENTS LESS THAN $2,000 27,416.96
TOTAL $246,079.04
The County Board was in receipt of the Fund Balance report; motion by Overgaard, seconded by Williamson, to approve, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Reisch, seconded by Burger, to approve the replacement of
a lost warrant #104155 for the amount of $435.00 payable to Northland
Securities, Inc., declared carried on a voice vote.
The County Board was in receipt of a tax abatement request on parcel 20-0377-000 for $84.00 due to a classification error. On a recommendation of the LRO Director and Auditor/Treasurer, motion by Reisch, seconded by Williamson, to approve, declared carried on a voice vote.
The County Board was in receipt of a membership request of $1,000.00
from the Highway 23 Coalition; motion by Reisch, seconded by Williamson,
to deny the request, declared carried on a voice vote.
The County Board was in receipt of a membership request from the National Center of Public Lands Counties, established by NACo and Western Interstate Region (WIR). The request identifies utilizing $1,000 of each county’s Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) to demonstrate how prosperous public lands counties create a prosperous America. Motion by Overgaard, seconded by Williamson, to deny the request, declared carried on a voice vote.
The Administrator discussed a number of legislative updates to include Omnibus Transportation Finance Bills, Paid Family Leave and the legalization of Cannabis.
Commissioner Overgaard stated that he was invited to testify (via Zoom)
regarding SF3215, Transportation Truck Highway 75 deterioration.
The County Board was in receipt of correspondence stating that Elk Creek Solar is moving forward with the project of a 80mega watt solar project and is expanding the project to a 160 mega watt power generation. Elk Creek will seek approval from the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for the expansion and anticipate construction to begin in 2024 with the completion by the end of 2025.
The County Board was in receipt of a first quarter budget review;
presented as information only.
The County Board was in receipt of a Rock Strong/EDA event hosted
by Sioux Valley Energy on April 27, 2023, at 6:00 P.M. at the Generations location.
Guest speakers include, Robin Weis, Deputy Director of the Southwest Rural
Development Commission and George Eilertson, Managing Director Public
Finance Department of Northland Securities.
The Administrator stated that other activities of the office include: Sergeant interviews, job announcement process for vacancy at the Sheriff’s Office, the Rock County EDA meeting went well and was well attended; also fielded a request from Commissioner Overgaard to coordinate a joint meeting with the City of Luverne Council and coordinate a Meals on Wheels delivery date for the County Board.
Commissioner Reisch stated that he attended the following meetings/events:
Economic Development Authority.
Commissioner Williamson stated that he attended the following meetings/events: Springwater Township, One Water One Plan and Beaver Creek Township.
Commissioner Overgaard stated that he attended the following meetings/
events: Mound, Magnolia, Kanaranzi townships, Magnolia and Kenneth City Councils,
Fair Board, Land Use, Economic Development Authority, Senate testimony and
Planning & Zoning.
Commissioner Burger stated that he attended the following meetings/events: Clinton and Luverne Townships, and Supporting Hands Nurse Family Partnership.
Commissioner Thompson stated that she attended the following meetings/
events: none due to absence.
With no further business to come before the County Board, the meeting was declared adjourned by order of the Chair.
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