Rock County Commissioners meet March 16
Herreid Board Room 9:00 A.M.
Rock County Courthouse March 16, 2021
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Reisch with Commissioners Thompson, Burger and Overgaard present and Commissioner Williamson absent; also in attendance were County Attorney Jeff Haubrich, Administrator Kyle Oldre,
Deputy Administrator Susan Skattum and Mavis Fodness.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by those in attendance.
Motion by Burger, seconded by Thompson, to approve the March 16, 2021,
County Board agenda, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Thompson, seconded by Burger to approve the March 02, 2021,
County Board minutes, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Thompson, seconded by Overgaard, to approve the
consent agenda, declared carried on a voice vote.
1. Resolution No. 07-21, LPRW Appointment – Peter Petersen
Doug Bos, Land Management Office Assistant Director, reviewed the 2020 County Feedlot Officer Annual report stating that Rock County has 547 registered feedlots of which 36 were inspected in 2020 and found in compliance. The feedlot summary also identified training and other program activities. Motion by Burger, seconded by Thompson, to approve the 2020 CFO Annual Report, declared carried on a voice vote.
Bos stated that new construction for feedlots have slightly
decreased from 2020 to 2021.
Bos presented a brief update regarding One Watershed One Plan stating the joint powers organization received $1.3 million in funds and $510,000 have been spent for projects in the watershed districts in Rock County with more projects awaiting
additional funding.
Mark Sehr, Engineer, presented (2) price quotes for the 2021 Pavement
Marking project on various roadways throughout the county:
Traffic Marking Service, Inc. $71,294.40
AAA Striping Service $71,294.40
As both quotes were identical, the Engineer researched the issued and recommended that the Chair conduct a coin toss with the County Attorney as a witness and confirm the result; Traffic Marking Service, Inc was identified as “heads” and AAA Striping Service was identified as “trails”. The coin toss resulted in Traffic Marking Service, Inc winning; motion by Burger, seconded by Overgaard, to award the project to Traffic Marking Service for $71,294.40, declared carried on a voice vote.
Ashley Kurtz, Auditor/Treasurer, presented the claims; motion by Overgaard, seconded by Thompson, to pay the claims as presented, declared carried on a voice vote. A complete listing of the claims is available upon request at the Auditor/Treasurer's office.
MARCH 16, 2021 CLAIMS OVER $2,000
BUTLER MACHINERY CO $2,651.90
CHS 5,300.75
COUNTIES PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY 6,584.00
FIALA/ERNEST G 2,400.00
GREAT PLAINS PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES 3,847.50
KETTERLING SERVICES INC 8,440.16
LYON COUNTY LANDFILL 12,491.30
MORRIS ELECTRONICS 2,095.00
ROCK COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES 2,023.23
SAFEASSURE CONSULTANTS INC 6,640.30
STAPLES ENTERPRISES INC 2,215.29
THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORP 2,181.02
TOLLEFSON PUBLISHING 2,467.81
WEX BANK 2,176.10
73 PAYMENTS LESS THAN $2,000 21,057.37
TOTAL $82,571.73
The County Board was in receipt of the Fund Balance report; motion by Burger, seconded by Reisch, to approve declared carried on a voice vote.
The County Board was in receipt of the 2021 Tax
Capacity rates; presented as information only.
The County Board was in receipt of a distribution report
of the wind production tax; presented as information only.
Rock County $633,861.54
Denver Township 84,499.24
Luverne Township 931.28
Martin Township 418.32
Rose Dell Township 60,733.83
Springwater Township 11,882.70
Total $793,326.91
The Administrator presented an update on the American Rescue Plan Financing stating that recipients are awaiting guidance from the US Treasury on how to spend the funds and that each recipient must certify that they want the funds; upon certifying the distribution amount, recipients will receive half of their allotment after 60 days of the certification and the remaining balance will be received 12-months thereafter.
The Administrator informed the County Board of phone service issues impacting county offices, specifically Law Enforcement and 911 calls. The Administrator stated that Alliance Communications was contacted to inquire about providing phone services and replacing the current system with a voice over IP (VOIP) solution that utilizes the Alliance and county’s fiber network; all current phone numbers would have portability/remain the same. While the Administrator was awaiting a price quote to determine the cost of the change, he anticipates the expenditure to be similar to the current expenses paid to Vast. The Administrator requested authorization to proceed with the phone service change and update; motion by
Burger, seconded by Thompson, to approve, declared carried on a voice vote.
Motion by Burger, seconded by Overgaard, to set the Board of Appeal and Equalization for June 22, 2021 at 7:00PM and to move the start time of the June 22nd meeting to 5:00PM, declared carried on a voice vote.
Commissioner Reisch stated that he had attended the following meetings: Union Negotiation, Library, Community Corrections, Southwestern MN Opportunity Council.
Commissioner Thompson stated that she had attended the following meetings: Chief Elected Officials/PIC and they will be meeting with TCI to assist those that need new jobs.
Commissioner Overgaard stated that he had attended the following meetings: Magnolia Township, Mound Township, Denver Township, City of Hardwick, Rock County/Purdue Study group, Clean Energy Resource Team and Regional Extension.
Commissioner Burger stated that he had attended the following meetings: Southwest Mental Health, Community Correction, and Union Negotiation.
With no further business to come before the County Board, motion by Thompson, seconded by Reisch to adjourn the meeting, declared carried on a voice vote.
(05-13)
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