OTC Board summary of minutes

Published 10:11 a.m., February 5, 2010

(First Publication February 5, 2010)

Summary of Minutes of the

OTTER TAIL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

(Full Text Available at the Office of the County Coordinator)

Otter Tail County Government Services Center

January 5, 2010

The Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners:

1. Called to order the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners at 9:15 AM.

2. Elected Commissioner Roger Froemming as the Otter Tail County Board Chair for 2010.

3. Elected Commissioner John Lindquist as the Otter Tail County Board Vice-Chair for 2010.

4. Approve payment of the County Board bills as follows:

5. Approved Otter Tail County Resolution No. 2010-01. (Depository Resolution)

6. Approved Otter Tail County Resolution No. 2010-02. (Investment Resolution)

7. Designated the Otter Tail County website as the official publication for highway project advertisements for bids as authorized by Minnesota Statutes 331A.12.

8. Authorized payment of the following CY2010 annual appropriations:

West Otter Tail Fair Association $13,000.00

East Otter Tail Fair Association 13,000.00

Otter Tail Country Tourism Association 10,000.00

The History Museum 20,000.00

Rural Life Outreach 1,000.00

Minnesota Red River Valley Development Association 800.00

Stevens County Soil & Water Conservation District 6,136.00

9. Approved to convene the County Board of Appeal and Equalization on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. and to reconvene the County Board of Equalization for final action on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 (M.S. 274.14).

10. Approved Otter Tail County Resolution NO. 2010-03. (Pocket Gopher Bounty)

11. Approved payment to the Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust as follows:

Property/Casualty Coverage Invoice No. 33216 JKR $466,475.00

Workers Compensation Coverage Invoice No. 33147 CRZ 414,721.00

Property/Casualty Coverage Invoice No. 33219 JKR 6,309.00

12. Approved Otter Tail County Resolution NO. 2010-04. (Land Sale Apportionment)

13. Assessed, beginning with Payable Year 2010, the following public health nuisance abatement costs incurred under the provision of Minnesota Statute 145A.08 as detailed below:

Parcel No. 31-000-19-0132-000

Property Address – 24965 470th Ave

Date of Abatement - $3,890.75 (spread over 8 years with 4% interest rate)

14. Approved, with Huebsch opposed, designating the following papers or Otter Tail County’s 2010 publishing and printing requirements with the exception of the official publication for highway project advertisements for bids:

Legal Notices, Publications and Commissioners’ Minutes:

Daily Journal $14.08 per S.A.U.

Annual Financial Statement

Pelican Rapids Press First Publication $14.08 per S.A.U.

Parkers Prairie Independent Second Publication $14.08 per S.A.U.

Delinquent Tax List

Battle Lake Review First Publication $14.08 per S.A.U.

Battle Lake Review Second Publication $ 8.77 per S.A.U.

15. Set the cost assessed to delinquent real estate parcels that are published in the Delinquent Tax List at $39.00 per parcel authorized by M.S. 279.092.

16. Approved Otter Tail County Resolution No. 2010-05. (Premise Permit)

17. Denied the variance request to the VSO Department to the direct deposit policy.

18. Approved the following 2010 Solid Waste Haulers’ licenses:

Ballard Sanitation Big Red Boxes (Greg Peterson) City Dray Sanitation

PO Box 368 23027 265th Ave 16407 US Highway 7

Pelican Rapids, MN Fergus Falls, MN Wadena, MN

Corrie’s Sanitation Denzel’s Region Waste Fuch Sanitation

4966 River Place NE 27766 Joten Lake Road PO Box 204

Carlos, MN Dalton, MN Glyndon, MN

G & T Sanitation Ken Saurer Garbage Service Jon & Son Disposal

PO Box 186 Box 55 PO Box 1475

Sebeka, MN Clitherall, MN Detroit Lakes, MN

Metro Disposal Minn-Kota Recycling Ottertail Trucking

PO Box 947 PO Box 1864 PO Box 402

Fargo, ND Fargo, ND Fergus Falls, MN

Steve’s Sanitation Toutges Sanitation West Central Roll-Off

240 6th Ave NE 49601 Brandborg Creek Rd 17205 Heartland Perham, MN Henning, MN Road

Vining, MN

19. Approved Final Payment #14, in the amount of $118,358.23, payable to Breitbach Construction for completion of the Fergus Falls Transfer Station building.

20. Closed to the public for purposes of discussing labor negotiation strategies relative to the Human Services, Nursing, and Facilities Maintenance collective bargaining unions.

21. Approved the following CY2010 Board of Commissioners’ meeting schedule:

CY2010 Full Day Human Services * No meeting Change in

Month County Board Followed by due to 5 Regular 9:30 a.m. County Board Tuesdays Schedule - 9:30 a.m due to Holidays

January 05 & 19 12 & 26

February 02 & 16 09 & 23

March* 02 & 16 09 & 23 March 30

April 06 & 20 13 & 27

May 04 & 18 11 & 25

June* 01 & 15 8 & 29 June 22

July 06 & 20 13 & 27

August* 03 & 17 10 & 24 August 31

September 07 & 21 14 & 28

October 05 & 19 12 & 26

November* 02 & 16 09 & 30 November 23 Thanks-

giving

11/25 & 11/26

December 07 & 21 14 & 28

22. Reappointed the following members to the Otter Tail County Planning Commission effective January 1, 2010 for a three year term:

Marion Gill (District 1) Joe Maske (District 2)

Bert Kinzler (District 3) Leona Zimmerman (District 5)

23. Conveyed the message that, at this time, Otter Tail County has no timeline for the Fergus Falls Police Department to move out of their current location by any particular date.

24. Established the time for beginning the Human Services Board and Board of Commissioners’ meetings during CY2010 at 9:30 a.m.

25. Authorized Commissioner Rogness and Commissioner Huebsch to attend the FFEIC meeting on January 7, 2010, which will provide information for understanding financing tools under the EB-5 Foreign Direct Investment program.

26. Authorized Commissioners Rogness and Huebsch and GIS Coordinator, Brian Armstrong to attend, on behalf of Otter Tail County, the RRBC meeting at 10:30 a.m. on January 13, 2010 at the RRBC’s Moorhead office.

27. Adjourned at 11:31 AM.

VENDOR NAME AMOUNT

A & S TRAINING 5,285.00

A'VIANDS LLC 8,814.23

AMERICAN INSTITUTIONAL SUPPLY 51.64

BATTERIES PLUS 231.61

CARR'S LAKE COUNTRY SUPERMARKE 50.44

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS 68.35

CITIZENS ADVOCATE AND VERNDALE 11,323.52

COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS UNLIMIT 1,906.28

CULLIGAN WATER CONDITIONING 46.44

DACOTAH PAPER COMPANY 212.17

DALTON GOPHERS 4-H 250.00

FIRE FIGHTER & DETECT ALARM 1,608.54

FOTH & VAN DYKE 5,960.74

SHARON FUNK 19.99

GALL'S INC 22.76

GIRL SCOUT TROOP 981 250.00

H & L MESABI 48,661.41

NICOLE HANSEN 101.20

HENNING LEAF LAKERS 4-H GROUP 250.00

INFORMATION SYSTEMS CORP 845.00

INNOVATIVE OFFICE SOLUTIONS 983.29

K.I.D.LEASING 256.44

LAKE REGION HEALTHCARE CORP 76.16

MACO 9,630.00

MARCO 199.12

MN ASSOC OF CO OFFICERS 265.00

MN ASSOC OF TOWNSHIPS 15.00

MN DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES O 90.00

MN MOTOR COMPANY 32.46

MN POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY 400.00

NEW YORK MILLS 4TH GRADERS 250.00

OTTER TAIL CO TREASURER 8,084.69

OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY 720.00

OTTER TAIL TELCOM 179.66

OTTERTAIL TRUCKING INC 7,905.00

OVERLAND MECHANICAL SERVICES 64.04

PELICAN RAPIDS PRESS 94.48

PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER INC 238.91

RELIABLE OFFICE SUPPLIES 60.40

SOUTH MILL SERVICE 168.45

ST JOHN'S ACT 250.00

STEINS INC 151.33

STEVE SCHIERER APPRAISALS 600.00

STREICHERS 19.22

THYSSEN KRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORA 849.93

TNT REPAIR INC 1,773.60

U S POSTMASTER 88.00

UNIFORMS UNLIMITED 217.57

WEST CENTRAL INITIATIVE 20,000.00

WEST PAYMENT CENTER 649.87

WHITE PINE ACADEMY 62.55

**** FINAL TOTAL $140,334.49 ****

Publication Date: February 5, 2010.

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