April 16 Board Minutes

HOUSTON COUNTY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Date: April 16, 20249:00 a.m.
Place: Commissioners Room,
Courthouse, Caledonia, MN
Members Present:
Dewey Severson, Eric Johnson,
Robert Burns, Bob Schuldt, and
Greg Myhre
Presiding: Chairperson Johnson
Call to order.
Pledge of Allegiance.
Chairperson Johnson said item
No. 4 needed to be removed from
the consent agenda. Motion was
made by Commissioner Severson, seconded by Commissioner
Myhre, motion unanimously carried
to approve the agenda with the
change.
Motion was made by Commissioner Burns, seconded by Commissioner Myhre, motion unanimously carried to approve the
meeting minutes from April 2, 2024.
Motion was made by Commissioner Schuldt, seconded by
Commissioner Severson, motion
unanimously carried to approve the
meeting minutes from April 9, 2024.
Public Comment: None.
CONSENT AGENDA
Motion by Commissioner Burns,
seconded by Commissioner Severson, motion unanimously carried to
approve the consent agenda. Items
approved are listed below.
1) Approve letter of support to
provide to the contractor, Al’s Aerial Spraying, that will be completing
treatment of spongy moth in Houston County.
2) Accept grant from Delta Dental in the amount of $15,000.00 to
support an additional day of mobile
dental access per month.
3) Hire Hannah Miner as a temporary/casual (67 day) employee at
a wage of $15.88/hour.
4) This item was removed from
the consent agenda.
5) Initiate a competitive search
for 1.0 FTE Jailer/Dispatcher.
ACTION ITEMS
File No. 1 – Commissioner
Myhre
moved,
Commissioner
Schuldt seconded, motion unanimously carried to approve donations to the Extension Tesmer Farm
Safety Day for a total of $2,075.00.
Commissioner Johnson thanked
everyone who had donated. He
said the event was needed and
well attended. The Commissioners
agreed.
File No. 2 – Commissioner
Myhre moved, Commissioner Severson seconded, motion unanimously carried to approve the 2023
Feedlot Program Annual Report
and Fiscal Report.
File No. 3 – Commissioner Burns moved, Commissioner
Schuldt seconded, motion carried
four to one to accept the low bid
from Bluff Country Brine for liquid
chloride. All Commissioners voted yes, except for Commissioner
Myhre who voted no.
File No. 4 – Commissioner
Severson moved, Commissioner
Schuldt seconded, motion unanimously carried to approve MnDot’s
amendment No. 1 requesting a
time extension regarding the CSAH
3 and TH 26 intersection planning.
File No. 5 – Commissioners discussed the increase in State aid
maintenance funding and aggregate surfacing with Engineer Pogodzinski. Pogodzinski would seek
bids and come back to the board
for approval at a later date.
File No. 6 – Commissioners discussed various improvments to be
done in conjunction with future MnDot projects.
File No. 7 – Commissioner
Severson moved, Commissioner
Schuldt seconded, motion unanimously carried to approve a request for assistance by providing a
$52,000 loan to Ryan Ruberg owner of Green Terrace Properties LLC
from the EDA revolving loan fund to
purchase the Sawmill Inn in Houston, MN at the 2024 set rate 3.5%
and ten year term.
File No. 8 – Commissioner
Severson moved, Commissioner
Schuldt seconded, motion unanimously carried to review and approve payments.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
Commissioners discussed recent and upcoming meetings including an Extension, Township
Officer, Wildcat, and negotiation
meeting.
There being no further business
at 10:28 a.m., a motion was made
by Commissioner Myhre, seconded by Commissioner Schuldt, motion unanimously carried to adjourn
the meeting.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOUSTON COUNTY,
MINNESOTA
By: Eric Johnson,
Chairperson
Attest: Polly Heberlein,
Interim Auditor/Treasurer
THE ABOVE PROCEEDINGS OF
THE HOUSTON COUNTY BOARD
OF COMISSIONERS IS ONLY A
SUMMARY. THE FULL TEXT IS
AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTON AT THE HISTORIC HOUSTON
COUNTY BUILDING AS WELL AS
AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: https://www.co.houston.
mn.us/.
Published in
The Caledonia Argus
May 1, 2024
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