Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting

[clears throat] All right. Good morning, everyone. We're going to call the meeting to order and uh let's approve the agenda. Len, you got any additions or corrections? Uh Mr. Chair, you can remove Jacob Turner's items. We'll be moving those to the February 3rd meeting. Uh we're starting with resolution 26-07 today. Thank you. Motion to approve as amended. A second. Thanks Jerry. Thanks Jeff. Len please. Rap. Yes. Weey. Yes. Meyer. Yes. Schmidt. Yes. Kina. Yes. Motion carries. Approve the minutes. Can we do both of them? Len, we can, Mr. Chair. Okay.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve both draft minutes for January 6th. Second. Is that you, Tim? That's me, Jerry. Sorry. Thank you, Charlie and Jerry. Len, please. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Motion carries. All right. Thanks, Sheriff Troy, you're up.

Good morning. Morning, Troy. I have a couple items this morning. I'll start out with a donation. The donation is in the amount of $100. It's from Central Lakes Chiropractic and uh they would like the money designated to the K9 unit. So, I would ask the board to accept that donation. [clears throat] I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2607 uh donation from Central A Chiropractic. A second. Thanks, Jeff. Thanks, Tim. Any discussion? Len, please. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rat, yes. We Yes. Meer,

yes. Motion carries. Thanks. Thank you. Um, next item is three law enforcement contracts with the cities of Miltona, Evansville. Lost my train of thought. Carlos Carlos.

Yeah. So, [clears throat] anyway, the the uh number is 4641 per hour. Uh it's a 20 hours per month for each city in city of Carlos. It popped in my head. So uh but uh it's a longstanding contracts with the three cities. So I'd ask the board to accept or to approve those contracts for law enforcement services with those three cities. I'll make a motion to approve the uh contracts for the Carlos Evansville and Elton Law Enforcement. I'll second it.

Any further discussion? Len, please. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. We Yes. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. Thanks, Troy. Have a good day. The next on the agenda was Jacob. We're going to bring Turner for the veteran service. We'll do that in February. So, at this time, Susan from License Bureau.

Good morning. I am requesting 3 days of unpaid leave for Susan. Can you bring that a little closer? The mic, please. Um, I'm requesting 3 days of unpaid leave um to go on a vacation to Greece. Yep. I'll make that motion. I'll second it. Thanks, Jerry. Charlie, any discussion? One name, please. We Yes. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Motion carries. Enjoy your trip and let us know how it goes. Yeah. Thank you guys. Have a good day. Yep. Lee.

Morning. Mr. Chair, commissioners. [clears throat] All right. Well, um I've got one of the items I've got in front of you would be the LS deputy contract and that was up for negotiations and we um just came out of mediation and came upon an agreement. It um kind of um mirrors our other previous two contracts that were settled um except this one is a two-year contract instead of three. and uh but the same uh cost of living adjustment and longevity coming back and then some other specific things to the work they do. So I'm asking the board to uh to approve this contract.

Uh board's wishes. I'll make a motion to pri approve the less deputy baiff 3 contract. Second. Any discussion? Len, please. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. The next item I have is the 2026 pay equity report. This is something that the county is responsible for doing as well as other local government entities that uh um looks at gender pay and possible differences. Um we're fairly insulated because we use a grid. We don't we don't really get to decide. We have job descriptions. They're graded. People are placed according accordingly. But nonetheless, we still have to go through the measurement process. So that's what this is. Um, [snorts] essentially it's looking at every position and the minimum and maximum pay for each position and whether it's a female or male dominated class or if it's balanced. So, for example, deputies would be male dominated. Um, probably social social workers would be female dominated. So, there's the examples, but essentially I've got the report done. We [clears throat] do need um sign off by the board so the state knows that the board has seen the results. Um as far as results go, uh you need to have uh an 80% to pass. And oh, I did not bring my sheet with me, but we had 84 something%. So we did pass and that's good. Makes it a lot easier.

That's good. It does. [snorts] Or wishes I'll make a motion to approve. Second. Thank you, Jerry. Charlie, any discussion? Len, please. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Motion carries. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Lee, thank you for and and you guys that were on the negotiating team. That was right through the holidays almost and everything else. Thanks for taking care of that here at the end of December, getting the job done. Thank you.

Yeah, I was going to bring that up too, Lee. That was for my first time and it was an experience, but I really do enjoy working with you and Susan through that process. It was I mean, they got after it. It wasn't like we drug it out. I liked it. It felt efficient and uh yeah, it was great. I'm glad you were part of it and and Commissioner Wei as well. So, thank you. Thanks. Well, we go to Tabitha. We'll skip David.

Good morning. Morning, Tabitha.

I have uh three items for you this morning. Uh the first is approving the rural Minnesota SEP contract. So, this is a contract that we utilize uh Minnesota Family Investment Program dollars for to support families who um need a little bit of additional help while they access uh work. And so, this particular contract uh is a partnership with rural Minnesota SEP, which stands for concentrated employment program. And they are the contracted vendor to assist individuals on MIP to access employment. So they provide different levels of assessment, resume building, interview practicing, uh specific work plans for individuals to follow while they are um working the program uh in order to work themselves off of those particular benefits. So this particular contract um is with SEP in order to be able to uh facilitate that program. We utilize uh that allocation of 188,601 uh in order to contract with that entity.

Any questions? Board's wishes. Make a motion to approve the rural SE contract social services. I second. Thanks, Charlie and Jeff. Any discussion? Len, please. Rap. Yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Motion carries.

The second item I have on the agenda is uh approval of the Children's Mental Health Collaborative Grant [snorts] contracts um and a request to be able to sign those contracts. So, I brought a few of these to you uh in December. So, if you'll recall these um the Children's Mental Health Collaborative has its own board. They offer an RFP process to issue some grants to individuals or not individuals, entities within the community who align with their mission. Uh and these three projects are just the remaining contracts uh that the group has selected for their project. So you'll see there that there's Lutheran Social Services uh in the amount of $40,000. Those are two-year contracts, so 40,000 total. um the Alexandria public schools for the Cardinal Kitchen that is to support grant writing and curriculum development of the work option uh for young adults with disabilities and then uh Alexandria public schools therapeutic services consultation that's in the amount of $3,000 and that's uh to access some clinical consultation because their social workers have started providing uh direct service uh therapy services to children in the school system to offer some additional level of service. So those three contracts are what are being requested for approval today.

To have the question these 2026 to 27 for all three of them, correct? Can you just The contract is for all three of these. Correct. Yes. Thank you. I'll make a motion to approve. I'll second. Any further discussion? Len, please. We Yes. Meyer. Yes. Schmidt. Yes. Kina, yes. Rap. Yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. And the final request that I have for you this morning uh is a resolution uh to approve out of state travel um well approval to to facilitate outofstate travel and a resolution to support that uh with grant dollars. So this is a really exciting opportunity for Tracy Ryland, our child support supervisor. Um, last year, uh, the state of Minnesota had the opportunity to opt in or out of a federal grant that was, uh, had an RFP out to facilitate additional services for non-custodial parents in an effort to, um, sort of boost options for family stability and repayment of child support. And so, uh, Tracy came to us really enthusiastic about this opportunity to, uh, lead her team into this grant. She has done an exceptional job, um, in pioneering this grant, trying to understand what the options are, gathering information from her team. Um, and so we applied for that grant. We were able to uh, be considered for that. Um, the grant is called the NextGen Grant. um and they are headed into year two. They're hosting a convening um in March and uh Tracy has been invited to participate in that particular experience. Um the grant manager in Minnesota has identified Douglas County uh and Tracy in particular as the the uh sort of the the model site for the state of Minnesota. There's multiple other counties participating in this, but Tracy has uh really invested in this opportunity and taken a leadership role all along for uh both our agency and also the state. So, uh it is probably with great pleasure that I request your approval to consider her attending this outofstate

conference. the um expenses of this would be covered by the grant. Um and anything additional which it wouldn't be anticipated that there would be additional but anything additional would be supported by uh staff development dollars that we've budgeted for the agency. The anticipated cost is around 2,000 to 2500. um and as a result of her attending it would not necessarily reduce the amount of available grant resources to other to the actual recipients involved in child support.

Thank you. I'll make a res approve make a motion to approve resolution 26-08 approve out of state travel and utilize grant funds for allowable travel expenses. Second. Thanks Tim. Where what what state they going to? DC. DC. Oh, DC. I see. Okay. Okay. My apologies for missing that detail. All right. Thank you. That'll be a a good place to see some things too. Yeah. No, it can be. Yeah, it can be. Yeah,

it will be an incredible opportunity for her to really engage with other people across the nation who are uh involved in the grant process. So, thank you for your consideration of that. Any other discussion? Len, please. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. We motion carries. Thank you very much. Have a good day. You as well. David, come on up. We're just about on time for you at 9:20. Very close. Well ahead of schedule today. Congratulations. Excellent. You got a new chairman, Mr. Chair. [laughter] Good job. I don't think that's the answer.

Some items this morning. Uh the first will be licenses. Uh take them by category. It appears we have two. Uh we can do landscaper excavator. So, in your packet, there's a list of businesses seeking to be licensed as landscaper excavators. We recommend approval of those listed. I'll make a motion to approve excavator landscaper uh licenses. Second. Thanks, Tim and Jerry. Len, please. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. We Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Motion carries.

Very good. And the second type is disposal hauler. So they're uh folks um hauling waste in and to Douglas County. So we recommend approval of those businesses listed in your packet. I'll make a motion to approve the disposal hauler licenses. Second. Thanks Tim and Charlie. Lay please. Rap. Yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, abstain. Kina, yes. Motion carries. Very good.

The next item I have for you is a final plat. This is the plat of Lon Ridge Frederickson edition. This is in Lake Mary Township on Lake Mary. It's a resort that they are seeking to sell interest in the units and continue to operate as a resort. A conditional use permit was approved by you several months ago to allow for this as well as the preliminary plat. So now they're coming forward with the final plats uh to allow them to sell interest in those units. They've met all of the requirements that we placed on the preliminary plat as well as the standard requirements in our subdivision ordinance. Mr. Chair, just a question for Dave. Are those independently got sewers? How does that work?

Um, I'm not sure of your question. The resort has a connection to sewer. I think there may be more than one to a main. Each unit is connected uh to the the service. They don't each have their own individual connection to the main. I'm not sure how many connections there actually are to that main. Every unit is provided service to central sewer.

Thank you. They're just going to sell the existing ones. Correct. The way I was reading, correct? There's two uh at the time that the conditional use permit was approved, units 14 and 15 were new. So, they were expanding the resort by two units. So, they'll seek to also sell ownership interest in those new units that'll be constructed. So, 14 and 15 are to be constructed. This is not they have to come back if they want to continue that process too. Correct. So if they no longer want to operate as a commercial resort, right?

And they would like to convert to a planned unit development. Yes, they will have to come back and do that. If they want to continue to run as a resort, they could continue to put cabins in there. No. Okay. That's that's where I'm you know where I was going. Yeah. So, so I think as board as you're aware, there's limitations on density and impervious and open space and so forth. That is the maximum density that this property can operate at given the size and number of units that they have. That's what I wanted to hear. I know there is that way, but I wanted everybody to hear that

we just they can't just keep adding buildings, right, into the green space. Hearing that, I'll make the motion to approve the final plat for I'll second it. Any further discussion? Len, please. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. The next item I have is another final plat. This is the plat of Reese Legacy in Home City Township on the south side of Lake Rachel.

This is a 17 lot plat. The uh developer has completed all of the requirements that we made for infrastructure improvements, road, storm water. Um they uh have drafted a set of restrictive covenants. The road has been constructed, storm water improvements made. uh township has agreed to take over maintenance of those uh infrastructure facilities. So uh with that having completed all of the requirements they are seeking final plat approval for recording. I'll make a motion to approve final plat for Reese Legacy. Now these condition with the conditions that you have stated because those are for the fih first plat right?

Uh Mr. Chair there there would be no conditions on the final they have met them all. They have met them all. Okay. Second. I I'll second it. And and I have a question again Dave going back to sewer there is I mean these are all independent sewers on here again. Correct. In that area central sewer is not available. So each one would be responsible for their own individual [snorts] septic treatment as well as wells all independent. Correct. Thank you.

And each one has a an individual well for each each lot uh owner would be responsible per for providing their own water source. Yes. Which however they choose to do that. So there' be 17 wells. 17 wells. Um, so, Mr. Chair, go ahead.

In in many locations in our county, uh, you know, individual property owners have wells and we are very blessed in this area, we have excellent water resources and in most cases that's not an issue. Uh, we've been trying to pay closer attention to that as we get larger developments. There was one here recently in uh Cartas Township and we had them do some uh study to determine if there was adequate water supply. There was the potential for 50 wells. So in this situation 17 given the close proximity of the lake and the soils there there won't be an issue with water supply in in this case.

Mr. Chair, one more question. Oh, do they all have to have and are they required to have a buffer on the lake shore? Yeah, there was a requirement there. Uh, one, our ordinance limits the amount of clearing, but also there's some steep slopes in there. Um, they were required to uh buffer the shoreline and to limit some construction in those steep slopes. Charlie,

I'm just punching 17 wells in that area. But my opinion, it's not a very practical and it's not very good for the environment down the road. I know there's a great aquifer, everything is all that we got plenty of water right today. Today that we did do, Mr. Chair, we did in our in our ordinance and comprehensive plan, mostly in our comprehensive plan, um identify that when we have developments that have 20 or more lots in them, or maybe it's 25, that it's important for us to consider the viability of a community water supply.

Yeah. Um so that's where that threshold sits today. The numbers at 25, sir. I think that's what our comp plan says. if you do more than 20 or 25 units or lots that we want you to look into community water supply and these lots are are larger. I know you're not seeing the acreage on the right on the final plat, but I think on the preliminary, if I recall the acreage [snorts] on these lots, well, they're from 0.95 to 207. Yeah, they're Yeah. An acre to an acre and a half. Yeah. But on 30 acres, we're going to pump 17 wells in. Yeah. For domestic use. I get it. Y.

But they also get the choice of the size of the pump. That's true. It'll take a while to settle them all. Has there ever been any talk of the sewer district going out to Lake Rachel or No, we don't want it up there. Quite far. Yeah. I Well, they seem to go wherever they want. Anyways, you're close. Uh the north side of Pocket Lake, the north side of Pocket Lake has sewer, so it's not far. As far as you think. No, there's some elevation in the way there. There's elevation problems, but there sure as hell isn't crowfly problems. All right. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Jerry.

I have a question. Yes. Um, we just talked about the water supply, but also we talked about the sewage uh uh treatments and everything. What is that going to look like? We're going to go like with the collector uh septic systems uh or individual septic for each household.

So, Mr. Chair, so these would be required to do an individual system for each property. um the lots are sized uh adequately at an acre to an acre and a half that they can put a system on each property and still have room for a second system. Um from that standpoint uh you know [snorts] domestic use water supply and wastewater treatment and an acre of land is adequate if your soils are are good. Um in this case there's very good soils out there for adequate treatment. they have elevation above the water table considerably here. They're they're well above the lake in elevation. So, um when we start again start to get into situations where we have uh more dense developments or the soils are not good, then yes, we ask folks to look into or require them to put in cluster septic treatment systems or find alternatives. Thank you.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Len, please. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. Uh, the la uh last final plat I have is Thomas second edition. This is a two lot plat on Lake Carlos, Carlos Township. Um they are uh as the preliminary that you approved they are following through with that to take three platted lots and to uh reconfigure them into two platted lots. There's already houses and sewer connections and everything else here. This is simply uh dividing up a lot that was between two others uh to have uh shared ownership of it or not shared I should say but to divide the ownership of that lot. So we do recommend approval of the final for recording.

I'll make a motion to approve the final plat for Thomas second edition. I'll second. All right, I put down Charlie. I don't know what Len's got, but any other discussion? Len, please. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Raps, yeah. We Yes. Meer, yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. The next item I have is a procedural item. Uh, at our last meeting, if you recall, Mark Keap, our feed lot coordinator, came in and spoke about uh the feed lot program and the grant. It's a It's a multi-year grant that we enter into. Um I neglected to put together a resolution. We're required to have a resolution that approves the county accepting the grant and entering into the agreement with the state. So I'm here today to correct that with a resolution uh to do just that. Accept the grant and enter into the agreement with the state of Minnesota. And this is for operation of our county feed lot program.

I make I make a motion to approve resolution number 26-09, a resolution to accept the state of Minnesota pollution control agency delegated county feed lot grant and agreement. I'll second that. Thanks Jeff and Tim. Any discussion? Len, please. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, [clears throat] yes. Motion carries. Thank you, David. Tim Ericson.

Morning, Tim. Morning. Just a few items on the agenda this morning. Um the first couple are doing some contract finals for our work from last year. These are both for paving projects. Hold the mic a little closer.

Yep. The first one that I have up in front of you, uh contract final for SAP 021604019, etc. The etc is also county road 9. So this is the the initial paving that we did on County Road 4. I'm also with County Road 9. Um, last summer, Central Specialties was our contractor. We had a breakdown sitting on the certificate of performance. Overall, this one worked out pretty well. Um, with that, I would make that recommendation that the board accepts the project and authorized final payment in the amount of $18,5116 to Central Specialties. I'll make a motion to approve resolution 26-10 contract final for SAP 021-604-019

second any discussion thanks Tim thanks Jerry Len please Schmidt yes Kina yes rap yes we yes yes

motion carries Thank you. The next one that I have in front of you is for SAP 021608024. That also includes 608025. That was our paving on County Road 8 last summer. Um, this project also went very well. Central Specialties did this work. Um, if you actually look through, we underran when you combine both of those by about $2,000. So, it it actually went really well when you have that big of a project. Um, with that, I would make that recommendation that we accept this completed project. Authorize final payment to Central Specialties in the amount of 43,890.13. Make a motion to approve resolution 26-11 contract final for SAP021-608-024.

Second. Thanks, Charlie. Thanks, Jerry. Any discussion? Len, please. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Motion carries. Mr. Chair, yes. I think we should ask Tim this, but I I put the resolution for 019. It should have been 018 included, the two, four, and nine. Um, so, so the other one is, uh, 609018. That's why it says up at the top, um, for the certificate [clears throat] of performance. Actually, even with the other thing, it does say uh 604019 CASFA 4, etc. So, when there's more than one project, we typically throw a Okay. So, you don't have to put both.

Yep. We got them both in there. Okay. Good question.

Um, next item that I have for the board is to approve advertising for bids for our 2026 paving projects. Um, so that contract will include uh the last lift on County Road 4, the last lift on County Road 8 between the bridge and the roundabout. Um, we'll also be reclaiming County [clears throat] Road 8 between the roundabout and County Road 82. So, we'll have County Road 8, all new within the last two years. Um, that last lift going on County Road 46 is in this contract and also uh reclaiming and paving on County Road 86. [snorts] If approved, we would be opening those bids February 25th, 1:00 here in the boardroom. I'll make a motion to approve.

I'll second it. Thanks, Jerry. Any discussion? Len, please. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. I also have to approve advertising for bids on SP021-64003. And the reason this one is separate, this is county road 40. Um, this is federally funded. It's about 60/40 federal funds. Um, rather than putting that in the same contract with all of our other paving, um, the amount of paperwork that goes along with the federal project takes our books from like this much to about that much. And if we put that in all with our other contracts, it makes all of that have to go through those exact same processes. So that's why we'd like to keep this one separate. Um I would make this uh contingent on approval from the federal highway, which um we thought we would have by now, but we don't. Um but we would open this project, uh excuse me, open these bids at the same date as the other one, February 25th.

Mr. Chair, I got a question for is this from the interstate all the way to Garfield? Correct. Okay. So, it's all of one of number 40. Correct. Okay. [snorts and clears throat] I'll make a motion to approve advertising for bids for SP021-60-003.

Second. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Charlie. Any discussion? Len, please. We Yes. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes.

Motion carries. Um, thank you. Next item that I have is to approve our equipment purchases for 2026. These are all items that were sitting in the budget. Um, I do have the actual quotes if you guys want to take a look at those. Um, everything came in about where we expected it to with the exception of the mowers. The mowers are actually over what we had in our budget, but that drum roller is quite a bit less. And the reason being the last couple of years we rented this piece of equipment and they took our rental price or what we've paid in rent over the last couple years. That's what that discount is. Um so that's what was able to drop that way down. Um I believe if you add up all of these and compare them to what we had in the budget, we are still like 20 grand under what we had budgeted. So we're we're good overall. Tim, I got one question on the Rotary Moore from John Deere and Woods. So if you did, they're at 35. I got it. They gave you the discount of 115,

correct? Makes sense, Mr. Chair. So the discount is what you're going to sell it for the old one or that's just the discount through John Deere. That's just the discount through John Deere. Is that state bid then or? Yes. Okay. So um none of this none of these include any trade in. So, we would take the old and we would either sell them or scrap them depending on what we have in in there. So, I've got those listed as well. Um, if we sell them, we've actually got the truck out on Purple Wave, which is a government auction. Um, zero fees to us. So, we're trying that one out. That that bid opens today. We would probably put these all on Purple Wave as well.

Um, one last thing, you see the last one that we have, the pressure washer. Um, American pressure is actually a little bit higher than hot seat. The reason we want to do that is everything is stainless steel. That includes the stand, that includes everything else. And with so much water being around there, the salt water coming off the trucks, um, we wanted to go with stainless steel. So, we figured that 500 bucks it was kind of worth it. board. I'll make a motion to approve equipment purchases. Second. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Charlie. Any discussion? Len, please. Meer,

yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Motion carries. Thank you very much. Next item that I have is a resolution to accept a donation. Um we've got a very generous donation from the Kuwanis Club. Um $10,300 um for use in our Pilgrim Point Park. Um and if board has any questions, I know Brad's in the back and he can answer whatever questions you may have. Mr. Chair, is there uh is that anything to do with the signage out there or No, my understanding is no. Okay. But that's I hear Brad coming. Here comes Brad. [snorts] Good morning.

Yep. Morning. Um No. Yeah, it's it's just for improvements at Pilgrim Point. So that donation comes from the use of Brophy Park for the triathlon. Okay. Um so that's they're not going to run the triathlon next year. There's another group that's looking to pick it up and they kept the date, but Kuanas is done running it. So that is the they're paying their donations out. So where are we sitting with the signage at Pilgrim Point then? We have that we're getting ready to order that and get put in. But yeah, this is just separate. We'll use it um whether probably on a playground in the future. Okay. Um but possibly on that shelter as we work towards that. They didn't ask for any signage.

Nope. There was no signage attached. They there's a in that playground that we have designed for there. There's a chair that they would like to have the Quantis Club of Alexandria on that chair. We should quantis club Julia has been very generous to Brophy Park and all our park system. So yeah, we need to find another one of her. Yep. Yeah. We got to find triathlons that she's been doing for a few years now. So they've been very very good about that. And Brad Brad been working with him. He knows that very well. So, I I would like to see us use or another bench. Rotary don't need them all, I guess. But, I mean, I get it.

Yep. There's like a large chair that's in there for kids to sit on for pictures, and they want that their name on there. There you go. Yep. That'd be great. And this is going to be used at Pilgrim Point. Yep. To be used at Gotcha. They'd like it to be used at Brophie, but we're currently good at Brophie. So, how long do you want to wait to have your money? You know, it could be 20 years till we replace some of that stuff, right? Yep.

Board, I make a motion to approve resolution number 26-12 uh for the donation from the Kanas Club. Second. Thanks, Jeff. Thanks, Jerry. Len, please. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rep. Yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you, Brad. Thanks, Brad.

Um, next item that I have, we do have an update to our ditch special assessments. So, that last uh board meeting, we set up all of our ditch assessments based on where we were estimating to be at the year end. Um, we were looking at county ditch 5 being about 24 bucks in the hole. And, uh, to quote the wonderful philosopher Maxwell Smart, we missed it by that much. Um, so we still ended up in the hole. So what we're really doing here is taking that loan adjustment from $1,000 to 1,500 uh for ditch five just so that we can end that year not in the hole and then we can start from here. We left the proposed special assessments exactly where you sat them

and Vicky's looked at them. Yes. Make a motion to approve. I'll second. Thanks, Charlie. Thanks, Tim. Any further discussion? Lay, please. Kina, yes. Rap. Yes. We Yes. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Motion carries. Mr. Chair, I'll get your signature on that at the end of the meeting.

Perfect. Um, then the last item that I have for you is to approve outofstate travel. So, as you guys are aware, Pat Veriguth is very involved in a lot of the professional surveyor uh organizations. He is the current president of the National Association of County Surveyors. He's looking for approval to go to the West Region Survey Conference in Las Vegas um March 18th through the 21st. Motion to approve. Second. Thanks, Charlie. Thanks, Jerry. Any discussion? Len, please. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Motion carries.

Tim, I got a question. Yes. And I know I had a guy ask me about Highway 29. When is that bridge going? When's the start date? When's the end date? They wanted to know. So, the way that we are setting up that contract will be that it's going to be up to the contractor to set their schedule. So, we'll have like a uh either an early spring start or a late fall, like probably November, first week November for a completion. Um, so that the giant window is there, but once they come in and start, they're going to have about 3 months to finish and they're going to have to finish everything. So, I won't I I can't really answer that yet until we actually have the contractor um on board.

Thank you. But, Mr. chair. Uh just going back to that same question, last time we talked, you said there was a possibility it would go to 27. Worst case scenario, it goes to 2027. So that money has to be allocated by the end of fiscal year 2027. When the deadline with when do you have to know before it doesn't go this year?

So we're still where we need approved plans from the state bridge office. And so that's kind of where everything may gum up the works depending on how long they take to do all their reviews and their their approvals and that sort of thing. Um but that's that's where we're at right now. We have preliminary plans essentially complete. Um they've already looked through the first go round of the preliminary plan. They want to see another update. Um and then we'll start preparing final plans. Um so unfortunately I can't answer that one yet either until I have all those. My concern is when you find out something, let us know. Absolutely. Because people are asking already. Mr. Chair, I got a question.

Has it been decided whether it's going to be a box culvert or clear span? We're actually looking at a three span bridge, so there will be two peers. Okay. Um the peers are roughly 28 ft apart, so there's plenty of room for boats to go in in between. Um and then uh um then there's the abupments, and that's what makes the three spans. So there's a span between each pier, there's a span between the pier and each abupment. So that's why they call it the three span. Um that allows us to get the lowest clearance. So we don't have to raise the the road as high. So we don't have to put all that money into grading the road. We can put that money into the bridge.

Um and and as of right now, our estimates are we're going to be well within the $2 million that Mary Franson got for this project. Okay. So, if if the contractor gave you a date, how long is it going to take to get them the concrete for that bridge for them? You know, that's going to depend on who they're working with. Okay. But are is the contractor in charge of that then? So, the contractor would be in charge of lining up all of his suppliers. Correct. Okay. And they basically got three months to get it done in once they start. Are they going to keep that channel open?

No, we're we're going to close that for the entire time just because with people working overhead and you don't want boats passing underneath and who knows what falls on. Got it. So, we would close the channel during construction. Okay. Thanks, Mr. One more question. So, is this new co is it going to have a uh like uh guard rails like like the Laame Carlos bridge or it won't have uh guard rails for? like a railing like you know they've got like a concrete uh wall on both sides for the drivers. Yes. No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. There will be bridge railing. It's it's a standard bridge. Okay. All right. Thank you. All right. All right. Anybody else? Thanks, Tim. You bet.

All right. At this time, we're calling up Stacy Novak. She's filling in for Vicki. Good morning. Good morning. [clears throat] This morning we just have a couple of gambling permits that we need would like to have approved. Uh the first one is concerning the Eagles. Um they would like a premises permit for lawful gambling activity out at Arrowwood. What's the date on that one? the date. This would be for the the full year for 2026.

Is like the electronic uh pull tabs. Oh, yeah. They're going to provide gambling. Yeah. Okay. So, I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2613 for the Eagles uh 3063 2026 premises permit. Second. Thanks, Jerry. Thanks, Charlie. Any discussion? Len, please. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes.

Motion carries. Okay. And the second one is um for the Feeasants Forever. This is kind of like their annual get together out there. It's for a raffle at Carlos Creek Winery and it's to be held February 28th. I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2614 for the gambling permit for Peasants Forever. I'll second that. Thanks, Jerry. Any discussion? Len, please. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. We Yes. Motion carries.

Thanks, Stacey. Did a good job. Stacey, do does it say which kind of is it is it a bar oper just in raptors? I'm not positive. I don't know the details on it. Thank you. Apologize. Thanks. You're welcome. At this time, Jill, finance director.

Good morning. I just have one item this morning. Just looking for a motion to approve bills totaling 1,43,46165.

Motion to pay the bills. Second. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Jeff. Any discussion? Len, please. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. We yes. Meer, yes. Motion carries. Thanks, Jill. Thank you. At this time, we'll open up the floor for any items from the floor. Did I say that three times? Any items from the floor? Any items from the floor? Guess not. Charlie, you made a motion to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn. Charlie [snorts] and Jeff. Thank you. Any discussion? Len, please. W. Yes. Weey,

yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Helina, yes. Motion carries. Thank you.