Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting

All right. At this time, we're looking to see and approve the agenda. Len, Mr. Chair, there has been an addition under Lee Katz Merik's items, uh, the LS, law enforcement correctional dispatchers records contract, and you can strike the closed session for the remaining department head emails. We're starting with resolution 26-33 today. Motion to approve as amended. I'll second. Thanks, Jerry. Thanks, Tim. Any other discussion? Len, please. Rap. Yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Motion carries.

Any additions or corrections to the minutes? Make a motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. I'll second. Thanks, Charlie. Thanks, Jeff. Any other discussion on the minutes? Len, please. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. At this time, Chuckwel, you're up. Red Willow Arts Coalition. Good morning, gentlemen. Good morning.

This will be our 18th season out of the Douglas County Courthouse lawn. I brought my daughter Michelle with me and uh we are uh thankful for the use of the property. We are changing our procedures a bit this year. Uh in the past it's been let me know what time you'll be there and we'll meet you. And uh this year it's going to be call me when you're 15 minutes out and I'll be there five minutes before you get there to avoid a situation like we had one evening last summer.

Thank you. So, uh, we're we're trying to be proactive and, uh, but we, uh, we take this, uh, responsibility very seriously. We clean up the lawn. We take care of the take care of business. And, uh, we're thankful for the use of the property. Great. Thank you, board. We got the trailer situation. Yep. We got the trailer taken care of, right? Is the trailer going to be parked in the parking lot? Yep. Everything's all good off the street. Okay.

We do just want to clarify also if there is an issue that we are contacted Chuck or myself uh versus um approaching the talent or the people that are there. Um we're the ones that hired them and we want to be the ones that take care of uh the any rules that are at question. So my question is do the appropriate people have your phone numbers? Yep. Okay. Yep. And they the same with Rod. Yeah, with Rod. That's I mean the appropriate people, Rod and whoever. And you guys know Rod. We're in the book and and you he's in charge of our Google Red Willow and and our information will pop up. Okay. And it wouldn't hurt to give it to Lee either. Okay.

Please do that. You should. Okay. Board's wishes. I'll make a motion to approve the permit for Red Willow Arts Coalition to use the courthouse property. Second. Thanks Tim. Thanks Jerry. Any further discussion? Len, please. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap. Yes. We Yes. Motion carries. Thank you. Thanks, fellas. Thanks. Have a good season. We hope to pray for good weather, huh?

All right, Troy. Good morning. Good morning.

I have one item this morning and it is requesting permission to hire a deputy sheriff at a higher step than step one. Uh in this instance, uh again, I think you're aware that it's very competitive market for law enforcement officers right now. So we there is movement throughout the state because uh they're capable of doing that. In the past, if you work for a county or a city, transferring to a different county or city typically did not get lateral pay, but that has been the trend now for several years. And so this particular candidate is a currently a deputy sheriff uh in Grant County. He has four years of experience, grew up in in the Alexandria area. He's certified as a drug recognition expert. He also serves on the SWAT team of Ottertale County as the host agency for that. And so he's uh worked patrol for the last four years in neighboring county. We've worked obviously our deputies overlap sometimes so we're familiar uh with each other. So what I would ask the board to do is uh allow me to offer him a step three uh deputy sheriff as a paygra 10. So that's the request today. I'll make a motion to approve.

I'll second. Any further discussion? Len, please. Schmidt, yes. Helina, yes. Rap, yes. We Yes. Meer, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. At this time, County Coordinator Lee is coming up to talk about the law enforcement contract.

Morning, Mr. Chair, commissioners. Thank you. All right. So, we've got uh kind of wrapping up our negotiation seasons or season with our two last union groups. And so, one by one, uh the first one I have is the uh law enforcement supervisors contract that's under LS this year. Uh it uh previously was under Teamsters. This is similar to a lot of the other contracts with a 3% general wage adjustment uh reactivating the longevity benefit and um it's a two-year contract if I didn't mention that. So 26 and 27. So looking for the looking for the board to approve that contract. I'll make a motion to approve the LES law enforcement supervisors contract.

I second. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Jeff. Any discussion? Len, please. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. The next contract, very similar, two years, 2627, same uh 3% general wage adjustment, same reactivation of the longevity benefit. Um did add one feature on this one. uh when the um correctional officer is left alone in the jail without their supervisor, there is a lead pay that the negotiating panel and the union negotiated into the contract um because they have to make certain decisions that um the supervisor would have made if they were there. Um supervisor might have been at training that was outside the building or something. So, um it's not common, but it's something that uh was put in place. And uh looking again for the uh approval of the board on this contract. Just wanted to also add that the um spirit of the negotiations with the negotiating committee and the unions, both of these unions was was um productive and uh efficient and it was um seemed like it was a process that went well. once again, which we've talked about with our other unions.

I'll make a motion to approve. A second. Thanks, Jerry. Thanks, Jeff. Any discussion? Len, please. Rap, yes. We Yes. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. I do want to make a comment, Lee, again. Jeff and I both sat on that committee and it I was impressed for being on the first time. It ran well. It went well. The people that we were involved with, I mean, it really went well. I appreciate the work put in. It was great to have you both on there. I think it was a good process. So, good experience. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I got a question for Lee. So, all the contracts are settled now. This is it. We are done. We are done. Okay.

We've got some that are running three years. This will be interesting. first time for me. We'll have some offset years. We have some that run for two years. So, you know, essentially mid 2027, we'll be back at it with the groups that are just for the two-year and then the following year with the others. So, it'll be an interesting process when you have them running and ending on different years, but we'll see what that's like. and our comment. We kind of liked it maybe breaking it up a little bit because there was a lot of work at every one of these every week and got drawn out but it went well. Yeah, it's a lot of meetings so it might be nice having them off offset on on different years. Correct. Thanks. Thank you.

At this time Dave Rush, land and resource manager. Morning. Good morning, David. So, a couple things uh several things for you to consider this morning. The first being licenses uh which yeah, if we could take it by category, so landscaper excavator, we recommend approval of those licenses. Motion to approve. I'll second. Thanks, Jerry. Thanks, Tim. Any discussion? Got to be a excavator landscapers. That's what he's asking.

Correct. This is just for the excav excavators and landscapers. Correct. Correct. All right. Len, please. We Yes. Meer. Yes. Schmidt. Yes. Kina, yes. Rap. Yes. Motion carries. Thank you. And the next category would be transfer station. Uh we recommend approval of the license for Viking recycling. Motion to approve. Second. Thanks, Jeff. Thanks, Charlie. Any discussion? Len, please. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rep. Yes. We Yes. Motion carries.

Thank you. The next items that I have relate to uh cannabis, cannabis sales, registration, and compliance. And Angie Hasbro from Horizon Public Health has joined me. Um, I think the first thing that we'd like to uh deal with is a uh delegation agreement. I think if the board recalls a year or so ago when the county passed their ordinance, we allowed for municipalities to delegate their registration authority to the county and that registration is for retail sales of cannabis. And so, uh, we did have several, uh, municipalities that delegated that authority to us, um, and some that, uh, I think waited a little bit until they actually had, uh, the possibility of such a business. So, one of those was the city of Nelson. City of Nelson passed a resolution here at the beginning of this year delegating that registration authority to us. And then also they sought to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the county similar to other municipalities have done that simply lays out who has what responsibilities how uh that registration process will occur and costs associated with it how those will get paid for. Um and also the similar agreement um I believe we uh neglected maybe it's not us maybe it was the city of Brandon but they also sought to enter into an agreement with us many months ago and uh we just didn't get that uh in front of you. So it is the same agreement with the city of Brandon that uh some time

ago now delegated that registration authority to us. So you could uh separate those uh agreements or take that action you know together. It's completely up to you. The agreements are identical. Mr. Chair, are those licensed one year at a time? So the licensing is through the states, but the registration is an annual registration. So they have to come back annually to be registered.

Okay. So just I'm getting at is that say if there's say I don't know three violations and they we go say can't sell this anymore. No. Um it is possible for us to revoke uh the registration or suspend it. Um if we do so there's a period of time that that uh suspension is for and Angie I think it's 90 days maximum unless the OMC steps in and reinstates that registration. So we can suspend we can suspend we can revoke and they can change that

this the state I believe that is correct that the the state how did we get down this rabbit hole so far? Well this is this is really bad. It is. It is and and here we are yet. Yeah and here we are yet.

We want to make decisions and it's well that's fine. You guys don't count. We're going to do that for you in St. Paul. understanding that, you know, right now it's it's the authority that we have and we're going to exercise that authority um as as needed. Um the key thing is that through this registration process, we have the ability to do compliance checks and to have some say in what goes on over these businesses. And I certainly think uh at least it's in Office of Cannabis Management's the state's best interest to work with local jurisdictions. Otherwise, they are responsible and nobody's locally watching over this.

Mr. Chair, you you guys all know my day job used to be anyway. All right. And yes, the state approves all liquor licenses, but Vicki can take them away in the county. Doesn't have to ask St. Paul for them. Right. And that's what I'm saying. If you know this is supposed to have vent set up similar to the alcohol, but so if it I hear you. It's not your fault. It's not. It's just now I'm just venting. So do we charge a fee for registration? We do. Um and and if we could uh if it pleases the board, these these agreements are something. And then your next item before you are uh several registrations. So we can

let's move on this first. We we could if that's okay with the board to act on these memorandums of agreement. Gotcha. Board's wishes. We can do them all together. Yeah, we can do them together. I'll make a motion to approve. I'll second it. Any further discussion? Len, we're going to do both of these. Okay. Go ahead. Schmidt? Yes. Kina? Yes. Rap? Yes. Weey? Yes. Meer? Yep. Motion carries. Thanks.

Yes, thank you. Uh, appreciate that. So, the next item is um some registrations uh for the retail sales of lower potency hemp edibles. Um, again, if you recall, and I'll uh refresh the board and and the public, when cannabis was legalized by the state, it's basically split into a couple of different categories. Obviously, there's medical cannabis, but also there's what we refer to in our ordinance as adult use cannabis. And then there was a category called lower potency hemp edibles. And basically what this category includes are things like uh gummies and u vapes and THC beverages that have less than five milligrams per um serving. And so that category, the state uh allowed businesses to register with them early on and to sell lower potency hemp edibles, but once they had a rule in place required that those businesses come back and get licensed by the state and then ultimately uh have to be registered with Douglas County. Uh again, if you recall from our ordinance, we did not and cannot uh limit the number of lower potency hemp edible retail sales establishments and had decided that uh we would uh allow these pretty much where they were occurring. Uh previously there were bars and liquor stores and other establishments selling edibles and other things. So, um, many businesses came and got licensed by the state and now are seeking to be registered. Uh, and I don't, Angie, if there's anything you want to add at at this point with these registrations.

Yeah, good morning, uh, Mr. Chair, commissioners. With these registrations, as Dave said, they were previously called hemp derived cannib cannabonoid products. And so they have a transition period to now be licensed at the state as a low pony hemp edible. And then that also requires the local registration. So they OCM, the Office of Cannabis Management, said that they wanted to give until the end of March to make that transition possible, March of this year. And so that's why we're seeing a lot of registrations now. Whether they get all of those new licenses out by the end of March is yet to be seen. But for right now, we have three applications um of this new low poty hemp edible license. It's just a different name, but it's basically um very similar to the what they called the hemp derived can cannabonoid product previously. And so those three licenses that we have or the registrations that we have are uh Nelson Gas and Grocery, County Line Liquor, and then Sisters Beer, Wine, and Spirits.

So, Mr. Chair, so how much more work would you say this is going to add to your office or department? You know, we do licensing for tobacco and that's a that's a process. This certainly is a process because we didn't have anything established. Um hopefully once we get through these first few we can just get it you know more efficient and ironed out but it certainly has added some workload to our plates. Okay. So who goes around and follows up to make sure they're not using the wrong stuff or higher potency and those types of things.

There's some different avenues. So locally we can do compliance checks which is age uh compliance checks whether they're selling to underage individuals or not. Right. Um otherwise it's the office of cannabis management that is looking at the products. We do um some of our initiatives at public health is we do some environmental scans and so if we see some products that don't meet uh what they should be selling we would report them to the office of cannabis management and then they are supposed to investigate within a certain number of days and then take the required action. Is that a report Mr. Chair? I'm sorry. Go ahead. That to St. Paul. Right. Right. And then they're going to come out and check. There has a

reasonable time thereafter. Right. There has been some products that have um listed inaccurate information about potency and whatnot and then the office of cannabis management has sent out an announcement. You can no longer sell this type of product because it's false advertising and things like that. So, we anticipate we may be seeing some of that, but that is the role of the Office of Cannabis Management. What happens if one of them gets overdosed because it's labeled wrong or done something? Yep. How long before it's going to fall on local law enforcement? Yeah. Well, the compliance checks are required once a year at every business.

And the compliance checks, but they're required by Horizon, I think, to do them right now. Through the state statute, we're required to do compliance checks once a year through Horizon, not through law enforcement. Um, we work with the sheriff's department to do the compliance checks. So, you're going to be able to do that? Yep. Okay. At first, they were

Well, m Mr. Chair, Mr. Meyer, you're correct. And if you recall from that ordinance drafting process that u law enforcement uh Sheriff Walerson was involved in that and um they agreed to uh participate. They'll get reimbursed for those efforts as well. the the licensing uh excuse me, the registration process has a fee. Uh we're hopeful that that fee covers the costs both for Horizon Public Health and for compliance checks where the sheriff's office would be involved. And if not, um I'll bring you back to your previous action, that memorandum of agreement with those communities. Uh if the registration fees don't cover those costs, then we would seek to have uh reimbursement from those communities. Um, it is notable though, uh, when this, uh, cannabis was legalized by the state and these, uh, registrations were made available to the county, uh, if we did that registration process, we were to receive a portion of the state tax on cannabis sales. And in last year's legislative session, the legislature saw fit to pull that back. So we will no longer be receiving that uh that portion of that tax which would help help offset those costs at the county level.

I was on that committee with you when they did that and then when they and all that re we had to get it done in that time frame as I recall and then the legislators decided to change sharing any of the tax and they've said you must be involved in order to receive any in the first place. So, I should quit whining about St. Paul. That's a fact. What a joke. All right. Good luck. Good luck.

All right. So, Mr. Chair, uh, Horizon Public Health is, uh, seeking your approval of the three low potency hemp edible retail sales licenses. I'll make a motion to approve the lower potency hemp edibles retail sales registrations. I'm going to second Mr. Chair. What does this do, Angie, for our number, you know, David, that we talked about four in the county. I know these are different levels and different licenses. So is there anything a should not be available anymore?

The low potency hemped edibles which these are for have no cap. That's the that's there's no cap on the low potency. Yep. There's no cap on the low potency. We haven't had a Yeah, I could but I'm not. We haven't had a cannabis business retail license um in the county yet. But here's that leads me to what's happening in the city of Alexandria. There are two cannabis retail registrations which are classified as micro businesses active. And so out of the four that the county needs, two are taken by the city of Alexandria. There are also two pending cannabis retail registrations through the city of Alexandria. So the county may if those go through, the county may not have to do any of those cannabis business retail registrations.

Thanks, Angie.

Yep. it it and Angie and I didn't talk before, but uh my understanding is is that in the city of Alexandria, only one of those businesses is fully licensed by the state. Uh and so unless they are fully licensed by the state, we would not recognize. So, it appears to me that the city is registering businesses with a provisional license and then those state licenses. So, what Angie's absolutely right. We're a little bit of a horse race going on here about how that's happening, but potentially we could be looking at the city consuming all of the licenses that are capped by the state. Um, and just real quick, I know we're in the middle of a potential motion here, but um, please keep an eye on this year's legislature. Uh, there is already a bill out there that's proposing that the cap be raised to, I believe it's an additional one per 12,500, which would push us up to five would be the minimum.

Somebody's going to get on the edge every time. So, somebody's complaining about not getting an opportunity. It must be quite the process because how many places in town when I was on the city planning we approved two three of them and they still aren't open. Yeah. I I think it's a very lengthy uh and arduous process that these businesses are are involved in. Um, and maybe Angie can speak to this too, but we had lots of inquiries, right?

Uh, six, eight months ago. And then when you go back and look at the o OCM has now provided us on their website, every month they come out with a list of all of the licenses that have been granted. And it there's uh when I checked at the beginning of March, there was one that had been granted in Douglas County. and that's the one that uh is open and operating. So, and it's happening pretty quickly now, but still, you know, here we are 8 months, 12 months into this and there's just a handful of businesses that have been able to perfect a license. All right, thanks Tim. Thanks, Charlie. Uh Len, please.

Kina, yes. Rap. A reluctant. Yes. I foresee a lot of changes coming. We Meyer. Yep. Schmidt. Yes. Motion carries. Thank you. And I just want to say it we we've had an excellent partnership with Horizon Public Health on this from the very beginning. They were actively involved and and still are. They've got great staff people uh working on this. So, it's it's been going well. So, thank you. Good. Yeah.

Thanks. So, the next item I have for you is a an a an amendment to the soccer watershed 10-year comprehensive watershed management plan. Uh I've asked Danielle Anderson, our county water planner to join us. Um she participates in those meetings and uh before I turn it over just to remind the board. So, we are part of essentially five watersheds in Douglas County. I mean, each one of those has a a program. Uh they've done a one watershed, one plan, excuse me, or in the process of doing so. And it's through that plan that we're now able to get funding for different projects. And so that's what Danielle has come to talk to you about today is a revision to that comprehensive plan uh to include a project. I believe it's uh is it in the sock center area for that? It's

Danielle will let you know. So, it's it's a minor plan amendment to do an assessment on the cold spring dam at the outlet of the Sock River chain of lakes. It's a very minor amendment to the plan overall. Um, and it's is just to do that assessment. By putting the doing this amendment, we're able to fund that assessment through the watershed money where without this amendment, we can't.

Mr. Chair, got Danielle, did you have a a price estimate or anything on that what that's going to cost? It's estimated to cost $115,000. Okay. for this study and then after that whatever they find for modifying that dam because right now it's washing out really bad and a lot of sediment is entering the water and then whatever they figure out to do will address that later. Would that money then be assessed through the sock river wershed to the land owners?

This money will not go to the land owners. It will the money will go straight from the comprehensive wershed management money the one wershed one plan funding to whoever is hired to do the assessment. Okay. So there will be no uh assessment on the taxpayers no to do this. Okay. Is the cost was that estimated or did you already get some quotes? That is estimated. Mr. Chair, go ahead. Um, is this is the process like the one the new one they're putting in at the north end of Osakus at all? The the the rock? Yeah. No, it's that they're not looking at replacing it with that type of

the what they're going to do hasn't been decided yet because after they do the assessment, they still have to figure out something that the DNR will approve and that will look work in that location. It's heavily populated. So they have a lot of houses to work around and there's a road that No, it's similar to what happened up in Carass, but I mean the way it sounds and yeah, it's heavily. It's on their chain of lakes and everything. Just it's really similar. That's why I thought that'd be a great application. Okay. Yeah. They're just coming in to do the assessment for 115,000. That would like Houston Engineering. There you go. There you go. Okay. It's all it's for. All it needs to be done. Yep. and the wershed's going to do it if we like it or not.

Well, better them doing it than us. That's true. So, I'll make the motion. Thanks, Charlie. You know, I'm going to second it, but I just want to make a comment here, and that is that the amount of money that the Sock River wershed spends for what I think the return is concerns me and it has for as long as I've been on that board. Oh, that's my comment. Thanks, Jerry. Any other discussion? Len, please. Rap. Yes. We Yes. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Motion carries.

Very good.

So, the last item I have for you is again old business. Uh just to refresh at your last meeting, uh the DHC properties, Justice Family Properties and Lake Darling Resort Homeowners Association had an application for a conditional use permit to allow a variety of uses essentially expanding the current resort on Lake Darling. um at that meeting uh you saw fit to divide the question uh and approved all but one of those uses and some conditions associated with that. And then uh the second part of the question which related to a public meeting space and restaurant, you had some considerable discussion on that and after a failed motion, you tabled that to gather some additional information related to traffic and pedestrian safety on County Road 22. Um, again, what's before you today as you remove this uh pull this back off the table and and bring it for discussion is a a conditional use permit amendment. The use that you would be considering is to allow a public meeting space and restaurant. And right now, planning commission recommends approval of that with uh what is it? four conditions that are in your packet there. So, um again, we can have some discussion. Uh if you have questions, um happy to entertain them. You can certainly uh your options that are available to you are to approve or deny or to table or to take no action as you have previously. But, um

so that's where question for you, David. What were the conditions on just this part because we separated them all. Can you just list them again for me?

Yeah, so there were and those conditions uh as we separated the question, we separated what the planning commission recommended for conditions uh to include those associated with those uses. So in this case, the conditions were 12 through 16. Um 12 dealt with uh parking spaces and where they were located and how many were required. Condition 13 uh allowed them to have an additional access point to 22. Condition 14 talked about pedestrian safety sidewalks um pedestrian crosswalks and markings and signage um on County Road 22. Condition 15 had to do with signage within the resort for pedestrians directing them to those crosswalks. and condition 16 addressed when this public meeting room and restaurant could be open. Mr. Chair, just a question. Did there was any uh anything brought up about like if the restaurant was there as far as delivery trucks? I mean, I most of them get delivered in semis. I I I'm not seeing that brought up here.

Well, I believe, Mr. Chair, at the uh Mr. rap at the last meeting that was a point that was brought up by uh it might have been uh Commissioner Kina about delivery vehicles in and out of there. Um so at at this time what you have before you are the conditions that were uh recommended by planning commission back in in January. So nothing has changed with those uh proposed conditions. Anyone else?

Well, I just got a question here. We under the redefined restaurant plans, reduce structure footprint, increase parking, and maintain safe crossing and stuff and schedule food deliveries during off hours. You can't schedule food deliveries. They're going to deliver when they're in the area. They're not coming back at any time. So if whether it's during peak time or not and uh right now it's a blank area. There is no set setbacks yet. There is no set restaurant size. We're approving a blank slate if we approve this. There is no plan. And I can see approving something where there is no plan. We can do this. We can do that. Are they going to do it? We don't have a guarantee of that. So I I just don't feel that if they want to build a restaurant, they can build their restaurant. If we deny this, they can come back for a con a conditional use permit after the restaurant is open to open it to the public. So they are not being denied anything really. It's just right. As of now, it's being denied being open to the public because we I I can't approve something when I don't know what's going to be built there, what what it's going to look like.

I understand. Anyone else? U Mr. Chair?

Yes, Jeff. Um after consideration of all the information been presented to the board and related to the application of Lake Darling Resort and have a meeting room restaurant open to the public. I believe that the use of presented the application recommended for approval by the planning advisory commission cannot be implemented in a manner that would protect the safety and the welfare of pedestrians acrossing county road 22 and the patrons of the restaurant the proposed restaurant and vehicle operators and passengers traveling through the conduction area. I'm making a motion to deny the use of public room and restaurant that was presented to us due to the current proposal not adequately addressing the traffic and pedestrian safety hazard and based on the information in the staff report provided by the public and information provided by the applicant. Because of the denial of this youth, I would include my motion removal of condition 12- 16 and addition of a condition that would prohibit the use of a private meeting room and restaurant by non resort guests.

That's your motion. That is the motion. Yeah, I'll second that. Any further discussion? Lay, please. Weey, yes. Meyer, abstain. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Wat, yes. Motion carries. Very good. Um, thank you. I appreciate the time and effort that you put into this and uh yeah, thank you. Thanks, David.

At this time, Tim Ericson, public works director.

Morning. Good morning, Tim. So, just three items for the board's consideration this morning. Uh, the first one is to approve advertising for bids for our 2026 pavement markings contract. Um, if approved, we would open those bids April 15th at 2 p.m. over at public works. I'll make a motion to approve. Second. Thanks, Jerry. Any discussion? Len, please. Meer? Yes. Schmidt? Yes. Kina, yes. Rep. Yes. We Yes. Motion carries. Thank you. Next item that I have is to approve advertising for bids for our 2026 chloride for dust control um application. We would open those at the same time at public works.

Um April 15th, 2 p.m. I'll make a motion to advertise for bids for 2026 chloride. I'll second. I was waiting for Jerry. I don't like chloride. Any discussion? Len, please. Schmidt. Yes. Kina, yes. Rap, yes. Weey, yes. Meyer, yes. Motion carries. Thank you. The last item I have on your agenda is to approve some out of state travel. As you guys have guessed, this is probably for Pat. Um, where are you going? Yep. Pat is uh looking to attend the Niko annual conference to represent Knack. This July?

That's July 17th through the 20th in New Orleans. And I sure don't want to go to New Orleans in July. Um, but Pat gets to if you guys approve. So move. I'll second. Thanks, Charlie. Thanks, Tim. Discussion. Len, please. Kina, yes. Rap. Yes. We Yes. Meyer. Yep. Schmidt. Yes. Motion carries. Mr. Chair, I got a question for you. Go ahead. On number four, Pocket Lake. Mhm. It's starting to break off again. So, what is going to be done? Is that going to get dug out or whatever before they So, the repave?

Yep. in that paving contract, they're going to actually grind that out, bring it back down to to the gravel, repack everything. Um, pave back to what that existing um lift thickness is, and then go over the top of all of that. So, when we had our uh we did some soil borings in that area before we rebuilt, it did tell us that what we put in, it's likely to settle like an extra 2 in, which is exactly what it did. Um, we needed to pave it quickly because MDOT coming through with 114. So, we're going to we'll grind that up and we'll take care of that. So, that'll be the first road done this spring.

Uh that's going to be up to uh we haven't had our uh pre-construction meeting with Mark Sander Gravel yet, but they're the contractor that that has that job. So, we don't know exactly where they're going to they don't have any dates set. I don't know when their schedule yet because yeah, we haven't had that precon. And another question on 14. I drove out there and I see it's holding as of now.

It is holding as of now. Um so our our grading contract with 14 um again we're going to open that not next Wednesday but the following so April 1st. Um what that includes is a search charge. So what we'll do is we'll peel the gravel back. We'll peel some of the top soil back on the shoulder and we'll put material right in there. So we're going to really trying to force it down into whatever um pee bed or whatever is down in there um until it starts bearing is what we'll do. So, we have in the contract, they start with that because they can put the gravel in there, have barricades, we can still have traffic going through, and then they build the rest of the road. And then when that's done moving, we'll keep monitoring all of that. Uh when it's done moving, we'll go back in, remove all of that, and open it for traffic.

And that's scheduled to get a lift to blacktop this fall, right? Or not? No. No. That's going to sit gravel again. Okay. All winter. Yeah. 27. Number four. Is that on us? Yes. Roundabout. The one on number four. Number four with Pocket Lake. With the Pocket Lake. Yes. That where we moved it a little bit. Yes. That's why it's on us. We've we've we knew it was going to because it isn't part of the old bed, right? Yeah. Yep. So, it was going to settle. Normally, when we leave things sit for gravel or over gravel over the winter, um we're not paving in May, right? But we were paving in May. So that is on us. Yes.

All right. Any other questions? Seven is holding. Should been a tough one. They have below zero again this. So So the beauty of seven holding. Yes. So there there is still a dip there, but it's it's now more like uh every time you have a culvert through the road where you have the natural dip going through, it's not one lane going more than the other. It's all uniform now through there. So I think that's I I think we got it. Yeah, cuz I haven't driven on it since December. So I was just wondering when frost starts coming out that's going to happen.

We're We've been monitoring that one. Um, we actually have more survey shots than usual through there because we want to see if it's there's a drop in the lane or if it's all the way across the road. So far, it's all the way across the road. So, it's behaving like a culvert through the road, which there is a culvert through the road there. Mr. Go ahead, Chair Tim. over by the environmental center. That piece of ground where they put the sidewalk in from the city, but the ground they say belongs to us. Is that true? And if it is, can we maybe talk to you a little bit about how we can make it look presentable

the other than looking like a thistle thistle garden this summer? Let let me look into that. You have to. It's the boulevard, but they where they put the sidewalk. So, we got growth on both sides. Okay. So, it's You'll take a look at how well it filled in last fall. I mean, it looks pretty good on Ncomomas. On Ncomomas in that city. Yeah. But they're going to tell us that the county owns the damn property. That's what I have on. That should be their right of way. But, let me look into that. If you would please to bring it up because I got a buddy of mine that calls me and tells me how great it looks all the time. Especially he said them purple flowers on top of the thistles.

Those are pretty. I got a question for Charlie. Okay. That environmental center sign sucks. You cannot see when you're pulling out of that place to the north at all. You pull out real quick. Yeah, I know. You're right. We're gonna talk about that. Should never have been put right there. Write that down there, Mr. I did. I just wrote meeting Thursday. Got meetings all day Thursday. You talking about both signs or just the one? Well, the one to the north. Yeah, that's the one that really is bad. That goes to the recycling center. Yep. Where the recycling center is. Yeah. And that's where the one everybody we want to go in there. Yeah.

Got to look over your shoulder. Thanks, Tim. That's that straight street. All right, Vicki, please. Good morning, Mr. Chair. Good morning.

I've got one item. This is a liquor licency name change uh for the new owners of Melbby Outpost. Uh Renee Odin's and Tim Anderson are seeking uh a liquor license essentially to operate uh Melbby Outpost. uh application has been received um for their on and off sale liquor license and the sheriff and county attorney have reviewed and approved um finding no um black eyes we would say in the background check so everything's good. Uh L Township Board has also approved it so bring it before you for final approval before submitting it to the state. I I'll make a motion to approve. I'll second.

Thanks Jerry. Thanks Tim. Any discussion? Yeah, it's just Vicki is that it so they only get it for the couple of months there and then they have to they got to turn right around and renew for Yep. They'll have to renew for their license period July 1 to June 30th or 27. Did they get charged proportionally for that or Yeah, we just Yep. Pro-rated prorated. There you go. One one quarter or something. Yeah. April, May, and June. Len, please. Rap. Yes. We Yes. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Motion carries. Perfect. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you.

I know. I know Jill isn't here, so I We have a guest appearance today. Yeah, guest appearance. Celebrity appearance. Celebrity appearance. I like that. Okay. Go ahead. Um I just have a motion to approve the bills in the amount of 1,282,591.7. Thank you. Motion to pay the bills. Second. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Charlie. Any discussion? Lay, please. We Yes. Meer, yes. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap. Yes. Motion carries. Thanks. It's pretty easy, wasn't it? Yeah.

All right. At this time, we'll take items from the floor. Does anyone want to come up and speak on behalf of themselves or anything? Any items from the floor? Any items from the floor? Not at this time. Charlie made a motion to adjurnn. Second. Thanks, Jerry. Len, please. Schmidt, yes. Kina, yes. Rap. Yes. We Yes. Meyer. Yep. Motion carries.