Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners approved several resolutions, including a grant application for Lake Brophy Park Trail Armoring, and accepted donations for the Sheriff’s fitness room and canine program. The board also discussed and approved various land use applications and a public works contract.

About this meeting

Government Body
Board of Commissioners
Meeting Type
Board Of Commissioners
Location
Douglas County, MN
Meeting Date
June 2, 2026

Transcript

290 sections

0:04Speaker 11

meeting to order? Talk about the agenda.

0:09 – 0:21Speaker 6

Yes, Mr. Chair, there's been one addition under Public Works, a resolution supporting the grant application for Lake Brophy Park Trail Armoring. We are starting with resolution 26-48 today.

0:22Speaker 4

I'll make motion to approve.

0:25Speaker 11

I second. Thanks, Jerry. Thanks, Jeff. Any other discussion? NAY, PLEASE.

0:33Speaker 6

WAY. YES. MEYER. YES. SCHMIDT.

0:37Speaker 6

MOTION CARRIES.

0:39Speaker 11

AT THIS TIME, LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON THE MINUTES. ANY MOTIONS THERE?

0:45Speaker 3

MR. CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT MINUTES FOR MAY 19TH REGULAR MEETING.

0:50Speaker 11

SECOND. THANKS, CHARLIE. THANKS, JERRY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? Hearing none, Lanai, please.

0:59Speaker 6

Meyer. Yes. Schmidt.

1:04Speaker 6

Motion carries.

1:05Speaker 11

Thank you. At this time, we'll call up County Coordinator Lee Katzmaric.

1:18Speaker 7

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Commissioners. Good morning.

1:21Speaker 11

Good morning.

1:23 – 2:45Speaker 7

Yeah, before you, I have an action item on an agent of record for our health insurance plan. Just to look back, brief history in the past years. When we came out of Prime Health in 2023, we moved to a different broker and a different health plan, and that was through Mahold Agency in St. Cloud. Then in 2024, they were purchased by Gallagher. AND WE'VE REMAINED ON THAT SAME PLAN SINCE THAT TIME. BEFORE YOU IS JUST PERMISSION TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT BROKER AGAIN. AND THAT WOULD BE WITH NORTH RISK PARTNERS. THE REASON FOR THIS MOVE WOULD BE PRIMARILY TO GET A obtain a broker that has some good experience with self-insured models and open up some options for the county. We've been in close talks with the local school district and I've talked to LeSueur County also who have experienced working with North Risk Partners and have heard positive feedback from both of those entities. And again, I think the board, allow the board just to see some options and look. and options we don't have to look at now. So asking for approval to change the agent of record for our health insurance.

2:47Speaker 3

Make a motion to approve.

2:50Speaker 11

I'll second it. Any further discussion? Lene, please.

2:58Speaker 6

Kalina. Yes. Rapp. Yes. Way. Yes. Motion carries.

3:03Speaker 11

Thank you. Thanks, Lee. Sheriff Troy Wolberson.

3:19Speaker 4

Good morning.

3:20 – 3:45Speaker 10

Good morning. I have two items today. Both are donations. First donation is from Tom Hasse. It's in the amount of and he didn't ask that it be designated to anything specific, so I would ask that it be designated to our fitness room. We have a fund for that room.

3:47Speaker 1

I make a motion to approve resolution number 2648, accept the donation of $50. Second.

3:57Speaker 11

Second. Thanks, Jeff. Thanks, Jerry. Any further discussion? Lene, please.

4:06Speaker 11

Yes. Rapp. Yes.

4:08Speaker 6

Way. Yes. Meyer. Yes. Motion carries.

4:12 – 4:46Speaker 10

Thank you. The second donation is in the amount of $5,000. The donor would like to remain anonymous for today's meeting anyway. But... they would like it designated to our canine program. So very generous donation, actually the second one from these folks. So very nice of them. I'd ask the board to accept the donation of $5,000.

4:47Speaker 4

I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2649 to accept donation for canine unit.

4:54Speaker 11

I'll second. Thanks, Jerry. Thanks, Tim. Any further discussion? Lene, please.

5:04Speaker 6

Meyer. Yes. Schmidt.

5:07Speaker 6

Motion carries.

5:08Speaker 11

Thank you, Troy. Thanks. At this time, we'll call up Dave Rush, Land and Resource.

5:21 – 5:39Speaker 9

Morning, board. Good morning. Good morning. So the first item that I have for your consideration today are licenses, or excuse me, a license for an excavation company. We recommend approval of that license.

5:43Speaker 3

Motion to approve the license.

5:45Speaker 12

I'll second.

5:46Speaker 11

Thanks Charlie, thanks Tim. Any further discussion? Lene, please.

5:53Speaker 6

Way. Yes. Meyer. Yes. Schmidt.

5:57Speaker 6

Kalina. Yes. Motion carries.

6:01 – 6:29Speaker 9

So the next item I have for you is the final plat of Oak Ridge First Edition. This is in Ida Township. It is a two-lot plat, the purpose of which was to realign the property lines of three lots into two lots. They've met all of the requirements that we have for final plat as well as there were no conditions on the preliminary plat. So we recommend this for recording.

6:32Speaker 12

I'll make a motion to approve final plat for Oak Ridge first edition as presented.

6:43Speaker 11

Second. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Jerry. Any further discussion? Lene, please.

6:51Speaker 6

Way. Yes. Meyer. Yes. Schmidt. Yes. Kalina. Yes. Rapp. Yes. Motion carries.

6:59 – 8:50Speaker 9

Thank you, the next two items I have are from our Planning Advisory Commission meeting last week. The first is a preliminary plat. This is Brant's Beach, second edition. It's in Mo Township, 10-lot plat. These would be lots, what we would call back lots, meaning they're opposite of lake lots. You can see in the preliminary plat drawing, they're on the south side of an existing township road. So there is infrastructure there already. The 10th lot, which is lot one, block two, in some discussion with the developer, we requested that There's a 66 foot strip of land that extends south from the existing township road. We requested that that strip of land remain with the larger remnant parcel so that at the time of future development that a road could be constructed through there to serve whatever future development might occur to the south. This renders lot one block two without any frontage. Board of Adjustment granted a variance for that to occur. Lot one block two will have an easement up the Branch Beach Road and at some point in the future when the area to the south is developed and the road is constructed, it will at that point gain the frontage that it needs. So with that, Planning Commission recommended approval. There were six conditions, primarily dealing with a turnaround easement and to ensure that the existing drainage infrastructure can handle runoff from the new development.

8:57Speaker 4

And Dave, there's no easements to the lake at all?

9:00Speaker 9

No easements were sought in this. None of the property they're planning has lake frontage.

9:18Speaker 12

Mr. Chair, I got a question for Dave. Wasn't there something in that that lot 10 could not be developed?

9:26 – 9:56Speaker 9

No, the condition said that Lot 10, which is actually Lot 1, Block 2, that it could not be further subdivided without meeting the minimum requirements for right-of-way frontage. It's a larger tract. Yeah. And as I understand it from my staff, the board's intention was they didn't want it to be subdivided again without having the frontage that it needed on a proper right-of-way.

9:57Speaker 12

Right, because that's what I meant, that it couldn't be developed until that frontage road was in there.

10:01 – 10:40Speaker 9

Well, understanding... Developed to us if they wanted to put a house and stuff on it. They could do that We would consider that development, but they couldn't go in and subdivide and create more Lots, okay They have an easement to get there now There is no easement in place to reach that parcel so This would let them put a lot of our house on it Well, they would, through this process, when the plat is recorded, an easement to that lot would be included in the plat process.

10:42Speaker 12

That was a 66-foot easement.

10:45 – 11:04Speaker 9

The tract of land that extends up to the existing right-of-way will be 66 feet in width. I'm not entirely sure what kind of easements, whether they'd provide it across the entire 66 or if they'll do a 30-foot easement within that. I'm unsure. Okay.

11:17Speaker 11

FORWARD'S WISHES.

11:24Speaker 3

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN.

11:29Speaker 11

I'LL SECOND IT. THANKS, CHARLIE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL GOOD. LENE, PLEASE.

11:38Speaker 6

MEYER. YES. SCHMIDT.

11:42Speaker 6

YES. WAY. YES. MOTION CARRIES.

11:46 – 13:29Speaker 9

Thank you. So our last application is a conditional use permit by DOB Properties. This is located in Carlos Township near Carlos Corners, access off of County Road 42. The applicant has a tract here that he's, looking to have a constructed building for storage of watercraft and lakeshore recreational equipment, other types of recreational equipment, as well as some outdoor storage of the same. I'm assuming the outdoor storage will be primarily docks and lifts, and watercraft and RVs will likely be within the building that they're proposing to construct. Planning Commission reviewed it. They looked at seven conditions on the business, particularly they wanted to ensure that the outdoor storage area did not continue to grow, so they put some limits on that, that that was set back from neighboring properties. and that they had some screening, natural screening. There's trees out there today in the places where the trees were not dense enough or not existent. The conditions that they're recommending would be to plant trees in those areas, limit lighting, deal with noxious weeds, those sorts of things. With those seven conditions, Planning Commission recommends approval of the Conditional Use Permit.

13:34Speaker 12

I'll make a motion to approve the conditional use permit for DOB properties with conditions.

13:45Speaker 11

Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Jeff. Excuse me. Any further discussion? Lene, please.

13:54Speaker 11

Yes. Rapp. Yes.

13:56Speaker 6

Way. Yes. Meyer. Yes. Motion carries.

14:01 – 14:50Speaker 9

Mr. Chair, just a couple of reminders to the board, maybe if you're not aware of them, their announcements. If you recall, June 3rd at 6 p.m. in the Public Works building, there will be a public meeting on the public waters inventory corrections. If I recall, at a previous meeting, you appointed Charlie and Jerry to participate in that process. Staff did meet here about a week ago to take a look at that, the DNR proposals. So I think members of your staff will attend, and if Commissioners Meyer and Rapp want to attend, that would be, Or did you publish that or no?

14:51Speaker 6

We have published that so all commissioners can attend.

14:54 – 16:31Speaker 9

Yeah, so that's June 6th or June 3rd. That's this Wednesday, like tomorrow. That'll be this Wednesday. At 6 p.m. At 6 p.m., Public Works. I also want to mention... that the Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Council are holding what they call a member social at the Legacy of the Lakes Museum on June 3rd from 2 to 5 p.m. Their guest speaker happens to be the DNR Commissioner Sarah Stroman. So if you have thoughts or questions you'd like to share with the DNR Commissioner, She'll be at that meeting. Lastly, I believe the board received a public notice about a power line extension that's coming from, and this one would be the Fargo-Moorhead area down to the substation in Alexandria. There's a public meeting about that route June 4th at Broadway Ballroom. They're having an open house from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and a public meeting from 11 to 1. As I understand it, that route follows the CapEx 2020. So basically, they're stringing another line on the big power poles out along the interstate. So if you're interested in that... That would be 345 kilovolt line. This one would be on those poles, so there's not a... Councillor Neill It's on the existing right away. Councillor Neill It's on the existing.

16:31Speaker 12

Councillor Neill And that was this Thursday, June 4th, you said?

16:36 – 16:50Speaker 9

Councillor Neill Yep, Thursday, June 4th, open house at 10, public meeting at 11, at the Broadway Ballroom. So lots of fun things to go to. Hopefully there'll be refreshments.

16:52Speaker 11

Unless you have questions, thank you. Thanks, David. Vicki Doling, auditor treasurer.

16:59Speaker 12

So Charlie, are they serving lunch?

17:02Speaker 11

Yeah, they're there till one.

17:05Speaker 12

That's what I was wondering. I knew I could get that farmer there.

17:12Speaker 11

That's all it took was a free meal.

17:15Speaker 5

Good morning, Mr. Chair.

17:15Speaker 11

Go ahead, Vicki, good morning.

17:17Speaker 5

I've got a resolution for the American Cancer Society looking to perform a raffle on July 10th at Next Step Home Care out in Hudson Township.

17:28Speaker 4

Make a motion to approve. Resolution 2650? Yep. Yep.

17:37Speaker 11

Thanks, Jerry. Thanks, Charlie. Any discussion? Lenny, please.

17:44Speaker 6

Rapp? Yes. Way? Yes. Meyer? Yes. Schmidt? Yes. Motion carries.

17:50Speaker 5

And the next resolution is for Heart of the Lakes Ducks Unlimited, Chapter 286. On June 23rd, they will be looking to perform a raffle at the Alexandria Shooting Park.

18:06Speaker 4

I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 2651. I'll second.

18:12Speaker 11

Thanks, Jerry. Thanks, Tim. Any discussion? Lene, please.

18:19Speaker 6

Way. Yes. Meyer. Yes. Schmidt. Yes. Kalina.

18:23Speaker 6

Motion carries.

18:25Speaker 5

That's all I've got.

18:26 – 18:40Speaker 11

Thanks, Vicki. I see Jill isn't here, so I got what, Brianna? Yes. I'm glad you're filling in.

18:42Speaker 2

I'm just looking for a motion to approve bills, excuse me, in the amount of $16,123,638.98.

18:51Speaker 11

Can we keep it a day to get one more day of interest?

18:58Speaker 2

Unfortunately, no.

19:00Speaker 11

I'll make a motion to approve the pay to bills.

19:04Speaker 12

I'll second.

19:05Speaker 11

Thanks, Tim. Any discussion? Lene, please.

19:09Speaker 6

Way? Yes. Meyer? Yes. Schmidt?

19:15Speaker 6

Motion carries.

19:16Speaker 11

Thank you. Tim Erickson, Public Works Director, come on up.

19:33Speaker 11

Good morning.

19:35 – 20:52Speaker 8

So last week we opened bids on SP02109005. This is our multi-use trail on McKay Avenue running from the Central Lakes Trail going north. Summary of those bids are in your packet. I do have a full abstract if that's something that you are interested in. As you can see, bids came in a little bit higher than what we were anticipating. Two major reasons for that. First of all, our timeframe on this is very quick because we're looking to get this done before school starts. And actually, talking with Joe Riley Construction, they're hoping to start next week, which as long as they have contracts and bonds, that's really all I care about. But they're looking to get going, something to get their crews moving on. The other reason, when we put this engineer's estimate together, it was back in February and we were not at war with an OPEC nation. So our mixed price came in quite a bit higher. With all that said, the overrun state aid, it's eligible for our state aid, our gas tax, so that's where that money will come from for that overrun. We do have that funding. So I'd make that recommendation that we award this contract to Joe Riley Construction.

20:53Speaker 12

Mr. Chair, I got a question. Are you going to start by discovery so you get that section done first, or where are you going to start?

21:00Speaker 8

I won't know until we sit down at a pre-con with Riley's.

21:04Speaker 12

Because it probably would be better if we started to get done in front of the school?

21:09Speaker 8

So I would imagine what they're going to do, they'll do the removals, and that's kind of why they're looking to get in really quick. They'll have a sub that comes in to do all the concrete.

21:20Speaker 8

they'll probably tear up the whole thing, and then it's just a matter of where their concrete sub starts, but we can talk to them about that as well.

21:27 – 21:40Speaker 8

They'll have the rail crossing in there as well, so that's a great natural place to split up a job, north half and south half. Right. We'll find out where they want to go at their pre-con.

21:40Speaker 11

Okay. Tim, that's going to be eight foot wide? Ten. Ten. All right. Thank you.

21:49Speaker 12

I'll make a motion to approve Joe Riley Construction for the construction of Central Lakes, well, it ain't Central Lakes Trail, for the trail.

21:59Speaker 11

Second. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Charlie. Any further discussion? Linnaeus, please.

22:06Speaker 6

Meyer. Yes. Schmidt. Yes. Kalina.

22:09Speaker 11

Yes. Rapp. Yes.

22:12Speaker 6

Motion carries.

22:15 – 23:03Speaker 8

Thank you very much. The next item I have is the Kensington Rail Crossing. So as you guys recall, Railroad and MnDOT reached out to Public Works. They were looking to close the crossing on Casale 151, which is Central Avenue. We sat down, Commissioner Way, myself, and Jake Huffman sat down with Kensington City Council, let them know, hey, this is what came to us. We had multiple levels of feedback from the community against closing that rail crossing. And then at our work session at your last meeting, we discussed a little bit further, the board made that decision that no, we're gonna leave everything open. So what we're really just looking for today is just a motion from the board saying, yep, we're leaving everything open.

23:06Speaker 1

I'm going to make a motion that we leave the railroad crossing open and per the wishes of the community of Kensington.

23:17Speaker 12

I will second that. Do we need to state that it's on County State Highway 151 in the motion?

23:25Speaker 8

If you would like.

23:28Speaker 11

You can add that.

23:29Speaker 12

Add that. Addition to that.

23:33Speaker 11

Then I will second that. Thanks, Jeff. Thanks, Tim. Any other discussion? Yeah, Mr. Chair.

23:39Speaker 4

So, Tim, is there going to be anything else about giving that road back to the city, or what are we going to do there?

23:46Speaker 8

At this point, we're going to leave everything as it is. All right.

23:50Speaker 12

All right. I got one other question for him. Go ahead. Them culverts, did you check with CP on anything on that or not?

23:59Speaker 8

Um... So we haven't brought that up, but they are aware that that doesn't drain. So they're going to come to us pretty quick with a request to make sure that our culverts work.

24:09Speaker 12

Okay. So you're pretty sure they'll come to you?

24:13Speaker 8

Oh, I'm very positive they're going to come to us.

24:16Speaker 12

Okay. Just so we get it taken care of. Yes.

24:20Speaker 11

Any other questions or concerns or discussion? All good. Lene, please.

24:28Speaker 6

Way? Yes. Meyer? Yes. Motion carries.

24:33 – 24:53Speaker 8

Thank you very much. The last item that I have for you is a resolution supporting a grant application for Lake Brophy Park Trail Armoring. And I know Brad is here for any questions. This is a resolution you guys have passed in the past. They needed a sentence added to the end, so we're really just updating that resolution.

25:05Speaker 11

I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2652 to seek a grant for Lake Brophy Park Trail.

25:15Speaker 12

I will second that.

25:17Speaker 11

Thanks, Tim. Any discussion? Lene, please.

25:24Speaker 6

Way. Yes. Meyer. Yes. Schmidt.

25:27Speaker 6

Kalina. Yes. Motion carries.

25:31Speaker 11

Thank you very much. Thanks, Tim. See you in a little bit. Okay, at this time, we're gonna do our per diems, and Tim, you get to start.

25:43 – 26:55Speaker 12

Okay. You gotta find it here. Okay, on the 5th, we had our regular commissioner meeting. On the 15th, we had the planning and zoning viewing, or went out and looked at what we had just, some of them that we just approved. 18th was Lakeland Mental Health, Fergus Falls. They pay mileage and per diem. 19th was commissioner meeting. 19th, we had a work session. And the 19th, I had a fair board meeting. They're going to be moving the water patrol building in the near future. That's what was supposed to get done in the first part of June now. So, and then on the 26th, we had land and resource meeting. That was six o'clock at night. We had the, On the 28th, Public Works, we had our monthly update from Tim. Me and Charlie were there. We went and looked at roundabout crossings and some of the work on 23 that's gonna be working on the storm sewer and looking at acquiring some land out there for a pond. So that's it.

26:57Speaker 11

Thanks, Tim. Next is Charlie.

27:00 – 28:35Speaker 3

May 1st, we had... Lee and I went and met with Quist and the other Lee about library and sales tax we were still hoping for at that time. The fourth MRC here resumed and fifth commissioner meeting and then after that same thing, Mr. Katzmeyer and I met with people that we hired today about self-insuring and stuff. That meeting was on the fifth Horizon on the 11th, LGCC meeting on the 13th, and the Department of Corrections meeting on the 13th. Rainbow Rider meeting on the 14th. That's coming along, not by any speed demon or anything, but drive by, it's looking a little better every day. The new shed out there by Massman. The 18th, Shane and I had a meeting with Dave Rush Also had MRC that afternoon. That was the end of the session, I guess. 19th, we had commissioner's meeting in the morning, followed by a work session. 21st, Pope Douglas. 22nd, the hospital board. Now they take care of the per diems and stuff, too, like Pope Douglas. 28th, Tim and I had coffee at Public Works and went for a little field trip. 29th... Tri-county, the Pope Douglas meeting. That's it.

28:37Speaker 4

Thanks, Charlie.

28:40 – 29:26Speaker 4

Okie dokie. On the 5-4 MRC was a Zoom. 5-5, we had a regular meeting. 5-7, Prime West. 5-11, Horizon. 5-15, LAC. 5-18, radio and an MRC. 519, we had a regular meeting. 519, we had a work session. And 519, I had Sauk River watershed. 520 was department head meeting. 521, land and records meeting. 522, hospital finance Zoom. And Sauk River watershed on the 22nd. And food pool and lodging on the 28th. Thanks, Jerry.

29:27 – 29:55Speaker 11

I'm up next. On 5-1, we had public work updates. On the 4th, we had Supporting Hands Nurse Family Partnership quarterly updates. 5-5 was our county board meeting. 5-5, we had Alamere Health CEO updates. 5-7, Prime West meeting. And also that was Jim Prisbilla's retirement that day, so... Matt, what's Matt's last name?

29:55 – 30:37Speaker 11

Magnuson, he's taken over. He should be starting this Thursday, should be his first meeting with us. 5-11, Horizon Health. 5-13, LGC meeting. 5-14, we had our PIO meeting with Julie and David Rush and Lee. 5-18, David Rush, Charlie and I were there with the C&D landfill discussion. Douglas County work session on the 19th. And also on the 19th is our County Board Meeting. 21st was Pope Douglas Solid Waste Monthly Meeting. 522, Elmer Health Monthly Meeting. And then 528, our PIO Meeting Agenda Updates.

30:38 – 32:24Speaker 1

Jeff? Okay. April 21st, the Board Meeting and Work Session. The 29th is the PIO. and I did that with the conference call. April 29th to May 1st, AMC nuts and bolts to the boardroom conference held in St. Paul. And the 4th of May is the MRC meeting via Zoom in the county boardroom. The 5th is the county board meeting. The 7th is the library board meeting, a special meeting. The 11th is Douglas County Soil and Water. A MONTHLY MEETING. THE 12TH IS A COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER MEETING WITH RICK SANSETT FROM DISTRICT 26, PRESENTED THE MEETING. AND THAT'S VIA ZOOM. AND THEN 5-13, THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT STRATEGY SUMMIT HELD IN WILMER. 5-14, THE PIO MEETING. 5-14, THE RAINBOW RIDER BOARD MEETING, MONTHLY MEETING. The 15th is Chippewa Watershed Joint Power Board Monthly Meeting. And then the 15th is the Annual Mental Health Walk with Julie Anderson and Commissioner Rapp. And then the 18th is the MRC Meeting Legislative Update via Zoom in the boardroom. the 19th at the board meeting and a work session, and the Viking Library board meeting held in Fergus, and then region four mental health meeting held in Elbow Lake, and they paid a per diem.

32:26Speaker 11

Thanks, Jeff. Say, Lynnae, I was gonna ask you about the work sessions. We get paid for those?

32:32Speaker 11

So I see Tim didn't have it.

32:35Speaker 12

No, I had fair board meeting that night.

32:37Speaker 11

Oh, I see that now, sorry. And then also, what was the other one? I thought there was one other one.

32:44Speaker 3

What's that? You had one.

32:49Speaker 11

I had one that was with David, the C&D landfill.

32:52Speaker 3

They counted mine, but not yours.

32:54Speaker 11

And I didn't, so I need to get that approved.

32:57Speaker 6

Mr. Chair, yes, if the additional meetings attended by Meyer, Schmidt, and Way, we need to know if those are approved by the board.

33:05 – 33:19Speaker 11

Okay, the one I was gonna ask you about was Jeff's on the annual mental health. You actually had a Chippewa watershed that same day on the 15th, right? So you can only collect one per day.

33:19Speaker 1

I just, it was on the same day and I usually put it on the second one on the line. So it's up to you guys.

33:29Speaker 11

Oh, I got you. I think I'd move it and go to the Chippewa watershed.

33:35Speaker 6

Mr. Chair, I will make that correction.

33:38Speaker 11

Okay. Okay, then we're good, right?

33:45Speaker 3

Well, you asked me to go to the library.

33:47Speaker 11

Oh yeah, and then Charlie's got the library and the insurance health one.

33:51Speaker 3

You're right, correct.

33:52Speaker 11

I had to go back to yours.

33:54Speaker 3

I had it in my stack. I went with the boss, so I mean.

33:56Speaker 11

So I would love, I agree with you. So I'd make a motion to approve the, for DMs, adding Charlie's library and the insurance health and my one C&D.

34:06Speaker 3

Thank you. I'll second.

34:11Speaker 6

Mr. Chair, that also includes Wade's meeting on the 12th. Right. Correct? Okay. Sorry.

34:18Speaker 11

All right. Any further discussion? We're all good, Lene? All right. Let's call for the motion. Sorry.

34:28Speaker 6

Wade. Meyer? Yes. Schmidt?

34:35Speaker 6

Motion carries.

34:36Speaker 11

Thank you. At this time, I'll ask for items from the floor. Anybody have anything from the floor they'd like to come up and comment on?

34:45Speaker 4

Mr. Chair, I would like Mr. Erickson to come up here and talk about the Carlos Township Road to the dump.

34:52Speaker 12

Oh, Pike Road?

34:53Speaker 4

Yeah, Pike Road.

34:55 – 35:36Speaker 8

Pike Road? Yes. So Commissioner Rapp and I both received an email, separate emails from Carlos Township. That's what I forwarded out to the five of you. Essentially saying since it became a transfer station, they're seeing more traffic, they're having to maintain it more often. They're looking at changing that from a gravel road to paved. They were asking me what type of help the county can give, which I kind of Sorry, pass the buck to you guys because this is not our right of way and anything with cash is gonna need to come from you guys. So it's just kind of a question of what do we wanna do?

35:37Speaker 4

So Mr. Chair, I guess my question is, is how much are they, how much money do they have to kick in?

35:43Speaker 8

Which they did not specify.

35:44 – 35:55Speaker 4

Why don't you find out what they've got to help and then we'll take a look and see if, We can help them out.

35:56Speaker 11

Wouldn't this be a good thing for a work session?

35:58Speaker 11

We could talk about that at work.

36:00 – 36:11Speaker 3

And this Pike Road is considered a township road? Yeah, we swapped them. Back in the day, we swapped. I remember that. Okay. So that's why they're looking for help, just because of the...

36:11Speaker 4

But it is a township road, but yet it's a road that gets used by everybody for the purpose of getting to the landfill.

36:19Speaker 3

And because of a little bit of the swap and everything, it's getting used more and more, so that's part of why.

36:24Speaker 12

Mr. Chair, it would just be from 29 to the transfer station. It wouldn't include the other part to 120, would it?

36:31Speaker 8

Well, that's what they're asking at this point.

36:34Speaker 12

Just from 29 to the transfer, because I don't see a reason to blacktop that other part.

36:41Speaker 8

I'm sorry, what?

36:42Speaker 3

Isn't this the road you had a better or a different idea with?

36:45Speaker 8

No, that was the other stretch.

36:49Speaker 8

The one going back to 120 was what they were, they were trying to get a LRIP grant to rebuild. Yep, okay. Yeah.

36:59Speaker 4

Okay, well then if we need to put that on a work session, I say we do it.

37:02Speaker 12

Yeah, so is that about a mile and a half?

37:06Speaker 12

So how far west would it go, to the corner?

37:10Speaker 8

Honestly, I haven't looked too far into this because again, it's not our right of way.

37:14Speaker 12

Yeah, but I mean, that's where they turn around with the grader. They don't go all the way up to the transfer station. They turn around on that corner. So that'd be about a mile then. About a mile.

37:25Speaker 8

So are you planning to add this to today's work session or a future work session?

37:31Speaker 11

I didn't think we were gonna add it today. Future. Because if we had interested parties, they weren't invited. Yeah, yeah, no future. I think we should get them in.

37:39 – 37:50Speaker 11

Yeah, okay. Well, the 16th we can't do because we meet in the afternoon. Unless you want to have an early one. I did kind of mention that to Lee. Where is it? On the 16th, we meet at one.

37:50Speaker 12

Meet at one o'clock.

37:51 – 38:08Speaker 11

So if you guys wanted to do a work session earlier, we can. I'm open to that. Lee? Yeah. Yeah. So I don't have a problem, we can maybe start at 10 o'clock or see what's on there and make a decision, or 11 o'clock. Okay, Lee and I will put something together, see what we got for a work session.

38:08Speaker 12

See how much we got on the work session.

38:11Speaker 11

Yeah, I like it.

38:12Speaker 4

We'll find out how much money they got.

38:14 – 38:55Speaker 11

And then see if somebody from the township wants to join us. Perfect. All right, thanks. I'll set that up, you bet. Any other items from the floor? Any other items from the floor? All right, at this time, we're gonna move into a closed session. This meeting will be closed as permitted by the Minnesota statute section 13D.05 sub 3C to discuss offering relating to the county's possible purchases of a 5052 and 5066 County Road 23. We need a motion to move into closed session.

38:56Speaker 11

Thanks, Tim.

38:58Speaker 11

Thanks, Jeff. Lene, please.

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