Thank you. Clerk will take the role. Commissioner Heinrich here. Commissioner Brassad here. Commissioner Reiner here. Commissioner Gamash here. Schulty here. Commissioner Jeepson here. Commissioner Meisner here. And we're all here this morning. Um, item number four is to consider accepting the regular claims paid over $500 in the purchase card claims paid for the period ending March 24th, 2025 and April 4th. I'm getting an update on my computer. I'll move that, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Second. All right. Uh, we had a motion and a second. Uh, this is any other questions or comments? This a roll call vote. Commissioner Brassad, I. Commissioner Reiner. Hi. Commissioner Gamash. Hi. Commissioner Schulty. Hi. Commissioner Jeepson. Hi. Commissioner Meisner. I. Commissioner Heinrich. I. That passes unanimously. Item number five is the approval of minutes from April from the April 8th, 2025 county board meeting. Do I have a motion? So moved. Moved by Commissioner Jeepson. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Commissioner Heinrich. Any changes, additions? Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Opposed. Hearing none. and it passes unanimously. We're going to move down to chair's remarks and we have a few of them uh this morning. So, um welcome everybody that is here for this item. The first one um we have we have actually four items under the chair's remarks today. And the first is acknowledgement of the excellent work of our correctional staff who serve in some of the most difficult positions in public service. Commissioner Brastead, who's our lead commissioner on public safety, will con uh conduct the recognition of our dedicated staff as part of National Corrections Officer Week coming up next month. Commissioner Brast. Uh thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh the comment was just made that we feel very safe. Have never felt safer with all you law enforcement in the room. So, thank you for being here. Uh the first week in May is set aside to honor the brave men and women who work in both our sheriff's office and community corrections department and is devoted to increasing the public awareness of the exceptional performance by our county staff. This is demanding, sometimes dangerous work, and it's performed expertly by our highly trained employees. Our detention deputies, correction officers, and other employees at the county jail and correctional facilities provide essential services and exemplify the highest professional standards by their commitment to practicing protecting the public and the offenders. On behalf of my fellow commissioners, I'd like to thank all corrections personnel for their hard work. We are honored to have them serve the Anoka County community. I'd like like to ask Dylan Warington, our director of community corrections and Sheriff Brad Weise to talk more about our correction staff and the service they provide. Dialin. Thank you, Mr. Chair, um, Commissioner Bradstead, members of the board. My name is Dialin Workington. the director of community corrections. I want to just thank you for doing this on an annual basis. It's uh really important work that the correctional officers are doing. Uh specifically in uh my context, it's sentence defenders at the workhouse. Uh providing education, uh providing an atmosphere for substance use disorder um treatment, uh providing engagement regarding mental health services. These are highly trained staff. uh we do a lot of skill-based training uh to increase outcomes and to make the place safer internally but also externally. Um so the program itself um also allows people to get a GED if they don't have one. Uh these are challenging um inmates, uh challenging individuals with a lot of complex problems and um uh to make things worse, they've done something that got themselves into a facility. And so the staff are pro-social models. Uh they're um calm um in the face of trial and uh when critical incidences happen on a 247 365 basis, they respond to the call. And so very proud of our staff and uh we run a a fairly small facility uh comparative to the jail. Uh but um so we have a small group of staff that are offsite. So I don't have any with me today, but we will celebrate this and commemorate their um their activities. Uh May 4th through the 10th, we do a kind of a week-long recognition of u treats or whatever we can do to kind of uh recognize them. Uh just by way of uh notation, I think the county has run work release programming since the 1970s. Um specifically, the corrections department has taken on the role of managing that facility since the sometime in the early 1980s. Um that facility has never closed. We've been in different locations. It's open 365 days a year, 247. Um we're always engaged, always open, uh trying to make a difference. And these staff are just outstanding. Uh the staff that show up for each shift, the leadership that's over them uh just do an outstanding job uh of protecting the inmates but also giving them an opportunity to succeed. And so very thankful for the opportunity to lead them as well. So thank you chair commissioner Basta commissioners. Actually I don't know that I have much to add to that. That was pretty thorough presentation, but I do want to uh acknowledge and appreciate that you're recognizing the work of the staff. The reality is is I'm not doing that hard work. It's my role to try to do whatever it is that I can to make their job easier, which is much in the same way that I see your responsibility, too, to do what you can as a board to support them and the work that they do. And I know you've heard me talk many times about our four pillars of the best law enforcement agencies where um we have a positive culture within the office, competitive wages, support of the community, and support of our elected officials. And by doing this resolution, it's a very affirmative step for um you as a board to say to them who are doing this hard work that you appreciate what it is that they do because they miss a lot of holidays. They miss birthdays. They miss many events. Like you might imagine all for the sole purpose of dealing with people that are at their absolute worst. Especially for our staff, it's the incoming inmates that are coming straight from the road and whatever dysfunction was in their life, they're bringing it to the jail. And then these people are tasked with um making sure that they have order within the building and safety within the building and it's an enormously difficult task and I have a tremendous amount of respect for the work they do. So on behalf of them, I want to thank you for doing this resolution for them. Um actually, I think they deserve a round of applause, but let's go. Uh, thank you, Dialin, and thank you, Sheriff Weiss, and thank you again to all our corrections staff. Uh, your work is always crucial to public safety in our community. At this time, I'd like to put forth resolution 202549, which honors the hard work of these dedicated professionals in Anoka County and provides special recogn recognition to them during National Correctional Officers Week, uh, May 4th through the 10th. Um, I'd like to open it up to any comments by the board. Commissioner, thank you, Mr. Chair. I know I I say this every year, which is essentially thank you. Um, and especially dialin, I mean, corrections. I I have so en enjoyed I don't know if that's quite the right word appreciated learning about the best practices that have changed over the last 20 years in corrections and the work that you guys do every day and obviously uh Brad Weiss you are on the streets all the time and and doing a different aspect of public safety but thank you both and thank you all appreciate it. Commissioner Schulty. Yeah, Mr. Chair, I I do want to comment that u you know our public safety officers on the street, the patrol deputies, they do get thank yous from the people in ana county quite regularly, but I'm quite sure that corrections deputies don't. Uh they're in the jail and they're likely not to get those thank yous. U but I want to say thank you because it's been said a couple of times today already, you're doing the harder work. It's much harder than pulling people over on the street. Uh maybe I mean it may be just as dangerous to pull people over on the street, but but the work you're doing is vital and you don't get those thank yous. So I certainly want to extend that thank you and I appreciate the work you do and I'm sure the rest of the board feels the exact same way. Thank you. Anyone else? Commissioner Jeepson. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. So, it's really easy for us to sit up here one day, one half hour a year to say thank you. Um and I hope that you feel that every other day of the year as well. And if you don't, uh, please let me know because we do appreciate you. We acknowledge you. We see you and the hard work that you do every single day, as Sheriff Weise said, with people in the worst day of their lives most often. Uh, so thank you for your work and and every other 364 day of the year. Thank you. And hopefully uh we acknowledge that and you see that appreciation more than just one time a year. So, thank you for what you do. Anyone else? All right, we have a resolution in front of us. Um, all in favor signify by saying I. I opposed hearing none. It passes unanimously. Thank you again for everything that you do and another round of applause I think would be [Applause] nice. We'll move into our second um um recognizing the National Peace Officers Week. Peace officers are our guardians of life and property, defenders of individuals right to be free, warriors in the war against crime. And they're dedicated to the preservation of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our sheriff's office and 11 other law enforcement agencies dutifully serve the citizens of our county. And it's important we recognize these departments for their public safety work in our communities. Again, I'd like to turn this over to Commissioner Braa to tell us more about this special week. Commissioner Braa. Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. Few among among us have what it takes to be peace officers. And that's why it's important for us to recognize and appreciate the sacrifices that more than 800,000 officers who serve in communities across the United States make when it comes to protecting and serving the public. These men and women willingly put themselves in harm's way, risking injury and sometimes sacrificing their lives to guard our loved ones, property, and government against all who violate the law. For those of of us who have not served in law enforcement, it's likely difficult to truly understand the problems, duties, and responsibilities peace officers face. However, it is imperative we honor and show our sincere appreciation for law enforcement officers in Anoka County via deeds, remarks, attitudes, and make every effort to express our thanks. As part of National Peace Officer Week, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in the line of duty will be honored during National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Funds 37th candle light vigil May 13th. Peace Officers Memorial Day will be recognized May 15th. In honor of all fallen officers and their families, US flags will be flown at half staff. At this time, I'd like to ask Sheriff Weise to say a few words. Thank you, uh, Chair, Commissioner Brassstead, commissioners. Um, yeah, a little different tone for this because this truly is appreciation for the sacrifice, um, which is made by any of our uniform staff that were a badge. If they've sworn an oath, um, they fall under the category of peace officers who are bringing safety to our communities. Um, yes, it is a big week. Um the uh the peace officer memorial day was established by President Kennedy in 1962 and has been recognized since that date. Um there's the national monument that's in Washington DC and if anybody takes a vacation to that city or has time I highly recommend visiting the memorial where all the names are engraved. Um likewise Minnesota also has a peace officer memorial garden or park that's part of the state capital complex also. So, it's worth attending. Um, this year, as is the tradition, um, there will be a, uh, recognition of those that gave their lives in the line of duty, um, via a memorial, um, standing guard memorial. That'll begin 6 pm on May 14th through 7 pm on May 15th at which time peace officers will be standing guard over the memorial and there'll be an announcement of all the names of those who have sacrificed their lives in service to their communities. So, um it's with a humble heart that I appreciate the um board making this resolution and I know that all of the uniform staff sitting there um while they work really hard to not have that bad incident happened, the reality is they know what they face from time to time. Um we do what we can to train them. They're ready. Um they're smart people that know what they're doing. Um but the reality is sometimes things go bad and um we we will never forget the sacrifices made by those who had one of those days. So on behalf of the office itself, the 300 women and men that work in the Nokia County Sheriff's Office, thank you for um this resolution. Uh thank you, Sheriff. Uh we appreciate that. We appreciate you being here and thanks thank you to all the men and women in Oka County Law Enforcement. Um, Commissioner Brassstead, would you like to make uh um the resolution? Yes, and I would. Thank you. And before I do that, I would just like to say that, you know, being in Anoka County is really a privilege and an honor when I look at the communities I serve because there is so much support for public safety here and there's many, many people that keep you all in our thoughts and prayers. So, with that being said, I'd like to uh put forth resolution 2025-50 recognizing Peace Officer Week in Anoka County. Thank you, Commissioner. Um, any comments? Uh, Commissioner Reinhardt. So, on the back of my pickup truck, I've got an American flag that has a thin blue line through it. I'm sure everyone's seen that. And, uh, for actions like this, um, you know, we think about the blue and not the brown as much. Um, I kind of think that maybe I need to add another flag that has a thin brown line because, uh, you know, county work, um, you know, doesn't get as much visibility as, you know, the rest. So, want to, you know, say thank you to all the county, uh, people that work in the county and, um, for our sheriff's office for the work that they do and give them a little visibility here today. Anything else? Uh, commissioners. And we have the resolution. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. opposed hearing. None. The resolution recognizing peace officers week in an NOA County passes unanimously. Thank you, Sheriff. Thank you all for being here as well. Uh third item, we'll be recognizing Friday, May 2nd as law day in Anoka County. Law Day is an occasion to publicly acknowledge our national and state heritage of justice, liberty, and equality under the law and the way in which the law and the legal process has contributed to the freedoms of all America that all Americans share. Law Day provides citizens with free legal clinics, allowing us to celebrate the justice system and showcase the services available to Anoka County citizens. This year's Law Day will have clinics focused on expungement, family law, housing law, driver's license issues, and unpaid fines. To tell us more, Bethany Fountain Lindberg, chief deputy county attorney from our Anoka County Attorney's Office, is here to fill us in. Welcome, Bethany. Thank you. in a slightly different role. Yes. Thank you, Chair Gamash and commissioners. Um it's so fun to be here to talk about Law Day. Law Day is a national event. Um we here in Anoka County have been celebrating Law Day since 2016. Um, and it's a day that we set aside to reach out to the community and to try to strengthen our partnerships um, between the residents in an NOA County, the court system, prosecutors, and um, court personnel. It's a day that we try to make your experience with within the court positive. And most of the time when folks are coming to court, unless it's for an adoption, it's a it's a negative experience that they're coming and they're they're nervous and they're anxious. And we try to um we try to create a win-win so that they leave thinking it's a positive experience. This may be a place that I want to work. Um this may be a place for me to um grow my my child's future and that sort of thing. So again um as uh Chair Gamash said everybody in an NOA everybody that has an Anoka County case is eligible for services during Latte. You have to have a NOA County case. We have legal services set up for unpaid fines, for family law, for expungement of both criminal matters and housing matters. We have other civil issues, attorneys on hand to offer support and guidance. We actually help people fill out documents. They leave with a court date. So, it is a great event which we try to package all at once. We are ramping up slowly from COVID. So, we at one time had a lot more services. we've slowly been ramping up. This year it's a little bit broader and that we're adding some criminal services. Um, next year we hope to bring schools back in and to round out the community with some educational events. But for this year, we also, which was different than last year, we have um the regional director from DMV coming in to help people and to walk them through the process of how to get their driver's license back. That's very valuable. Um, and we have, uh, the clinics and courtrooms running mostly with appointments, some walk-ins, and they'll start at 9:00 a.m., end at 300 p.m. So, um, the county board has been great and helping us with the event over the years. Ever since 2016, county staff has helped us with promotional um, efforts, providing space, giving recognition in the past. So, the committee would like to um respectfully ask for your support um in this upcoming May 2nd, 2025 event. Thank you, Bethany. We appreciate it. And I know that some of the people that might be coming um are nervous maybe coming in and everything, but when you see this smiling face, it it's going to be easy easy peasy. So, uh I hope that is another great event that you guys have. Again, um I'm looking forward to hearing some of the great successes that Law Day will um have this year. We want to ask my fellow commissioners to join me in supporting resolution 2025-51 proclaiming ma uh May 2nd as law day in Anoka County. Um any other opportunities and may wish to make any comments. I'm just looking forward to this. I know that the um there are some tough issues that people have to go through and they're getting their license renewed or not renewed but you know trying to get it back. Um and some of these other laws that can get confusing. Um, but it's great to have this opportunity. So, it is from 9:30 a.m. till or 9:00 am till 3:30 p.m. on May 2nd, which is Friday. Uh, that's law day. And, um, it's going to be right here um within the courtroom or within the courts in the in our area. So, there'll be signs, I'm sure, when people come in and they'll get directed to where they need to go. Um, any comments? Hearing none. All in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. Hearing none, that passes and uh we uh will have law day. Thank you. The uh final uh chair's remarks will be recognizing April 30th as therapy animal day in an Oka County. Therapy animal teams make millions of visits per year in settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and hospice. They play an essential role in improving human health and the well-being through human animal bond. Therapy animals are who partner with their human companions being bring comfort and healing to those in need. And therapy animal day encourages the people of the county to celebrate our therapy animals and their human handlers. Therapy animals aim to improve mental wellness by decreasing fear, anxiety, loneliness, and isolation. They also influence physical health, lowering they also influence physical health, lowering perceived levels of pain, shortening recovery times, and even influencing those who are ill to have a more positive outlook about their future. With that, with that being said, I'd like to offer the resolution 2025-52 proclaiming April 30th as therapy animal day in Anoka County. Anyone wish to make any comments? Uh, Commissioner Reinard. Yeah, for therapy animals, I um so I serve as commander of uh at the Sons of American Legion in post 566 in Lo and uh we give away a fair amount of dollars to um organizations that train animals for uh service members who have PTSD and I've uh talked with a lot of them and um uh you know just the the fact that you know they basically um credit their dog for still being alive. um when they're really tense and and and strung out, uh the dog comes over and settles them down. When they're very low, and these are the dangerous times, um the dog comes over and and brings them up. Uh therapy animals are very important and I am convinced that these these dogs and other therapy animals do save lives. And so, uh, special one here today because, um, I'm I'm have been fully touched by, you know, the people that have been affected by having therapy animals and, uh, uh, it is an an amazing thing to, you know, talk with people who have been affected by that and own them and are alive because of them. So, uh, very happy to be supporting this proclamation today. Thank you, Commissioner. Anyone else? Commissioner Meiser. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. And um I cannot remember the the dog's name, but I believe we have one in the attorney's office. Dino. Yeah. Dino. Yes. Yes. That we we have all met and exactly for the reasons that have already been discussed for people that are really going through a a hard trial and they can kind of pet the dog. Uh anyway, I did want to just like point that out since it's also law day. Um thank you. Anyone else? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. Hearing none. Uh law day is April proclaimed April 30th. Uh we will move on to our government or our committee reports. We'll give you guys a few minutes to get up and and uh don't have to join us for that. But we thank you again for being here today. Appreciate it. The first item um in government um whole re uh the whole recommendation committees of the whole recommendations government operations and the first item is um I believe we have um to this. There we go. Uh facilities management and construction. And this is in the consent agenda. I guess all three of these are in the consent agenda. We'll start with that one. Commissioner Jeepson. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh the government operations committee met on Tuesday, April 8 at 1 pm and there are three items on the consent agenda that the committee recommends for approval. Um the first one is under facilities management and construction and the committee recommends a um approval of contract C0011482 with Shoeacher Elevator Company. This is a three-year contract with an option to extend for an additional two years for annual elevator maintenance and repairs in the amount of 75,984. Okay. Uh we also have uh two with library and then I'll go to Commissioner Reiner. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh these are both very similar. Uh they are dollars uh coming from the Minnesota Department of Education. It's a grant um upwards of a half million dollars to uh revitalize um uh and do some work at the Mississippi library and our Crooked Lake Library. And uh since they are so similar, I guess I would uh well, I guess I present them both. They're on the consent agenda, we don't have to make a motion. So, but that's what these two are about. It's about a half million dollars for each of those libraries for improvements. Thank you. I forgot to ask if anybody wish to have these removed for consent. Seeing none, um this is roll call vote. Oh, we need a motion. I would move the consent agenda, Mr. Chair. Oh, sorry. Sorry. It's been moved by Commissioner um Schulty and seconded by Commissioner Breaststead. Roll call vote. Commissioner Reiner. I. Commissioner Gomesh. I. Commissioner Schulty. Hi. Commissioner Jepson. Hi. Commissioner Meisner. I. Commissioner Heinrich. Hi. Commissioner Brassad. I. And that passes unanimously. anyformational items um from that meeting anybody wishes to discuss? All right, we'll move then down to human services and Commissioner Meisner. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The human services committee, we met on April 15th at 8:30 in this building. There were no public comments in the room. I did not receive any via email either, but the public is welcome to email me at mandy.misnermn.gov. gov. So on our slate today is uh multiple things. We will start off with the first one which is under community corrections. This is for a drug treatment court contract for additional funding. And this is for us to accept the additional funding of a one-time payment of $27,000 in addition for the period of April 1st, 2025 through June June 30th, 2025. Uh so for this particular one, this is in regards to uh no county's drug treatment court. Bethany was just talking about how when people are in court, we do want them to have a positive experience and at the very least a positive outcome. This is one way that we are able to do that. So that is the first item. The second one is also under community corrections. This is to authorize for continued participation in the Minnesota Department of Corrections state grant program allocations. So for this particular one, there are basically two areas for this grant. It is for intensive supervised release as well as the remote electronic alcohol monitoring. So the uh you can see the the details and the pricing there. I will make note that the remote electronic alcohol monitoring is um not a large amount but it really is extremely helpful for the folks that need to go elsewhere for their monitoring and then get reimbursed for that. The third one is under economic assistance. This is for the fraud prevention investigations grant application. This is for us to apply for and accept the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Office of Inspector General Fraud Prevention Investigators Grant Allocation. And this is for contract C0011472. This is to provide funding for the FBI program covering an economic assistance and also covers the state fiscal years of 2026 and 2027. So this particular program it uh actually finds um multi-million dollars worth of fraud every year. It is highly successful. The rate of which we actually um find fraud is I think I don't know twice as much as the state of Minnesota. So for this particular one we are asking for an increase of $84,398 since the last allocation. I will make note too over the last uh several years this program has kind of been sitting on the fence in terms of the the demand um is there and then hiring or not hiring another um uh staff member has always been up for debate. This is what uh th those funds will be used for primarily to find um additional staff for this particular program. The next one is for resolution 2025H HS8. This is proclaiming April as a public health month in Anoka County. So public health is all around us. It can be seen as policy uh and beyond just the vaccines and kind of the traditional ways we think of for public health. So this is just to recognize all of the services that are provided with public health and environmental services that we provide for our residents. The next one would be resolution 2025HS6. This is to proclaim mental health awareness month in an NOA county. So this has been uh recognized for many years. I will make note as well um something else that has been happening for traditionally for quite some time. On May 17th of 2025, the mental health campaign for NOA County will host their annual 16th 5K walk for mental health wellness at the Rapids Stam Regional Park. And this is to raise uh both uh awareness and also to combat the stigma around um mental health stigmas. The next one is a resolution 2025HS7 proclaiming May as foster care month in Anoka County. So this is something that we also do annually. I'll just share a few stats. There are currently 186 foster child foster homes licensed or for or in the process of being licensed in this county, including traditional foster homes, kinship relative homes or pre-adoptive homes, 10 child corporate homes that serve up to 23 children, 93 adult family foster homes, and 163 corporate foster homes licensed to care for up to 772 vulnerable adults with disabilities. ities with three of the homes duly licensed to serve transition age youth and young adults. So to say that these are needed in our community is an understatement, but uh again this resolution would be uh recognizing all that work around foster care homes. So it's a long slate. I will actually go ahead and offer that as stated here. Mr. Chair, we have a motion on the consent item for human services. Do I have a second? Second. It's been moved by Commissioner Meisner, second by Commissioner Jeepson. Anyone wishing to as first of all ch move anything off the consent agenda. Seeing none. Any questions anyone might have regarding the consent agenda? Seeing none, this roll call vote. Commissioner Kamash. I. Commissioner Schulty. I. Commissioner Jeepson. Hi. Commissioner Meisner. I. Commissioner Braad. I. Commissioner Reiner. Hi. And that passes unanimously. Uh, Commissioner Meiser, do you have anyformational items from the meeting? Yes. Uh, just just one, but I do always like to share. We uh received information about our second annual economic and workforce development summit. So, this will be on May 7th, and I believe this is at the Bunker Hills activity. Is it activity or no? At the event center. Event Center. Thank you. At the event center. Um, the first one was actually award-winning. I believe that the attendees right now is well over 100, maybe 150. So, uh, if there are any spaces, I encourage anybody to come check that out. And with that, that concludes my report. Thank you, Commissioner. We will move down to public safety and Commissioner Braon. Thank you, Mr. Chair. just have one item on the agenda today and that is resolution 2025-p08 accepting dedicated donation from AKC Reunite. This is a $7,500 donation that has been made to the NOA County Sheriff's Office and I'm happy to offer that resolution. Yeah, the resolution is before us. Any questions, comments? Seeing none, this is all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Opposed? Hearing? None. It passes unanimously. Anyformational items. Commissioner. Um, the only thing I would say is that since our last meeting, we were able to tour the 911 center and I think we were all pretty impressed. It was beautiful. Um, staff is happy. it um with a new technology and it's definitely going to serve the entire county for well into the future. So, it was super exciting to see it come to fruition and see it staffed and all the hustle and bustle that's happening there. So, great. It was it was a great uh beautiful facility that we have. Um any other comments. Good. Thank you, Commissioner. Uh we'll move down to transportation committee and Commissioner Jeepson. Uh thank you, Mr. Chair. The transportation committee met on April 15 at 1 p.m. and there was no public comment. I only have one item on the consent agenda today that the committee recommends for approval. It's contract C0000008566. Uh it's a joint powers agreement with Ramsey County for eight different reconstruction projects on County Road J from Centerville Road to Otter Lake Road, including improvements to the 35E CRJ interchange in the cities of Lino Lakes, North Oaks, and White Bear Lake. The uh JPA describes the cost and maintenance responsibilities associated with the project for each agency involved. uh we will negotiate and enter into a separate agreement which I'll highlight in myformational purposes uh with the city of Lo Lakes to address the city's cost share for this project per the county's cost share policy. Great. Do um I have a motion. Uh yes, Mr. Chair. I'd like to uh recommend u approval of contract number C08566. Do I have a second? Second. It's been moved by Commissioner Reiner, seconded by Commissioner Jeepson. Commissioner Reiner, question. Yeah, I just want to, you know, make comment of uh how important this project is. Uh this project is uh in my district. Um you know, I was mayor for many years in Lina Lakes and um I I heard for all those years um the improve this improvement needed. Uh so the result of this uh project is going to be um at Ash Street and 35E uh full access north and south and it's um something that people have been wanting in my area for that intersection for that uh intersection for uh yeah at least 30 plus years. So glad to see this is finally happening. Any other comments, questions? Hearing none. This is a roll call vote. Commissioner Schulty. Hi. Commissioner Jeepson. Hi. Commissioner Meisner. I. Commissioner Heinrich. Hi. Commissioner Brastead. I. Commissioner Reiner. I. Commissioner Gomesh. I. And that passes unanimously. Informational items. Commissioner Jeepson. Uh yes. A couple. Um during our meeting on April 15, the committee authorized the county engineer to enter into contract C0011514 uh with the city of Lino Lakes, which is the issue I just referred to in the previous item uh for their portion of the reconstruction of this project along County Road J within the city limits. uh NOA County share of this contract is estimated at $727,3658 while approximately 275,000 of that amount will be the responsibility of the city of LO Lakes. Uh the second item um forformational purposes is that the committee authorize the county engineer to advertise for bids for a project that includes painting of various signal systems in the cities of Rapids and Blaine. And Mr. Chair, if I could um share one additional item, I just wanted to do a public service announcement for all of us who are on the roads. Uh, as the days get longer and the weather gets warmer, uh, statistics of fatal and dangerous crashes skyrocket. Absolutely skyrocket. I heard this morning that a woman was, uh, charged with, um, vehicular homicide of a Noa County resident back in October last year. Um, pretty pretty unfortunate, immensely unfortunate situation. Um, but our cell phones and the distractions that they create are real and cause so much harm in everyday life. Um, I just thoroughly ask all of us to put our phones down, especially when we're in a car. Um, I would like to thank the sheriff's office, the county attorney's office. Um, as we earlier today in this job is not for the faint of heart. it is very difficult and very impactful for the secondary trauma that these um preventable deaths and accidents and crashes occur. So, thank you to our attorney's office, our sheriff's office for all the work you guys do in these cases. And if you do anything, just put your phone down. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well said. especially as we get into the warmer weather and the construction season begins. So, we've started to see it on Highway 10 with the third lane. Um, and that's already um started and we're going to see more construction as the as the summer rolls along and that makes every makes it all that much more important to be m be watching what you're doing on the roads um and focusing on what's coming up ahead of you. So, well said. That'll close out transportation. We will move to item number eight which is committee appointments. Consider as recommended by the human services committee of the whole appointing St. Francis Fire Chief Dave Schmidt representing fire service to the emergency medical services council for a term ending December 31st, 2028. Do I have a motion? So moved. Been moved by Commissioner uh Schultey. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Commissioner Brastet. Questions, comments? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I opposed. hearing none. It passes. Um I believe if there's nothing else to come before the county board, we are adjourned.