This meeting is being recorded. test. There we go. >> Good morning everyone. Welcome to the board rate county board commissions. This morning is Tuesday, December 2nd. We'll start with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Well, yesterday we uh put our war of the wreaths over there. So, I'm hoping that that is a good turnout this year for the historical society. We've seen a lot of people that or a lot of groups that had theirs over there already. That was fun. So, we'll go ahead and get the meeting started today. Um we'll start off with uh the approval of the minutes of 11:18. I'll make a motion we approve the minutes. >> Second. >> Any more discussion? We have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion passes. All right. So, we'll go ahead and look for the approval of the agenda today. >> I make a motion we approve the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> A motion and a second. All any more discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Nays. passes. All right. So, we have the consent agenda agenda. Do we have a motion on that? Do we have anything? >> Madam Chair, I'd like to pull um a administration on um for the library uh just for a comment off the consent agenda, please. >> Okay. So, we need to have a second on that. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I'll motion to approve with that being removed. Okay. So, we'll go ahead and do the consent agenda with removal of just for discussion on the Great Regional Library Board. >> Madam Chair, if I could just confirm. >> I'll make that. >> Okay. Thank you. I just want to say I'll make the motion with that a removed um for discussion and >> second by Kirby. >> Sure. >> Thank you for clarity. >> Okay. So, all in favor of that? >> I >> opposed. passes. Okay. So, we'll go ahead and then just discuss that now. >> Okay. I just want to say a big thank you um to the two appointees. U Melissa Fee. She's been on the board seven years and JC Wallace who's been on the board for six years. Um we are one of six counties for the Great River Regional Library and we have core members um appointed on the board. Um in addition that I'm on there too. And so I'd like to say a big thank you also to Teresa Doll and Holly Hammers. They've been recently appointed in the last year and a half and um just it's a great team. We have a really great team with experience and then new people coming on on board at the library. And I just want to say a big thank you for their time commitment. We're up there on Tuesdays um between the finance and personnel and executive committee and then the board of trustees committee for like three hours. So [laughter] So it's a um it's a wonderful uh opportunity. Um, we have a lot of libraries here in Wright County and um, you pro might not know, but I love our libraries. So, um, just a big thank you to everyone. >> Awesome. Well said. Okay, so that brings us to 9:04 and we have the finance director, Lindsay, on her way up. Good morning, Lindsay. >> Good morning, Madame Chair and commissioners. Um, we have a petition for the creation of a new lake improvement district and we need to schedule a public hearing. >> All right, >> Madam Chair, members of the board, administration is recommending January 20th, uh, which is a Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. >> Does that work with all of your schedules? I love this. I love this local management of that. They can take that. That's great. All right. So, we'll go ahead and look for um a motion to set that meeting at 9:30 on January 12th. >> 20th, sorry. >> So, moved. >> Second. >> There's a first and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Opposed. And it passes. Thank you. >> Thanks, Lindsay. Good morning Jamie. >> Good morning commissioners. >> So now we are looking at health and human services. >> We just bring a consent agenda before you today for approval hopefully. >> Okay. So I make a motion we approve the health and human services consent agenda. >> There's a motion on the table. Is there a second? Second. >> All right. Any more discussion? >> I just want to say thank you. You guys are your your team is really diligent in getting all this stuff um before the board. So, thank you. >> Thank you. Yes, we have a great team working on it. Thank you. >> Yes. And thank you for taking the time last week and sounds like um mine from district 4 is doing a very good job and brings a lot to the table. >> Good. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. So, we have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Passes. Thank you very much. >> Thanks, Jamie. >> All right, we're a little ahead of schedule, but we'll go ahead and invite Chad up to the podium. Good morning, Chad. >> Good morning, Madam Chair, commissioners. Um, we have three items. What's our first one? A squint >> condemnation of Cassaw 36. >> Yes. First one is um our county road 36 project um from 101 to 94 we have 4.2 million in federal funds. The remainder would be um combination of city funds and local officer sales tax. And um this is basically just to start the 90day window to have access to the property for construction. And we fully expect to settle with all the residents, but this just starts the process to set the dates. And like I said, in 13 years I've been here, we've never had to complete the condemnation process. Greg can attest to that. So, we work hard to make sure we don't have to do this. It's just basically to keep the project on schedule and not risk losing um federal funds. So, any other questions that can answer? >> Chad, I appreciate the work that went into that and I know that we had um or you had conversation with the owners and people are okay with this. So, I appreciate that. >> Does anyone else have anything else to say? No, that's a much needed uh improvement that needs to be done sooner than later. >> Yeah. >> So, thanks for all the hard work. >> Thanks. >> I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2578. >> I'll second. Okay. So, this is a resolution vote. We'll start off with Moya. >> I >> I >> I >> then resol resolution passes for Highway 36. And our next one for Deer Lake Dam. Yeah. [gasps] So, in 2028, we have scheduled we have federal funds to replace the bridge on County Road 108, um, south of Buffalo, um, south side of Deer Lake. And tied into our bridge is a DNR rate control structure. Basically, allow it keeps maintains elevation of Deer Lake. They like to replace that with what they call a rock ripples, kind of like a rock dam with steps, improves habitat, fish spawning. So they can they have a pot of money they can access to pay for that but we have to kind of take the lead. So there's no additional cost to the county. It's just that we just add this to our consultant scope and they'll reimburse us. It's a really good project. So it's good partnering effort and they own three corners of the bridge property around us with their public access and fishing pier. So we need to work with them on some property too. So this kind of ties all that together. So it's a good project. >> Madam chair. Um Chad, does that won't affect like change the lake levels at all? It'll just be a slower process of the water flowing. >> Yeah. And so allows the fish to be able to work their way up the rock ripples during spawning as opposed to they now they can't because it's a vertical drop and they can't get up upstream. So they're trying to eliminate a lot of the list of like like 60 dams throughout the state that they're trying to eliminate and this is one of them. So if we have an opportunity like this, then we'll they approached us about partnering. So we're in favor of that. So >> all right. Thank you, Chad. Yeah, >> I'll make a motion to approve that. >> All right. Motion on the table. Is there a second? >> I'll second that. >> All right. So this is a resolution for resolution 2579. We'll start off with Commissioner Holland. >> I >> I >> I >> I. And resolution 2579 passes. All right. Thank you. Final uh board agenda item is another resolution. This is for our share of Mindot's project on 25 from Buffalo to Monaceel next year. Um some signal improvements at 106 minor modifications southside of Buff or Monaceel and then mainly the the roundabout at 37 and 25 to replace that signal and uh we budgeted a million dollars. The current estimate is 800 a little over 800,000. So, um, it's budgeted and, you know, we don't see any issues with our cost share. So, >> all right. Does anyone else have questions for Chad? >> If not, I'll be looking for a motion for resolution 2580 for the construction of 37 and 25. >> I'll make that motion. >> Second. >> A motion was made and a second. We'll do a res or a vote resolution. Holland, start. I >> I >> I >> I [clears throat] >> pass says that will be a much needed. It's a dangerous intersection. >> Many years. Yes. Right. Appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Chad. >> All right. We are way ahead of schedule, but so now we just have the committee minutes from the board workshop on 11:18. It was mostly information, but if we have an a motion on the table for that, >> I'll make a motion that we accept those. >> Second. >> Motion was made and a second. Any more discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Motion passed. All right, that looks like it. So, we'll go ahead and adjourn the meeting. >> Can I make one comment? I'd like to thank um uh the HR department. We have so many employees that have gone through the benefits um uh renewal process plus they're getting ready for the sake and safe and sick uh leave uh project that's coming up in January 1st and they're negotiating uh contracts. They are one busy department and just a shout out for all the hard work that they've been doing the last month. >> All right. So, do we have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> To adjourn. >> Second. >> Motion was made. All in favor say I. I. I. Adjourn at 9:13. Thank you.