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[1:28] e we're going to call the first meeting

[1:31] of the 2025 session of the wri County

[1:34] Board of Commissioners to orders today's

[1:35] date is January 7 2025 in my capacity as

[1:38] the chairman proem we'll start with the

[1:41] Pledge of

[1:44] Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the

[1:47] flag of the United States of America and

[1:50] to the Republic for which it stands one

[1:52] nation under God indivisible with

[1:55] liberty and justice for

[1:58] all want to thank everyone for coming

[2:00] today the first order of business today

[2:03] is the administration of O of office for

[2:06] commissioner District 2 and commissioner

[2:07] District 5 if we could have commissioner

[2:10] District Two we'll go in order we do

[2:12] have the honorable John Bowen here today

[2:15] to Min the El down in the galley you go

[2:18] down there yeah down there

[2:42] supported States support

[2:54] states of the office

[2:56] ofion

[2:58] of count commission District

[3:02] district the count

[3:17] of we will do Kirby MOA Robert MOA III

[3:23] for commissioner District 5

[3:47] States

[4:00] of

[4:20] [Applause]

[4:31] love stay

[4:36] I A J thank you judge Bowen for your

[4:39] time this morning all right members of

[4:43] the board uh at this point in time I

[4:45] would open it up for a nomination for

[4:48] chairperson administrator sh

[4:51] kryer I would like to nominate uh

[4:53] commissioner Shane as chairperson for

[4:55] 2025 she's been our vice chair for the

[4:57] last year and uh she stepped up done

[5:00] that and I um I also think that it's

[5:02] it's very important to rotate leadership

[5:04] so I nominate commissioner Shane we have

[5:06] a motion for commissioner Shane do we

[5:08] have a

[5:10] second do we have a second are you

[5:12] interested in it I guess I have a

[5:15] nomination myself that I'm kind of

[5:17] looking at doing so uh thank you very

[5:19] much for the nomination I guess at this

[5:21] time uh I have a nomination myself so

[5:25] well we have a motion on the floor with

[5:27] one second call let me call it two more

[5:30] times do we have a

[5:31] second do we have a second on the

[5:33] nomination for commissioner Shane

[5:36] hearing no second the nomination for

[5:37] commissioner Shane

[5:39] fails Mr ker I would like to make the

[5:42] nomination for um commissioner vetch to

[5:45] be the chair I'll second that we have a

[5:49] motion in a second for commissioner

[5:51] vetch are there any other nominations

[5:53] for

[5:54] chair any other nominations for

[5:57] chair any other nominations

[6:00] hearing none we will close the

[6:02] nominations and go for a roll call vote

[6:05] for chair starting with district

[6:07] one nay District Two I District three I

[6:13] District Four and District Five I motion

[6:16] passes

[6:17] 41 Mr chair

[6:20] congratulations all right at this time

[6:22] we moving forward to the next

[6:24] organizational decision which would be

[6:25] to appoint a vice chair at this time

[6:28] I'll open up the nom for vice chair of

[6:31] the r County Board I'd like to make a

[6:32] nomination for naen Shane as Vice chair

[6:36] all right we have a motion by

[6:37] commissioner Holland to uh appoint

[6:40] commissioner Shane as Vice chair do we

[6:41] have a second I'll go ahead and second

[6:44] that I I enjoyed my time last year thank

[6:47] you thank you is there any other

[6:50] nominations is there any other

[6:52] nominations is there any other

[6:55] nominations hearing none uh we'll do a

[6:58] Voice vote all in favor say I I I oppose

[7:02] same sign may all right motion passes 41

[7:06] all right and at this time we are next

[7:10] onto the organizational portion of the

[7:11] meeting sorry one

[7:21] second sorry just pulling something up

[7:24] here on M I grab my sheet on my

[7:28] desk like it Mr chair oh yeah one second

[7:31] my piece left at

[7:39] my why is it not

[7:58] up I can it's Point all right at this

[8:01] point we'll move forward with the

[8:02] committee assignment approval uh at this

[8:04] time is there any uh changes to the

[8:07] committee assignments as they were

[8:08] appointed at previous Workshop in

[8:12] December I make a motion that we accept

[8:14] the committee assignments as as decided

[8:17] at the workshop second all right we have

[8:21] a motion by commissioner Holland second

[8:23] by commissioner Shane to approve the uh

[8:26] committee assignments is there any other

[8:28] discussion hearing none all in favor say

[8:32] I hi oppose same sign all right motion

[8:35] passes unanimously all right next would

[8:38] be to move forward with the minutes from

[8:41] the MR chair we have I'll bring you my

[8:43] sheet we have additional motions yes

[8:45] that's I was Wonder I was looking for

[8:46] that and I couldn't pull it up on my

[8:47] sheet let's see yeah this one didn't

[8:50] open yeah this was not pulled up in

[8:52] there when I tried to pull it up I

[8:54] couldn't get

[8:55] it it doesn't oh yeah yeah so I was Miss

[8:59] I was trying pull that because Mr f is

[9:00] not

[9:03] here it was there yes it was there the

[9:06] yesterday but it wasn't there today when

[9:07] I tried to pull it up all right uh the

[9:09] second item here is to uh vote to

[9:13] transfer back any unused funds in the uh

[9:15] county attorney's contingency fund

[9:16] Sheriff's contingency fund and any

[9:18] incidental funds to the General Revenue

[9:21] fund at this time will entertain a

[9:22] motion I'll make that motion I'll second

[9:24] that all right motion by commissioner

[9:26] Shane second by commissioner Holland any

[9:28] other discussion

[9:30] hearing none all in favor say I I post

[9:33] same sign uh next and passes unanimously

[9:37] next is to vote to recall any unused

[9:39] clerk hire unused budgets from

[9:42] 2024 entertain a motion I'll make that

[9:45] motion I'll second it motion by

[9:47] commissioner Shane second by

[9:48] commissioner Holland any further

[9:51] discussion hearing none all in favor say

[9:53] I I I oppos same sign motion passes

[9:57] unanimously all right

[10:00] then the next would be to set the 2025

[10:03] uh County Board sessions as listed with

[10:06] the meetings being on the 1 and third

[10:08] Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. in this room and

[10:10] the second Tuesdays of the month being a

[10:12] workshop that will be held at a

[10:14] designated location at 9:00 a. I'll make

[10:17] that motion second all right motion by

[10:20] uh commissioner Shane second by

[10:21] commissioner MOA any further

[10:24] discussion hearing none all in favor say

[10:27] I I oppose same sign all right motion

[10:31] passes unanimous unanimously all

[10:34] right now we can move on to regular

[10:37] business uh at this time I'll entertain

[10:40] a motion or corrections to the minutes

[10:42] from the December 17th meeting Mr chair

[10:46] yes I would like to hold over the

[10:48] minutes um for that meeting to January

[10:51] 21st um so that it the memos could be

[10:54] included in the meeting minutes which we

[10:57] had agreed um would

[11:01] yes we can uh we can hold those minutes

[11:02] over for uh additions and corrections to

[11:05] that I do understand that the format was

[11:07] a little bit different but there was

[11:08] some change over in Staffing absolutely

[11:10] I respect that y yep fair enough all

[11:12] right at this time we'll if there's uh

[11:14] any other I will move to table the

[11:17] approval of the minutes to the next

[11:19] board meeting all right now moving on to

[11:22] the approving today's agenda is there

[11:24] anything that needs to be removed or

[11:26] added to today's agenda administrator

[11:29] cred

[11:30] nothing to be added um when we come to

[11:32] Workshop we'll have a couple

[11:33] additions okay I'll make a motion to

[11:36] approve the agenda all right motion by

[11:38] commissioner MOA second second by

[11:40] commissioner Shane any further

[11:42] discussion hearing none all in favor say

[11:44] I I oppose same sign motion passes

[11:48] unanimously today's consent agenda would

[11:50] anyone like to remove anything from

[11:51] today's consent agenda for further

[11:54] discussion let me I make a motion that

[11:56] we accept the consent agenda as

[11:58] presented second all right motion by

[12:00] commissioner Holland second by

[12:02] commissioner Shane to approve today's

[12:03] consent agenda as presented any

[12:06] discussion hearing none all in favor say

[12:09] I I oppose same sign all right consent

[12:13] agenda approved unanimously today's

[12:15] first timed agenda item Mr dchen has

[12:18] been waiting so very patiently and it is

[12:21] nice to see this item come forward after

[12:24] uh much discussion and very hard work to

[12:26] see this portion of County ditch uh 20

[12:30] be able to be abandoned and Mr chair if

[12:33] I could we are going to be putting on

[12:35] our hats here as the drainage Authority

[12:36] for County ditch 20 and I want to

[12:38] congratulate commissioner MOA on his

[12:40] first official timed action being a

[12:43] [Laughter]

[12:46] ditch yeah thank thank you Mr chair

[12:48] members of the board acting as your

[12:50] capacity as a drainage Authority um kind

[12:52] of a procedural thing that we did for a

[12:55] public hearing that we had on May 16th

[12:57] of 2023 um we received a for partial

[12:59] abandonment pursuing to Minnesota statue

[13:01] 103e 806 from benefit Atlanta County

[13:05] ditch number 20 um as a part of that

[13:07] resolution we uh the board or the County

[13:10] Drainage Authority directed staff to

[13:12] bring back the resolution once as built

[13:14] documents were provided um we were

[13:16] provided by the Bowser engineer so that

[13:19] project is now complete so we will be

[13:21] adopting and and officially abandoning

[13:23] that section of ditch which like Mr

[13:25] vetch stated has been a been a big topic

[13:28] for a few years and excited to get this

[13:29] one done I will state I appreciate Matt

[13:32] yourself and Dan na as aid from Soil and

[13:36] Water on this project and being able to

[13:39] help these land owners and being able to

[13:41] fix this issue and get them uh out of

[13:43] the ditch system this was great teamwork

[13:45] there on all

[13:48] parts all right at this time I will

[13:52] entertain a motion to approve the

[13:54] resolution for the abandonment of County

[13:57] ditch 20 so moved second motion by

[14:00] commissioner Dietrich second by

[14:01] commissioner Holland any further

[14:03] discussion Mr chair you said abandonment

[14:05] I just want to clarify it's partial

[14:06] abandon part I'm sorry partial

[14:09] abandonment some people may want the

[14:11] full abandonment but I don't know that

[14:12] we actually get that one to we don't

[14:14] have the legal Authority for that today

[14:16] I think there's a few roadways that

[14:17] would find some benefit to it that we

[14:19] won't be able to make that

[14:22] happen all right so for the partial

[14:24] abandonment we have a motion by

[14:25] commissioner Dietrich second by

[14:26] commissioner Holland any further

[14:28] discussion

[14:29] hearing none resolution vote

[14:31] commissioner MOA i i i i i all right

[14:36] resolution passes unanimously thank you

[14:38] thank you next we will put on our health

[14:41] and human services hat and we will go

[14:43] into the Health and Human Services

[14:45] portion of the agenda uh first being the

[14:47] approval of the Health and Human

[14:49] Services consent agenda is there anyone

[14:51] that would like to remove anything from

[14:52] the Health and Human Services uh consent

[14:56] agenda Mr chair just before we get into

[14:58] that formality

[14:59] um because we are pointing on our hats

[15:00] here for the first time this year as the

[15:02] Health and Human Services Board um we

[15:04] would acknowledge that for purposes of

[15:06] these meetings that commissioner vetch

[15:07] would also continue as the chair for

[15:09] these portions of the

[15:15] meeting all right I'll make a motion to

[15:17] approve the HHS consent agenda all right

[15:19] I'll second that motion by commissioner

[15:21] MOA second by commissioner Holland any

[15:23] further

[15:24] discussion hearing none all in favor say

[15:27] I I I same sign all right the consent

[15:32] agenda approved unanimously Ed agenda

[15:35] item is to adopt the resolution 2501

[15:39] accepting the September uh sorry the

[15:42] September through December

[15:49] donations I'll make a motion all right

[15:52] motion by uh commissioner Dietrich I'll

[15:55] second that second by commissioner

[15:57] Holland any further

[16:00] discussion hearing none a resolution

[16:03] vote commissioner Shane I I I I I all

[16:08] right uh resol sorry the uh motion

[16:11] passes

[16:13] unanimously thank you Bard um I don't

[16:15] have any director's comments today I

[16:16] will take this opportunity to welcome

[16:18] commissioner MOA to the board and it's

[16:21] wonderful to be working with you for the

[16:22] next Years thank you thank you thank you

[16:26] so typically at this time but we're

[16:28] first meeting of the year we you will

[16:29] from time to time have director's

[16:31] comments um but at this time first

[16:34] agenda of the year we will move forward

[16:36] next we will move on to the items for

[16:38] consideration Administration setting the

[16:40] Tuesday January 14th County board

[16:42] meeting Workshop agenda uh the agenda

[16:45] was included in the the packet

[16:48] for discussion or any questions that's

[16:52] correct Mr chair and I just had two um

[16:54] items i' would like to add to the agenda

[16:56] number one being the appointment uh

[16:59] large position in the county to the

[17:00] extension committee um and then the

[17:02] second issue I'd like to discuss is the

[17:04] federal consultant contract I think I

[17:07] should have something to present next

[17:08] week don't have everything right now to

[17:10] distribute but hoping by then have

[17:12] something more firm in

[17:15] hand all right at this time I'll uh

[17:18] entertain a motion to set the County

[17:20] Board uh Workshop agenda for January

[17:23] 14th so moved I'll second motion by

[17:25] commissioner Shane second by

[17:26] commissioner Holland any further

[17:28] discussion

[17:30] hearing none all in favor say I I oppose

[17:34] same sign all right agenda approved

[17:38] unanimously last item on today's agenda

[17:40] would be to adopt the resolution

[17:42] approving the lawful gambling

[17:43] application for lg230 for Rockford Lions

[17:49] Club any a motion I'll make that motion

[17:52] all right second that motion by

[17:54] commissioner MOA second by commissioner

[17:55] Holland any further discussion

[17:59] all

[18:00] right

[18:01] and resolution vote I vote i i i i i all

[18:07] right resolution passes

[18:09] unanimously at this time we have uh

[18:12] completed the first agenda for 20125

[18:15] there's no other items on the agenda I

[18:17] will open up to the board members yes

[18:19] I'd like to at this time um uh say a

[18:22] thank you to Jan Thompson um served

[18:26] since uh January of 2013 so 11 years on

[18:30] Planning and Zoning she was a a very

[18:33] good member she uh did all she did her

[18:36] homework she came prepared she did the

[18:38] site visits and I just want to commend

[18:40] her for all the time she served for Ray

[18:44] County so thank you commissioner Holland

[18:47] uh we definitely worth noted for her

[18:49] decade plus of commitment to wri County

[18:52] and the citizens of right County so we

[18:53] thank her for that Mr chair also I just

[18:56] wanted we didn't have discussion on the

[18:58] chair and VI chair position I just

[18:59] wanted to say um congratulations and I

[19:03] I'm just looking that we rotate

[19:04] leadership that is just my concern that

[19:06] we um we have other opportunities for

[19:10] for the board members to lead so thank

[19:13] you all right and also I want to uh

[19:17] thank Lindsay uh she was elected as the

[19:20] mcit uh Treasurer and she started full

[19:25] force yesterday down in the cities uh

[19:27] learning her things that she needs to

[19:29] for this committee and we appreciate

[19:31] your time and effort for that we did

[19:34] enjoy seeing your picture in that

[19:35] mailing that you know you went all

[19:37] across the state of Minnesota now you're

[19:38] super famous I'm sure the autographs are

[19:41] going to be coming the request for

[19:42] autographs going to be come rolling in

[19:44] now and I do want to thank the staff

[19:47] this is it was a uh with with being

[19:50] short staffed uh this you know with up

[19:53] in administration um the the staff did a

[19:56] really great job with their um time too

[20:00] with Christmas in there so thank you

[20:02] Kelly and and thank Jen for all the hard

[20:05] work you guys did in this little short

[20:07] bit of

[20:08] time great thank you commissioner

[20:10] Holland all right at this time uh with

[20:12] nothing else on the agenda if there's no

[20:14] other comments we will adjourn today's

[20:16] County board meeting at 9:19