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[0:48] good morning everyone it is Tuesday February 4th we'll call the W County Board of Commissioners to order we will

[0:53] begin with the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the

[0:59] flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one

[1:04] nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for

[1:13] all all right we have a pretty good robust agenda here given we had a week

[1:21] break in between the last meeting here uh first item on the agenda would be the

[1:28] approval of the minutes we have minutes from January 21st and January 27th I can

[1:34] approve them collectively or individually I'll stand for uh modifications at this time Mr chair I do

[1:39] have modifications please yes thank you I would like to amend the minutes of the

[1:45] sheriff and attorney salary Committee of the whole from November 19th County Board minutes from December 17th and

[1:51] County Board minutes January 21st to State a data request regarding the

[1:57] sheriff was discussed by commissioner Shane and H quote um there were the minutes were

[2:02] amended by me in December to state that a citizen's data request was discussed by commissioner Shane in Holland and

[2:09] approved 5 by the board and on January 21st um my amended comments were then

[2:15] stricken um public meet minutes are public record and should reflect the significant items discussed at the

[2:20] meetings that's why I amended those um minutes in the first place um this

[2:26] because this item was considered a determining Factor regarding the share of salaries setting at 2% um commissioner Holland approved amended

[2:32] changes at the December 17th meeting only to strike the amend amended comments at the 20 January 21st board

[2:39] meeting again so I would just request that my amended comments be added to

[2:45] those requested minutes please can I comment okay uh at this

[2:52] time is that an official motion at this time yes okay there's a motion by commissioner dietr do we have a second I'll second it so we can comment okay

[3:00] comment so we amended it because we the discussion wasn't about a citizen's data

[3:08] request we would like we would we would want the citizens to come forward and if

[3:14] they feel they need to do a data request they can it was regarding Sheriff

[3:19] daringer data request on two Commissioners because he didn't want to

[3:25] give us the uh we asked for three receipts three receipts for three hot

[3:33] big items he chose not to and then decided to do a data request on two of

[3:41] the Commissioners commissioner Holland and commissioner catchmark so that he could

[3:48] he thought we were not asking other leadership for the same things and we

[3:55] are we have fraud in the the federal government we have fraud in the state government we don't we that is our

[4:04] number one duty is to guard the money of our constituents and when we ask for

[4:11] receipts that is not a lot to ask so that is why we it costed

[4:18] $110,000 and that is why that negatively reflected his performance pay it had

[4:25] nothing to do with citizen data request and that is why I struck that and that

[4:31] is why I would like that we do not have um we we don't have political theater in

[4:38] our minute Mr sherff the sheriff is a citizen of right County he doesn't

[4:45] abdicate that when he's also elected Sheriff he has every right like everyone else to make a data request and that was

[4:52] made by an attorney not actually by the sheriff okay uh we're not even jine here to the subject here board members um

[4:58] this is where we have a real pain Point here as a board uh we have now

[5:04] weaponized minutes uh it is not practical it is not productive and it is

[5:10] creating a great deal of anxiety for staff uh this is where I feel like we've had the discussion about needing to go

[5:16] with just recommendations and the votes in the minutes and letting the video stand as the record and that video is

[5:24] out there we don't need to have these discussions as to who said what and what

[5:29] should be articulated in the minutes when there's a video out there to tell you exactly what everybody says there's

[5:35] no modification to it because at this point doing these summary minutes staff is having a very difficult time and is

[5:41] actually getting a a bit of anxiety in trying to determine what things to

[5:46] include in the minutes and what things not to include in the minutes and that's why we make amendments Mr chair um and I

[5:52] did not weaponize this this was approved 0 in December and it come back a month

[5:58] later and to adjust those and strike them and now we're into February and still discussing this I didn't make that

[6:05] happen it was done in December I I I have to believe that this is more about

[6:10] continuing a a discussion and an argument than it is about what the record reflects um so for that that

[6:18] purpose I I really ask the board members to approve these minutes and move forward with it and we do need to make a

[6:25] a move here going forward that the videos will be the determination of what anybody said the minutes at this point

[6:31] and and I'm strongly at this point recommending because we are going at almost every meeting where we have

[6:37] immense amount of modifications on who said what and I and it's it is not productive it is not a good use of Staff

[6:43] time especially when there is a video out there to determine who said

[6:49] what so we have a motion we have a second is there other discussion on the on these minutes is there modifications

[6:55] are the including uh commissioner diet's Amendment

[7:01] I think that's what my motion was to include that she seconds that is there any other discussion on it if hearing

[7:07] none I guess I'm just curious what what are we approving at this point at this point we would be approving the minutes

[7:12] with the modifications made by commissioner Dietrich which were included in her motion uh to to repeat that a data

[7:20] request regarding the sheriff was discussed by Commissioners chain and Holland at the sheriff and celery uh

[7:27] sheriff and attorney celery meeting committee the whole I mean that doesn't have to be included but just it was

[7:33] discussed I just want to make sure I'm following this correctly because I wasn't a part of several of these

[7:38] conversations this is regarding a meeting in November that then was talked about again in December was was approved

[7:46] in those minutes then brought up in January and now in February and we're

[7:51] approving which set of minutes along here I I'm just kind of lost I'm sure a lot of people probably are which set of

[7:59] minutes we are approving which ones were not and I'm almost at the point now where I would rather the minutes be

[8:04] diluted down to letting the video stand as the record and just pull out just have the written minutes reflect what

[8:10] the recommendations were and what the vote results were and if you want to have the nuts and details about who said

[8:16] what we can go to the video Mr chair not all of our meetings are recorded by video or voice recording yes sir that

[8:22] meeting was not or the committee of the holes no the committee of the holes are not and so how are we going to have a

[8:28] record when you're just summarizing one thing when it it is a discussion to be had we don't all think alike I think

[8:34] it's very important that we're transparent to the public this is the first thing for me I got elected by the

[8:40] citizens and they need to know what's going on in our meetings I just think it it's a

[8:46] Personnel issue so I don't I don't feel that this was a public meeting but it's still Personnel related we didn't want

[8:54] it to we didn't want it to be we did not want that to be in the public Mr chair

[9:00] it doesn't matter what you feel about it commissioner Holland has the floor at this time I'd like to call a question

[9:07] all right the questions been called we have a motion by commissioner Dietrich uh second by commissioner Holland uh

[9:12] with the modifications and the approval of the minutes from the 121 and

[9:19] 127 uh any further discussion hearing none all in favor say I I oppose same sign I I I obain all

[9:28] right motion fails uh 3 two one one exstension all right I'll make a motion

[9:35] that we approve the minutes uh as presented for both uh the 21st and the

[9:41] 27th second all right motion by commissioner Holland second by commissioner Shane for the approval of

[9:46] the January 21st and January 27th uh minutes as presented any further

[9:52] discussion hearing none all in favor say I I I oppose same sign I all right

[9:58] motion passes 4 one all right moving forward to today's agenda is there any I'll make a motion to approve the agenda

[10:04] is written I'll second that sure quite fast uh commissioner MOA Mr

[10:10] chair if I could make one friendly one friendly suggested

[10:16] amendment I would like to add excuse me item A2 uh to schedule a committee of the whole um to talk about the public

[10:24] health Division and HHS and I'm looking at scheduling that after board on February 18th staff is just trying to

[10:31] create a a systematic way of probably every month just trying to meet with the divisions of HHS so that we have an

[10:36] understanding of what their large divisions are before we get into formal budgeting in the summer so we're uh

[10:42] targeting is it 10:30 we're saying yes 10:30 on the 18th but we can discuss

[10:48] that at as part of 18 oh that's right yeah you're right sorry I got into it a little earlier I'm thinking ahead of my

[10:53] brain that we're making the move on there all right uh so we is that a friendly Amendment commissioner uh Moa

[11:00] I'll I'll just make that inclusion in my motion perfect so all right all right so we have a motion to approve today's

[11:06] agenda with the added uh scheduling of a meeting H is there any other discussion hearing none all in favor say I I oppose

[11:14] same sign all right motion passes unanimous today's consent agenda would anyone like to remove anything from

[11:19] today's consent agenda for further discussion I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda I'll second that

[11:25] motion by commissioner MOA second by commissioner Holland to prod uh approve today's consent agenda as presented uh

[11:33] any discussion hearing none all in favor say I I I POS same sign all right motion

[11:39] passes unanimous uh today's time to agenda items first item on the agenda we

[11:44] have uh Greg bickard is making his way to the

[11:52] podium good morning good morning morning morning okay so excuse me have two items

[11:58] in front of you today both resolutions um the first one is the uh donation from

[12:04] the DAV uh in Hutchinson chapter 37 I believe it is every year they kind of

[12:09] give us a donation it changes every year up up and down a little bit but uh to use for our veterans um and what we

[12:16] typically use this for is where there's not some other program available to a veteran either they don't meet that

[12:23] specific criteria for that program but they're still a veteran or it just that program just can't turn fast enough to

[12:28] help that veteran out okay so it's kind of an emergent type of fund we use it for if they need gas or they need food

[12:35] or they need atire something you know something like that that we don't really have another funding line for that's

[12:41] what we use it for very good all right uh at this time

[12:47] I'll entertain a motion to approve the resolution for accepting donations so moved all right motion by commissioner

[12:53] Dietrich second by commissioner Holland uh any other discussion I just like to

[12:58] say uh they have been uh the chapter down the Hutchinson there has been a very great partner for us they have

[13:04] absolutely this is third or fourth year they've given in two $2,500 range every

[13:10] year and then the auxiliary we usually get one from the auxiliary at some point too so yeah they're very very and they

[13:17] do a lot of stuff uh they do donations equipment donations for the entire State pretty much so vanar and his people down

[13:24] there they that DAV chapter does a lot of stuff for the veterans in the state so we can't thank uh them enough for the

[13:31] support of the veterans here in Ray County so we greatly appreciate that donation uh at this time no other

[13:37] discussion i' say resolution vote commissioner MOA i i i i i resolution

[13:43] passes unanimous okay thank you uh and then the second one um so back last year

[13:49] last summer uh the Outreach person from right henip and Co-op approached me um

[13:55] and she is a former beyond the yellow ribbon which I don't know if is a veterans organization state so she was

[14:01] part of that before she moved over to right hennipin Co-op um she took a they

[14:06] wanted to do something for veterans so she worked with the employees and they took up a donation and asked me okay

[14:11] well what Greg what would help you the most and at the time it was gift cards

[14:17] so we they went out and they got us like $1,550 worth of gift cards or whatever different ones Cub Food gas and stuff uh

[14:26] right after that the rules changed about gift cards oh that we couldn't we couldn't do them

[14:32] anymore um and the discussion with Lindsay and the finance people because the cards came in before kind of the

[14:38] clarification of the rules we're going to go ahead and I can't there's no easy way to give them back so they're going

[14:45] to we're going to ahead and give them out under the old rules not going to take any more donation gift card

[14:50] donations or whatever um and I we just going through thing I've forgotten to put in front of the board so I'm just

[14:55] getting in front of the board so we're legal so I I appreciate that once again we

[15:01] appreciate the uh support by the right henpen Cooperative great and at this time I'll

[15:06] entertain a motion to approve and accept the donations from right hennipin Cooperative so moved I'll second motion

[15:12] by commissioner Shane second by commissioner Holland to accept the right- handin Cooperative uh donations

[15:19] any discussion that's a very unfortunate rule yeah well and so we used to have uh

[15:26] previously we had authorization in the state Grant that we could do gift cards well I just

[15:31] got the new Grant documents they taken it out of that now too so I can't do gift cards in any way shape or form

[15:38] anymore so yeah we it is what it is all right uh any other discussion

[15:45] hearing none uh resol resolution vote commissioner Shane I I I I

[15:51] I all right resolution passes unanimous thank you and Matt is making his way to

[15:58] the podium I softened them up for

[16:04] you good morning Mr chair members of the board um yeah my first item you will be acting as the drainage Authority for

[16:10] County disch number 23 um we received a repair request from Woodland Township

[16:16] who is a benefited land owner on County ditch number 23 um pursuant to Minnesota statute 103e 715 subdivision 2 you are

[16:26] required to hear this repair petition and determine if the drainage system needs repairs um some of our staff

[16:33] survey and thoughts were included in the board packet and if you have any questions on that uh be happy to

[16:40] answer all right so at this time uh we're looking to uh get some direction

[16:47] here on the uh records of County ditch 23 as well as the uh uh research the re

[16:54] uh the repair request itself uh looking at engineering for it uh making determination yeah that um Minister

[17:02] statute 103715 subdivision 2 does have that as the next required step um I did

[17:08] have that as my item number two um to potentially come back at a future board

[17:14] meeting um to discuss that internally as staff um just given the relatively small

[17:19] size of the repair um and the cost that could be associated with a repair report that would also be assessed to the

[17:25] benefit of land owners so just wanted to do a little homework on that um before agreeing to that Mr chair

[17:33] members of the drainage Authority staff's recommendation is as stated in the rfba for the board action here but

[17:39] at this point in time given the lack of Records I believe that we need to start a records reestablishment process under

[17:45] 10311 um so yeah guess we'd be looking for direction from the drainage authority to direct staff to get quotes

[17:52] for that to start that process and to bring it back I I know Matt was very ambitious and put down February 18th but

[17:58] I'm not sure we can get engineering quotes in the next week but we'll we'll strive to do that if not we'll try to

[18:04] get it back here by early March all right so I I guess uh I don't

[18:10] even know that we need to get legal opinion on it for the reestablishment records I think it's pretty pretty obvious so it's more the fact that

[18:16] skipping did just move forward with uh getting quotes on a engineering firm to

[18:22] do the redetermination of or reestablishment of records and come back at that point after that's done and talk

[18:27] about the repairs cuz we can't do anything without the records until you have the records yep I agree yep all right so with that I would uh entertain

[18:35] a motion from a board member here to uh direct staff to uh get engineering quotes for a reestablishment of Records

[18:41] on County ditch 23 and come back at a subsequent board meeting for Action so

[18:47] moved uh motion by commissioner Dietrich second second by commissioner MOA any

[18:52] further discussion hearing none all in favor say I I hi oppose same sign all right motion

[18:59] passes unanimous thank you Matt awesome and then the second one is follow up

[19:04] from a public hearing we held recently uh to approve the finings in order correcting the drainage system records for Ray County ditch number 19 located

[19:12] in French Lake Township and if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer Mr chair I would

[19:17] just note on this matter you're acting as the drainage Authority for Ray County ditch

[19:24] 19 you that so this is uh back to our hearing that we had a few weeks back uh so at this point I'm looking for a

[19:32] motion to I'll make a motion to approve the findings all right second motion by commissioner MOA second by commissioner

[19:38] dietr to approved the findings uh for County ditch 19 Mr chair I'd just like

[19:44] to say it was we had a good turnout for that hearing and it was just really um important a lot of good information and

[19:50] I think a lot of people got um their questions answered all right very good uh it's a

[19:56] resolution vote if there's no other discussion I'll vote i i i i i all right

[20:02] resolution passes unanimous thank you thanks all right now we are putting on our health and human services hats and

[20:09] working as the public health authority and the Health and Human Services Board

[20:15] good morning Jamie good morning Commissioners first item uh under this uh portion of the agenda would be the

[20:20] approval of the consent agenda uh we have three different items on there will stand for a motion or if there's any

[20:27] discussion so moved second motion by commissioner Shane second by commissioner Holland to approve the

[20:32] Health and Human Services consent agenda any I would like just to mention because I think it looks like we have a lot of

[20:37] positions that are turning over um in this case the case a position was a promotion into another vacant position

[20:44] so it's um kind of one of those good churning positions that we have that position open

[20:49] now I appreciate you pointing that out uh if there's no other discussion we'll approve the consent agenda uh all in

[20:55] favor say I I I ohst same sign all right consent agenda proved unanimous thank

[21:01] you thank you very much first the time to agenda item right we have a very um celebratory agenda item for our first

[21:07] item we'd like to recognize Dr Jennifer Ray Mar's services to our Public Health task force and the HHS advisory

[21:13] committee um she's retiring from both committees after 19 years of service she's been a faithful servant to Wright

[21:20] County during all this time um and I don't know Sarah if you would like to make the comments regarding Dr Mater and

[21:26] Dr Mater is seated right here um with her family and we're very and we have a lot of um public health staff that are

[21:33] here as well to recognize Dr Mater

[21:38] sure good morning board and um Dr Mater's here and she also has family here with us today um besides the 19

[21:45] years of service on our committees she's been with us for over 25 years serving

[21:51] as our medical director prior to serving on our committees um and worked with us

[21:57] on many policy developments she was first to develop our respiratory protection plan um for staff and um all

[22:06] was part of developing maida um so many of you know maida maida is still around

[22:11] obviously um remembers when we first developed um back on 911 um worked on

[22:20] respiratory protection because that's why we developed it because of 911 I mean these are these are longstanding

[22:26] programs of of why we started some some of our some of our work so um and very

[22:32] lucky to have a physician to guide us in some of these processes um and I would just say we would not have um the clinic

[22:40] in the um downstairs if it wasn't for Dr Mater she was um a regular Communicator

[22:48] with representative Dean erall in that process and he was c um crucial in the passage of the bonding bill so she's

[22:56] just been a huge advocate for uh that portion of our community um as a

[23:01] resident of cooco and also as an advocate for public health so we're very

[23:06] blessed to have her uh and I don't expect her to be totally quiet in her retirement she's just redirecting some

[23:13] of her energy so we're just very lucky to have you so thank

[23:18] you Dr Mater I will say I have uh lucky enough on a few occasions get to sit in

[23:24] on some committees over the years with you uh we have been so blessed here as citizens of R County to have gotten all

[23:31] the wonderful service from you and all the volunteer hours we can't thank you enough uh you've been an amazing asset

[23:37] and I'm sure you'll continue to be an asset and we can't thank you enough for all

[23:43] the time you've committed to and given to the citizens of R County and to this organization thank you chairman VCH um

[23:50] yes the past two years um on the public health task force you were always a shining light and I appreciated all your

[23:57] wonderful comments ments and I do see such great value in our dental clinic

[24:03] and that was a huge undertaking and we're very thankful our citizens are

[24:09] thankful and you've really served Ray County well and thank you it's

[24:15] nice thank you thank you Dr Mater

[24:27] [Applause]

[24:35] we'll be going over some of the information from the dental center in a little bit so hopefully you can stay for

[24:44] that and it's it's hard to move on and and somebody who's made such an impact in this organization I I I feel like we

[24:50] didn't do it enough justification Dr Mater uh so next we'd like uh the board

[24:57] to ad a resolution to accept our January 2025 donations so moved I'll second

[25:04] motion by commissioner dietr second by commissioner Holland to accept the resolution for 2502 for the January uh

[25:11] donations we any discussion all right we with the motion

[25:19] a resolution pardon me is this a resolution it's a resolution yep all right uh

[25:24] sorry yep so it' be commissioner Holland I I I I I all right resolution passes

[25:31] unanimous thank you thank you um and with that I would like to lead off my director comments with the um Public

[25:38] Health task force Dental update um and it's not much of a presentation but I'll hand this paper over to Dr Mater so she

[25:44] can walk away with um the good work that's happened um and you should all have this in your packet as well Commissioners the dental Innovation

[25:51] coordinator 2024 summary report the um oral health initiatives total reach was

[25:57] 8,500 116 people oral health education in schools was met at a 70% threshold um

[26:04] the February Children's Dental Health month um brushing competition in 2024 they had 1310 participating students and

[26:11] in this year 1215 1310 participating students and direct referrals submitted via online

[26:18] were 106 with 44% being Wright County residents um the Community Dental Care

[26:24] 2024 statistics are I would say even more um over whelming and significant in

[26:30] 2024 total patient visits were 15,0 53 individuals um

[26:36] 45% um representing people from reigh County 18% from Sherburn County and 133% from Sterns County these represent

[26:44] 6,190 Unique Individuals 88% of those people as you know are on public

[26:49] programs which was why the um the suffer was so Tano to meet the needs of our people that are in public programs to

[26:55] get their Dental needs met um uninsured were 6% and children under the age of 21 were 52% of these visits um and again

[27:03] the Emergency Care visits I think is also significant at 1965 which potentially would have

[27:09] eliminated many people stopping at the um emergency room first and then being redirected to a dentist after that so

[27:16] again I think these are very significant numbers um and just so the board knows because um right County was leading this

[27:22] initiative um and in 2025 we are passing the Baton to Benton County Public Health

[27:28] and they're in the process to finalize the um the Blue Cross Blue Shield contract to become the fiscal host for

[27:33] this position so after this year Benton County will be the fiscal host for the dental um program that has gone through

[27:40] Blue crft Blue Shield so with that they're just really significant numbers Dr M so you probably

[27:52] got um in addition for director's comments I wanted to just give the board an update on our

[27:59] um financial services update it just says you've heard us come in many times talking about the unwinding and you know

[28:05] just like what an effort this was I think a lot of times when we look at financial assistance we just deal in

[28:10] that Stark how many cases are open or how many um people do we have on cases but you don't see again I'll use the

[28:16] word you know um you know just the the volume that happens about cases that

[28:21] open and close open en close and the all the um processing that happens in that case because that static number is not

[28:27] really represent representative of what uh our staff are doing um so our phone statistics as of this last year as a

[28:33] team fa hand financial assistance handled more than 74,000 calls in 2024

[28:39] the applications processed in the food support um oh my gosh ca help me

[28:48] out oh um CFS and emergency was 600

[28:53] 6,467 and our cap CCAP would be our um health I'm sorry our Child Care Program

[29:00] 453 healthc care 1,372 and as you know the state stood up

[29:05] uh Auto renewal process and the auto renewals even though it says Auto renewals there still somebody touching

[29:10] each of those cases I was 13,752 435 were manually processed and

[29:19] then I thought this would be very interesting for our board because in the end of 2023 um HHS was approved to hire

[29:25] a internal fraud investigator after not having one for several years um so Dan

[29:30] Chris Christian um joined our staff and in 2023 prior to having that um a fraud

[29:36] investigator on staff we saw a total Savings of 70 thou $79,000 and an overpayment total of

[29:42] $80,000 so when we say the savings total it means $79,000 of money not going out

[29:48] to participants because they were found ineligible prior to because of something in their application that was

[29:53] potentially um um incorrect or in fraud on their point then in 2024 after

[29:59] bringing Dan on board and after taking a while for him to kind of get stood up in the new position we had a total Savings

[30:05] of $73,000 um and an overpayment total of

[30:10] $417,000 so really a significant change like a tenfold change after bringing on a um prod investigator in that area so I

[30:18] commend you for doing that and I commend our um financial assistance program for

[30:23] helping with this throughout the whole process I think the Integrity of the program is really stood up when we have somebody like that on board that our

[30:30] staff can turn to and we have issues um then I have one final item

[30:35] it's not in your packet I have two letters of support that I have signed and I'm just letting you know in case

[30:40] anybody um would like to throw their support behind this one is to the Minnesota Department of Transportation

[30:47] I'm writing on behalf of re County Health and Human Services to express our full support for men. infrastructure Grant application for project 3 it's a

[30:55] shared use path um for our commissioners that are in this area um connecting Prairie View Middle School and Prairie

[31:00] viw Elementary School located in rake county is outlined in the design assistance program so it would be a walking path for kids between the two

[31:07] schools um the other letter of support is um in support of the Central Minnesota Mental Health Center's

[31:13] application for a grant through DHS for kids Zer to five to enhance Mental Health Services for children so um

[31:20] unless I hear differently the my signatur is on these and they'll be going out in hhs's

[31:25] name that's all I have thank you Jimmy for those updates thank you if there's

[31:30] no other questions by board members uh we'll move on to items for consideration first item on items for consideration

[31:36] would be the approval and the adoption of the recommendations from the Personnel Committee of the whole on

[31:41] January 27th uh this was a quite a robust meeting that has had a

[31:47] culmination of 12 to 18 months of work uh to bring these recommendations

[31:52] forward uh first of all um there's uh the recommendations would be the restart

[31:57] uring to add an assistant director of taxpayer services to move ot2 under election manager approve extension with

[32:06] extension with ABDO contract and to develop a description for a senior Erp

[32:11] product manager and Oracle developer position uh the second recommendation would be the consensus to bring forward

[32:18] a contract and a resolution for the appointment of a county the County Administrator and the third

[32:23] recommendation would be the authorizing uh h of a full-time staff to fulfill

[32:29] Department equivalent positions uh and the direct staff to develop a job

[32:36] description and administration department organizational chart that was provided if as it pertains to record

[32:44] management uh so quite a good presentation and uh lots of subsequent

[32:50] meetings prior to this uh to bring forward these changes but I believe these changes over time will uh help us

[32:57] to recruit and retain employees as well as uh be able to wean us off of

[33:03] contracted services that are costing us exuberance amount of money uh month in

[33:08] and month out uh so these changes are necessary in order for us to move forward um and we'll hopefully be able

[33:15] to save money over the longer period of time with that I'll stand for a motion

[33:21] to approve these uh recommendations so moved second all right motion by commissioner MOA second by commissioner

[33:27] Holland to approve the recommendations from the January 27th Personnel Committee of the whole need discussion

[33:33] yep yes I just have I honestly it was well done well thought out um I I was

[33:39] just not aware of it um you know until a couple weeks ago all of these changes and and it just it did take a lot of

[33:45] work to get there um my only frustration and I and I shared that at the meeting is that um had we known these positions

[33:51] or in some manner coming forward um that we're just into February now and now

[33:57] we're adjusting budget for these positions and or offsetting it with some cost which I do understand as well um so

[34:03] I just want to acknowledge that I it would always be better uh to get these things in the budget so that we can um

[34:09] plan for that that's all thank you and just to so a lot of these ones

[34:15] were incorporated into Department 100 within the budget we just weren't ready to articulate what those positions may

[34:22] be with budget time because we were still in the process of a deep research uh esta was trying to make the

[34:28] determination of what would solve the issues and being able to make sure that

[34:33] we weren't making a uh how would I say it uh preemptive decision without having

[34:39] uh all the analysis done so uh I we are sensitive to the point that we try to

[34:45] make these decisions at budgetary time but sometimes if we're not ready we actually allocate some of those funds within Department 100 uh to make the

[34:52] decisions at a later date but uh understand your point on that all right any other discussion

[35:00] all right do we do we have a motion on that yes we did all right any second by Holland yes that's right any other

[35:07] discussion all right hearing none all in favor say I I oppose same sign all right

[35:13] motion passes unanimous all right next we have the uh A2 would be to schedule a

[35:20] uh Committee of the whole or Health and Human Services committee the whole or whatever you want to call it uh to have

[35:26] a discussion in update on public health targeting February 18th at 10:30

[35:33] a.m. that's correct Mr chair all right motion all right motion by commissioner

[35:38] Holland second second by commissioner Shane to set a committee the whole to discuss Public Health on February 18th

[35:44] at 10:30 a.m. any other discussion hearing none all in favor say

[35:50] I I post same sign all right motion passes unanimous all right uh B1 we have

[35:58] the set the agenda for the Tuesday February 11th uh County Commissioners Workshop that was included in the packet

[36:05] uh once again we have a pretty robust agenda there for that Workshop uh is there any additions or corrections to

[36:12] that Workshop agenda if not uh I'll look for a motion to approve that Workshop agenda so move

[36:19] I'll second all right motion by commissioner Shane second by commissioner Holland any discussion hearing none all in favor say

[36:26] I I oppos same sign all right the workshop agenda is approved unanimously

[36:32] all right and the last item under items for consideration would be to the adopt

[36:37] a resolution appointing uh Mr Chrysler as wri County Administrator and authorizing signatures on the employment

[36:45] contract and a memo of understanding I'll make that motion second in the resolution as well so we have a motion

[36:52] by commissioner MOA second by commissioner Shane for the appointment of Mr kryer as right County administrator any discussion Mr chair

[37:00] yes um just real quick I just see some things in the contract differently um than the Commissioners and and that's

[37:05] just where I sit right now but um I'm ready to move forward with all right and

[37:10] thank you commissioner Dietrich any other discussion I would like to say um

[37:16] uh my administrators um many of the county administrators uh many Business Leaders

[37:22] have been uh asking for the last six months when we were going to move

[37:28] forward with Greg uh I kept getting that question over and over again um and so

[37:34] to have it finally be here today uh we really appreciate everything that you do

[37:39] for us Greg uh you will lead the county you have been helping for the last 10

[37:45] years lead the county and now you're going to go solo I think it's gonna it's it's a the

[37:52] best fit for right County at this time and we're so grateful that you stepped up

[37:58] Greg there's so many things I could say because over the M over the years you and I have uh worked on a lot of different things and uh in over the last

[38:06] six seven months you've you've done a lot in terms of uh uh moving s moving

[38:11] things forward in this organization I can't thank you enough I already know that you'll do wonderful things in the years to come uh so with that I I I

[38:18] could go on and on so other comments no all right with no

[38:25] other comments we have a motion by commissioner Jo us second by commissioner Shane uh resolution vote uh

[38:31] so you're all start off the vote I I may I I all right resolution passes 41

[38:39] congratulations welcome well thank you Mr chair members of the board I want to thank you sincerely for this appointment

[38:45] and uh This truly is the highest honor I think that this board could give someone and I really have to say I'm really it's

[38:53] been a pleasure working with the Departments and working with such great public servants that we have here in wri county and the board's vision and

[39:00] direction to help you lead that and Implement your vision is the highest calling I think I can have um this board

[39:06] has nothing but um the highest esteem for public service for doing the best

[39:12] Duty that you can for the community and for watching the fiscal dollar being in budgeting for the first time this last

[39:18] year was an eye-opening experience I mean as an attorney you de with everything but finance and to be in that

[39:24] room and to watch how every one of you about every dollar that you tax and how

[39:30] you scrutinize everything so diligently is absolutely just wonderful to see and

[39:36] I'm looking forward to working with the board more and this so I thank you for the appointment and um and I thank the

[39:42] staff as well and everyone else in the county well thank you Greg and uh Mr

[39:47] luten told me that he's giving you 15 minutes after this board meeting to vacate your office over there so so

[39:52] you're gonna have to run fast I think I think there are a number of attorneys lining up to try to get that office I

[39:58] I'm sure they have it all boxed up for you already which office I've got a truck if you need all

[40:04] [Laughter] right with no other business to attend to at today's uh County board meeting we

[40:10] will adjourn here today at 9:40 thank you