DELTA
A Regular meeting of the Delta County Board of Commissioners was held
this date, pursuant to the following call:
The Honorable Members of the Delta
Dear
Commissioners:
A
Regular Meeting of the Delta County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for
Sincerely
yours,
Nancy
J. Kolich
ROLL
CALL
PRESENT: Commissioners
Bengry, Elegeert, Nelson, Ruohomaki and Schultz.
ABSENT: None.
The
meeting was called to order at
V. APPROVAL
OF BOARD MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve the
minutes of the
VI. PRESENTATATION OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
A. Received:
No written communications were received.
B. Forwarded: No written communications were
forwarded.
VII.
REPORTS OF
STANDING AND STATUTORY SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND OTHERS
1. Public Health Board minutes of
2. FIA minutes of
3. Solid Waste Management minutes of
4. Pinecrest Board of Trustees minutes of
5. Airport and Parks Commission minutes of
1. Township Association minutes of
2. Criminal Justice minutes of
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and seconded
by Commissioner Ruohomaki that the Communications and Reports of Standing and
Statutory Committees and the Reports of Special Committees and Others be received
and placed on file. MOTION CARRIED.
VIII.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS
Hugo
Mattonen addressed the Board stating that the Board meetings should consider
televising the meetings.
Waldon Johnson addressed the
Board with his concerns with the Road Commissioners insurance benefit issues.
Paul
Neumeier addressed the Board with his concerns with the dismissal of the Road
Commission Manager, Mark Desotell.
William
Charon addressed the Board requesting that the Board meetings be televised.
X. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1. Building
and Grounds Committee.
2. Finance Committee.
3.
Personnel Committee.
a.
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to
receive the minutes and place on file.
MOTION CARRIED.
4. Administrator’s Report.
1. Ren Zone:
The pay request #4 from Oberstar for $456,742.28
was submitted EDA and approved by the Finance Committee. The Administrator also
advised the Committee that the remainder of the County share of the project
needs to be transferred to the Ren Zone account. The Administrator will be working with Kelly
Smith to complete a power point presentation on for the Ren-zone. They will be set up to make the presentation
with the laptop and projector, eventually the finished product will be
available for prospects to view on CDs.
2. Early Out Retirements:
There
is interest in an early out program.
However, some of the people are more concerned about the costs of
continuing health care. Mr. Erickson will
be talking to BCBS about retiree plan options.
He is also exploring health savings account options to maximize dollar
benefit for retirees.
3. Emergency Management:
Phase
I of the homeland security grant has been reimbursed by the State. Phase II will be the purchase of 800 mHz
radios for county law enforcement departments.
The turn around time for getting the money from the State is about 30 to
45 days, much quicker than last year.
Phase III will be radios for
4. MAC Conference.
A
couple of important events will take place before the MAC Conference. Next Tuesday is the Governor’s State of the
State address. The budget proposal is
anticipated to be presented on Thursday.
Mr. Erickson will be following these closely, since these will likely
bring up some important discussion issues in
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to receive the
Administrator’s report and place on file.
MOTION CARRIED.
6.
Computer
Committee.
X. GENERAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS
A. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
B. NEW BUSINESS
1. Payment
of Bills.
Moved by Commissioner and seconded by Commissioner to pay the bills in
the amount of $1,055,318.14. MOTION
CARRIED.
2. Presentation by Drain Commissioner Don
Shirley.
New Drain Commissioner, Don Shirley,
updated the Board on items he is exploring including Garden Flood Prevention,
and possible future revenue sources. He
also urged the Commissioners to attend the Water Shed Management Grant and
Workshop at the MAC Conference.
3. Authorization for 911 Coordinator to
send letter to SBC
Captain Robert Berbohm addressed the Board
with a request to authorize the 911 coordinator to send a letter to SBC
requesting an increase in the monthly line charge supporting E911 to 4% of the
highest county phone line charge with a maximum charge of $.80 per month. This would be a 40 cent increase from the
$.40 charge set in 1993. This would take
about 3 months to take effect. Moved by Commissioner Ruohomaki and seconded by
Commissioner Nelson to send to Finance for a recommendation for the next Board
meeting. MOTION CARRIED.
4. Executive
Session re: Labor Contract.
Moved by Commissioner and seconded by
Commissioner to convene into executive session at
ROLL CALL BENGRY YES
NELSON ABSTAIN
RUOHOMAKI YES
SCHULTZ YES
ELEGEERT
YES
MOTION CARRIED.
Commissioner
Nelson did not attend the executive session.
Moved
by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to reconvene at
No
actions were taken during executive session.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Bengry to ratify the Teamsters Corrections Officers contract.
ROLL
CALL BENGRY YES
NELSON ABSTAIN
RUOHOMAKI YES
SCHULTZ YES
ELEGEERT
YES
MOTION CARRIED.
Addition to the Agenda.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to
put Pay Request #4 on the agenda. MOTION
CARRIED.
5. Oberstar
Pay Request #4.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by
Commissioner Ruohomaki to pay Oberstar Pay Request #4 in the amount of
$456,742.28.
ROLL CALL BENGRY YES
NELSON YES
RUOHOMAKI YES
SCHULTZ YES
ELEGEERT
YES
MOTION CARRIED.
Addition
to the Agenda.
Moved
by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to add item 6
Timber Cutting Resolution on the Agenda.
MOTION CARRIED.
6.
Timber Cutting Resolution.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and
seconded by Commissioner Nelson to approve the Timber Cutting Resolution as
presented. MOTION CARRIED.
XI.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Paul Neumeier addressed the Board with his
concerns about events that occurred after the last meeting.
Sherri Cavill addressed the Board to have the
meetings televised and the minutes published in the newspaper. She volunteered to be on an ad hoc committee
to look into televising the meeting.
XII.
COMMISSIONERS CONCERNS
XIV.
ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and supported by Commissioner Nelson to
adjourn at
Respectfully Submitted,
_____________________________ _________________________________
Nancy J. Kolich,