Let's uh start the meeting with Pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance 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 [Music] all again welcome welcome the ones online agenda you I do not motion to approve I'll make a motion to approve the
agenda second second Barry all say I I all minutes of our December 3rd meeting any corrections the only thing I had is I think there was um a spot in there that Lee and maybe I
missed it in the minutes that Lee kind of gave a presentation about the property tax issue at that meeting I don't know that that's the second minutes second set that's the second set of minutes yeah NOP he gave it on the third also oh right when oh yeah that's what he did yeah yeah he explained the the 10 and
20% before he did the before we did the resolution yeah before we appointed him yes and then the other thing was for the um let me find it for the Planning and Zoning number two it says motion and
second to concur with the Planning Commission recommendation so I think the the Planning Commission recommended to remove that um stipulation so I don't know that we
concurred with the Planning Commission if that makes a difference was the recommendation or is the I Township the township and oper or in the resort resort yeah they came to agreement yeah but but that wasn't a recommendation
that didn't come from the Planning Commission no so that was all I had changed when it came to the board y came for anything else uh just just on the second set of minutes um under the smart monies I think we should probably list
it that it was mentioned that that it should include with the s project in Lake Park uh the municipal Street 80 it's 80 something there's a along with seven there's a there's a another
part of that project that just should be listed it's just a loop in the city um around one uh BL one block but par one yeah kasas 7 I don't know the the number Kasa 7 uh 14
yeah shoulder no be included in that project when they do it but it's separate funding wait a minute let's look at this wording here from 7 from 114 to 16 okay yeah that might makes sense it's
hard to read that widening one of it but um but the smart it's just Mill overlay and sidewalks 88 compliant on Kasa 7 in in the City of Lake Park um it's also extends that so it
probably should read gasa 7 and Municipal whatever that number that road is 80 something yeah in the city Lake Park because that that goes out of town that c does it go to the edge of town or seven yeah where where we're going to
do the work I think it goes all the way up or were some of that done before I think it just just goes maybe to the city limits up to the te there or could go back and look at that map but it's probably just just say kasas 7
and that road in the that Municipal Road in the city okay I suppose I could look on it online to see what that road number is you want the ma is this what he's talking about it w't blow it up and up I'm going to go
into the park [Music] oh Front Street First Street and Lake Street the port portion of Front Lake and First Street I just say just put that in there a portion of that also is that that's it's just that small portion
that goes around have a block each way yeah okay minut Dave you have any I have nothing anything else on the December third two weeks in a row or two I have a motion on the December 3rd meeting I'll make a
motion on the December 3rd minutes with the corrections second May Erica second May Barry forther discussion all in favor say I I hi okay then the motion to approve the December 12th
minutes at the TNT meeting with the addition you second second yep ER further discussion hearing none all in favor say I I I moving on to the consent agenda
anything on there on more clarification or pulled or I haven't been on the bridge is that in frzy is it did it come out pretty nice I haven't been down there since the it was completely finished but yeah last
time I look nice the project has the overall project look pretty good through there uh with that a motion to approve the consent agenda I'll make a motion to
approve the consent agenda I'll second Dave further discussion hearing none all say I hi hey is anybody on open Form B here oh nobody sign out
nobody okay thanks not even Jerry Jerry you want to talk quiet okay moving on to reports and correspondence want I can go first um I had our Eda housing subcommittee um we
just had continued discussion on our housing management contract um and then looked at some leases that um we'll bring to Eda on Thursday then I just had the AMC conference which just a couple things that I want to note about that is
I attended a workshop on the Minnesota African-American family preservation child welfare disparity act very and I did too and you did too yes and and they're um really what it is is they want it's a they're
restructuring how Child Protection is done to make sure that um all families are provided active efforts to prevent placement and for reunification um it it has the potential to cost counties hundreds of thousands of dollars um we
did complete um a a study that we don't have the results of yet but they should be available soon um which will estimate how much it will cost Becker County currently there is no state aid um from from the state to implement this act but
it projected in two years it does not go in the ACT doesn't um become effective until 2027 so of course that's a big concern with the budget deficit that we learned about a lot at the at the AMC you know
there's a $3.5 to5 billion do um State deficit State deficit for the 28 29 bium um and then just the other thing that was really talked about a lot was just the split State Legislature this year is
going to um be interesting I hope that it means that both parties will be forced to work together there's an equal split down the house the Senate has one dfl majority um but there are legal charges pending for um the one dfl
Senator that could change that um she's already been stripped of all of her dfl caucus and committees so she can only vote on the floor so really the it will force the parties to work together and and there's that election too I think they're deciding tomorrow judges deing tomorrow about the
the election where it was a the dfl candidate won by 14 votes with 21 ballots got throw throw away yeah so if that were to change then that would give Republicans a one vote majority but this is when was did they say the last time
this happened was in 1979 yep so as of right now what they're doing is the house has co-chairs for every committee um so they're splitting they're going to chair responsibilities they're going to switch who's running the meeting every other meeting yeah
it's going to be and then each committee has an equal number of Republicans Dems in each Committee just the balances so the last time they they they're hoping it's going to work the last time in 79 it didn't so I hope they did it differently 79 yeah they did it
differently though yeah yeah a little bit more on the on your there has to be a better name for this new law coming in there isn't but but it's the Child Protection Law that protects those in need it and you know
one thing you you I was you know when you hear about it you really you just shake your head right away but um it the studies and I think that it looked like it had some bipartisan support at the state I mean it wasn't just part line voting on this so you have to think that
there there is some real concerns about um placements from trial protection um and I think nationally we are we are not doing well in how those placements are going Minnesota is one of the worst states for proportionate placements for African-American and Native American
children there does need to be improvements and changes um the problem is there are some concerns in there that our rural um um Community Health people are and or Child Protection leaders are trying to stress to the state that these
things in Haden Ramsey don't work out in rural Minnesota because there are we don't have these type of resources we don't have these alternate um places to to use so um there are a lot of concerns and Bill Sterns whether or not his numbers were accurate predicted that this would cost
his County um well I I kind of figured it was a 10% Levy increase just for this one item um it with no State funding and with State looking at a huge deficit in those years it's going to be tough to figure out
fund that how who's going to fund that how but those are the big concerns so it's a it's a very significant um very significant piece of legislation that um we hope they can figure out how to do how to allow rural counties to do things
better for what each county has kind of instead of going with a state model cuz that it's the just the transportation cost to get kids into places that would help you know help them like mental health yeah would was huge so um this is
something that I I think the county and The Tribe need to work closely together um because obviously for our Native American community that would be more we could have a more local um more local than try to move these kids all over the
country so yeah and I think I think our child protection does they work together currently very well with right but I mean I think we might have to have a a community what was it a community um Resource Center for instead of just putting them in placement there's some
um but that's I mean there's some and that those are big things those aren't just things you can pop up in a and they talked about at at that they they talked about the importance of Family Resource Family Resource Centers is that Family Resource Centers and there is currently one um Cornerstone is is currently
looking at opening one I think they just got a large Grant to open one so good good place to partner anything else on are you going to you keep going or nope I'm done um so going right up excuse me
um I think we also went to MRC and that's where we talked our uh legislator torlon was was there and spoke and he kind of reiterated those same things um one thing that he said that they're going to be working on is trying to
change the the law that was passed change the law of of leave for um not the safe not the safe one paid parenting family parting leave yeah so they're going to try to try to get some changes in that so that small businesses aren't
so impacted by that because it will it will shut down some small businesses it's just so restrictive and so I mean if you have a it's it is uh very oh anyway we're going to try they're going to try to change that that
law to get that some changes it's more uh friendly to some small businesses so I can I think that one doesn't come into effect until it's not in effect 26 so I'll chime in on a little bit so the F the sick and safe leave is the first thing that the unfunded mandate the
state has done um I'm not against sick and safe leave but the issue that is with with mainly with my part-time employees and a lot of the small businesses are probably the same way that they won't occur until about 2 years from when it started they'll be
then they'll be up to 80 hours and they can roll over 80 hours every year um so they'll be they would want to use use that before that well if I got to pay that out in two years plus this family leave that's non non-funded that's catastrophic that's not good that's
going to and and and and I think our business is pretty stable and there's some that may not be a stable and there won't be in business that's my opinion well and I think some of those you know yeah there's just so many unintended circumstances that you have a good idea
but you when you get all through with it it's it's not a good idea it's good intentions with bad bad planning um also with went to uh John and I were at the tribal relations Forum um that was on Sunday afternoon um Tim
summoner's the chair of that from belill tramy commissioner and um we talked to tribal training and certification partnership and uh we said we both we're know we know Denise has this under control and and uh pretty pretty confident that
we're um right in the that we know that we're folling within the rules of this and they helped with the state and federal rules isn't that right Denise you are you familiar with with their ttcp
they're from the U ofm they just help following that the counties follow the rules that they're supposed to be following from state and federal Beck Becker County has been 100% on their aqua um audit for the last couple years one of very few counties in the state so
I would say Becker County does very good with I and I I said that I think I think our departments work well together I don't necessarily think our politicians work that well but I think our departments worked well and nrm is a
real good example um and we had nrm meeting and we had Jessica Johnson's was there representing the tribe so we did we did ask her to um look into that partnership on that Legacy Grant request
for studying um archaeological sites they have concerns over so did we who did we say should take the lead on that talked to somebody at the tribe wasn't she yeah um and cuz Jamie left the girl the
lady don't have anybody yet the lady that was head of their tipa so we're kind of waiting for that I guess um we discussed the shelter the D Lock shelter update was they're moving along well um
any thoughts when are we doing the demo on the old one or we still we didn't decide yet next year we didn't we not in a hurry I guess to do that one thing that I suggest is Maybe maybe instead of just ripping up all that concrete cutting out a slab for a
table oh I got a tickle in my throat anyway um Richard do you want to chime in on any of the well land you though the Bad Medicine cell tower is up finally it's
not wired yet they got to run wire to it um but that looks like that'll be ready in the spring um otherwise you know we did those Forest roads we talked about that uh they're done with that for the season
they'll go back to that in the spring um now the first thing was um we our surveyor told us that we have 12 surveys done those those section points and he started from the East to the West on on the line of 138
139 and there they soon will have 48 of those completed um I how many how many points they say there was that there's 7,800 total in the county and he's trying to get 2011
Barry is that right think for the for that $300,000 Grant we got from the state so it's it's a portion but they at least we're getting some of them done so and he F he said there was a lot of them there they're finding them and they're been pretty accurate he's doesn't didn't
expect that kind of he hasn't found any old ones he's found some current the current ones but he hasn't found any old on on this line he's found some old ones but he said he's going to have it's going to be more trouble going north and south those yeah those lines aren't yeah he said that's
going to be a different story but um I think every woods and wheels granting application um we did that trail fees ability studying funding done locks Sor um I think Phil was pretty interested in that where we can't get you know with
that trail though we want permanent easement so it might have to go we might have to take the road right away and then go back into shm I'm still working on that the tree seedlings on here uh we reviewed some land sales U
Mary you want to chime in on any land sales what you have an anticipated date for and those those are the sales required by the state and then we are looking at some parcels that are still that we can sell not not very many I
think there was nine you have right n Lo yeah and that was probably about it um Court to I think the court committee I think coming everything's on the agenda that it I I'll go next so I had a
couple um I had the Historical Society so they have an issue in the historical society which I I talked about before about the humid humidification of the building the building is too dry for uh to be considered to have certain things in a museum and that was supposed to be
done when it was built but then there's no EV it was a mess well they got it all figured out so they're going to figure out how much it's going to cost the architect is going to help with some of the process and then as soon as they know what that's going to cost and then they also one of the cost savings they
did with they built the building was they decided not to do any flooring in it just and just seal the cement floor to save some money so then they knew this was going to come up but there's there's obviously a lot of sound that bounces around the building and so they're going to figure out how that they're going to get some bids on and
some estimates on how to get that situated and then they're going to kick off their fundraising so um but they want to have a price for what they're going to do before they start doing that fundraising and that and it it should be it should happen I would guess by the
next meeting that should should happen um one of the things that we did uh or the board did is they changed the annual meeting to the first quarter of the year instead of the end of the year um they felt it was better to have it then because more people will there's more there's more information they can give
people at the annual meeting part of it too was the speaker they're going to have what couldn't come until the middle till the beginning of the year but they felt it would be better to do it then that anyway and um just there's a reminder polar Fest is coming up and the museum will do some things in the
hisorical soci will do some things with polar Fest so that's coming up in February and then I and and I I don't know I don't remember if I talked about this at the last board I think it happened after the last board meeting um but anyway dick heo some of you might have known him he was a member of our
community for a long time and he was a member of the Historical Society board he passed away so the board has decided to make a memorial somewhere somewhere at the Museum somewhere I mean maybe it's a bench outside or something on the patio up or their little patio up top or
they're going to try to do they're going to figure out something but we I think we've already come up with like $650 or $750 to to do this so it'll be it'll be it'll be good it'll be kind of cool um then I had another I had a couple more I had Lakes Country service
call so we went down there we uh we had two new board members that were elected to the board for next year and then two board members got reelected the two that didn't get reelected didn't run so um so it was a very so I helped canvas the election and it was really simple there
were four candidates and four spots so they all won and so anyway and then uh there's all there was actually five spots open so Jim fish who has been a longtime member of the board who was going to go off last year um he got appointed last
year and this year to that that fifth spot because they didn't have enough people running for it so that's just that then the last meeting I had we had a special meeting for the partnership for health um and that meeting was about otter tale has decided to leave our
partnership our joint Powers agreement for the chb um effective well they're voting on it today they intend they they've they've done the intent so now their board has to vote they we're assuming that the board will approve that and they will it'll be
effective um this year for January of 26 is when they will will be done so we talked we uh Denise and Amanda and and all her staff we we discussed and we decided that we would like to remain in the partnership for health with whoever
else with with Clay County and if wilin stays then we'll be with wilin also so we don't need any board action or anything we're not going to make any changes so I just wanted to update you guys on on that and that's it
do you have any more oh I had Human Services and we looked at some contracts and that's all on the agenda and then I had a safety meeting I'm the safety commissioner if you guys
so you know yeah running uh and so we talked we're we we're just getting this safety thing going so we're we're working on how that's going to work um we talked about incidents all we had was
uh uh depan Hees running over deer at night so that's our big thing there um and then this Naran nasal spray we're going to try and get that's for opioid overdoses so we're going to try and get
more of those in different places and get more people trained to use it uh and we're looking at getting people to report uh near misses so even if you don't have an accident if you almost had an accident we're going to try and get get information on that so
we can avoid accidents and that's that's all I got okay I didn't have a lot AMC Barry said we sat in on the Indian Affairs meeting and part of the presentation was the group from Scott
County and the cities down around Mystic Lake how well they work together well the tribes got so much money they pay for a lot of stuff and it it's and a lot of it is positive I'm not saying that but it when you're dealing
with not easier to work well together when you've got a lot of money I mean then and the Mystic Lake tribe was funding huge projects for and you know a lot of County benefit too yeah they they actually funded I don't know if was off Interstate or off one of the
major uh roads down there all the interchanges to get to their Casino yeah so it's easier to get there so which served their purpose but it and help safety so forth but uh
apparently they work very well with couple of cities down there to so but you got the money you can contribute and you know and hopefully you know with with white Earth gaining you know the Cannabis and the gambling I you know they they hopefully can be more
financially secure too and I know there's some discussion that they might be working with our um environmental in the future and and and helping with some of those costs you know with with the taxation so I mean you know if their their financial
success will help help everyone in the area I mean will help with the relationship with the county too because they will be able to fund some of the things that they are requesting and then uh other committees that tener and Highway a few others like
or Transportation down there um everything's pretty much uh set go back to looking for additional funding from the legislature to continue for transportation are still falling behind on
that Richard and I had the highway and a lot of that was discussed at our Tru and Taxation Road plan meeting the only other thing I we did have a vacancy one of the regular maintenance employees resigned and I think already
got several good apped for so uh that which is good so other than that uh have anything else anything else um no but I think
Matt did Matt give you um from AMC give you a copy of the possible um platform or proposed policy so can you share that with the rest of the board I yes I email I got a copy down there you got I
grabbed one down there yeah they're on the table yeah I don't think I do no um I I got it by email yeah you could if you send it to all I have one it's proposed for okay yeah okay moving on uh item
three we had our administrator evaluation session after our last meeting uh and came out very positive and I'm just going to had a few of the top things that we discussed and said
she Carrie is doing very good on she's uh had very good communication with all board members keeping us kind of in line and in tuned and up to speed she we receive a lot of positive
feedback from the Department heads employees and how she handles the county and I think one of the big things for me to as chairman this year is her willingness to take a lead on certain items that come up it might be meeting with other colies other entities she T
takes a leave and and researches it studies it and get involved and keep Becker County moving forward with these issues whether it's uh down in the legislature uh lobbyist and just working a lot of other things are neighboring counties
and other entities city of Detroit Lakes and other cities in the county I think the communication between the administration and Commissioners has been great to understand even the commissioner roles and what they how
they're supposed to respond and stuff and kind of keep us in line she's done very well at that uh Carri conducts herself in a very positive firm leadership bringing the county together as a whole
to be more functional and to represent us as working for the taxpayers of the county so always open open door policy and I think one thing she started here in the last month or two is
provides a weekly summary to the US board members on what she's worked on the past week which keeps every everybody in tune in what's happening uh I think as board chair I'm going to hear a lot of it meeting with
her more often on the regular board members but now everybody hears the same thing so uh the County Board is pleased with car's overall performance and encourage her to keep her positive and
firm leadership going forward and with that uh any other comments from the board uh no but thank you Carrie um um being at AMC and spending some time with you and having having supper together I mean those those are the relationships
you want to have and and build on so thank you y I'd like to say the same thing yeah thank you thank you J yeah she's taking very positive role since you're not wanting
Sor your face is as r as her and doing it so uh again congratul and we'd recommend her going to her next pay grade in her anniversary day in February yep so again thank you car thank
you that's very enjoyable I'm sorry I had to leave early on not spend the last day with you morning with you guys but I didn't say for all Wednesday morning either I probably should have stayed a little longer caught in the snow stor on yeah know that was bad it was a good so
you got just passed the almost the past monello was bad yeah okay moving on appointments um yes who was up I can't remember off hand but they both they're both want to do it yeah
um is there two down there yes yes do you have that um but I could um Ben Grimsley I think I expressed have we received anyone else from interest on the anyone else interest on the
library if not I'd make an appointment for Ben Grimsley on the lake ay Regional Library board motion to appoint Ben the library I'll second that second by Dave further discussion he on all per say hi hi
hi it be really nice for him to move in with the background with this new building coming up and I mean he has some knowledge of of very well knowledge of the finances but of the transition that's coming before us too nothing on the cor um I just got to
make sure who's who is the their names are in the last packet they did we get a letter on them I go back and look we have Jeff Morris and samon bl B PL
yeah I knew Jeff was on but um I'll make a motion Jeff has talked to me and would would well both of them stated in the letter that they'd like to be reappointed but I've talked to Jeff and he would also so um I would make a motion to reappoint Jeff morz and Sam to the Corman Lakes
Watershed appoint Jeff have a second a second Erica for the discussion you're say hi hi and hold another one until he talk to him that was both of them that was both I said both names if that
works more and bl Bower okay sounds good all in favor say hi hi hi on County administrator's report thank you Mr chair um like all of you had already indicated I also attended
the AMC um conference the I attended the general government um policy um policy group so that was good to hear and I don't think I have anything additional to add you have all already talked about that um a few weeks back I attended up
in manomen um a joint Regional EOC Regional training on an am i' probably referenced this before but actually I was talking about going now I actually went um it was a mock uh Regional training for um amra derailment that um
they basically made up a story that it had happened in DL and how an EOC would be formed and how they would respond to that it was an all day event so it was interesting to watch how that all came together um last week I met with um the
Chamber of commer Commerce and um Jackie as well as project 42 Amy Sterns and we were just really um talking about going forward and projects that we could team on or ideas you know CommunityWide regionally wide and then we'll also be
looking at including the city so if there's any upcoming and again it was just really kind of a brain storming session so we're expecting that that'll go forward a as a group and really really trying to look at what we can resources that perhaps can be shared or or what we can jointly work on going
forward um under the administrative rules I did push out an email to all that um the decision or I made the decision to uh close the courthouse Christmas Eve at noon to the public so if employees that are hourly want to
take the time off than they would put in the appropriate time with their department heads and or supervisors and that's been as I understand the the story historically as how it how that has went I don't believe we've dealt with that in the last couple years because it's fallen on a weekend so obviously it's in the middle of the week
this year um through the AMC conference I don't recall anybody talking about this but um it had been talked about that with elected officials that they do stay on into January
until the next is uh next uh replacement oh John brought that up okay oh did I miss it no he brought up the I was G to say I didn't hear today well I I didn't realize until DDA did that article in there or it was DDA excuse me yeah yeah
in our last magazine explaining that yeah so in the past we would have you would have ended at the last meeting December so I just wanted to put that all on your radar that that's why he's still sitting he'll be still sitting here in January until we switch over
because really the commissioner elect aren't on so-called duty till they're actually sworn in take yep yeah so we'll figure out the the logistics of that in our in our January meeting and then the
only other item I have is the resolution uh 1224 Tob for the 2025 scheduled meetings that were uh put together going forward that I would would request a a motion in a second and approval oh um that did not include our
it include some AMC meetings but we don't do we have the dates for the district meetings the district four meetings we don't have we didn't have those we could find those hav really set you yeah yeah do we have the joint governance meeting that's part of our board days that's part of our board
is oh okay those and then we don't have any dates for the if we do try yeah we put on everything we could find okay um I'll make a motion to approve to B what's my name approve 2B I'll second second by
Erica forther discussion hearing on all in favor say I hi and I did um I was going to mention this Friday too I will be in Fergus Falls for the regional ma meeting that is scheduled just wanted to mention that as well and that's all I
have thank you thank you he Mr chair can I go oh you can come up I just had to mention one thing with that appointment of Ben Grimsley I forgot to say thank you to Terry khil who served out a full term with or three terms um of nine years so she was not allowed to um Carry
Porter heart and soul into the library and Lake ay Regional Library system and I think she's going to try to be part of the transition team up at the Morehead when Laura moves over the new system next year um so Terry thank you for everything you've done at the library and um acknowledge how how important
your time there was and and part of the success of the library is because of Terry and her passion for it so thank you thanks for on uh Mary good morning Commissioners I'm requesting approval of resolution 1224
TOA which sets the maximum tax levy to be collected for the 2025 tax year a motion to approve I'll make a motion to approve 2 a second second by
Barry forther discussion hear none all prv say hi hi hi thanks Denise hey Den good morning morning morning I've got Lucy Meyer our Behavioral
Health supervisor with me today too to help me um answer any questions you might have um regarding the Personnel request we're asking for a full-time social report um to do after care coordination um fully funded through the
amhi Grant and TCM billing um the costs that you see are the worst case scenario at step 10 um that would likely not happen at that quite at that rate but we want to
um provide you Ju Just in case that would happen 69 and then as far as the um Grant continuing we have every um you know every indication that it would continue
after the first two years um it is a state Grant we did confirm that um however the rest of the bcow entities um the other counties they have that position they've had one since
2005 and another has been funded since 2010 so we have every reason to believe that this position would continue um after those first two years and you actually could we could make a little on this we could
potentially yes absolutely that was our concern Finance J kind of explained it what you just said here that we thought it probably sunset in a couple years the grant money and then it would be left with a
position filled and of course we can't make any guarantees but yeah yeah just the biggest concern I had was in not in these next two years but the following two year by any with that big um State
uh deficit of five could be5 billion and was this recently um increased that this Grant and we have we and have we ever received this grant before we have received this grant um repeatedly for
how many years would you say 20 yeah a long time because it funds other things in our communities it is the first time that um we are receiving funding for an after care position um it is the majority of the funding as Denise explained will come through with the
adult mental health initiative Grant which is we've been the beal regions have been receiving for a number of years um I know yesterday after um Sharon had come to me with the concern around the budget shortfall and whether or not this will be able to be continued
funding I did reach out to the other Three Counties um that are currently receiving amhi funds for this position and as Denise had shared um there's a County who's been receiving funding for aftercare for 19 years and other two are
10 or plus years so this funding has been available for a long time we just haven't accessed it thanks wish is a motion to approve 2J I'll make a motion to approve to J
motion by Richard second I'll second Erica further discussion hearing none all say I I car thanks thanks Lucy and Denise thank you no I I I think I'm I should have
like had a barrier we're sick over here it's just a tickle in my throat I'll be dead next meeting morning good morning morning morning so uh my first item here is asking for the board to approve the
contract addendum for the ls dispatch and jail Union uh same similar to the addendums that I had at the last meeting for their uh vacation carryover increasing to 240 hours and then
changing the date from December 31st to March 31st a motion to approve the agendum for L dispatcher jail can we do can we do the ass on it's I'm doing the same thing do you want you to ask me at the same time okay do you want all three of the contracts at the same time okay um so
the second contract addendum that I'm asking for approval on is the vacation changing from 240 carryover to uh March 31st from December 2 31st good grief I can't talk for the asme union and then
the third contract addendum is moving the ask me Union from the previous longevity scale to the current longevity scale in the other Union contracts brings them up all the same to the same correct yes I have a motion to
approve those three I I will make that motion to approve those three uh addendums motion by Dave second I'll second here further discussion hear none all in favor say I iOS the next item that I have is a
change to uh the nonunion the policy Personnel policy 7.3 overtime and compensatory time so changing as of January 1st we were able to get it into our ukg system so that
now people can ask for that time on their time cards versus having to submit a paper form uh we would put this into effect for January 1 and going forward and then this would also mean that people are not allowed to have a separate check for that it would come on
the regular check that was never actually in policy it was just on the form that people filled out previously so nothing changes with it other than the process of how to get it and how correct it's still people can can request it at any point in time it'll just ease out the process making
it a little bit uh easier for payroll to process it as well as making sure that it is done in a timely manner that no paper forms are missed I'll make a motion to approve policy 7.3 motion by Erica second I'll second second by Dave
didn't didn't we already approve this though I thought we had already approved it thank you but anyway we didn't approve it because it wasn't in but I think we I thought we approved the never mind I thought we already approved this one
well there was a revision to it uh when Carrie was in this position moving it from only twice a year I believe was previous maybe you had brought this to one of our committees that's why because I've seen this Courthouse yes I did all right
gotcha motion a second forther discussion hearing all in the fav say I I carried the next items that I have are approval of the job descriptions done by the DDA uh I'll review kind of the
changes that have happened with these so the first one here is the first assistant County attorney was previously a grade 17 moving to a grade 18 which is due to adding a career Ladder into the attorney's office for the
attorneys um an associate attorney is what is getting added that would be at a grade 16 then moving uh the Assistant Attorney to a 17 the first assistant to an 18 is
how that movement is happening I I think we are we're just approving the possibilities we're not necess we're yes I think we got to be clear that we're not approving any changes to the employees themselves that's with with
the department head looking at that so correct thank you commissioner Nelson yes so approving the job descriptions and currently they're they well it would actually be anybody that is currently in the Assistant Attorney
position and there is one in the current first Assistant Attorney position those we would be looking at moving potentially January 1 because but I think that has to go back to the department head then I I think what you're saying too is in conjunction with the recommendation from the department
heads to we have the there's a movement it has if there's a movement yes and and that absolutely would happen Okay uh and then the next position that is actually in addition to the attorney's office is the paralal position there is potential for one
person in that department having the uh qualifications to move into that but this would just be looking at approving the job description and going back to the department head to make any recommendations to change into that position I'm on by
phone are changes there get that one then the next one that would be potentially changing would be the um human res resource assistant position moving to a human resource generalist position so during the DDA study it was
found that our current HR assistant is doing quite a bit more duties than what would really fall in line with the assistant position and wanting to move to a generalist position to be more in line with what she's currently doing um I do have some County comparisons in
there and as you can see Carlton and PK County are the two that are most closely aligned with Becker County for size and um how many people they have in the HR office and as you can see they have a director and a either a generalist or a
specialist in their departments what page is that on 92 thank you 93 actually yeah 93 is are the comparable I just wanted to say one thing on that too is all of the all of the counties in this study have a HR director and if they don't have a
generalist or specialist they have a HR manager also so that would I looked at otter taale though and and um the one the one they have 2.5 people in HR and one of them is a payroll specialist yes but if you look at like
if you look at the rest of them the AIL also has an HR generalist too does that halftime HR Director yeah I if I may I know at tell I've had some conversations with them I know that they are looking at increasing their Staffing
and HR directly because I believe their County Administrator is doing some of that as well well I you know their HR directors only doing half so I imagine that they have an assistant um administrator don't they or don't they title that something like that or it's yeah they have assistant admin so I
imagine that's their other half Duty that's I would assume that's where the half comes from it's it's certainly not a lower I mean it's some if it's a half position your other half is assistant Administration I would assume the county administrators in the two counties that
have a 0.5 they are doubling as the County Administrator and the HR Director you look at hubber County being a small smaller County got four in there yeah one is a pay one is payroll payroll
payroll is only added into the study if they actually report to the HR department here in Zer County they do not so I didn't add it in yeah we wanted those comparables to show to justify that that switch to yeah yeah and I I will say historically when
I was in um tier's position previously when I came in I mean it was noted right away that um that position was doing I think really when it came to be full-time obviously there was a need for an ad of the Personnel but
as as uh we assigned duties and such it was pretty evident that that was beyond an assistant position with she does the most I would say the majority of the benefits Administration as well so so the next position with the change
would be moving to the recorder's office uh the chief Deputy recorder currently is at a 7 we are adding a career Ladder into that office so due to the career ladder we would potentially be moving the chief Deputy to an eight from a
seven the deputy recorder one would not change that's currently a grade five and would stay there looking at adding a deputy recorder 2 that would be a grade six and then a deputy Recorder Three
that would be backup to the torren information in the office so that would be the direct backup to our Chief Deputy uh who currently is the only one doing Toren in that office and and I just we had talked about this at Courthouse where the the
recorder one and two there could be more than one person there that could be a an advancement possibil the the recorder three would be a person would be only one person and maybe no person depending upon if they're were were able to do the torrent yeah y yeah and it wouldn't be a
new position it would be somebody that would be elevated in the recorder's office correct all of the positions with career ladders and all these implementations there would be no additional headcounts that we'd be looking to add to any of the Departments it would be if their qualifications match what's necessary for those
positions going back to the department heads and and asking for that that move and the rest the remainder of the uh job descriptions are for the highway department and there were no changes in grades or anything it was just minimal
tweaks to verbage and any questions tiar for motion to approve the job descriptions as presented I'll I'll make a motion to approve the job descriptions as presented second motion by Dave second
by Barry more discussion hear on all in favor say I I great thank you thank you thanks J we're a little ahead of schedule we are take a little early
break we can do that Brian's not here yet so no Jim's not here I suppose we could let people have early Christmas tea cookies we could not opposed presume Jim was coming I yeah
okay it's so that's my understanding I thought yall were going to talk my be's not feeling mwise water so take a little take a little break little
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e e e e e e e e Mr chair just one can we when are we meeting for the Cannabis again you have can you give update
or tell me the time and date again for that when we're going to have the um I I had a meeting yesterday with uh Kyle and he is currently working on an ordinance for that a model ordinance and which is will go before the planning Mission tomorrow night and so the intent would
be then to bring that back with whatever input after input tomorrow on the 31st okay so the meeting that's meeting yes 8:30 uh what time I don't can't is it 8:15 or 8:30 feel like we chose it was a
different time than we normally are but it was still in the morning it was it was next Tuesday yeah or the 31st excuse me 830 8:30 yeah are we I mean I guess it doesn't matter are we doing end of the year bills at that same meeting because
usually Finance we authorize Finance yeah as long as we I I would yes and there might be one other additional um item as well but anything that we need to we'll put on for that meeting 8 does that answer your question clean up end the year very yeah yeah because usually we just tell Finance
to go ahead yeah Peggy was just saying she's has it on our calendar for 8:30 80 31st let you sleep 15 more minutes I I don't know why we're doing 8:30 is fine morning Jo good morning Commissioners um
since we do have a little extra time uh I just wanted to provide a little update on the Heartland Trail um I know Mr Meyer uh had mentioned that we would be opening bids soon and uh actually I think you might have confused that with the trail up in
in uh itasa Park they did open bids and they did have good results up there but we are just going to be advertising that work now uh this week and then we're set to open bids in um kind of early mid January and then
I'll seek project award at the board meeting their second board meeting in January for that project so we're we're hopeful for good bids as well on that project um another reason I wanted to mention that I didn't know if that project you would want included in our
Five-Year Plan or not um you know we we're just kind of administering the work we we have no funds in it except our you know we're we put a little bit of money into uh buying some easements which we'll be seeking reimbursements but all the construction funds and the
engineering funds are being financed through the DNR and the bond monies uh there so I just wanted to make you aware of that if you wanted to include it in the fiveyear plan we could add that uh um I guess the reasoning I think that is
typically when you approve the resolution then you authorize us to go forward and advertise for bids and stuff like that with bringing without bringing special um uh agenda items to request advertisement for bid so I guess I'm kind of recommending maybe we should
just add it to The Five-Year Plan so when you approve The Five-Year Plan resolution then you'll be authorizing us to advertise that project sure that makes sense all right the first item um is our
our trans tax our our sales tax that we use to fund our roads we had a public hearing this past Thursday um there were a fair turnout mostly for tax reasons but there was good interest in in our our projects um we have selected uh five
projects for next year uh that was presented uh we have projects on County Road 7 which is a grade widening uh and County Road 16 as well that's in the Northwest part of the County uh we also have a project on County Road 7 in
downtown uh uh Lake Park including Casa 80 is that little Loop Street which is around down there what I thought it was so um that is included in our our our smart tax program and then we have a continuation of work on County Road 34
up in the Richwood area we're going to finish that all the way up to Strawberry Lake store and then uh 35 um uh from uh 143 up to 113 um we're going to be overlaying that
road as well that's an upgrade um some of you don't know but that road is not technically a paved road we did that odsal and this that is nearing the end of its life it served us well and uh an overlay would then beef that road up and
uh that's why we would we selected that road then finally um you are contributing uh $50,000 towards wanigan Park uh um the road entrance there they're planning roundabout there um
that's kind of your commitment to help them with that with that project um the resolution then authorizes this uh work to be done and continue the sales tax we started this in
2014 it's uh been a very uh great funding source for our roads I think we've generated nearly $30 million over these uh 10 years um and uh We've uh delivered probably
$28 Million worth of projects on that it's it's fortunate that that we are such a such an active County I mean we have the big Walmart and this and Menards and these box stores there are counties that this sales tax doesn't help them much CU
there's no I mean we get a lot of this income from tourists or or people out of count paying for this cuz they're but you know those smaller counties you you hear people complaining about the transit dollars at that our state conventions and we're we're sitting there kind of going yeah you know we are very
fortunate to to be in Becker County because that sales tax um from outside residents is huge for our our infrastructure so okay I guess we're uh requesting
approval of resolution uh 2 g a motion appr 2G I'll make a motion to approve 2G I'll second second by da further discussion hearing none all faor say I I carried thank you Jim for managing this
too yeah uh next item is the adoption of The Five-Year Plan uh currently the five new Five-Year Plan will run from 20125 to 2029 uh We've updated that and made some adjustments to our plan uh that was presented again at the meeting um I
guess I can just highlight uh a lot of those same roads that are being funded by smart taxes are on The Five-Year Plan obviously a few additional uh roads would be uh County Road 26 where we were doing some reclaiming work um and essentially that's the the New Roads
there uh for next year uh I don't know if you want me to run through the rest um the 5-year plan is posted on our website after adoption we have that map that's out there so people can see and kind of plan uh you know what's going on and understand where work's going to be
uh occurring in their area so with that I'm requesting adoption of uh resolution 2 H do we want to add to that resolution the hurtland trail and the hurtland trail yes we could yep make the um Amendment there yes we did pull off
Paving Richard's driveway didn't we we didn't allow that that's next year okay I have a motion to approve 28 with the add Heartland Trail I'll make a motion to approve 2H I'll
second further discussion all in favor say I I then finally uh we've been requested to act as a sponsor for the City of Lake Park and their Eda in um they are
seeking funding to uh construct a a new pedestrian Trail around Lake Flora um if people aren't familiar this is kind of uh right near the park there just east and north of that uh it's a would be a good addition to that area uh
the trail go around the old uh lake bed of Lake floor essentially it isn't really a lake but it's a dry bed and um it would connect to their park and then also provide opportun ities you know with the Heartland Trail coming through there in the future for additional you
know Recreation for offshoots off the Heartland Trail or or just you know exploring Lake Park yeah this this is a I think the first step of it of what they would like to do their Vision there and I think it's a real good opportunity that there
is one part that would need a boardwalk or it depends on which plan they're going with but that would mean a boardwalk over a wetter part and that basically goes over to where that corn maze is that they have for for kids during the Pumpkin Fest um but then it would also in the long run the vision is
to have a access a bike trail walking trail out to LEL Lake um because there's kids that go fishing there all the time and and we would like to improve that accommodation and not have them fishing off the road obviously and and get a dock system out there for them because U
there is a lot of people that walk that road and and use that fishing access so um I think this is a good start for it and I hope hopefully that that we can get help them funding out to the out to the lake for the kids fishing so yes
um the resolution um I just want have one Amendment or Revision in it uh they came back with some new numbers uh slight adjustment in the amount they're requesting uh we'll change that to $424,500 [Music]
is through the transportation Alternatives program that's um essentially programmed or are solicited by the West Central initiative it's a competitive program they compete against other you know safe routs to school projects and Trail projects and
that so um hopefully uh it looks like a good project and hopefully they'll be successful in their money or obtaining their money there uh our role is to essentially uh administer the money and pass it through them but I will assist them in any you know fashion that they
need for preparing plans or construction you know advising them on that as well thank you Jim I will make a motion to approve resolution 12242 I motion by Barry a second well go ahead I'll second second
by Richard further discussion do we want to have that resolution have that new mount in it that was included withed all right all fav say I I sure thank you Jim for your help J thanks
[Music] Jim Brian extra we right on schedule with you what a deal it never happens good morning morning morning all so the crowing River
Watershed plan is uh going before the Bowser board U January 22nd uh for approval we have a northern region committee meeting January 6th in
buiji uh where that gets the plan will get presented to that committee at that time and then they recommend it to the Bowser board for their meeting on the 22nd so in the meantime we've been working on the the work plan uh for the
funding with which is approximately 1.7 million for 2 years uh for the curing and the this committee the staff has come to an agreement on how to how to divvy up those funds to implement
throughout the Watershed and in order to put that work plan into place we need the policy committee to approve that so getting all this put a put in place ahead of time so that once the plans approved we can get
the policy committee together and and approve the work planned and get that request submitted to Bowser for the funding so this memorandum of agreement between all the lgus in the
Watershed um is very very similar to the m moas that we have for the other watersheds the only real difference in this this agreement is the lgus of course but
um in this one we're going to have three be the main players there's three lgus that are going to one's going to be the Fiscal Agent one's going to be the administration of the plan and then one
is going to be a coordinator that basically uh schedules all the meetings takes minutes and keeps track of those things so typically those duties have been split between two lgus in the past and this one they're going to split it
three ways so but otherwise that's uh you know the discussion was held about whether we wanted to have a formal joint Powers agreement or a memorandum of agreement and all the lgus agreed that they wanted the memorandum of
agreement so um that's that's before you today to to approve entering into this Mo MOA for implementation of the curing Watershed plan do I have a motion to enter in the
mo mo with gr Watershed District yep I'll make a motion to approve that I'll second motion by Erica second by Dave just a question then so on this agreement with the comprehensive the agreement that there's a whereas in
there about white Earth and it says to enter into joint Powers agreements is that right but I I just the joint because it says joint Powers agreement in there yeah I wonder why that should that read joint Powers
orou right where is that at it's uh that's the third ware house okay maybe we should get that clarified well I'm iort I support it either if it's joint Powers orou I don't
but should you slash do a slash mou or right right well I think this was sent to all the counties for their board approval right so they just have authority to enter
into joint Powers agreements so I don't know if it matters but this is not a joint Powers agreement right this is just a memorandum of agreement so um I think the statement really is just
saying that they have authority to join in when they decide if they want to or not um but it would limit them to join theou I mean it just states that they
have joint Powers right it's kind of it just throws it for a little bit of a loop when you see it's not a joint Powers but but they have authority to join joint Powers Yeah so it does it apply right yeah beone has the power to Jo be
in joint Powers too we don't list that yeah right I don't I don't know if it makes a difference or not Carri you're the lawyer I I would think it would be worth at least clarifying the language I would
say um I'd like this as if we approve it pending attorney review yeah well he has to sign yeah so but just with that not clarify that to that that's that it's not going to affect correctly yeah yeah
that sounds good yeah like like you say U Brian will have to sign on that so just make sure he just make a point to ask that question yeah correct with that uh I got a motion in a
second further discussions heing n all in favor say I I opposed carried all right thanks Brian thank you Brian now we'll take another little break we wait till 10:00 for planing and
Zoning he's eating them anyway yeah actually I wasn't they're good I had a donut Environmental e e e e e
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change of Zone from agricultural to residential for Brian and Jill andring recommendation was to approve Mr chair I was just curious uh was there is this property going to be Ann nexted is that what we were told no not no not
in immed no it's a just a hair over a mile as a crow flies from Incorporated limits um and my point is always the request to change of Zone from egg to residential allows the landowner then to reduce lot size to one acre um and I
know that I see the township does not approves will have no problems with it but they still want to be that's the problem once you approve it the township has no rights to to alter anything and I mean if once the developer gets this change they don't have to they're smart
to work with the township but there's Township has no official input on where the lot size specifically but they won't have any input on lot size but they will have the approval of the plat obviously they would have to have
something some reasons not to approve it they you can't just not approve it because you don't like one acre lots right so I think I think without having a plat in front of you this I I just see this isn't my district but my
district does not want one acre lot so I'm this is my district and I talked to some of the people out there one guy had a a problem with changing agricultural over to residential and then I because and then I asked him if
okay can you you want a hog facility over there and he didn't want that so I think we agree it's residential it is it's a good place for it it's hard to it's hard to develop property and make money and actually I work on a lot of
one acre lots and I don't have any trouble fitting everything in there and so it's about we're short of housing in this County and somebody needs to do more development because we're just and and they have to make money at
it it is there was only um at the Planning Commission meeting only I think one person that and I don't know that they necessarily spoke against it as much as just concerns about water management and um drainage so I mean I
think it it makes it makes sense it's within our new comp plan for it to to become residential um I would agree it would it would have been nice to have seen a plat of what the plans are for it but joins a lot of other residential to
the east there smaller there is a lot of it around there I think residential is I mean obviously but being a residential area doesn't mean it should be the size I mean when I drive around in my in my area you look at these homes that are
being built and they're they are huge so and we we say well we have less than one acre lots on the lakes and we are cramming they are building their Eaves are over the lines on lakes so I'm what do you allow one acre lots they're going
to be eventually they're going to be crammed on every buildable inch on that property I mean in some cases because that's what we do and I'm I always say I'm guilty of it too I want what I want when I want I'm just saying this is these are these are not developments that if
they're maximizing now this one might come in and and suit it you know be larger and having but we don't have that knowledge so I I'm just pointing out what the concerns are on the smaller Lots um with overdevelopment because you
look at the 2 and a half acre lots that are being developed these houses are huge they're they're outbuildings they're I mean it's and they they look nice but there's a lot of space there too so it makes a nice aesthetic and you
know even an acre Lodge that's basically 28 ft Square still a lot of area and like I said 2 and 1 half acre lots are overbuilding on those they can so it's got to be kind of what you want
if you if that Lots it it's not they're not big enough for everybody Barry but there are plenty big enough for some people and I and I think if you had a plan that showed you that and and I'll leave uh Kyle and I had a meeting with a developer and this was a community
community lot and they had pads for building people buildings and they couldn't build out buildings and you know so you knew what was coming and that one that was I think that was average one acre one build one house per acre on that because I think it was a 12 acre with 12 that's what they're asking
for so that those cases make more sense where you but that's my opinion and we well in the this way have to come forward with a a plat which I know you you know your concern is that you can't you can't CH
reason to change it there's no reason if it's commercial or if it's residential so long as they're within that guiding you have no you have no recourse to change it you have no legal right to change it that's that's where I'm
at and again this is residential and it could be it could be higher density I'm not arguing that but no you don't know what's coming so hey which is the board I'll make a motion to approve the change
zone I'll second what Rich second by ER further discussion hearing on all in the favor say I I I oppos I carried uh second item for consideration is the comprehensive land use plan uh
changes were made to page 19 just to clarify that there was the job openings of 20 some thousand were in the Northwest planning region then also on page 35 we removed the watersheds specific names and just listed watersheds Lake
Associations and soil and water and then the future land use map was reduced from uh 2 miles to a half mile of residential uh future zoning around Lake Park in otan uh I'd like to
probably postpone this till the 31st it's come to my attention that Environmental Services section should be updated and i' like to see Kyle and Carrie and St that out because we have a special meeting on the 31st we could or
any other little things that pop up so uh you know I I I think it should be postponed too the the one thing that I see on here now this a I think we got a nice detailed map finally this is this the first time we've got can zoom in and see the detail more because this is the
first one that that I've seen now uh at Lake Park I see there's a commercial site and it's from what I gather on this this is um just west of senx but in in inside there there's a there's a little
development of housing um what on in that case specific I would like to see the commercial be the first th000 ft of an Highway 10 I mean and I think Highway 10 is a commercial Corridor so I mean honestly if you wanted to put you know from Lake part or from the county line I
mean I think we agree that that's a commercial draw no it's not all going to be commercial but if you're on Highway 10 that's a commercial opportunities there so but it's just well I would just suggest
if it I mean if it's the 31st that you have the budget is yeah we almost there you're going to be you're going to be amending that contract here shortly if we keep I mean I can change sentences but I can't G I can't change that g MPP
and thing that's why I want you three you and Steve to get with carry and just updated it's a minimum my understanding so let's it quick the not the map well talking to Environmental Services but you're talking to map he's talking to
map well I'm just I'm just saying that it's we finally see a detailed map where you can zoom in and see what individual sections are um again this is possible future land just possible so it doesn't mean that it's going to be change down
the road that's the big thing about it it's just it's just what could could what could go there not what the next there or it's going to be allowed but it could be allowed and sooner or later we have to
finish this thing 31st is our death are we going to finish it yes cuz I thought we were going to finish it before long time ago I should I should have took the opportunity on December 3rd is what I should have did I should
have so we really do need it if we I don't have any problems with it the way it is right now let there few little glitches in it let's see if we out whoever just whatever they are I mean the easiest thing is just to send that to if any Department Jim the sheriff if
anyone has updated information send it to the consultant they'll fix it um yeah now we got Township people here for this aren't they is that what they're here for I don't know just to listen but uh just telling Brian here um that
1970 was probably one of the first Regional meetings that was held in Detroit Lake for uh planning and kind of develop and like I said last the other meeting was uh 20 some years ago we did the
comprehensive and mainly was for commercial right John yeah and like I said John and I are the only ones left and Dan Holmes ran it we had several meeting and I agree with Barry on it should stay because you got that long railroad
running to the north basically on most of that through 10 and and I'm just here to listen on where it's going to shake out okay can says of the board to move this to the 31st and just make I'd agree
yeah I would and anything you want to change you better get it on next week and a half well it's a little disappointing to me that Bolton mink is is starting to B on they they got extra payments before they they got a large
sum initially and came back and asked for more and they haven't they hav't done what the contract States the ordinances have not even been brought to us yet and that was supposed to be the first thing so to have them say that they they are going to be asking for
more money in my opinion is preposterous I mean well they didn't say it I just know there's a there's there's some hours left but hours left they haven't accomplished what was contracted right they have not fulfilled the contract and and we're going to let them off the hook from
fulfilling that contract because now they're saying we put more hours in and they and and they haven't even addressed our they copied and paste part from the old from their old so I just am disappointed and the detail is is still
rough detail on this on these Maps so I don't know I I just I think we should postpone until the next meeting and again this is a I just don't want these maps to be these are just guidelines and I think we have
to put an asteris on there because every case is specific if someone comes an egg on Highway 10 and and in otan and says this should be you know this is a commercial use I want a conditional use we're going to Grant it but it's zoned egg no so I mean it's
so imperfect that's going to happen well I think we should meet with them then in between now and the 31st I I would suest excuse me but anyway make a motion to table till the 31st motion to table I have a second second
Erica further discussion Mr chair just for clarification um Kyle are you indic are you well I'm clear on the solid waste but I'm not clear on the maps I mean I don't want to come back here on the 31st and have the same when you said meet with them I I
just want to make sure I would say the consultants and whoever like a work session or well we can just have a teams meeting but whoever has concerns from this board about those Maps we should be meeting if we can do something like an asterisk or something because these Maps
don't mean that that's going to be that way and they're just it's a future it is a future of what it could be but it doesn't mean that it's going to be that way and if we get too tied up on something that could be that way and we you know that's my thing it's a tool for
us to use in future decision making it is I think it's a tool and a prediction of what you think might happen yeah but doesn't mean that it's going to happen this is a very very poor tool then if that's what it is because we have so much yellow in crop land that we're
supposed to be trying to protect our egg and you have more yellow you have more Acres around Lake Park in 100% egg land than you have in the City of Lake Park itself there is no future development of a of our one our residential 1acre
lots a half mile west of of Lake Park it's not ever going to happen un because you have you you should have to be in proximity with some services so it's if you want that residential density you should be in a
residential area or adjoining it that so it's very it's very difficult to see some of these maps that are well some of it's even on Fish and Wildlife land that they they just overlay they just overlay a map they don't check they didn't check anything on it we have state l in the
middle of a lake that's but we Mr chair we we did we drew them we told them where to put that that's not that's not on them I'm just saying the direction was given we had a work session and the mar I you know it might
be Eggland today but it land for me land is land whoever buys the land then can decide what the that's America I bought this field I don't want it to be a field anymore even you said that the price of
land to try and grow something on it and make a profit has gotten out of hand um so if you're going to just say that can only be egg land now you're devaluing that land for everybody I'm not saying it should only putting any restrictions on it what I'm saying is that it's not
our responsibility to make sure developer can make money on on residential be and lower the number of units or well I think somebody's got to do something because we don't have any housing we have well I think the businesses here but we don't have any housing for people and it's a huge
problem in Becker County and the City of Lake Park has has promoted a huge apartment complex now and and new single family homes all around in the old where the old ballparks were I think otan is expanding and there's there's growth on those cities that that that's where
that's where you want your residents in small lots to be um and again this map is it's for develop the map is for people coming in looking where they can where they can put R1 or residential lots or commercial lots
and I don't know that it reflects I again they're not going to be buying Farmland that's all Farmland unless most likely in that in those areas it's not going to happen because people won't sell it to them for one because it's but
so I don't know I have mixo I think you could put this map out there in the comp plan no one's going to look at it and pay much attention to it um but I think if you have a developer saying I want to put you know commercial site on Highway 10 and it's not Zone commercial you're still going to do it but I think we
should have the same rights to say that just because this is zoned our residential we're not going to make this residential land this residential we're not going to changes to residential a quarter of land out in the middle of a field that someone
buys that's my opinion if you want to put your two and a half acre lots out there and develop it that's that's that's your right but I just don't want to give someone buying a 40 and saying I'm going to be able to put one acre lots on this because it's in yellow that's that's a concern and I think that's a concern for
well I think that it should be stated clearly that this is not going to automatically okay anything because we know that and I don't know how you put it in there it's but it's not automatically okay in anything and I think maybe maybe if you if you just set around those cities with with
City with cities at you know expansion plan if it if it's included in the city's expansion plan would be helpful because then it would because the city is looking at an industrial park and we don't have any industrial area for that just north of
10 on the east side there that's their potential growth for industrial so it it LA and we would approve that too I mean I think the I think what we have to think of is is Becka County as
we've said many times over the last several months is we're one of the only growing counties in in our region and and we have to take that into consideration and Lake Park has done a great job at bringing housing to Lake Park but Lake Park's only so big and
pretty soon Lake Park is going to have to expand outside and and this I guess shows that so I think um we need more housing as Richard has said they just finished that apartment
building in Lake Park and it's full immediately and and there's people everywhere looking for a place to live and so I guess uh concerns get them to Kyle and get them to consultant and let we
got to get this finalized uh by the 31st is there is there something Kyle that we can put in there like what um Barry suggested about City expansion I remember what you said City expansion plan yeah maybe if
you just say with with coordinating with the city's exper for future expansion for the smaller L for your cities have a comprehensive land use plan too right so I mean they're should be identifying it like the Detroit Lake City has
identified their growth but they don't probably want to limit themselves either they probably want to say we have the potential to go second table till the 31st more discussion hearing none all in favor say
I I thank you we're adjourned and everybody's invited to stay around for some goodies to commissioner treats commissioner T it's future