--------- Good morning everybody. It's 8:30. We'll call this morning's meeting of the board of commissioners to order for Tuesday, May 27th. And we'll start with the approval of the agenda. Mr. Chair, I'll offer a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Second. You motion by Commissioner Mojo, second by
Commissioner Bear. Any further discussion on the motion? Further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Citizens to be heard. Do we have any citizens to be heard and items not on
the agenda? I don't see anyone in the audience. Do we have anybody online? Nothing, Mr. Chair. Thank you. We will move in then to the approval of bills and vouchers. Mr. Chair, move for approval of bills and vouchers. Second. We have a motion
by Commissioner Abinger, second by Commissioner Krabanhoff. Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I oppose. The same sign. Motion carried. And for the minutes, we have the May 13th uh minutes
to approve as well as the workg groupoup session minutes from April 22nd. I'll make a motion, Mr. Chair, for to approve the minutes from May 13, 2025 and the workg groupoup session from April 22nd, 2025. Second. We have a
motion by Commissioner Pere, second by Commissioner Abinger. Any further discussion on the motion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. Oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Our 8:35 item is a request approval to
hire two open juvenile worker positions in the nonsecure unit. Good morning, James. Good morning, Mr. Chair, commissioners. I'm here today to request permission to um rehire two open um positions in the non-scare unit, juvenile worker
positions. Um these positions are are budgeted for um and um I didn't provide a uh um a calculator calculation. Um I got that request just last week and I was on
vacation and and but these these two that are leaving are relatively new. um and the replacement. So, the savings will be minimal. Most of the savings will be in um the form of um the healthc care not picking up until the following month.
Um other than that, that's that's all I got. And there is no need for backfill on these? There's no need for back fill. These would be the entry level. Mr. Chair, I'll offer a motion to approve um hiring both or filling both of the open
positions. Second. Motion by Commissioner Mojo, second by Commissioner Ebinger. Any further discussion on the motion? Any question? I I just have a question. Yes, Mr. Bear. For this position, is it a train? I mean, do you train them? So, some if someone applies, they don't need any experience or how Yep. They would need
um some some college um but then um some um life experience, but then um yeah, we do the training, right? So, we provide the training. So, this is an entry- level position, so this does not require a bachelor degree. Um, but it does require some some some some Y if if you
went to college or if you went to college, 60 credits is is what we're going for. Um, and I mean we we have people over there that are working with great life experiences. So um we have one that went for a marine mechanic. So work on boats um was he originally went for and then he applied for a position.
He's been working with with us for about six years now and he's doing excellent. So Okay. Right. Any further questions? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Thanks. And then
we have the uh let's see, accept and sign the JAG grant renewal. Yeah. Um so I got notice um about two weeks ago. Um actually I was looking for this grant to come up because it was
time to to reup for it. Um, and it never came. So, I thought that that that went away, but it didn't. I just got a an email two weeks ago that said they wanted to extend it for another year. So, it's for $125,000. I'm requesting permission to
um sign the paperwork um to accept that grant um for the 125,000. It pays for um case management for our Eclipse program. I originally applied for the grant in 2018 and got it in 2019.
Um, and it's um been part of our plan. So far, this grant's netted the county about $875,000. I'm just requesting permission to sign it. Um, that'll bring us into 2026 with this grant. I wonder if we should do that.
That sounds like quite a program. Can I make a motion then? Second. All right, we have a motion. by Commissioner Krabanov, second by Commissioner Ebingernney. Further discussion on the motion. I just want to, you know, even though you
probably you really did an awful lot to get that grant started in the first place, you were really involved with that and like you said, it's it has saved the county an awful lot of money. So, I appreciate your efforts on that. So,
all right. So, with that, uh, all in favor of the motion signify by saying I. I oppose the same motion carried. Thank you. Sheriff Gabe, good morning. Morning. You're going to give us a presentation on a Lucas device. Yes. So, couple
months ago, Gabe put in for a uh for a grant through the Helmsley Charitable Trust Foundation for a Lucas device. device. And what a Lucas device is, it it's a life-saving device that um when somebody's having a cardiac event, it provides chest compressions for them at
the right speed and the right depth. And these have been a proven tool in life-saving measures for people. So, it's about a $25,000 total grant that we were able to receive. Um, and we're about one of 25 agencies across the
state of Minnesota that received this. Um, it's kind of a big deal to get something like this. Um it's a great device. We have seen it um work very effectively in the past. Um and uh to have them in a deputy squad car is going to be great because there are times that
we are the first on scene. There are times that we might be the only ones responding. So this is a big deal to have. Um ultimately it'd be nice to have one in everybody's car, but it's quite expensive. So we're uh we're hoping we can get more uh more grants for him. But at this point I'm going to turn over to
Gabe and he is going to take over. Yeah, as you can see, it's really easy to set up. Um, slide the slide the board under, the machine locks into that. Um, so one person can can set it up and, uh, then
to operate, um, power it on and put the plunger into place. Of course, uh, I put it down too far. as a sensor to know when it's in place. And I uh have not been through the training
yet. So, as part of the grant, uh two of our deputies went to a uh train the trainer and uh up in Alexandria or down in Alexandria last week. There it goes. Clicked. Um, so they will run everyone in the sheriff's office through the
training and uh so once it's locked in place, it uh does compressions at a steady rate and uh it allows the the the deputy or whomever's on scene uh the option to, you know, communicate on the radio, hook up an AED, uh do whatever
else need needs to be done if there's multiple multiple victims. So really a just a a great tool. um you can pause it. Um AED can still work in conjunction with this. So this can be off or doing chest compressions and uh AED can be
hooked up and uh done. Um this device also so the the Helmsley uh foundation gave the state of Minnesota uh $18 million grant a few years ago. Um the University of Minnesota manages a grant and initially so about three years ago
um the grant started off with putting AEDs in every squad car in the state of Minnesota for the most part if you wanted to put in. So we got like AEDs for every squad we have and now they're expanding on this. So their goal is um we're basically one of the pilot counties or uh departments try it out um
see how it works especially in rural rural areas and then their goal is to expand this program kind of throughout the state if if it's well received. uh sheriff and I have uh seen this used many times. We've been on scenes where we've had to do CPR and we're in rural areas and you get tired out really
really quick. So, this is just a wonderful wonderful addition to uh to the sheriff's office. And what we'll we plan on doing is just kind of working up a rotation so it'll be in a squad car most all of the time and uh you know can first respond if we get a medical call of a cardiac arrest throughout the
county. Anything I'm forgetting, boss? I think you hit everything very well. It's from somebody that's had to do CPR in a rural area, uh, you get tired very very quick out there and you can't wait to see somebody else show up and take over for you so you can at least get a little bit of a break. And to make it even worse, you have all this equipment
on. So that makes it even even harder to do. So this is a this is a great tool for us. We're very excited to have it. It came uh it came with some other accessories and extra battery stuff. I don't know if you remember during CO, but uh we we were seeking some money um
to support our rural rescue squads and just the battery. It's a rechargeable battery. We've got two of them. They're like $900 for the battery. So, not a cheap device, but uh just a a great great tool for us to have. Excellent. Mr. Binger, you'll just get the one
unit. Right now, we just have the one unit. Yep. And you usually have what, three, three, four deputies at it in patrol. Uh, four. Yep. Or four on a shift. So, this is a good start. Yep. I I did
CPR twice and it was in a city and there were plenty of people to get there. And you're right, it's still with the adrenaline going when you've got to do something like that. This is We would have loved to have that back in the day. So,
Having said that, I uh I'll make the motion that we approve this grant for the purchase of the uh Lucas device. All right, there's a motion to approve the
grant. Motion by Commissioner Einger, second by Commissioner Krabanhoff. Any further discussion? Yes. Thank you. I just want to make sure that we're factoring in uh you know I see there's warranty on this but just
factoring in some sort of internal service component in regards to the ability to offset a cost. Yeah. So granted we accept it. I will uh fill out the fixed asset sheet submit it for
internal service so we do have um the ability to replace it after its lifespan. I'll also add it on to the insurance schedule. Okay. Great. How about uh Gabe? How about did you mention something about the training and where is the training held at? So uh our two
deputies went to Alexandria and that's a train to trainer. So they will come they they they now can train everyone else. All of our training will just be done. Yep. And that was no cost. Okay. Very good. Yes. Commissioner Bear. What would be the lifespan? What would be the lifespan of something
like that? Uh we're five years would probably be realistic. Maybe it'll last longer. That's what we put on our AEDs. Uh anyway, batteries and things like that. I I believe uh just looking through the paperwork on the the warranty, I believe the batteries that came with it have a 2-year warranty. So,
I'm assuming that'll, you know, if they uh are defective or whatnot, that that will cover that for the first two years. Mr. Kraov, I maybe should ask the question earlier. uh when you're using these, how do you decide what's first, the ad or this or how do they work in
conjunction conjunction? Well, usually what we'll do is we'll uh we'll get that AED set up right away so we can get shot going. And as somebody's doing an AED, then you get your Lucas device set up. So, they are working they are working together in tandem with each other. So, you're trying to get everything set up as soon as you possibly can to get that
blood flowing through the person's body who's suffering that cardiac event. Okay. So yeah, even if the AD is advising no shock, you know, it's not detecting any heart rhythm. Um, once you start CPR, you continue CPR until uh, you know, a medical provider could either, you know, make the judgment call
to transport or call. So once we would start this or start CPR by hands, we would continue. Right. Thank you. Right. Commissioner, would the would the Lucas device interfere with the AED's ability to say whether you need to give a a jolt
on it or not? No. No. In fact, they're actually they're made by the same company and they actually communicate with each other through Bluetooth technology. So, it's it's pretty amazing tool. Yeah. It's cool. So, that thing can be pumping while the shock is going on. Yeah. And there's a
pause button on it, too. So, if you need to, you know, if you need to to remove closing to add the ad pads and stuff like that, you can actually pause pause this. But just a side note on our AEDs with the technology, too, um they connect to our sheriff's office Wi-Fi. So, after a deployment, a deputy brings
it back, uploads the data, and they actually get a report on their uh on their CPR, on their the rhythms and and the heart rhythms and stuff like that. So, all right. Anything else? All right. All in favor of the motion signify by saying
I. I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. All right. Thanks, Sheriff. Thanks, Gabe. Side note, nobody wanted to do the live demonstration for you didn't ask that. That and the taser's hard to get volunteers. I was thinking maybe we could have our
administrator do that. Assistant, break him in. Why don't you Why don't you keep that close by when we all have to work through the budget this year? All right, Joe, we're going to talk about the Department of
Corrections agreement. Yes. Good morning, uh, Mr. Chair and board. Um yeah, as you could recall during the justice center plan, uh the board had approved that a few weeks back and um so I said I would come back to the board with a with an agreement with
the state. I worked uh in conjunction with the state and the county attorney's office here. So we do have a lease uh here to present today for approval. Um some key points just so you know within this lease is it's a 5-year lease
agreement and um um in within that as as you remember the state was going to give us 150,000 to upfit um downstairs where they're going to be renting on the north it'd be the northeast uh wing there and uh I had them incorporate that into this
lease and um so that's that's in there. And then it was important to both the state and the county that we did have an out clause just in case you never know. And um so we have a one-year um out clause there. And um other than that, we
have it planned to start uh November 1st and um construction downstairs actually starts today. So, so Joe on the out clause, so um the 150 that they're putting in for
the remodeling of this um it doesn't tie into, you know, if we if we want out, we don't have to pay them back or anything. Or if they want out, we don't pay them back. Okay. Yep. Exactly. Yep. Yep. Totally separate. So, well, I know you know this is had been through building
committee and certainly the building committee recommended this and I think it's a it actually ends up being a positive moving forward from a revenue standpoint too, right? Yeah, we we it we have an estimated total of uh 64,4
that'll be annual, but I think that um with this move I think we get an extra 20 just over 20,000 extra. With that, Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve the lease agreement between Klay County and the Department of Corrections. Second. Right. We have a
motion by Commissioner Bear, second by Commissioner Ebinger. Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. Oppos the same sign. Motion carried. All right, Joe.
Next. All right. So, I'm looking at um this is another topic that we had been discussing at the building committee. Uh we had a as part of our capital plan. We in 2026, we had a a plan to replace the roof at the joint facility uh highway
facility over there. Um we feel that with the numbers we're seeing right now, it'd be better to move that up to 2025. We do feel we have enough funds, county funds to do that. And so what we'd like to do is request for uh to advertise and
then um open we would we would uh open for bids uh June 24th. So it's got to advertise for three weeks. And um I'm we're partnering up with with Mindot and um uh the city of Morehead. Both of them have agreed to to uh fund this project.
So, we would open bids on the 24th and then I'd come back on July 1st with the approval to go ahead with this that Monday prior to that. I had to have Morhead City Council approved that as well with the numbers and uh MDOT has already approved it as a part of their
project. Their their budget starts in this July for 2026. So, it it it's already a goal for them and they've given us approval. So, um, uh, permission to advertise and we we do have a estimated cost of 445,000 to
500,000 within there. Uh, and we're responsible for about 45% of that. So, questions for me? Questions? Just uh for may be for clarity. I know you talked about it in the briefing, but uh our joint facility,
who are the partners in that facility? uh be uh M state of M mindot and um city of Morehead and then there's a committee that meets we meet every every few months we meet but this has been a a topic we've actually repaired the roof a
few times but um those are the three entities that um on that I I believe we're 45% with coverage uh city mor owns 22% and then 33% for uh so so just another great
example of how partnerships can save entities money by pooling together resources. Yes. Yeah. This has been a good hope hopefully it's a good project with the numbers. With that, I'll make a motion to advertise for bids for the roof replacement project at the joint highway
facility. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Bear, second by Commissioner Kraban. Any further discussion on the motion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor
signify by saying I. I. I. Oppos. Same sign. Motion carried. Thank you. I'll be back. Okay. All right. Next, we have a county code update. Good morning, uh, Mr. Chair and commissioners. Today I'm going to talk
to you about the county code, which is the the laws of Klay County. And I guess I'm going to start off by explaining why I'm the guy talking to you about this. And uh uh the county code here is
uh it really wasn't anybody taking care of it. It uh we put it online in 2001. uh we had had some ordinances since and they were all waiting to be in in integrated into the code and that really didn't we didn't really have a good
process for doing that. So every year we would get together and talk about how we were going to fix this and it kept getting worse and worse and it this elephant kept growing and eventually um we decided it was time to do something. What really motivated us was the fact
that uh the title eight of the code which is development code is under review and is going to be revised soon. Um I'm involved specifically because the county code lives online and it's on our website and I'm responsible for a website. So I've been trying to figure out how do we make this more current and
uh easier to use for people. So I I got I got the I got the gig. Um so here we are. Uh so what we decided we needed to do was figure out how do we take and put all these pieces together which is a process called cotification and we looked at some vendors that do this for us and we found out that it was a 20
plus thousand project and we didn't have those kind of resources. So what we were able to do is put together basically a group of folks inside the county that had some skills and uh special thanks to the recorders office for letting us use one of their staff and some other folks. But we were able to actually do the
cotification in house over the last many months. Um, we took and put all basically everything that had been adopted and put them in in order into this big document. Then we moved it to a new platform online where it now lives. And then after we had finished that, we
put together a committee to look through it and say, how's our code look? We haven't looked at it for a long time. Actually, what we learned is we hadn't looked at it in great detail since 1985. So, it was probably due to be gone through. So, um, let me uh show you here. So, the county code lives on our
main website. At the bottom under a quick links, there's a button right there that says county code and you can go there and anybody in the in the whole world can go look up our code, which is all the ordinances that we have in place that regulate everything that's happening
here. So, the new system we have looks like this. This is uh this is it right here. This is the actual code and all of its parts. This is titles one through seven. The code's divided into titles, chapters, and sections. Um each title is a like a category. Um title eight is
missing still. Uh next week you'll get to see that title eight will be coming before you and once you um get it to the point where it's ready to be uh put into the code we will add that. You'll see a title eight added to this once that happens. But what we've done is gone
through titles one through seven and uh make sure that they all make sense. And some of it what we learned was you know some things just we had a lot of issues where while you see it here you get an ordinance you you work on it gets adopted and inserted they don't always they weren't always matching. One of the
big issues we had was definitions. Um you know every title has a section for definitions and just simple things like the county board was not always described exactly the same way. So what we've done is we've cleaned that up throughout the entire code and this new platform that we're using allows us the
capability to do these edits ourself. Um what we found before the old system we had was every time we needed an edit done we had to pay a vendor to do that and it it just wasn't uh it just didn't work. So now we can do these minor edits
like that ourselves. Um what our committee did is as we went through these we actually looked at things that make uh were either inconsistent were either incorrect or just needed to have um be cleaned up a little bit. Errors, there were some of that kind of stuff. Dates. There was a lot of dates in there that we took out. Uh another thing we
also have removed from the code is fees. Um there's sections in there to talk about fees, but they're not specifically listed in the code because they're set by you folks here through other processes. So it'll just refer to the fees and those will be someplace else. Okay. So the code itself is a pretty
pretty amazing document. I've learned a really lot about it. It's a lot about how it works and how it functions and all how how all those things go. So anyway, so our committee was u consisted of myself, our assistant county administrator, our county attorney, and
then we brought in subject matter experts on depending which title we were working on. people like the sheriff helped us. Uh our uh solid waste director, our planning and zoning director, our environmental ser services director. We brought those folks in when we worked on their sections of the code
to make sure that they made sense and uh were accurate and we weren't missing any things. So, what we've done is we've gone through, we've cleaned it up, we've got all ready to go. It's now online. It's as current as it's ever been. This was a I I I can't uh really explain how
big a lift this was, but this is a big deal and we're pretty pretty fortunate to have it now in a such a good position. And our goal is to keep it that way. We actually had a test of it here about five or six weeks ago. You made a revision to uh the tobacco ordinance. Within a week, it was
reflected in our online code. Uh in the old days, that would not work as well. But we actually have a process in place where Sarah's involved in it as she's taking stuff from you and she takes it to the recorder's office and they do their steps and it ends up at the auditor's office. So there's actually a workflow in place now to make these
things happen and keep it current, which was really what we were targeting from the very beginning is how do we make this this document accurate and current so that you can if you have to look up something, you can go there and actually find what the actual current laws of the county
are. Uh so anyway, as we went through the process, we're going through this and we're talking about laws. Uh we're also a lot of our laws here in the county are tied to what we find in the state statutes specifically. So we try to make sure that those were matching. And what we found is this committee as
we went through, we found a few pieces of our code that are obsolete. Uh they're just no longer needed. And today we're going to talk about those and uh give you some options on how to deal with that. But um we we found it mostly because the state statutes they were
related to are no longer in they've been repealed at the state level. So which impacts how we we had used them or we found out they just don't are no longer being used. So that's the the code itself has been so what what let me u re
back up just a smidge. What happens when a ordinance comes to you as a county board, you ordain is the verb um something and it comes out as an ordinance like ordinance uh 2005-02 that gets then it gets codified into the code and when it goes into the
code it changes from beingcoming being an ordinance it will become a section a chapter or a title depending on how it goes. So it matches the rest of how the code is configured and and organized. So there's a pro that process is what we're really trying to address here. Okay. Is
there any questions with all that so far? I know it's pretty exciting and not like saving a life-saving machine, but um it's it's a it's a it's a pretty good deal. All right. So what we have the capability of
doing is right now this code the thing you're seeing on the screen here um we have the code in what's called proposal mode where I can actually make proposed edits to the code in real time right here on the screen and then you can act on them and if you decide to do that then we can actually make those changes
right now today in real time. So the way it works is uh um we can actually highlight stuff and redline things and add things. So if it's if we're adding, it's green. If we're taking out, it's red. And then we can go through the steps and then and make it actually
happen. So just to clarify, so some of these things are put in here because we've went through a change in an ordinance or we added an ordinance, right? Yes. So all of that was done
through a part of that process required public hearings. Yes. So, how do how are we able to repeal and modify things that were established through a public hearing process? That's a good question. And uh Okay. So, if we're going to make
any uh revisions to the code or additions to the code or modifications to the code, we or we have to have a public hearing to do that. Yes, you're totally correct. So, we don't just edit these on screen and No, we could do that and then we would say, "Okay, now let's take it to public hearing and go on." Okay. I just want to make sure that
we're not missing piece of the public. No, that's totally correct. The the the issue today before us though is we've got three pieces we'd like to repeal and what we did is we researched the rules about what happens if we just want to get rid of them. We're not we're just repealing them. So, I consulted with our
favorite county attorney. Thank you, Mark. which who who said uh per the statute and looking at it. I mean when when the board is not I mean if you're not taking an action that's making someone do something there there isn't anything in the statutes anywhere
I can find where if you're going to repeal something and and take it out that you have to have a public hearing to get rid of it. So I mean you're you're not taking an action that's causing citizens to do something. So there is no requirement to do a public
hearing. So you can and could as of today, you know, on some of these sections and I think what you're going to see here from market, for instance, there's there's an ordinance in regard to public dancing, which is not uh something that we really regulate nowadays, but it's still in our
ordinance. So, um, again, there's no necessity to put that out there and find out if people would like, even though there's no state statute regulating public dance anymore, that we still somehow need to do that. You are free to repeal it.
So, that's what I'm telling you. Right. Right. Which leads us to our first suggested change, um, which is, uh, what where are we at? Ordinance 2025-02 to repeal section
2-2-23, which is dancing restricted, which is on the screens right now and in your packet. It's red. I don't know why when it made it red, it didn't uh um strike through all of it, but everything that's red is going away. Okay, that that was one question that I had looking
at this. Some of it's crossed out, some of it isn't. So, everything that's red is going away. It's going away. If it's if it's staying it will be or if it's new it'd be green or if it's staying it would be black. So everything that's red is going away. I don't know why it didn't strike it. But so we're basically get rid of this whole section which basically talks about restricting
dancing within a serving bar and requiring a certain size. Uh reason we wanted we one is we don't really enforce this rule and the other one is the law the state law that this related to it actually mentioned right there 624-42 was repealed in 1989.
So the law it's referencing is no longer in effect. So this piece is no longer in effect as far as we could tell. So our recommendation as a committee is to you is say let's take this out because it's just not it's just not doing anything.
Mr. Chair, do you want to go through these one at a time or do we want to go through them all at What would the preference of the board be? Do you want to act on these individually? Commissioner Pman question. Um, if we do it as a whole,
can we ask questions into the hole or or what? I I think it I think I think what we'll do is we'd have to because each of these have a different number. We would have to we would have to deal with them individually. I just don't know if you want to just hear it all first and then
go back and take each one individually because we might it might have duplicate questions. So let's just go through it all and then we can come back and All right. Um before I get there, one one of the things I'll show you is um so the way this normally had been done is we would have this if you approve this this
uh ordinance, there'll be a copy that Sarah has that she'll have you sign. Okay. Today we're going to actually try to do it the new way too, which is it's going to send you an email that you would approve just like a docu sign. It will go to the chair and to the tester,
which is Steve. And we just we're doing both. Can we just sign a dang paper and be done with it? We're do it. Actually, let me show you before we get to it. Here it actually shows you here what what's going to happen here. It's got Kevin's signature and his email, Steve's signature and his email, and it will fix
the county seal, which is the auditor's seal onto the document when it's done. So, when we go through this correctly, it should automatically change it into the in the online code is the goal. We're having you sign the paper one just because we may not be successful since
this is our first time. Okay. But I just wanted to give you that backstory. I just don't want this thing delayed while I'm trying to figure out to sign a document. No, that's all right. And we all right we and I could send that later. I I had to do that just recently and I Okay. Uh act of Congress. So the
first one is uh on repealing the dancing. The second one is on alarm systems. alarm systems is actually an entire chapter in our code. And what we found um on this one, let me go here, is it's
no longer anything. You it's not used. It was something that was in place a long time ago where the best I can tell alarms actually rang at the sheriff's office and uh it's it's it's not something that's done any longer. It's
just a long since obsolete thing. Why do we have the one piece in there that says reserved in green? Um, I did that because I wanted to reserve that chapter number. We're going to leave it there. If I don't put it there like that, it's going to take it away and move everybody up
one because I'm delete. We're repealing one section. So, that's the only reason it's it'll just be a placeholder. It will say reserved in case something else comes along and would fill in that one as Yes, exactly. We put it in that spot. Okay. All right.
We're pretty new at this, too. So, so that's the alarm systems one is just a long obsolete piece. It's no longer done. And let's see. And the last one, where to find it? Ordinance
25-04 is repealing sections title 4, chapter 4, section one, which is drug paraphernalia. The reason we're recommending this one for repeal is the laws that this one is associated to at the state of Minnesota
were were repealed by the legislature in 2023. So those it it's no longer a thing. And uh at the sheriff here if you need some questions about that. I have some questions about Well, I I could easily inform the board on that
one, too. Just so you know, we drug paraphernalia as a crime is no longer under statute. And so what used to be a petty misdemeanor to have drug paraphernalia in your vehicle is not a crime within the state. So the the
county could not create that and make that. So that it's an obsolete. We would not be able to enforce that if that was on our as it is on our books now um or ever. It's not a So all all drug paraphernalia. Correct. Crack pipes and
Correct. If you didn't know that, I mean, so if you if you see a meth pipe in your vehicle, what used to be what we would call probable cause to be able to go in and and create a search because if you have a meth pipe, you would obviously regularly be smoking methan that, but
the legislature felt and chose that that should not be criminalized. And so it is repealed. It's not something that we can use and charge. it can't be used as probable cause to go and search a vehicle. So that is the world of today.
You just So you I know I know Mark uh I know Sheriff Empting understands that clearly. I don't know if the board would have understood that and or citizens understood that as that was passed, but that's something we've dealt with and had to deal with. So again, the idea that somehow we could criminalize it
separate, we cannot. Yeah, a lot of stuff I was gonna actually mention Brian just mentioned, but yeah, it is no longer a crime in the state of Minnesota to have any type of drug paraphernalia. A meth pipe, crack pipe, whatever type of uh drug paraphernalia is out there is no longer a crime as of 2023. Just not to take us
down too far off into the weeds, but uh just curiosity, would it be probable cause for uh or uh for DWI for DWI to have uh have drug paraphernalia there? No, you'd need to have uh some other other factors that
you'd be looking at as far as, you know, their eyes, their uh their their reactions, their speech, things like that. But it wouldn't go towards supporting that. It would not. No. And I think it's important to note that uh just for our our our citizens that are watching is that if they go over to
North Dakota then it is a crime in North Dakota. It is I believe a felony in North Dakota. So it's uh being a border community and having some of these laws that we have are not uh are not easy to work under. Yeah. So along that line uh what about
uh residue? So, same for you as far as when you're uh coming upon a scene, so to speak, it would have no bearing. Yeah. If there's a little bit of residue in a pipe or something that nature, it's it's not
going to be enough to test, right, through the Minnesota BCA lab. So, it would just be something we would have to let go. One one question for you, not to go into the weeds either. If someone has an open beer and they claim that a water bong,
can you get them from open container if they claim it as something else? Open alcohol container. Uh yeah, you probably could. Yeah, it's that's something that we'd probably have to test in the court system quite honestly because there are so many different loopholes like this. You just don't know. It's uh it gets to be the letter law versus spirit law.
What is that? Is that an open alcohol container? Is it a drug paraphernalia? Yeah, we that'd be something that we'd have to look into and argue. That's what our county attorney. That's a great question. I mean, that is a great question. Let's not be the county to explore
that. Let someone else fight that. Yeah. Let's not be the county. That is the the things that get created, though. That's the unfortunate thing when you think about you. You don't want somebody driving and and drinking and having open containers in their car. Yet, they would have potentially open containers if
they're using smoking, cocaine, methamphetamine. But, uh, it is what it is. Mhm. Since we're already in the weeds, the our cannabis law allows possession of cannabis, but it's got to
be in the original packing and still sealed or it's a violation. That's That's correct. And it can be up to 2 ounces. Yeah. 2 ounces in public, 2 pounds at home. And the seal's got to be intact just like the top's got to be on
the is got to be hole on the liquor bottle or the correct your can can't be opened. Correct. It has to be in a sealed package. Yep. So, we have these three items, correct? You want three docu signatures?
Yes. Right. We'd like three separate motions, one on each of the ordinances, please. All right. First off is the are we are we satisfied with this process that's been brought before us today? It seems to me that these are
um dinosaurs. Yeah, dinosaurs. I I don't think that any of our establishments that do have um bars and dance floors would care to have us going in there kind of policing the size of the dance floors and how close they are to where the bar is. So, I mean, you
still dance on the tables, right? Well, I've I've heard of people dancing on the bars. We're getting in the weeds today. Sarah, good luck with the minutes. All right. So, let's let's um if if if everybody here is satisfied with the
process that's been gone through here uh in determining these uh then um what would the board like to do on ordinance 2025-02? I'll move to repeal. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Kabanov, second
by Commissioner Ebinger to repeal ordinance 2025 to 02. Right. Or that's what that's what the ordinance would do would be to repeal. Right. Correct. Okay. Any further discussion? Any further discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Oppose the same sign. Motion carried. All right. And then we're going to move on to the next one, which is uh alarm system. So 2025-03.
Mr. Chair, I'll make a a motion to approve ordinance 2025-03 to reeal chapters 2 through 4 of the county code. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Bear, second by Commissioner Emmer. Any further discussion? I just had a
question on the false alarm piece. Um, I I get that we don't want to have something that's obsolete on the books, but um, when you have four and four to six alarms, I feel like that is taking important time away from first responders. And so I I think there
should be some course of action in addressing that. I'm not sure that, you know, I I'm in support of what staff is recommending here, but I also want to protect our our first responders from, you know, five and six
to 10 false alarms. Yeah, we we have responded to several locations throughout the county um that are having alarm trouble and usually what we end up doing is working with those um those businesses and they end up getting their alarms kind of taken
care of and then we don't run into continuous uh activity. And then some of our local jurisdictions, they they have their own ordinances that pertains to false alarms. for example, false fire alarms. Um, if they get so many of them, some fire departments may charge for those false alarms if that's within the
local jurisdictions. But we try and work with the businesses if they're having, you know, continuous issues. Okay. Yeah. I I can recall when I was working for a a company that had a a rural uh main office and warehouse complex, and part
of it part of of it was weather. Yeah. high winds could the weather could kick off uh different types of alarms whether it be wind or you know or storms and and the reason I knew that because not only did the sheriff's department get called and I get called and I'd have
to drive 15 miles out there to you know at 2 in the morning at 2 in the morning. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. So, but I think if there's a, you know, I I think at some point in time, I I do think Commissioner Mojo is right. If
there's if there's an abuse of somebody with putting in false alarms, that's taking time away from your staff, then something needs to be done with that. I don't know if you can independently
deal with that outside of language here. That's something we'd probably have to take a look at. Um what we what we're seeing more recently is the swatting calls where it's an actual fake swatting call that's coming in and that's that's something that we can deal with at the state level through through state
charges. Right. So we did have a motion and a second on that. All right. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. And we have one
more. And our last one is uh 2025-04 repeal section 4-4-1 of the county code, which is drug paraphernalia. Mr. Chair, I move the motion. All right. We have a motion by
Commissioner Ebinger. Okay. Second by Commissioner Krabanov to repeal sections 4-4-1 drug paraphernalia. Any further discussion? Just one comment. Commissioner Barrett, there's not more than three that we can chop out of here.
That that was the ones that we found as a committee we thought were probably the safest safest ones. Get rid of. All right. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Oppos the
same thing. Motion carried. Mr. Chair, if I could. Yes. Uh just wanted to to thank our group. This was not a you know, it's really a two-part issue. When I took this job, I inherited a tote of of ordinances. Uh Mark Mark worked uh we
worked in back in 18 and 19. We were going to work on the cotification then. Then something like COVID came around and that kind of put a halt to that. Uh and so we're very happy because I think we had access residents had access to our code but you would have to search
down the web page and and to put this in a more usable uh usable form I think is helpful uh to our citizens. Uh and as was mentioned this wasn't a couple months thing. We had we had the recorders office working on it for over
a year. Um there there are very few people who love policy writing as much as Mark. And so we're extremely extremely fortunate to have someone who has has uh taken all them all of our policies and made them make sure they made sense with each other. Uh and so
that's been a a really important thing. And so we appreciate the committee's work. Uh and again, this kind of goes to what we've been trying to do with uh with our with our data collection, with our our safety plan, with our MCIT, with our procurement of making sure we have a mechanism in place so we're not going
back to something from 1985 and repealing from uh from uh different areas. So, thank you. You're welcome. Uh couple things I wanted to touch on right before we're done here. First of all, you see it says that congratulations, this documents been sent to your presciding officer. Uh, so you should
have three emails now that should come from no reply at civvyplus.com. So hopefully those will show up. Guess we'll find out, huh? Um, the second one is next week you're going to be hearing all about the uh, title 8, which is the development code, which is going to be
folded into this. And then, as you kind of mentioned before, um, if we can make modifications or revisions to the code, it's a little different process. And right now there's going to be a group actually meeting later this week to look at uh revisions to title six uh chapter one which is subsurface sewage treatment
systems basically to bring that up to the current stat state rules. Uh as we go through that we'll look and figure out if we need to bring that to you or not and that may require that and that will be be a public hearing and those steps which will give us the the the practice on how to make that piece work.
But so that's in work right now. They have to update that one. This is one we just need to make sure it's current with state laws are. Okay. Any other questions, Mr. Mojo? Thank you. Um, thank you for your work on this. I know it's been a
long discussion. We've talked a lot about cotification and what's the right avenue for it and what needs to be done. Um, you know, I I know there's times that we have committees that are assigned to a board chair just to kind
of keep them a breast of what's going on, and this might be one that seems to be a good rotational assignment for the board chair just to let you know because you do need to coordinate with them on their signature, but just give them a, you know, a heads up what what what
items we've identified as maybe changing. uh just to keep a a member of the board in the loop, I think. Okay. Do you guys want to make a motion to add that to the to the chair position? Yeah, I I mean, as long as the
board sees value in that, I think it's important just to assign that. Um so, I'll make a motion to assign the board chair um to this committee to re address the county codes. Okay. All right, we have a motion by
Commissioner Mojo, second by Commissioner Bear. Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Thank you, Mark. Thank you, Sheriff and Brian, thank you for your
work on that as well. All right. Next uh next item on our agenda is a close session for board discussion regarding pending litigation per statute 13D.05 subdivision 3B attorney client
privilege. So offer a motion to go into close session per the advertised reasoning. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? I I um seeing none, all in favor signify by
saying I I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. I just before we Brian um we do have somebody here from the city of Comtock, do do we are can we have them in here or not?
Okay. Okay. Okay. I just want to just All right, we are now back in session here. The next item on our agenda is the um request approval to advertise for SAP 014602-031. Yes, good morning. Morning, Justin. Good
morning. So, the item that I'm bringing forward today is approval to advertise for the urban reconstruction project through comtock. So if you've driven through Comtock in the past year, that road is deteriorating at an alarming rate. We can't keep up anymore on
patching a lot of the potholes that we're seeing. And this urban reconstruct project is something that we've been working on for many years. So I think it it's going to ultimately be a really really good project. And I uh do want to point out that um
Commissioner Mojo and I and you and and Administrator Larson also attended a Comtock meeting. Uh we have a representative from Comtock here this this morning and there was uh really
some strong concern uh about that project uh the delays that have occurred on it and how important it is that that project not be delayed any longer. So um you know so it's kind of
before us right now. Uh if there's any questions I don't do as comtock, do you wanna do you wanna do you have Okay. Okay. Um Commissioner Mojo, thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh one, I you know, I I
really appreciate the highway department's flexibility. Uh this has been a project that's been on our five-year plan. It's gone through the course of the five-year plan. We've delayed construction just to coordinate and collaborate with the diversion authority on this. Uh those of you that might not be familiar with uh the
thoroughfare that is too through comtock. It has really become a um highly used roadway for materials for the diversion project. Uh the CW co-op is uh quite an e economic engine in
southern Klay County. uh they have a facility that that really we even designed the tieback levy on 75 around to make sure that uh we weren't holding the CW co-op um kind of in a a tricky
position. So coordinating with this really goes to so many different parts of industry and making sure that we're working to one get it done because if you've taken a drive through that it's deterior deteriorated to a a level of
not being safe for vehicles. Uh now when you start talking fully loaded gravel trucks uh grain trucks it's quite dangerous. And I believe in the last couple weeks we've had multiple instances in which um farmers and
residents have experienced multi,000 repairs because of this. Um so um this is something that we uh was promised to the city of Comtock and the residents there as part of the settlement agreements. It's a contingent
of permit requirements for DNR and the Buffalo Red and it's imperative that this is completed as soon as possible. And then my last comment is it's our job at the county to make sure that we are planning projects in a way that has
minimal disruption to our residents. If you look at the next uh 24 months of construction throughout the county, if this project is delayed to another um year, it will result in detours upwards
of 10 miles around and it's just not something one that we can do uh but really will put a strain on what our um system is. Thank you, Justin. Can you um you talked about that there's really no repairs
that can be done. I mean, if if there were to be something done, you it it's something that could couldn't be done in house, you'd probably be looking at a significant mill and overlay that could still be a a very expensive, but it's even that would be a very shortterm fix,
right? Correct. You could do a mill and overlay on this stretch, but like you said, it would be a very short-term fix. It would be a band-aid on a much larger issue and it wouldn't a mill overlay would not address any of the drainage
concerns that comtock currently has. And like two years ago when we flooded, we had to use our backho to go dig around town so they didn't get flooded. That a mill overlay wouldn't address any of those issues. and those
um and the people of Comtock um they they signed easements on on that project, right? That's correct. And they had and they signed those easements based on a timeline that was given to them that the project would be
completed. Is that correct? That's correct. And not only did those sign those easements, but they they signed those easements without any um compensation compensation. That's correct.
So I mean that that that goes to show the importance that it is to those land owners there on that project. So any other comments? Yes, Commissioner Abinger. Yeah, Mr. Chair, I I given
the facts that have been laid out here pretty clearly, this is an urgent issue. It needs to be addressed. It's public safety issue. Uh and I I would go ahead and I'd like to move that uh we request that we uh give approval to advertise
SAP014-602-301 031 03 I'm sorry. And then with a proposed letting date with a letting date first. Oh, yep. I'll second that motion. All right. We have a motion by Commissioner Abinger and
second by Commissioner Mojo. Any further discussion on the motion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I oppose the same sign. That motion carries unanimously. All right. And next we have
request approval to advertise for SCP014300-002. Yes. So we don't do CPS very often. So it's it's a little different. So this is a countywide striping project that if you remember in my 2025 budget, the money that we had typically had for the
Morehead turnback payment, I turned it into or my request in the 25 budget was to use that for striping and seal coating. So this is the striping project that it will basically entire cover the entire county and it'll catch us up and
I would also propose a letting date of July 1st 25 for this as well. One comment. Yes, Commissioner Bear. How many miles would this cover? Is it all county roads that we're going to look at? Correct. Anything that's not covered under an overlay or construction project
this year, we stripe stripe all. Okay. And then we also do have an HIPP. Um, every other year we join different counties in district four that covers edge lines. So, it also won't cover that because that'll be bid out this summer, too. And Becker County takes the lead on
that edge lines as in the side of the roads. Yep. This is the white 6-in fog line. So, this is a yellow line going down the center and the fog line that's not covered under that HZIP contract. And then also cover pavement markings like crosswalks, railroad
crossing aheads. So, how long did something like that take? Uh, I would guess a couple of weeks. Oh, pretty quick. Yeah, those paint trucks can put some miles on, especially if they bring a couple different crews.
This is a big enough of a contract where you're going to get a couple biders. Perfect. So with that, Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve the advertisement of CP014-300-002 with a proposed letting date of July 1st, 2025.
A second. We have a motion by Commissioner Bear, second by Commissioner Krabanhoff. Any further discussion on the motion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. The same. Motion carried. Thank you, Justin.
you I just have one update on construction. So 34 from Felton west to county 11 will be starting hopefully sometime later this week. So construction will be starting here really soon. One question to that. Yes. Go ahead. Are so are they going to start
that one and then finish that and then roll straight over to the Ulan side? That's their plan. Yes. I see they have signs up by Yulan saying road closed and Yep. getting ready. So their plan is to start on the west portion first and then once the mill is done there move over to the east. So they're going to mill west
then go over to mill and then as they're milling they'll be putting down asphalt. Yep. Yep. Perfect. Any last updates on the 52 project? Is that timing wise and still on on no delays as of now? It's going
well. We're still working through final design and easements and Okay. All right. All right. Thank you, Justin. Thank you. Thank you. Committee reports. I start with last time. You can start
with me. You want me to start with you? I don't have any. So, you start the day was last time. Yeah. I think I I think Paul started last week. I'm going to start. Perfect. May 20th, I attended the highway tracking committee meeting. Uh we really discussed uh the request
from the city of Comtock to attend the council meeting in regard to uh the roadway which we just talked about uh prior on May 21st. I attended the Red or the Red River Basin Commission joint powers board. We had a presentation um
by Rob Sip on legislative asks regarding flood hazard mitigation at the state legislature. talked about the enormous requests about um water mitigation statewide and how there's a nominal $6
million in the budget to address multi- uh hundred million dollars in flood mitigation requests. We then had a presentation from Ted Prister on the um work of the basin commission. There's some really good data and studies um
that they've come forward with and I I did encourage him to talk with Steve about getting on the board here. I just think it's really helpful information. And then I attended a meeting in regards to Minnesota
diversion land discussion impacts. Then after that I had the May land management committee meeting of the diversion authority. We had a recommendation on excess land uh particularly the Horus railroad
corridor felt that that really fell in line with what the policy said and then give given up date on land sales. On the 22nd I attended the MCC JPA meeting. We had a property acquisition report. There
was a settlement uh agreement uh that had action on it, a lease termination letter, which was something that the landowners were aware was coming and a rental agreement and then had action on a settlement
negotiation on Friday. Sorry, I meeting on Friday. I attended the or and then that that evening rather, I'm sorry, I attended the CAFLP board of directors report. We had a really great
update on childcare aware and all of their work in North Dakota and Minnesota. We had um one uh all of our agencies and particularly staff do such a phenomenal job in procuring uh grant funding. uh we had
$150,000 worth of grants at this board meeting alone. They have um hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants that they were able to write for and secure. So, um my gratitude on that. Uh that's always so helpful. Um, and then Friday I
attended the flood mitigation check-in with the um, diversion uh, reps on the Minnesota side and then the chamber and then met with Steve and Quinn on our PRTF and our
legislative wrapup requests. And that concludes my report. Thank you, Ezra. Mr. Chair, I have no committee reports from last week. Mr. Hey, Mr. Chair. On uh last Tuesday, the 20th, we
had our pick committee meeting. Uh Sheriff Empting was here um along with Chief Deputy Martin to discuss the program uh the future of the S sentence to serve program, which is a state
funded out of the Department of Corrections. Um we pay 75% of it Um, no. We pay 25% of it. Oh, we pay 75% of it. Uh, the funding, the 25% was due
to be cut because the legislature had ended the program uh with a sunset of uh July of 26. However, there's been a development since then and uh county administrator Larson sent out a notice
to me a copy of the email and this will be ending on June 18th. So really the discussion of where we could go with this was moot state shutting shutting it down that early. uh we discussed the
June 17th pi pick meeting time since that'll be the date that we have our meeting moved to the evening our board meeting and we decided we would keep it at noon and uh I don't know if the location if you'd want to come out here or if we
should meet at the government center I'll talk with Anna okay um let's see on Wednesday the just for just for uh probably will stay here because right after that there's been scheduled an insurance committee meeting
and that we always do have that here because of the number of folks that we have from our staff that are here. So So I would I would say that we probably keep it here because we'll I will be here right before that I should say for the insurance committee meeting. I think
it is right 10 10 o'clock. Yeah. Okay. Makes sense to be here. Okay. Okay. On the 21st I had more uh the uh diversion authority finance committee meeting. Uh basically we just covered
uh the high points of it were contracting actions. Um and it was just general business. Nothing nothing earth shaking at that meeting. The following day on 22nd we had had the board meeting for the uh
diversion authority. Uh there was uh discussion on the uh technical dispute board. It's now fully formed. We have three people on it
and uh work is getting put together to get legal counsel for them and to get them up and running to address some of the issues that need to be addressed. Um, we have a uh new person for the land division, director of lands, uh, Justin
Fiser will be coming on board with that uh, as a new hire on that. And that is pretty much all the noteworthy things from that meeting. And that completes my report. Thank you, Mr. Gre, Mr. Chair. Uh so back last Tuesday
um we had the uh adult mental health uh LOC monthly meeting uh earlier that day uh in front of the commission they give their annual report and the feedback to all of us is a great thank you for listening and and appreciated the
feedback that was given by the board. Uh at the uh the meeting uh we had a presentation by the project F5. I don't know if any are aware of it, but it's a a big um group in North Dakota
throughout the state that is now moving toward uh to trying uh to work in Minnesota more. And what they do is they work with people that are coming out of prisons. Most of them are felons on probation. And it's a transitional type
um uh sometime well much like we do with our juvenile there's transitional pla p places uh for housing for these people to help them get sit uh situated back in
population as well as uh finish their education and other things. are uh starting to work with Becker County right now through the attorney's office trying to set up a shop there and uh I think they're going to be reaching out to Klay County also as time goes on. So,
it's a good uh presentation by them. Couple uh events coming up that the LOC will be part of is they have a booth both at breakfast on the farm on June 14th and they'll have a boo booth with us with us on government day at the
county fair on July 11th. Uh that evening uh I attended the uh county planning. Um there were two things uh spoke about. They had a request for inter use uh home occupation for out by
Holly for a home occupation to permit um uh continued operative and tree service b business and it was on a farm egg site that was approved and then uh the bigger one was uh and this will be coming to the full board I think in uh not too
long anyway there's a uh 50 or uh 40 acre uh expans into a pit, the uh aspen oate pit by Holly and uh they they uh went through the environmental impact
statement, answered all the questions and the board didn't find it necessary to go on to have a EIS uh statement done by the state. They felt there were no conflicts that grew um beyond the uh I
think I said that wrong. the uh the EA the questions that were answered seemed to be good enough that the board didn't feel that it need to go on to an environmental impact statement. Again, I think that'll be coming to us and presented by Matt uh in a couple weeks.
And then uh last but not least, U Commissioner Mojo mentioned our uh CAP uh LP uh monthly meeting. The one I want to point out, she did well on her report. Just again, back to grants. This
group uh in the last month has received $580,000 through grants uh for homelessness and and working with youth youth homelessness. So, it's nice to see an a very active um uh entity doing such
great work in Klay County. So, with that, that's my report. Thank you. All right. On May 20th, we had a highway tracking meeting that basically talked about um with Justin regarding concerns uh
with the Comtock Road project. Uh that same day we had our um personal issues committee meeting. As was discussed, it was primary discussion was regarding the sentence to serve program which Commissioner Ebringer talked about. that's now going to be
sunsetted. So there becomes a little bit of a budget issue. I think we had a certain dollar amount budgeted through 2025 and if it's being terminated, you know, uh does that financial obligation those funds for that
remaining part of the year, what's to be, you know, so we had some conversation with the sheriff. Um, you know, obviously we've heard from many that that sentence to serve did a good thing for from community standpoint. However, not all of it was
necessarily within Klay County. The work that was done wasn't in Klay County, but yet we funded 75% of that position. So, I think the sheriff is going to kind of review uh internally how how to best deal with that. Of course, we have
already have our internal one. um that's through the sheriff's department now. So now that we know that the state has discontinued that, I think the conversation will go back with the sheriff and see how how he thinks if
anything that type of work should be modified and I'm sure he'll come back to pick with that if he's wants to have anything changed. Uh then on the um May 21st we had the diversion authority land management committee meeting. Commissioner Mojo
uh already reported on that and I really don't have anything to add. We did deal with some excess lands issues um that are important. Um, it's good that we don't are no longer holding on any land that we don't need to have and it gets back into into private
hands. On the 22nd, uh, Thursday the 22nd, we had the Mor Clay County Joint Powers Board Authority and um, we did deal with a lease termination, some rental agreements. Uh we are working on one
rimp application that's right on the county Klay County Wilin County line. Uh and then we had an update on another settlement nest settlement agreement which we've also then
approved. Um so yeah so activities continue to happen on land negotiations in Klay County. That's for sure. Uh also then on May 22nd we also had the diversion board authority
meeting and I think Commissioner Einger reported on that. I think I don't I don't really have anything to add to that as well. And then um on Friday, May 23rd, we did have the uh chamber policy
kind of update on Minnesota legislative issues pertaining to diversion authority and some other things. And um I don't have any more to add to other than what Commissioner Mojo reported on. That's the beauty of going last. I don't have
to have to talk as much. But uh and that concludes my report. So, Steve, thank you, Mr. Chair. Last uh Tuesday, participated in both the pick and highway tracking meeting that's been well covered. That evening went to the Comtock City Council with Commissioner
Campbell, Commissioner Mojo, and Justin Sorum, our highway engineer. Uh the the 21st I sat through a AMC legislative uh legislative update uh web meeting. Uh again they talked about where we were
from from uh going into a special session from the standpoint of uh of I think that 21st was the cut off for committees to deal with the budgets and then it was going to be going to leadership. They had hoped to get something done prior to Memorial Day but
obviously that didn't happen. So we'll see what comes this week. Uh uh 21st uh met with uh Cor Corey, Darren, Lori uh and Brian in regards to the resource recovery facility. Uh on the 21st also
met virtually with a vendor uh looking at with the upcoming budget and the challenges we're having. He looking at some potential budget savings if that was an option. Uh on the 22nd to participate in MCCJA meeting which has been well covered. On the 23rd, I met
with Sheriff Empt on a series of county issues. Uh, and on the 23rd also uh participated both in the web meetings for flood mitigation with the chamber and city Morhead and also the non-secured detention juvenile facility uh meeting which again was commissioner
Mojo and Quinn talking about some of the challenges they'll be facing. Just a few minor things, the budget packets went out uh last week. Our department heads have three about three weeks to get those back to the auditor's office. you'll begin to see presentations before
this board uh starting in July. Um the uh just a note for those uh coming to the courthouse uh it's sometimes a little bit of a challenge just so everyone's aware June 2nd Main Avenue is going to close close uh as far as the
project uh to to the underpass. And so, uh, Center Avenue is going to kind of be your main way east, west, and also traversing to try to get up to the up to the courthouse. Uh, and then the last thing, I guess, it's a kind of challenging to have this discussion or,
uh, without the legislative session not being completed yet, but, uh, this board has approved requesting funding for for a non-secured detention facility. Um, we've been talking about getting on the capital bonding tour um to seek funding
uh increase the likelihood of that happening. Uh, the the deadline for to getting on the next two-year cycle is June 13th. And so, um, the board's wishes were for me to bring that forward to on an agenda next
week just to talk about uh what the thought process from the board would be, maybe we'll have some additional answers from the legislature by then. Yes, I would s I would suggest we have that on the agenda. Yeah, I think I think it needs to be on the agenda. You you know, I think we
have to have a frank conversation about continual asks, but um certainly we can always um maybe have the scope broader now to get on the governor's tour and then narrow it as we get closer. But again, this board has to talk about
that. Okay. Uh, that concludes my report. Thank you, Darren. Uh, all of my meetings have already been covered, so I won't drag that out. The only thing I did have was uh we had a Klay County picnic committee meeting on
the for our county picnic on the June 24th. So, mark your calendars for that. Flyers and um uh invitations will be going out for that shortly. And uh Thursday the 22nd, I just finished up a
Department of Labor investigation. So, Mr. Mojo, thank you, Mr. Chair. Just uh the kickoff to summer is this weekend with breakfast on the farm on Saturday morning from 7:00 a.m. to noon. Uh it will be at Kase and Farms again. They do
such a great job there. Thank you, Sarah. Nothing other than the fact that we should try to get stay on time here right for you. All right, seeing nothing else, we are
adjourned. Part: 2
Good morning everybody. It's 8:30. We'll call this morning's meeting of the board of commissioners to order for Tuesday, May 27th. And we'll start with the approval of the agenda. Mr. Chair, I'll offer a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Second. Thank you. Motion by Commissioner Mojo, second by
Commissioner Bear. Any further discussion on the motion. Further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. Oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Citizens to be heard. Do we have any citizens to be heard and items not on
the agenda? I don't see anyone in the audience. Do we have anybody online? Nothing, Mr. Chair. Thank you. We will move in then to the approval of bills and vouchers. Mr. Chair move for approval of the bills and vouchers. Second. We have a motion
by Commissioner Ebinger, second by Commissioner Krabenhoff. Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Oppose. The same sign. Motion carried. And for the minutes, we have the May 13th uh minutes
to approve as well as the workg groupoup session minutes from April 22nd. I'll make a motion, Mr. Chair, for to approve the minutes from May 13, 2025 and the work group session from April 22nd, 2025. Second. We have a motion by
Commissioner Pere, second by Commissioner Ebinger. Any further discussion on the motion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. Oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Our 8:35 item is a request approval to hire two
open juvenile worker positions in the nonsecure unit. Good morning, James. Good morning, Mr. Chair, commissioners. I'm here today to request permission to um rehire two open um positions in the non-scare unit, juvenile worker
positions. Um these positions are are budgeted for um and um I didn't provide a uh um a calculator calculation. Um I got that request just last week and I was on
vacation and and but these these two that are leaving are relatively new. Um and the replacement so the savings will be minimal. Most of the savings will be in um the form of um the healthc care not picking up until the following month. Um other than that that's that's
all I got. And there is no need for backfill on these? There's no need for back fill. These would be the entry level. Mr. Mr. Chair, I'll offer a motion to approve um hiring both or filling both of the open positions. Second. Motion by Commissioner Mojo, second by
Commissioner Ebinger. Any further discussion on the motion? Any question? I I just have a question. Yes, Mr. Bear. For this position, is it a train? I mean, do you train them? So, some if someone applies, they don't need any experience or how Yep. they would need um some some college um but then um some
um life experience but then um yeah we do the training right so we provide the training so this is an entry- level position so this does not require a bachelor degree um but it does require some some some y if if you went to college or if you went to college 60 credits is is what we're going for um
and I mean we we have people over there that are working with great life experiences so um we have one that went for a marine mechanic so work on boats um was he originally went for and then he applied for a position. He's been working with with us for about six years now and he's doing excellent. So, okay.
Right. Any further questions? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Thanks. And then we have the uh let's see, accept and sign the JAG
grant renewal. Yeah. Um, so I got notice um about two weeks ago. Um, actually I was looking for this grant to come up because it was time to to reup for it. Um, and it never came. So I thought that that that went away, but it didn't. I just got a an
email two weeks ago that said they wanted to extend it for another year. So it's for $125,000. I'm requesting permission to um sign the paperwork um to accept that grant um for the 125,000. It pays for um
case management for our clips program. I originally applied for the grant in 2018 and got it in 2019. Um and it's um been part of our plan. So far, this grants netted the county about $875,000. I'm just requesting permission to sign
it. Um that'll bring us into 2026 with this grant. I wonder if we should do that. That sounds like quite a program. Can I make a motion then? Second. Right. We have a motion by Commissioner
Krabanov, second by Commissioner Abinger. Any further discussion on the motion? I just want to, you know, even though you probably you really did an awful lot to get that grant started in the first place. You're really involved with that
and like you said, it's it has saved the county an awful lot of money. So I appreciate your efforts on that. So all right. So with that uh all in favor of the motion signify by saying I. I oppose the same. Motion carried. Thank
you. Sheriff Gabe. Good morning. Morning. You're going to give us a presentation on a Lucas device. Yes. So, couple months ago, Gabe put in for a uh for a grant through the Helmsley Charitable Trust Foundation for a Lucas device. And
what a Lucas device is, it it's a life-saving device that um when somebody's having a cardiac event, it provides chest compressions for them at the right speed and the right depth. And these have been a proven tool in life-saving measures for people. So, it's about a
$25,000 total grant that we were able to receive. Um, and we're about one of 25 agencies across the state of Minnesota that receive this. Um, it's kind of a big deal to get something like this. Um, it's a great device. We have seen it,
um, work very effectively in the past. Um, and, uh, to have them in a deputy squad car is going to be great because there are times that we are the first on scene. There are times that we might be the only ones responding. So, this is a big deal to have. Um, ultimately it'd be
nice to have one in everybody's car, but it's quite expensive. So, we're uh we're hoping we can get more uh more grants for them. But at this point, I'm going to turn over to Gabe and he is going to take over. Yeah, as you can see, it's really easy to set up. Um, slide the
slide the board under. The machine locks into that. Um, so one person can can set it up and uh then to operate um power it on and put the plunger into place. Of
course, uh too [Music] far as a sensor to know when it's in place. and I uh have not been through the training yet. So, so as part of the grant, uh two of our deputies went to a uh train the
trainer and uh up in Alexandria or down in Alexandria last week. There it goes. It clicked. Um, so they will run everyone in the sheriff's office through the training and uh so once it's locked in place, it uh does compressions at a
steady rate and uh it allows the the the deputy or whomever's on scene uh the option to, you know, communicate on the radio, hook up an AED, uh do whatever else need needs to be done if there's multiple multiple victims. So really a
just a a great tool. um you can pause it. Um AED can still work in conjunction with this. So this can be off or doing chest compressions and uh AED can be hooked up and uh done. Um this device also so the the Helmsley uh foundation
gave the state of Minnesota uh $18 million grant a few years ago. Um the University of Minnesota manages the grant and initially so about 3 years ago um the grant started off with putting AEDs in every squad car in the state of Minnesota for the most part if you
wanted to put in. So we got like ads for every squad we have and now they're expanding on this. So their goal is um we're basically one of the pilot counties or uh departments try it out um see how it works especially in rural rural areas and then their goal is to expand this program kind of throughout
the state if if it's wellreceived. uh Sheriff and I have uh seen this used many times. We've been on scenes where we've had to do CPR and we're in rural areas and you get tired out really really quick. So, this is just a wonderful wonderful addition to uh to
the sheriff's office. And what we'll we plan on doing is just kind of working up a rotation so it'll be in a squad car most all the time and uh you know can first respond if we get a medical call of a cardiac arrest throughout the county. Anything I'm forgetting, boss? I think you hit everything very well.
It's from somebody that's had to do CPR in a rural area, uh, you get tired very very quick out there and you can't wait to see somebody else show up and take over for you so you can at least get a little bit of a break. And to make it even worse, you have all this equipment on. So that makes it even even harder to do. So this is a this is a great tool
for us. We're very excited to have it. It came uh it came with some other accessories and extra battery stuff. I don't know if you remember, but Uh we we were seeking some money um to support our rural rescue squads and just the battery. It's a rechargeable battery. We've got two of them. They're like $900
for the battery. So, not a cheap device, but uh just a a great great tool for us to have. Excellent. Mr. Binger, you'll just get the one unit. Right now, we just have the one unit. Yep. And you usually have what,
three, three, four deputies at it in patrol? Uh four. Yep. Or four on a shaft. So, this is a good start. Yep. I I did CPR twice and it was in a city and there were plenty of people to get there and
you're right, it's still with the adrenaline going when you've got to do something like that. This is we would have loved to have that back in the day. So, having said that, I uh I'll make the motion that we approve this grant for the purchase of the
uh Lucas device. All right, there's a motion to approve the grant. Motion by Commissioner Ebinger, second by Commissioner Krabanhoff. Any further discussion?
Yes. Thank you. I just want to make sure that we're factoring in uh you know I see there's warranty on this but just factoring in some sort of internal service component in regards to the ability to offset a cost. Yeah. So
granted we accept it. I will uh fill out the fixed asset sheet submit it for internal service so we do have um the ability to replace it after its lifespan. I'll also add it on to the insurance schedule. Okay. Great. How about uh Gabe? How about did you mention
something about the training and where is the training held at? So uh our two deputies went to Alexandria and that's a train to trainer. So they will come they they they now can train everyone else. All of our training will just be done. Yep. And that was no cost. Okay. Very good. Yes. Commissioner Bear. What would
be the lifespan? What would be the lifespan of something like that? Uh we're five years would probably be realistic. Maybe it'll last longer. That's what we put on our AEDs. Uh anyway, batteries and things like that. I I believe uh just looking through the paperwork on the the
warranty, I believe the batteries that came with it have a 2-year warranty. So, I'm assuming that'll, you know, if they uh are defective or whatnot, that that will cover that for the first two years. Mr. Kravoff, I maybe should ask the question earlier. Uh when you're using
these, how do you decide what's first, the AD or this or how do they work in conjunction conjunction? Well, usually what we'll do is we'll uh we'll get that AED set up right away so we can get shot going. And as somebody's doing an AED, then you get your Lucas device set up so
they are working they are working together in tandem with each other. So you're trying to get everything set up as soon as you possibly can to get that blood flowing through the person's body who's suffering that cardiac event. Okay. Yeah. Even if the AD is advising no shock, you know, it's not detecting
any heart rhythm. Um, once you start CPR, you continue CPR until uh, you know, a medical provider could either, you know, make the judgment call to transport or call. So, once we would start this or start CPR by hands, we would continue. Right. Thank you.
Commissioner, would the would the Lucas device interfere with the AED's ability to say whether you need to give a a jolt on it or not? No. No. In fact, they're actually they're made by the same company and they actually communicate with each other through Bluetooth
technology. So, it's it's pretty amazing tool. Yeah, it's cool. So, that thing can be pumping while the shock is going on. Yeah. And there's a pause button on it, too. So, if you need to, you know, if you need to to remove clothing, to add the ad pads and stuff like that, you can actually pause pause
this. But just a side note on our AEDs with the technology, too, um they connect to our sheriff's office Wi-Fi. So, after a deployment, a deputy brings it back, uploads the data, and they actually get a report on their uh on their CPR, on their rhythms and and the
heart rhythms and stuff like that. So, all right. Anything else? All right. All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. All right. Thanks, Sheriff. Thanks, Gabe. A side note, nobody wanted to do the live demonstration for that.
You didn't ask that. That and the taser's hard to get volunteers. I was thinking maybe we could have our administrator do that. Assistant, break him in. Why don't you Why don't you keep that close by when we
all have to work through the budget this year? All right, Joe, we're going to talk about the Department of Corrections agreement. Yes. Good morning, uh, Mr. Chair and board. Um yeah, as you could recall
during the justice center plan, uh the board had approved that a few weeks back and um so I said I would come back to the board with a with an agreement with the state. I worked uh in conjunction with the state and the county attorney's office here. So we do have a lease uh
here to present today for approval. Um some key points just so you know within this lease is it's a 5-year lease agreement and um um in within that as as you remember the state was going to give us 150,000 to upfit um downstairs where
they're going to be renting on the north it'd be the northeast uh wing there and uh I had them incorporate that into this lease and um so that's that's in there. And then it was important to both the state and the county that we did have an out clause just in case you never know.
And um so we have a one-year um out clause there. And um than that, we have it planned to start uh November 1st and um construction downstairs actually starts today. So Joe on the out clause. So
um the 150 that they're putting in for the remodeling of this um it doesn't tie into you know if we if we want out we don't have to pay them back or anything or if they want out we don't pay them back. Okay. Yep. Exactly. Yep. Yep. Totally separate. So, well, I know you
know this is had been through building committee and certainly the building committee recommended this and I think it's a it actually ends up being a positive moving forward from a revenue standpoint too, right? Yeah, we we it we
have an estimated total of uh 64,4 that'll be annual, but I think that um with this move I think we get an extra 20 just over 20,000 extra. With that, Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve the lease agreement between Klay County and the Department of
Corrections. Second. Right. We have a motion by Commissioner Bear, second by Commissioner Ebinger. Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. Oppose the same sign. Motion carried. All right, Joe.
Next. All right. So, I'm looking at um this is another topic that we had been discussing at the building committee. Uh we had a as part of our capital plan. We in 2026, we had a a plan to replace the roof at the joint facility uh highway
facility over there. Um we feel that with the numbers we're seeing right now, it'd be better to move that up to 2025. We do feel we have enough funds, county funds to do that. And so what we'd like to do is request for uh to advertise and
then um open we would we would uh open for bids uh June 24th. So it's got to advertise for three weeks. And um I'm we're partnering up with with Mandot and um uh the city of Morehead. Both of them have agreed to to uh fund this project.
So, we would open bids on the 24th and then I'd come back on July 1st with the approval to go ahead with this that Monday prior to that. I'd have Morhead City Council approved that as well with the numbers and u MDOT has already
approved it as a part of their project. Their their budget starts in this July for 2026. So, it it it's already a goal for them and they've given us approval. So, um, uh, permission to advertise and, uh, we we do have a estimated cost of
445,000 to 500,000 within there. Uh, and we're responsible for about 45% of that. So, questions for me questions just uh, for may be for clarity. I know you talked about it in the briefing, but uh, our joint
facility, who are the partners in that facility? uh be uh min state of mandot and um city of Morhead and then there's a committee that meets we meet every every few months we meet but this has been a a topic we've actually repaired
the roof a few times but um those are the three entities that um on that I I believe we're 45% with coverage uh city mor owns 22% and then 33% for uh MDOT so so just
another great uh example of how partnerships can save entities money by pooling together resources. Yes. Yeah. This has been a good hope hopefully it's a good project with the numbers. With that, I'll make a motion to advertise for bids for the roof
replacement project at the joint highway facility. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Bear, second by Commissioner Kraban. Any further discussion on the motion? Any further
discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Oppos. Same sign. Motion carried. Thank you. I'll be back. Okay. All right. Next, we have a county code update.
Good morning, uh, Mr. Chair and commissioners. Today I'm going to talk to you about the county code, which is the the laws of Klay County. And I guess I'm going to start off by explaining why I'm the guy talking to you about this. And uh uh the
county code here is uh it really wasn't anybody taking care of it. It uh we put it online in 2001. uh we had had some ordinances since and they were all waiting to be in in integrated into the code and that really
didn't we were didn't really have a good process for doing that. So every year we would get together and talk about how we were going to fix this and it kept getting worse and worse and it this elephant kept growing and eventually um we decided it was time to do something.
What really motivated us was the fact that uh the title eight of the code which is development code is under review and is going to be revised soon. Um I'm involved specifically because the county code lives online and it's on our website and I'm responsible for a website. So I've been trying to figure
out how do we make this more current and uh easier to use for people. So I I got I got the I got the gig. Um so here we are. Uh so what we decided we needed to do was figure out how do we take and put all these pieces together which is a process called codification and we
looked at some vendors that do this for us and we found out that it was a 20 plus thousand project and we didn't have those kind of resources. So what we were able to do is put together basically a group of folks inside the county that had some skills and uh special thanks to the recorders office for letting us use
one of their staff and some other folks. But we were able to actually do the cotification in house over the last many months. Um, we took and put all basically everything that had been adopted and put them in in order into this big document. Then we moved it to a
new platform online where it now lives. And then after we had finished that, we put together a committee to look through it and say, how's our code look? We haven't looked at it for a long time. Actually, what we learned is we hadn't looked at it in great detail since 1985. So, it was probably due to be gone
through. So, um, let me uh show you here. So, the county code lives on our main website. At the bottom under our quick links, there's a button right there that says county code and you can go there and anybody in the in the whole world can go look up our code, which is all the ordinances that we have in place
that regulate everything that's happening here. So, the new system we have looks like this. This is uh this is it right here. This is the actual code and all of its parts. This is titles one through seven. The code is divided into titles, chapters, and sections. Um each title is
like a category. Um title eight is missing still. Uh next week you'll get to see that title eight will be coming before you and once you um get it to the point where it's ready to be u put into the code we will add that you'll see a title eight added to this once that
happens. But what we've done is gone through titles one through seven and uh make sure that they all make sense. And some of it what we learned was you know some things just we had a lot of issues where while you see it here you get an ordinance you you work on it gets adopted and inserted they don't always
they weren't always matching. One of the big issues we had was definitions. Um you know every title has a section for definitions and just simple things like the county board was not always described exactly the same way. So what we've done is we've cleaned that up throughout the entire code and this new
platform that we're using allows us the capability to do these edits ourself. Um what we found before the old system we had was every time we needed an edit done we had to pay a vendor to do that and it it just wasn't uh it just didn't
work. So now we can do these minor edits like that ourselves. Um what our committee did is as we went through these, we actually looked at things that may uh were either inconsistent, were either incorrect or just needed to have um be cleaned up a little bit. Errors, there were some of that kind of stuff.
Dates. There was a lot of dates in there that we took out. Uh another thing we also have removed from the code is fees. Um there's sections in there to talk about fees, but they're not specifically listed in the code because they're set by you folks here through other processes. So it'll just refer to the
fees and those will be someplace else. Okay. So the code itself is a pretty pretty amazing document. I've learned a really lot about it. It's a lot about how it works and how it functions and all how how all those things go. So
anyway, so our committee was u consisted of myself, our assistant county administrator, our county attorney, and then we brought in subject matter experts on depending which title we were working on. people like the sheriff helped us. Uh our u solid waste director, our planning and zoning
director, our environmental ser services director. We brought those folks in when we worked on their sections of the code to make sure that they made sense and uh were accurate and we weren't missing any things. So, what we've done is we've gone through, we've cleaned it up, we've got all ready to go. It's now online.
It's as current as it's ever been. This was a I I I can't uh really explain how big a lift this was, but this is a big deal and we're pretty pretty fortunate to have it now in a such a good position and our goal is to keep it that way. We actually had a test of it here about
five or six weeks ago. You made a revision to uh the tobacco ordinance. Within a week, it was reflected in our online code. Uh in the old days, that would not work as well. But we actually have a process in place where Sarah's involved in it as she's taking stuff from you and she takes it to the
recorder's office and they do their steps and it ends up at the auditor's office. So there's actually a workflow in place now to make these things happen and keep it current, which was really what we were targeting from the very beginning is how do we make this this document accurate and current so that
you can if you have to look up something, you can go there and actually find what the actual current laws of the county are. Uh so anyway, as we went through the process, we're going through this and we're talking about laws. Uh we're also a lot of our laws here in the county are tied to what we find in the state uh
state statutes specifically. So we try to make sure that those were matching. And what we found is this committee as we went through, we found a few pieces of our code that are obsolete. Uh they're just no longer needed. And today we're going to talk about those and uh give you some options on how to deal
with that. But um we we found it mostly because the state statutes they were related to are no longer in or they've been repealed at the state level. So which impacts how we we had used them or we found out they just don't are no longer being used. So that's the the
code itself has been. So what what let me u re back up just a smidge. What happens when a ordinance comes to you as a county board, you ordain is the verb um something and it comes out as an ordinance like ordinance uh
2005-02 that gets then it gets codified into the code and when it goes into the code it changes from being coming being an ordinance it will become a section a chapter or a title depending on how it goes. So it matches the rest of how the code is configured and and organized. So
there's a pro that process is what we're really trying to address here. Okay. Is there any questions with all that so far? I know it's pretty exciting and not like saving a life-saving machine, but um it's it's a
it's a pretty good deal. All right. So what we have the capability of doing is right now this code the thing you're seeing on the screen here um we have the code in what's called proposal mode where I can actually make proposed edits to the code in real time right here on
the screen and then you can act on them and if you decide to do that then we can actually make those changes right now today in real time. So the way it works is uh um we can actually highlight stuff and redline things and add things. So if it's if we're adding, it's green. If
we're taking out, it's red. And then we can go through the steps and then and make it actually happen. So just to clarify, so some of these things are put in here because we've went through a change in an
ordinance or we added an ordinance, right? Yes. So all of that was done through a part of that process required public hearings. Yes. So, how do how are we able to repeal and modify things that
were established through a public hearing process? That's a good question. And uh Okay. So, if we're going to make any uh revisions to the code or additions to the code or modifications to the code, we or we have to have a public hearing to do that. Yes, you're totally right. So, we don't just edit
these on screen and No, we could do that and then we would say, "Okay, now let's take it to public hearing and go on." Okay. I just want to make sure that we're not missing piece of the public. No, that's totally correct. The the the issue today before us though is we've got three pieces we'd like to repeal and what we did is we researched the rules
about what happens if we just want to get rid of them. We're not we're just repealing them. So, I consulted with our favorite county attorney. Thank you, Mark. which who who said uh per the statute I looking at it I
mean when when the board is not I mean if you're not taking an action that's making someone do something there there isn't anything in the statutes anywhere I can find where if you're going to repeal something and and take it out that you have to have a public hearing to get rid of it. So I mean you're
you're not taking an action that's causing citizens to do something. So there is no requirement to do a public hearing. So you can and could as of today, you know, on some of these sections and I think what you're going to see here from Mark, for instance,
there's there's an ordinance in regard to public dancing, which is not uh something that we really regulate nowadays, but it's still in our ordinance. So, um, again, there's no necessity to put that out there and find out if people would like, even though
there's no state statute regulating public dance anymore, that we still somehow need to do that. You are free to repeal it. So, that's what I'm telling you. Right. All right. Which leads us to our first suggested change, um, which is, uh, what
where are we at? Ordinance 2025-02 to repeal section 2-2-23, which is dancing restricted, which is on the screens right now and in your packet. It's red. I don't know why
when it made it red, it didn't uh um strike through all of it, but everything that's red is going away. Okay, that that was one question that I had looking at this. Some of it's crossed out, some of it isn't. So, everything that's red is going away. It's going away. If it's if it's staying it will be or if it's
new it'd be green or if it's staying it would be black. So everything that's red is going away. I don't know why it didn't strike it. But so we're basically get rid of this whole section which basically talks about restricting dancing within a serving bar and requiring a certain size thing. Uh
reason we wanted we one is we don't really enforce this rule and the other one is the law the state law that this related to it actually mentioned right there 624-42 was repealed in 1989. So the law it's referencing is no longer in effect. So this piece is no longer in
effect as far as we could tell. So our recommendation as a committee is to you is say let's take this out because it's just not it's just not doing anything. Mr. Chair, do you want to go through these one at a time or do we want to go through them all at What would the
preference of the board be? Do you want to act on these individually? Commissioner PB question. Um, if we do it as a whole, can we ask questions into the hole or or
what? I I think it I think I think what we'll do is we'd have to because each of these have a different number. We would have to we would have to deal with them individually. I just don't know if you want to just hear it all first and then go back and take each one individually
because we might it might have duplicate questions. So, let's just go through it all and then we can come back and All right. Um before I get there, one one of the things I'll show you is um so the way this normally had been done is we would have this if you approve this this
uh ordinance, there'll be a copy that Sarah has that she'll have you sign. Okay. Today, we're going to actually try to do it the new way, too, which is it's going to send you an email that you would approve just like a docu sign. It will go to the chair and to the tester,
which is Steve. Can we just We're doing both. Can we just sign a dang paper and be done with it? We're do it. Actually, let me show you before we get to it. Here it actually shows you here what what's going to happen here. It's got Kevin's signature and his email, Steve's signature and his email, and it'll affix
the county seal, which is the auditor's seal onto the document when it's done. So, when we go through this correctly, it should automatically change it into the in the online code is the goal. We're having you sign the paper one just because we may not be successful since
this is our first time. Okay. But I just wanted to give you that backstory. I just don't want this thing delayed while I'm trying to figure out to sign a document. No, that's all right. And we all right. We and I could send that later. I I had to do that just recently and I Okay. Uh act of Congress. So the
first one is uh on repealing the dancing. The second one is on alarm systems. alarm systems is actually an entire chapter in our code. And what we found um on this one, let me go here, is it's
no longer anything. You it's not used. It was something that was in place a long time ago where the best I can tell alarms actually rang at the sheriff's office and uh it's it's not something that's done any longer. It's just a long
since obsolete thing. Why do we have the one piece in there that says reserved in green? Um, I did that because I wanted to reserve that chapter number. We're going to leave it there. If I don't put it there like that, it's going to take it away and move everybody up one because I'm delete. We're repealing
one section. So, that's the only reason it's it'll just be a placeholder. It will say reserved in case something else comes along and would fill in that one as Yes, exactly. We put it in that spot. Okay. All right. We're pretty new at this, too. So, so
that's the alarm systems one is just a long obsolete piece. It's no longer done. And let's see. And the last one, where find it? Ordinance 25-04 is repealing sections title 4,
chapter 4, section one, which is drug paraphernalia. The reason we're recommending this one for repeal is the laws that this one is associated to at the state of Minnesota were were repealed by the legislature in
2023. So those it it's no longer a thing. And uh I have the sheriff here if you need some questions about that. I have some questions about Well, I I could easily inform the board on that one, too. Just so you know, we drug
paraphernalia as a crime is no longer under statute. And so what used to be a petty misdemeanor to have drug paraphernalia in your vehicle is not a crime within the state. So the the county could not create that and make that so that it's an obsolete. We would
not be able to enforce that if that was on our as it is on our books now um or ever. It's not a So all all drug paraphernalia. Correct. Crack pipes and Correct. If you didn't know that, I mean, so if
you if you see a meth pipe in your vehicle, what used to be what we would call probable cause to be able to go in and and create a search because if you have a meth pipe, you would obviously regularly be smoking meth, but the legislature felt and chose that that
should not be criminalized. And so it is repealed. It's not something that we can use and charge. it can't be used as probable cause to go and search a vehicle. So that is the world of today. You just So you I know I know Mark uh I know Sheriff Empting understands that
clearly. I don't know if the board would have understood that and or citizens understood that as that was passed, but that's something we've dealt with and had to deal with. So again, the idea that somehow we could criminalize it separate, we cannot.
A lot of stuff I was going to actually mention, Brian just mentioned, but yeah, it is no longer a crime in the state of Minnesota to have any type of drug paraphernalia, a meth pipe, crack pipe, whatever type of uh drug paraphernalia is out there is no longer a crime as of 2023. Just not to take us down too far
off into the weeds, but uh just curiosity, would it be probable cause for uh or uh for DWI? For DWI to have uh have drug paraphernalia there? No, you'd need to have uh some other other factors that
you'd be looking at as far as, you know, their eyes, their uh their their reactions, their speech, things like that. But it wouldn't go towards sporting that. It would not. No. And I think it's important to note that uh just for our our our citizens that are watching is that if they go over to
North Dakota then it is a crime in North Dakota. It is I believe a felony in North Dakota. So it's uh being a border community and having some of these laws that we have are not uh are not easy to work under. Yeah. So along that line uh what about
uh residue? So, same for you as far as when you're uh coming upon uh scene, so to speak, it would have no bearing. Yeah. If there's a little bit of residue in a pipe or something that nature, it's it's not
going to be enough to test, right, through the Minnesota BCA lab. So, it would just be something we would have to let go. One one question for you, not to go into the weeds either. If someone has an open beer and they claim that a water bong,
can you get them from open container if they claim it as something else? Open alcohol container. Uh yeah, you probably could. Yeah, it's that's something that we'd probably have to test in the court system quite honestly because there are so many many different loopholes like this. You just don't know. It's uh it gets to be the letter law versus spirit
law. What is that? Is that an open alcohol container? Is it a drug paraphernalia? Yeah, we that'd be something that we'd have to look into and argue. That's what our county attorney. That's a great question. I mean, that is a great question. Let's not be the county to explore
that. Let someone else fight that. Yeah. Let's not be the county. That is the the things that get created, though. That's the unfortunate thing when you think about you. You don't want somebody driving and and drinking and having open containers in their car, yet they would have potentially open containers if
they're using smoking, cocaine, methamphetamine. But, uh, it is what it is. Mhm. Since we're already in the weeds, the our cannabis law allows possession of cannabis, but it's got to
be in the original packing and still sealed or it's a violation. That's That's correct. And it can be up to 2 ounces. Yeah. 2 ounces in public, 2 pounds at home. And the seal's got to be intact just like the top's got to be on
the in's got to be hole on the liquor bottle or the correct your can can't be opened. Correct. It has to be in a sealed package. Yep. So, we have these three items, correct? You want three docu signatures?
Yes. Right. We'd like three separate motions, one on each of the ordinances, please. All right. First off, is the are we are we satisfied with this process that's been brought before us today? It seems to me that these are
um dinosaurs. Yeah, dinosaurs. I I don't think that any of our establishments that do have um bars and dance floors would care to have us going in there kind of policing the size of the dance floors and how close they are to where the bar is. So,
and we still dance on the tables, right? Well, I've I've heard of people dancing on the bars. We're getting in the weeds today. Sarah, good luck with the minutes. All right. So, let's let's um if if if everybody here is satisfied with the
process that's been gone through here uh in determining these uh then um what would the board like to do on ordinance 2025-02? I'll move to repeal. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Krabanov, second
by Commissioner Ebinger to repeal ordinance 2025 to 02. Right. Or that's what that's what the ordinance would do would be to repeal, right? Correct. Okay. Any further discussion? Any further discussion?
Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Oppose the same sign. Motion carried. All right. And then we're going to move on to the next one, which is uh alarm system. So 2025-03.
Mr. Chair, I'll make a a motion to approve ordinance 2025-03 to repeal chapters 2 through 4 of the county code. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Bear, second by Commissioner Emir. there. Any further discussion? I just
had a question on the false alarm piece. Um, you know, I I get that we don't want to have something that's obsolete on the books, but um, when you have four and four to six alarms, I feel like that is taking important time away from first
responders. And so, I I think there should be some course of action and addressing that. I'm not sure that, you know, I I'm in support of what staff is recommending here, but I also want to protect our our first responders from, you know, five and six
to 10 false alarms. Yeah, we we have responded to several locations throughout the county um that are having alarm trouble and usually what we end up doing is working with those um those businesses and they end up getting their alarms kind of taken
care of and then we don't run into continuous uh activity. And then some of our local jurisdictions, they they have their own ordinances that pertains to false alarms. for example, false fire alarms. Um, if they get so many of them, some fire departments may charge for those false alarms if that's within the
local jurisdictions. But we try and work with the businesses if they're having, you know, continuous issues. Okay. Yeah. I can recall when I was working for a a company that had a a rural uh main office and warehouse complex
and part of it part of of it was weather. Yeah. high winds could the weather could kick off uh different types of alarms whether it be wind or you know or storms and and the reason I knew that because not only did the sheriff's department get called and I get called and I'd have
to drive 15 miles out there to you know at 2 in the morning. At 2 in the morning yeah so yeah. So, but I think if there's a, you know, I I think at some point in time, I I do think Commissioner Mojo is right. If
there's if there's an abuse of somebody with putting in false alarms, that's taking time away from your staff, then something needs to be done with that. I don't know if you can independently
deal with that outside of language here. That's something we'd probably have to take a look at. Um what we what we're seeing more recently is the swatting calls where it's an actual fake swatting call that's coming in and that's that's something that we can deal with at the state level through through state
charges. All right. So we did have a motion and a second on that. All right. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I oppose the same sign.
Motion carried. And we have one more. And our last one is uh 2025-04 repeal section 4-4-1 of the county code, which is drug paraphernalia. Mr. Chair, I move the motion.
All right. We have a motion by Commissioner Ebinger. A second. Second by Commissioner Krabanov to repeal section 4-4-1 drug paraphernalia. Any further discussion? Just one comment. Commissioner Barry, there's not more than three that we can
chop out of here. That that was the ones that we found as a committee we thought were probably the safest safest ones. Get rid of. All right. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor
signify by saying I. I. I. Oppos the same thing. Motion carried. Mr. Chair, if I could. Yes. Uh just wanted to to thank our group. This was not a you know, it's really a two-part issue. When I took this job, I inherited a tote of
of ordinances. Uh Mark Mark worked uh we worked in back in 18 and 19. We were going to work on the cotification then. Then something like COVID came around and that kind of put a halt to that. Uh and so we're very happy because I think
we had access residents had access to our code but you would have to search down the web page and and to put this in a more usable uh usable form I think is helpful uh to our citizens. Uh and as was mentioned this wasn't a couple months thing. We had we had the
recorders office working on it for over a year. Um there there are very few people who love policy writing as much as Mark. And so we're extremely extremely fortunate to have someone who has has uh taken all them all of our policies and made them make sure they
made sense with each other. Uh and so that's been a a really important thing and so we appreciate the committee's work. Uh and again, this kind of goes to what we've been trying to do with uh with our with our data collection, with our our safety plan, with our MCIT, with
our procurement of making sure we have a mechanism in place so we're not going back to something from 1985 and repealing from uh from uh different areas. So, thank you. You're welcome. Uh couple things I wanted to touch on right before we're done here. First of all, you see it says that congratulations,
this documents been sent to your presciding officer. Uh, so you should have three emails now that should come from no reply at civvyplus.com. So hopefully those will show up. Guess we'll find out, huh? Um, the second one is next week you're going to be hearing
all about the uh, title 8, which is the development code, which is going to be folded into this. And then, as you kind of mentioned before, um, if we can make modifications or revisions to the code, it's a little different process. And right now there's going to be a group actually meeting later this week to look
at uh revisions to title six uh chapter 1 which is subsurface sewage treatment systems basically to bring that up to the current stat state rules. Uh as we go through that we'll look and figure out if we need to bring that to you or not and that may require that and that
will be a public hearing and those steps which will give us a the practice on how to make that piece work. But so that's in work right now if to update that one. This is one we just need to make sure it's current with state laws are. Okay.
Any other questions? Mr. Mojo, thank you. Um, thank you for your work on this. I know it's been a long discussion. We've talked a lot about cotification and what's the right avenue for it and what needs to be done. Um, you know, I I know there's times
that we have committees that are assigned to a board chair just to kind of keep them a breast of what's going on, and this might be one that seems to be a good rotational assignment for the board chair just to let you know because you do need to coordinate with them on their signature, but just give them a,
you know, a heads up what what what items we've identified as maybe changing. uh just to keep a a member of the board in the loop, I think. Okay. Do you guys want to make a motion to add that to the the chair position?
Yeah, I I mean, as long as the board sees value in that, I think it's important just to assign that. Um so, I'll make a motion to assign the board chair um to this committee to re address the county codes.
All right, we have a motion by Commissioner Mojo, second by Commissioner Bear. Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. Thank you, Mark. Thank you, Sheriff and Brian. Thank you for your
work on that as well. All right. Next uh uh next item on our agenda is a close session for board discussion regarding pending litigation per statute 13D.05 subdivision 3B attorney client
privilege. So offer a motion to go into close session per the advertised reasoning. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? I um seeing none, all in favor signify by
saying I I oppose the same sign. Motion carried. I just before we Brian um we do have somebody here from the city of Comtock, do do we are can we have them in here or
not? Okay. Okay. Okay. I just want to just Sarah, we had a motion by Ezra and second by Paul to open. Okay. All right. We are now back in session here. The next item on our
agenda is the um request approval to advertise for SAP 014602-031. [Music] Yes. Good morning. Morning Justin. Good morning. So the item that I'm bringing forward today is approval to advertise for the urban reconstruction project
through comtock. So if you've driven through comtock in the past year, that road is deteriorating at an alarming rate. we can't keep up anymore on patching a lot of the potholes that we're seeing and this urban reconstruct project is something that we've been working on for many years. So, I think
it it's going to ultimately be a really really good project. And I uh do want to point out that um Commissioner Mojo and I and you and Administrator Larson also attended a Comtock meeting. Uh we have a a
representative from Comtock here this this morning and there was uh really some strong concern uh about that project uh the delays that have occurred on it and how important it
is that that project not be delayed any longer. So um you know so it's kind of before us right now. Uh if there's any questions I don't do as comtock, do you wanna do you wanna do you have
Okay. Okay. Um Commissioner Mojo, thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh one, I you know, I I really appreciate the highway department's flexibility. Uh this has been a project that's been on our five-year plan. It's gone through the course of the five-year plan. We've
delayed construction just to coordinate and collaborate with the diversion authority on this. Uh those of you that might not be familiar with uh the thoroughfare that is too through comtock. It has really become a um highly used roadway for materials for
the diversion project. Uh the CW co-op is uh quite an e economic engine in southern Klay County. uh they have a facility that that really we even designed the tieback levy on 75 around to make sure that uh we weren't holding
the CW co-op um kind of in a a tricky position. So coordinating with this really goes to so many different parts of industry and making sure that we're working to one get it done because if you've taken a drive through that it's
deterior deteriorated to a a level of not being safe for vehicles. Uh now when you start talking fully loaded gravel trucks uh grain trucks it's quite dangerous. And I believe in the last couple weeks we've had multiple
instances in which um farmers and residents have experienced multi,000 repairs because of this. Um so u this is something that we uh was promised to the city of Comtock and the residents there as part of the
settlement agreements. It's a contingent of permit requirements for DNR and the Buffalo Red and it's imperative that this is completed as soon as possible. And then my last comment is it's our job at the county to make sure that we are planning projects in a way that has
minimal disruption to our residents. If you look at the next uh 24 months of construction throughout the county, if this project is delayed to another um year, it will result in detours upwards
of 10 miles around and it's just not something one that we can do uh but really will put a strain on what our um system is. Thank you, Justin. Can you um you talked about that there's really no repairs
that can be done. I mean, if if there were to be something done, you it it's something that could couldn't be done in house, you'd probably be looking at a significant mill and overlay that could still be a a very expensive, but it's even that would be a very shortterm fix,
right? Correct. You could do a mill and overlay on this stretch, but it like you said, it would be a very short-term fix. It would be a band-aid on a much larger issue and it wouldn't a mill overlay would not address any of the drainage
concerns that Comtock currently has. And like two years ago when we flooded, we had to use our backho to go dig around town so they didn't get flooded. That a mill overlay wouldn't address any of those issues. and those
um and the people of Comtock um they they signed easements on on that project, right? That's correct. And they had and they signed those easements based on a timeline that was given to them that the project would be
completed. Is that correct? That's correct. And not only did those sign those easements, but they they signed those easements without any um compensation compensation. That's correct.
So I mean that that that goes to show the importance that it is to those land owners there um on that project. So any other comments? Yes, Commissioner. Yeah, Mr. Chair, I I given
the facts that have been laid out here pretty clearly, this is an urgent issue. It needs to be addressed. It's public safety issue. Uh and I I would go ahead and I'd like to move that uh we request that we uh give approval to advertise
SAP014-602-301 031 03 I'm sorry. And then with a proposed letting date with a letting date first. Oh, yep. I'll second that motion. All right. We have a motion by Commissioner Abinger and
second by Commissioner Mojo. Any further discussion on the motion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I oppose the same sign. That motion carries unanimously. All right. And next we have
request approval to advertise for SCP014300-00002. Yes. So we don't do CPS very often. So it's it's a little different. So, this is a countywide striping project that if you remember in my 2025 budget, the money that we had typically had for the
Morehead turnback payment, I turned it into or my request in the 25 budget was to use that for striping and seal coating. So, this is the striping project that will basically entire cover the entire county. it'll catch us up.
And I would also propose a letting date of July 1st 25 for this as well. One comment. Yes, Commissioner Bear. How many miles would this cover? Is it all county roads that we're going to look at? Correct. Anything that's not covered under an overlay or construction project
this year where you stripe stripe all. Okay. And then we also do have an HIPP. Um every other year we join different counties in district 4 that covers edge lines. So it also won't cover that because that'll be bid out this summer too and Becker County takes the lead on
that edge lines as in the side of the roads. Yep. This is the white 6-inch fog line. So this is a yellow line going down the center and the fog line that's not covered under that HIPP contract and then also cover pavement markings like crosswalks, railroad
crossing aheads. So how long does something like that take? Uh, I would guess a couple of weeks. Oh, okay. Yeah, those paint trucks can put some miles on, especially if they bring a couple different crews. This is a big
enough of a contract where you're going to get a couple biders. Perfect. So, with that, Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve the advertisement of CP014-300-002 with a proposed letting date of July 1st, 2025.
A second. We have a motion by Commissioner Bear, second by Commissioner Krabanhoff. Any further discussion on the motion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. The same. Motion carried. Thank you, Justin.
You I just have one update on construction. So, Cass 34 from Felton West to County 11 will be starting hopefully sometime later this week. So, construction will be starting here really soon. One question to that. Just go ahead. Are
So are they going to start that one and then finish that and then roll straight over to the Ulan side? That's their plan. Yes. So I see they have signs up by Yulan saying road closed and Yep. getting ready. So So their plan is to start on the west portion first and then once the mill is done there, move over
to the Oh. So they're going to mill west then go over to Yulan Mill and then as they're milling they'll be putting down asphalt and Yep. stretch. Yep. Perfect. Any last updates on the 52 project? Is that timing wise and still on on no
delays as of now? It's going well. We're still working through final design and easements and Okay. All right. All right. Thank you, Justin. Thank you. Thank you. Committee reports.
I start with last time. You can start with me. You want me to start with you? I don't have any. So, you start. Stewart, the day was last time. Yeah, I think I I think Paul started last week. I'm going to start. Perfect. May 20th, I attended the highway tracking committee
meeting. Uh we really discussed uh the request from the city of Comtock to attend the council meeting in regard to uh the roadway, which we just talked about. Uh prior on May 21st, I attended the Red or the Red River Basin
Commission joint powers board. We had a a presentation um by Rob Sip on legislative asks regarding flood hazard mitigation at the state legislature. Talked about the enormous requests about um water mitigation
statewide and how there's a nominal $6 million in the budget to address multi- uh hund00 million in flood mitigation requests. We then had a presentation from Ted Prister on the um work of the basin commission. There's some really
good data and studies um that they've come forward with and I I did encourage him to talk with Steve about getting on the board here. I just think it's really helpful information. And then I attended a
meeting in regards to Minnesota diversion land discussion impacts. Then after that I had the May land management committee meeting of the diversion authority. We had a recommendation on excess land
uh particularly the Horus railroad corridor felt that that really fell in line with what the policy said and then give given up date on land sales. On the 22nd I attend the MCC JPA meeting. We had a property acquisition report. There
was a settlement uh agreement uh that had action on it, a lease termination letter which was something that the landowners were aware was coming and a rental agreement and then had action on a settlement
negotiation on Friday. Sorry, I meeting on Friday. I attended the or and then that that evening rather I'm sorry I attended the CAPL LP board of directors report. We had a really great
update on childc care aware and all of their work in North Dakota and Minnesota. We had um one uh all of our agencies and particularly staff do such a phenomenal job in procuring uh grant funding. Uh we had
$150,000 worth of grants at this board meeting alone. they have um hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants that they're able to write for and secure. So, um my gratitude on that. Uh that's always so helpful. Um and then Friday, I
attended the flood mitigation check-in with the um diversion uh reps on the Minnesota side and then the chamber and then met with Steve and Quinn on our PRTF and our
legislative wrapup. requests. And that concludes my report. Thank you, Ezra. Mr. Chair, I have no committee reports from last week. Mr. Abinger. Hey, Mr. Chair. On um last Tuesday, the 20th, we
had our pick committee meeting. Uh, Sheriff Empting was here um along with uh Chief Deputy Martin to discuss program uh the future of the sense sentence to serve program which is a
state funded out of the department of corrections. Um we pay 75% of it. Um no we pay 25% of it. Oh we pay 75% of it. uh the funding, the 25% was
due to be cut because the legislature had ended the program uh with a sunset of uh July of 26. However, there's been a development since then and uh county administrator Larson sent out a notice
to me a copy of the email and this will be ending on June 18th. So really the discussion of where we could go with this was moot uh state shutting shutting it down that early. Uh we discussed the
June 17th p pick meeting time since that'll be the date that we have our meeting moved to the evening our board meeting and we decided we would keep it at noon and I don't know if the location if you'd want to come out here or if we
should meet at the government center. I'll talk with Anna. Okay. Um let's see on Wednesday the just for just for uh probably we'll stay here because right after that there's been schedule an insurance committee meeting
and that we always do have that here because of the number of folks that we have from our staff that are here. So, so I would I would say that would probably keep it here because we'll make sure I we'll be here right before that I should say for the insurance committee meeting. I think it
is right. 10 10 10 o'clock. Yeah. Okay. Makes sense to be here. Okay. Okay. On the 21st I have more uh the uh diversion authority finance committee meeting. Uh basically we just covered
uh the high points of it. were contracting actions. Um, and it was just general business. Nothing nothing earth shaking at that meeting. The following day on 22nd we had had the board meeting for the uh
diversion authority. Uh there was uh discussion on the uh technical dispute board. It's now fully formed. We have three people on it
and uh work is getting put together to get legal counsel for them and to get them up and running to address some of the issues that need to be addressed. Um we have a uh new person for the land division, director of
lands, uh Justin Fiser will be coming on board with that uh as a new hire on that. And that is pretty much all the noteworthy things from that meeting and that completes my report. Thank you,
Mr. Chair. Uh so back last Tuesday um we had the uh adult mental health uh LOC monthly meeting. uh earlier that day uh in front of the commission they give their annual report and the feedback to all of us is a great thank you for
listening and and appreciated the feedback that was given by the board. Uh at the uh the meeting uh we had a presentation by the project F5. I don't know if any are aware of it, but it's a
a big um group in North Dakota throughout the state that is now moving toward uh to trying uh to work in Minnesota more. And what they do is they work with people that are coming out of prisons. Most of them are felons on
probation. And it's a transitional type um uh sometime well much like we do with our juvenile there's transitional pla p places uh for housing for these people to help them get sit uh situated back in
population as well as uh finish their education and other things. are uh starting to work with Becker County right now through the attorney's office trying to set up a shop there and uh I think they're going to be reaching out to Klay County also as time goes on. So,
it's good uh presentation by them. Couple uh events coming up that the LC will be part of is they have a booth both at breakfast on the farm on June 14th and they'll have a boo booth with us with us on government day at the
county fair on July 11th. Uh that evening uh I attended the uh county planning. Um there were two things uh spoke about. They had a request for inter use uh home occupation for out by
Holly for a home occupation to permit um uh continued operative and tree service b business and it was on a farm egg site that was approved and then uh the bigger one was uh and this will be coming to the full board I think in uh not too
long anyway there's a uh 50 or uh 40 acre uh expans expansion to a pit the Aspen Oate pit by Holly and uh they they uh went through the environmental impact
statement answered all the questions and the board didn't find it necessary to go on to have a EIS uh statement done by the state. They felt there were no conflicts that grew um beyond the uh I
think I said that wrong. the uh the EA the questions that were answered seemed to be good enough that the board didn't feel that it need to go on to environmental impact statement again I think that'll be coming to us and presented by math uh in a couple weeks
and then uh last but not least u commissioner Mojo mentioned our uh CAP uh LP uh monthly meeting the one I want to point out she did well on her report just Again, back to grants. This group
uh in the last month has received $580,000 through grants uh for homelessness and and working with youth youth homelessness. So, it's nice to see an a very active um uh entity doing such
great work in play county. So, with that, that's my report. Thank you. All right. On May 20th, we had a highway tracking meeting that basically talked about um with Justin regarding concerns uh
with the Comtock Road project. Uh that same day we had our um personal issues committee meeting. As was discussed, it was primary discussion was regarding the sentence to serve program which Commissioner Ebringer talked about. That's now going to be
sunseted. So there becomes a little bit of a budget issue. I think we had a certain dollar amount budgeted through 2025 and if it's being terminated, you know, uh does that financial obligation, those funds for that
remaining part of the year, what's to be, you know, so we had some conversation with the sheriff. Um, you know, obviously we've heard from many that that sentence to serve did a good thing for from community standpoint. However, not all of it was
necessarily within Klay County. The work that was done wasn't in Klay County, but yet we funded 75% of that position. So, I think the sheriff is going to kind of review uh internally how how to best deal with that. Of course, we have
already have our internal one. um that's through the sheriff's department now. So now that we know that the state has discontinued that, I think the conversation will go back with the sheriff and see how how he thinks if
anything that type of work should be modified and I'm sure he'll come back to pick with that if he's wants to have anything changed. Uh then on the um May 21st we had the diversion authority land management committee meeting. Commissioner Mojo
uh already reported on that and I really don't have anything to add. We did deal with some excess lands issues um that are important. Um it's it's good that we don't are no longer holding on any land that we don't need to have and it gets back into into private
hands. On the 22nd, uh Thursday the 22nd, we had the Mor Clay County Joint Powers Board Authority and um we did deal with a lease termination, some rental agreements. Uh we are working on one
rimp application that's right on the county Klay County Wilin County line. Uh and then we had an update on another settlement nest settlement agreement which we've also then
approved. Um so yeah so activities continue to happen on land negotiations in Klay County. That's for sure. Uh also then on May 22nd we also had the diversion board authority
meeting and I think Commissioner Einger reported on that. I think I don't I don't really have anything to add to that as well. And then um on Friday, May 23rd, we did have the uh chamber policy
kind of update on Minnesota legislative issues pertaining to diversion authority and some other things. And um I don't have any more to add other than what Commissioner Mojo reported on. That's the beauty of going last. I don't have
to have to talk as much. But uh and that concludes my report. So, Steve, thank you, Mr. Chair. Last uh Tuesday, participated in both the pick and highway tracking meeting that's been well covered. That evening went to the Commtock City Council with Commissioner
Campbell, Commissioner Mojo, and Justin Surum, our highway engineer. Uh the the 21st I sat through a AMC legislative uh legislative update web meeting. Uh again they talked about where we were from
from uh going into a special session from the standpoint of uh of I think that 21st was the cut off for committees to deal with the budgets and then it was going to be going to leadership. They had hoped to get something done prior to Memorial Day but obviously that didn't
happen. So we'll see what comes this week. Uh uh 21st uh met with uh Cor Corey, Darren, Lori uh and Brian in regards to the resource recovery facility. Uh on the 21st also met
virtually with a vendor uh looking at with the upcoming budget and the challenges we're having. He looking at some potential budget savings if that was an option. Uh on 22nd to participate in MCCJA meeting which has been well covered. On the 23rd, I met with Sheriff
Empt on a series of county issues. Uh, and on the 23rd, also uh participated both in the web meetings for flood mitigation with the chamber and city Morhead and also the non-secured detention juvenile facility uh meeting which again was commissioner Mojo and
Quinn talking about some of the challenges they'll be facing. Just a few minor things, the budget packets went out uh last week. Our department heads have three about three weeks to get those back to the auditor's office. you'll begin to see presentations before
this board uh starting in July. Um the uh just a note for those uh coming to the courthouse, uh it's sometimes a little bit of a challenge. Just so everyone's aware, June 2nd, Main Avenue is going to close close uh as far as the
project uh to to the underpass. And so center avenue is going to kind of be your main way east west and also traversing to try to get up to the up to the courthouse. Uh and then the last thing I guess it's a kind of challenging to have this discussion or uh without
the legislative session not being completed yet, but uh this board has approved requesting funding for for a non-secured detention facility. Um, we've been talking about getting on the capital bonding tour um to seek funding
uh increase the likelihood of that happening. Uh, the the deadline for to getting on the next two-year cycle is June 13th. And so, um, the board's wishes were for me to bring that forward to on an agenda next
week just to talk about uh what the thought process from the board would be, maybe we'll have some additional answers from the legislature by then. Yes, I would s I would suggest we have that on the agenda. Yeah, I think I think it needs to be on the agenda. You you know, I think we
have to have a frank conversation about continual asks, but um certainly we can always um maybe have the scope broader now to get on the governor's tour and then narrow it as we get closer. But again, this board has to talk about
that. Okay. Uh, that concludes my report. Thank you, Darren. Uh, all of my meetings have already been covered, so I won't drag that out. The only thing I did have was uh we had a Klay County picnic committee
meeting on the for our county picnic on the June 24th. So, mark your calendars for that. Flyers and um uh invitations will be going out for that shortly. And uh Thursday the 22nd, I just finished up
a Department of Labor investigation. So, Mr. Mojo, thank you, Mr. Chair. Just uh the kickoff to summer is this weekend with breakfast on the farm on Saturday morning from 7:00 a.m. to noon. Uh it will be at Kase and Farms. Again, they
do such a great job there. Thank you, Sarah. Nothing other than the fact that we should try to get stay on time here right for you. All right. Seeing nothing else, we are
adjourned.