Good morning everyone. I call this organizational meeting of the Crowing County Board to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence. I aliance to the flag. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Uh we'll start first thing with roll call, please. Commissioner Coring. >> Commissioner Coring,
>> I'm here. I can barely hear you. Commissioner Lovekkey >> here. >> Commissioner Barrows >> here. >> Commissioner Franine >> here. >> Commissioner Lee >> here. >> Commissioners, this is the first meeting of the year and as such it is the organizational meeting. So the first
order of business is to elect the board chair and vice chair for the year. I will now open the floor to nominations for board chair for 2026. Madame administrator, I would make the motion to nominate Commissioner Franzine for
the chair position for 2026. >> Commissioner Barrows nominates Commissioner Franzine. Is there a second? >> I will second that. Commissioner Lupki, >> are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations?
Third and final time. Are there any other nominations? Hearing none, nominations will close and I would accept a motion to cast a unanimous ballot for Commissioner Franzine for board chair for 2026. >> So moved. Steve,
>> is there a second? >> Second. Love. >> Second. >> A motion by Commissioner Barrows, seconded by Commissioner Lkey. Is there any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Commissioner Coring.
>> Yes. Commissioner Lubkey. >> I. >> Commissioner Barrows. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Lee. >> I. >> Commissioner Franzine. >> I. >> Motion passes. I will now open the floor to nominations for vice chair for 2026. >> Madame administrator, I would make the
motion to nominate Commissioner Lee for the vice chair position for 2026. >> Commissioner Barrows nominates Commissioner Lee. Is there a second? >> I will second that. >> Second by Commissioner Franzine. Are there any other nominations?
Are there any other nominations? Third and final time. Are there any other nominations? Hearing none, nominations would close. And I would accept a motion to cast a unanimous ballot for Commissioner Lee for vice chair for 2026. >> So move Barrows.
>> Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Barrows, seconded by Commissioner Franzine. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, roll call. Commissioner Leky. >> I. >> Commissioner Barrows. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Lee. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Franine. >> Hi.
>> Commissioner Coring. >> I. >> Motion passes. Congratulations to the new chair and vice chair. Madame Chair, I will turn the meeting over to you. >> Madam Chair, before we start, should we turn our signs around? >> Oh, yep. >> Or name plates. that
>> you know who's >> I don't want somebody better looking in that chair with that name tag than me, I guess. >> I think we're good. >> Okay. The first item on the agenda is open forum. Is there anyone in the
audience who'd like to speak? There anyone in in the audience who'd like to speak? Third time. Is there anyone in the audience who'd like to speak? Hearing no one. Um, review and approve the agenda. >> Madam Chair, we do have one change for
today's agenda. Item 6.1 under the county engineer. We would like to pull that from the agenda, please. >> All right. Do we have a motion? >> Madam Chair, I'll make the motion to approve the uh agenda as amended.
>> [snorts] >> Is there a second? >> I'll second it. >> Okay. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor? >> You have to do a roll call. Madam, >> roll call. >> Commissioner Lee, >> I.
>> Commissioner Coring, >> I. >> Commissioner Lupkey, >> I. >> Commissioner Barrows. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Franine. >> I. Consent agenda. Madam Chair, I'd make the motion to approve the consent agenda.
>> I will second that motion. >> Okay, we have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? >> Hearing none. >> Commissioner Barrows, >> I. >> Commissioner Lee, >> I. >> Commissioner Coring, >> I. >> Commissioner Loveky, >> I. >> Commissioner Franine.
>> Hi. >> Boy, we're already to the county sheriff. >> Already. All righty. >> We've been waiting for you. >> Uh good morning, uh commissioners. I appreciate the opportunity to come before you today. Uh I don't really have
a lot for you. We're still working on the final numbers uh from all the activity that we've taken care of over this last uh year. I want to wish also I hope you guys had a great Christmas. I want to wish you a happy new year as well. I really enjoy working with you guys and I appreciate our relationship uh that we have between the sheriff's
office and the county board and and your support on what we do over there. So, it's much appreciated and uh just wanted to to thank you for that. So, if you have any questions, I'd certainly uh be glad to answer any of them. >> No questions here. All right. Thank you.
Appreciate it. >> Very much. >> Is the county attorney online? Madam Chair, the county attorney is not able to be here today. >> Okay, we're up to you, Danny. >> Then that brings it up to me. Uh Madame Chair, uh the first item on the agenda
today for my time is the senior management team report. However, we did not meet yesterday, so I have no report for the senior management team today. Uh the second item on the agenda is the award of the 2026 printing and publishing bid. As you all know, my husband is is an employee of one of the
publications and as such I have not been involved in this process at all. Amber has handled it. I'm going to step down into the audience and let Amber present this item. Madame Chair, members of the board, in your packet is the summary of the printing and publishing bids that were
received. It is our recommendation that the combined bid of the Brainer Dispatch, Pine Lake, correction, Pine and Lakes Echo Journal, and Crosby Iron Turner be accepted using 7.5 font and that the Brainer Dispatch be designated
as the official county newspaper for 2026. >> Madam Chair, I would make the motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I will second that, Madam Chair. Is there any discussion? Hearing none.
>> Commissioner Coring, >> I. >> Commissioner Lubkkey, >> I. >> Commissioner Baros, >> I. >> Commissioner Lee, >> I. >> Commissioner Franine. >> I. >> Next is award the printing and publishing bid for the financial statement.
>> Madame chair, it is our recommendation that the newsshopper bid be accepted using 7.5 point font for the second publication of the financial statement. Motion. >> I'll make the motion to approve. >> I'll second it.
>> Motion by Commissioner Barrow, second by Commissioner Lee. Is there any discussion? >> Hearing none. >> Commissioner Lee >> I. >> Commissioner Coring >> I. >> Commissioner Lubkkey >> I. >> Commissioner Baros. >> I. >> Commissioner Franzine.
>> I. >> Okay. Thank you, Madam Chair. Commissioners, the next item before you is the resolution regarding closed meetings. Madame chair, members of the board, every year there are a number of resolutions that we need to pass at the organizational meeting and this is the
first one. This specifies the reasons why we would close a meeting during the course of the year, and they include cases of labor negotiation strategy, preliminary consideration of allegations against persons employed by the county, evaluations of the performance of persons subject to the authority of the
board, and conferences protected by the attorney client privilege. Any member of the board may request to have a specific meeting open if they so choose. But, Madam Chair, I put forward for the board's consideration the resolution before you.
>> Madame Chair, I make the motion to approve the resolution that's been presented to us. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second it. >> Motion by Commissioner Barrow, second by Commissioner Lee. Is there any discussion? Commissioner Barrows?
>> Yes. >> Commissioner Lee, >> I. >> Commissioner Coring, >> I. >> Commissioner Levkkey, >> hi. Commissioner Franzine. >> I motion passes. >> Madam Chair, the next item is the resolution regarding per meeting rates and meeting expenses. Enclosed in your
packet is a request for board action to pass a resolution regarding the per meeting rate and meeting expenses. This is also another one of those annual resolution resolutions. And this is for those citizens who serve on your committees.
The rates are $75 per meeting for all appointed citizens who serve on advisory committees except for the planning commission board of adjustment members who receive $150 per meeting and $150 per site visit. [clears throat and cough] If there are no changes, I would put forward the resolution for your
consideration. >> I'll make a motion to accept the resolution. >> Madam Chair, I'll second that. >> Motion by Commissioner Lee, second by Commissioner Barrows. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. Commissioner Lubkkey. >> I. >> Commissioner Barrows.
>> Hi. >> Commissioner Lee. >> I. >> Commissioner Coring. >> I. >> Commissioner Franine. >> I. >> Madam Chair, the next item on the agenda is the 2026 AMC delegate and policy committee appointments.
In your packet is a request for board action to appoint our eight voting delegates to the Association of Minnesota Counties along with our AMC policy committee appointments. The current appointments to the policy committees are Commissioner Lubkkey to the Environmental and Natural Resource
Policy Committee, Commissioner Barrows to the General Government Policy Committee, Community Services Director to the Health and Human Services Policy Committee, Commissioner Lee to the Public Safety Policy Committee, and Commissioner Franzine to the Transportation Policy Committee. Would
you like to keep those appointments or would any of you like to suggest any changes? I'll happily keep mine. >> I'll keep mine. Okay. Go on the line. >> Okay. Can I have a motion? >> Um I have one other part of this. >> We need a motion.
>> No, this is not one. This is a chair appointment, but there is one other part with the AMC piece is that the voting delegates are the five county commissioners and in addition to that is the county administrator. The administrative services director and the community services director have served
as voting delegates over the last year. We typically try to rotate those through interested members of the senior management team. Um the community services director and administrative services director have indicated that they would like to be reappointed and no other members of the senior management team would like to consider that at this
point. So, Madame Chair, before you would be the the recommendation to appoint the policy delegates, as we noted, and the voting delegates to be the five county commissioners, the county administrator, the administrative services director, and the community services director, and that is a chair
appointment. >> Okay, I'll make those appointments. >> Thank you. The next item before you is the list of committee assignments that are enclosed in your packet. Are there any questions or changes on the list that you received?
>> You were going to add me to the ENRACK. >> We will be adding all five commissioners to the ENRACE committee. That will be listed on there. And I believe you got notice from Daryl Palmer. >> I did. >> You received notice from Daryl Palmer that he would like to continue on the airport commission. So that would be
listed there as well. Are there any other changes to the citizen committee appointments? And if not, madam chair, that is a chair appointment as well. >> Okay, I'll make those appointments. >> Thank you very much. >> One thing for clarification because you were talking about the airport
commission which is a a board approval for that and yet um you weren't including him in this >> the what we found this morning is that the the board appointment for the airport commission it is a chair appointment. It hasn't taken board
action before. So there were two things that were here. One being the county commissioner appointments that you all the ser the committees you will all serve on and then those citizen committee appointments that still had some vacancies which the new one we had heard was Daryl. >> Okay. Thank you.
>> Finally, Madam Chair, the last item that I have for you today is to set the minimum salaries for elected officials. Um 2026 is an election year and it includes the election of the county sheriff and the county attorney in 2026.
The county board by statute must set uh by resolution the minimum salary for the elected positions for the next term. The county attorney and the county sheriff are both slotted in our wage grid that we have, the Crow County pay plan, and
they are both slotted at a grade 220, which has a minimum of that grade being $140,376. Our recommendation would be that you would put that 140376 as the minimum salary for those two
offices for 2027. And this seems weird that we're setting a salary for 27 and 26, but basically you have to say this is the least amount that we will pay whoever gets elected to that role in 26. You have to let them know what that salary minimum would be.
It's not saying that's what the wage will be. It's saying it can be no less than what that amount is. >> Okay, >> I'll make that motion. >> Is there a second? >> Barrels will make the second. Okay.
Motion by Commissioner Lee, second by Commissioner Barrows. Is there any discussion? >> Yeah, Madam Chair. Uh, County Administrator, is that something we've done before? >> Madam Chair, Commissioner Lubkkey, you do it every four years before Yep. before the sheriff and the attorney are
elected. So, every year that the the county offices are on the ballot. Obviously, for county commissioner, it does not apply. But for those two offices that are still elected, you do have to set what that minimum salary will be. The statute used to say that the minimum salary was $8,000 for those
offices, and that's what we had always set that minimum salary as. That language went away a number of years ago. So now we use the basis of our pay plan that we have listed. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other discussion hearing? None. >> Commissioner Lubkkey. >> I.
>> Commissioner Baros. >> Hi. >> Commissioner Lee. >> Hi. Commissioner Coring >> I. >> Commissioner Franzine >> I. Motion passes. >> That's all I have, Madam Chair, unless any of you have questions for me. >> Well, thank you. Is there any additional
business from anyone? >> Okay. Motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Barrow. Second by Commissioner Lubkkey. All in favor? >> Roll call. >> I. Commissioner >> Floring.
I, >> Commissioner Lipkkey. >> I, >> Commissioner Barrows. >> Hi, >> Commissioner Lee. >> I, >> Commissioner Franine. >> I motion passes. We're adjourned. Thank you. >> That's pretty quick, isn't it? >> Yeah, this one is always quick.
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