stand with me for the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic of stand one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all good
morning everyone at this time I'll call the Crowing County regular board meeting for March 11th 2025 to order if you'll stand with me for the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence [Applause] all right good morning is there anyone here did we receive any requests to
speak during open Forum uh no and I need to call attendance role you're fine call the role commissioner coring here commissioner ly here commissioner barels here commissioner franzine commissioner
Lee here all members are present and no there are no open thank request move on to number three which is to review and approve the minutes from February 25th 2025 to approve motion by commissioner coring
second second by commissioner franzine here if you'll call the roll call please commissioner coring I commissioner franzine I commissioner ly I commissioner Lee I commissioner barels I that motion passes thank you number four is the review and
approve the agenda 202 to approve motion to approve motion by commissioner ly second second by commissioner Lee frine roll call please you'll call the roll call please commissioner franzine I commissioner Ley I commissioner Lee I
commissioner coring commissioner barels I that motion passes thank you approve the agenda move on to number five the consent agenda any questions about anything on the consent agenda motion to approve motion by commissioner
franzine second by commissioner luy second by commissioner ly Theresa if you'll call the roll call please commissioner ly I commissioner Lee hi commissioner coring I that motion commissioner franzine hi commissioner barels number consent
agenda next we have a public hearing we have to wait till 9:05 so we'll just rest for about a minute here and then I'll look for a motion to open the public hearing Mr chair commissioner coring are
all the microphones on uh they are now they are now thank you I figured it out it's off no should have known you get it
off all right my clock says 9:05 I would look for a motion to open the public hearing regarding the uh alarm ordinance number 1401 motion by commissioner coring second by commissioner franzine theres if you'll call the roll
call please commissioner Lee hi commissioner coring I commissioner franzine I commissioner ly I commissioner barrels I and Tina Elder are you going to present this if you'll give us a background on this one
good morning Commissioners how are you today good um I'm here on behalf of the Sheriff's Office to open or participate in the open Forum regarding the repeal of the alarm ordinance we've had an alarm ordinance in place in one
variation or another since 1988 when the first ordin was ordinance was put in place in 1996 it was slightly amended and in 2007 we made significant changes to it in 200 7 we had noticed that the original
ordinance that was put in place was designed to charge people for false alarms we believe that that was unnecessarily onerous on the Sheriff's Office to keep track of it and what we wanted to make sure the citizens understood is that we're going to respond to your alarm at all times we
didn't want to have anyone that was um we didn't want to have anyone that was sitting at home wondering if their budget was going to be able to afford calling in an alarm for fear that if it it was found to be false we would be charging them in 2014 we made some additional changes we brought in a
different system and tried to amend the process further and now here we are two 10 years later more than 10 years later and as we look at our processes within the sheriff's office we find that there's less people registering than once were we don't believe that it's
worthwhile dur in the Public's best interest for us to harass or get people to do that to register according to an ordinance was written so long ago technology has changed so much that there are so many different ways that people are keeping track of their
property and what the administration at the sheriff's office with the sheriff's support decided was it really is not serving a public purpose for us to have this ordinance in place any longer in a day and age where we've got so much legislation out there so many things
that citizens have to know to do we are respectfully requesting that it be withdrawn and the overall arching message from the sheriff's office is we don't need your registration information in order to be there when you need us when you call and say that your alarm is
going off we will be there and we will do whatever we can to help you secure your your family and your property with that we're open to any questions any questions anyone from the public who would like to speak on
this anyone from the public anyone from the public hearing none to close the public hearing second motion by commissioner coring second by commissioner franzine to close the public hearing at
909 teres if you'll call the roll call please commissioner coring hi commissioner franzine hi commissioner ly hi commissioner Lee I barrows I that motion passes thank you very much appreciate your support thank
you thank you 6.2 is I'd like to make the motion to repeal the Crowing County alarm ordinance number 1401 commissioner franzine makes the motion to repeal alarm ordinance number 1401 do I have a second I'll second that
John second by commissioner luy theres if you'll call the roll call please commissioner franzine I commissioner luy I commissioner Lee I commissioner coring I commissioner bar I that motion passes thank you
next is number seven the Northland Arboretum Regional designation Mr pania good morning good morning Commissioners thanks for having me having [Music] us
okay uh I'm Trevor Pia I'm the executive director representing the Northland arbored and I'm Joe chesy I'm the system plan coordinator for the Greater Minnesota regional parks and trails commission okay um and thanks to my board members and everyone for being
here thanks for the city of Brainard liaison and City of Baxter liaison as well um they've written letters of support for this Regional designation as well so I wanted to say thanks to everyone that showed up both online and in person to support us here okay so we have two resolutions in
front of us and the first one is the intent to purchase um 11 15.9 acres from the Northland ARB burum um this is part of the regional designation process that we've spoken
about previously uh we at the last meeting we had some discussions I did modify the resolution request a little bit um just because we don't know what's going to happen in 100 years with that that road development that you had alluded to so I've Tak that 3 Acre 2.99
acre sliver out that is on the west side of the Paul bunion Trail and the intent is for the Northland ARB burum to maintain possession of that should any development occur in the next 100 years they can use imminent domain or they can sell the the parcel whatever the best
and most logical option becomes if that were to ever become an issue so that is a the only modification that I've made as is there any questions I'm happy to feel any any questions on the resolution as it's presented any
questions I'm not hearing any okay so at this point we would look for a motion to approve the purchase of that 118 what was it 79 um 11 15.9 acres
contingent upon uh funding procurement from the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trail commission very good I would look for a motion some D commissioner franzine makes the motion to approve I'll second it second by commissioner Lee Theresa if you'll call the roll call please commissioner lekey
hi commissioner Lee hi commissioner coring hi commissioner franzine hi commissioner barels I that motion passes thank you Trevor okay we'll move on to 7.2 which is the resolution supporting Regional Park or Trail designation application in Greater Minnesota and I
would assume that that's contingent upon the first one being achieved that's correct sir okay so the second resolution is the it gives the authority to enter into um a contract essentially a binding contract with the Greater Minnesota parks and trails commission um
this would make the council the legal Authority correct Joe and and Joe maybe you can explain this uh resolution a little bit better than they're able to so this is a standard resolution that comes with all applications submissions to the commission to become a part of our regionally designated system of of
trail of parks and trails in Greater Minnesota um for any facility to become a part of our system uh they must be a city or county or tribal facility um so this resolution basically uh puts into
writing your authorization for your facility which would include uh down the road at some point the the acreage that you talked to one in the first resolution uh that you're authorizing that application and that process to continue uh to work towards becoming a part of
our system um so this resolution is just that that first step um in that process which is going to move fairly quickly I think with Trevor's leadership and the board's leadership uh once that is passed any
questions motion to approve commissioner franzine makes a motion to approve I will second that commissioner ly seconds that motion theres roll call please commissioner Lee I commissioner Coring I commissioner franzine I commissioner
lekey I commissioner barrels I thank you very much congratulations thank you thank you to all the uh leison and board members out there at the Arboretum we appreciate all the hard work you folks have done out there so good thank you enjoy your day thank you for your time
it's very positive great thank you all right we'll move on to number eight County engineer first item up is the 2020 24 first assessment District funds transferred to
the highway department Highway fund yes good morning um board today I'm here um with regards to the annual transfers from The Fad sad in the county ditch to the highway department for the work that the highway
department staff does on their behalf um previously these have been on the consent agenda item but we thought it would be a goodidea idea to have them on a regular um item so in case there's any discussion um with regards to The Fad um
this year's the 2024 request for transfer is a total of $144,600 58 broken down that is Administrative cost of $63,750 construction
48 63348 and maintenance of 32957 all right any questions motion to approve commissioner franzine makes the motion to approve second second by commissioner coring theres roll call
please commissioner coring I commissioner franzine hi commissioner ly I commissioner Lee I commissioner barrows I that motion passes thank you thank you and then we're moving on to the sad District their total amount to transfer over to the highway department
for administrative construction and maintenance is 13,798 53 Administration being 7,1 12531 construction being 1, 43281 and maintenance being
5,236 41 any questions regarding those numbers not hearing any I would look for the motion to approve I'll make the motion commissioner Lee makes a motion to approve second second by commissioner franzine thees roll call please
commissioner franzine I commissioner Ley I commissioner Lee I commissioner coring I commissioner barrels I that motion passes thank you and last but not least is the um County ditch 13 transfer the
2024 total is $4,200 36 now this is a little bit different this is for labor and Equipment um costs that our staff go out and um review the ditch and possibly do any minor
maintenance that they can handle um this breakdown is labor $2,266 79 equipment $1,058 and then other costs of$ 87557 any questions regarding those
numbers not regarding numbers but um I would like to ask the County engineer to put it on the cow agenda for review at some point before summer thank you and then I'll make the motion commission franzine makes a
motion to approve I will second that second by commissioner L question before we vote sorry can you um specify I'm not familiar with which one ditch 13 is Tim answer that question uh commissioner Lee runs from
actually the north side of Lake Edward and comes out the South part by right where our new roundabout was built at the intersection of three and four where the the wi bar was talking then it runs to the west side of counter Road 4 and then goes kind of through the woods
under the Paul bunion Trail and then going into North Long Lake okay a lot of is in Lake Edward Township okay perfect that's all I got thank you thank you we have a motion in a second thees if you'll call a roll call please
commissioner Ley hi commissioner Lee hi commissioner coring hi commissioner franzine hi commissioner barels I thank you very much thank you County Sheriff
um I don't have anything for you today I'll take any questions if you have any any question spring break this week so get a little refresh I got a pickle ball injury so I'm just kind of recovering from that should you be playing pickle ball
at your age thank you very much appreciate it all right enjoy your week County attorney good morning good morning Stephanie I do not have anything Don did not give me anything but I am more than happy to answer any questions that you
may have today questions I'm not hearing any very good Crick County Administrator there is no report today no report there anyone other than the uh chair
have additional business all right with that I'll get to my usual list so just want to remind everybody that uh St Patrick's Day is coming we want you to be safe put the responsibility on the sheriff to keep us all safe so thank you
very much um March is also the national social worker appreciation month so it's a it's a great time for us to recognize the social workers in croing County who act as advocates Champions and leaders to make our community a better place to live at grro County we have about 65
social workers who work to ensure the health and safety of all of our residents from babies to senior citizens social workers work at all parts of our County or Society to meet people where they are at and Empower them to live to their fullest
potential so we take this opportunity to thank all those that choose this compassionate profession to help our residents and Community my belief their work is extremely valuable so I I think they add an awful lot to the quality of crowing
County my second item is on this little list is the Minnesota Township day is today March 11 so all Minnesota townships host their annual meetings on the 2nd Tuesday in March it's a chance for the residents of the townships to meet and talk about local concerns of
the township and may also vote directly on their annual Levy some townships also have their Township officer elections at this meeting in Minnesota there's 1770 six townships that include over 900,000
residents and if you live in one of the 28 townships in Crowing County encourage you to show up and participate this evening and with that I would look for a motion to adjourn so moved motion by commissioner
franzine to adjourn second by ly second by commissioner ly theres roer Lee hi commissioner Cory I commissioner franzine I commissioner
ly I commissioner barels I that motion