i' like call the count Bo Commission meeting 625 24 uh we will stand for a pledge and a moment of silence Al to the of the United States of America and to the rep for stands one
nation God indivisible withy andice we will start with open form I see we have one open form uh here a jack hail um would like to come up and speak uh come to the podium please good morning everyone uh thank
you name and address Jack okay Jack ha halil 12266 Ivy Lane uh Cross Lake Minnesota and uh thank you for the opportunity to meet with you and I think you all have a packet there and I have one for Debbie
Ericson if you'd like uh this Debbie and I'd like to just read through the cover letter that I have in the packet uh to you um I submit to you the attached petition to limit the number of boats on the Cross Lake South Bay Sandbar signed by
83 Shoreline residents and I would like you to consider two solutions to our problem and just briefly the problem is we have oh up to 150 close to 200 boats that Park on a sandbar there that used
to be an island and uh some years ago and uh in social media I think Denny Hecker building his home on the South Bay attracted a lot of boats down there and that island disappeared into a sandbar and now it's a party place uh on
weekends and it's uh it's become very problematic and I would like you to consider two solutions to our problem number one the Crowing County Board creates an ordinance request to limit The Sandbar Zone to 10 boats say it can it can be something different than 10
but I just threw that in as an arbitrary number and run it through the dnr's approval process and attached in your packet as a water surface used packet and then the water Patrol could act and enforce uh this ordinance this could be
in place easily by next summer Adam BL uh who's in with the DNR and he creates ordinances could assist in this request process Chad shurik who I've also talked to in the DNR enforcement might also be able to assist tickets and fines could
be written on those boats that are out of compliance social media could then help spread the word regarding the consequences of not being in compliance with the ordinance number two which is a little longer term solution dredge The Sandbar and recreate the island plant
shrubs trees add boulders to protect from erosion add a lons nest solicit partnership with the national Lon Center woa the DNR Jacob fry for the our he's the area hydrologist could possibly assist with this approach this might
take more time and effort to implement but it could result in less enforcement efforts over time and create benefits to these other organizations and maybe there are other ideas uh that will result from all the networking and collaboration that could
take place I've contacted all these organizations regarding this problem starting last summer including woa the DNR the Army Corps of Engineers the city of AC Cross Lake I presented to them a couple weeks ago the national Lon Center Etc and all are seem to be very
encouraging and supportive and attached is the petition and the water surface use packet for your review thank you for your attention to this growing problem which seems to get worse every
year and uh attached is it I have three guests that came with me from the South Bay and they are Mark and Sue right here and also uh John back there in the white shirt and I would be interested if you
could give them a brief uh minute to maybe speak and express their thoughts about this problem I would really appreciate it do you have any questions for me I don't have any questions for you if if if if it's on the same subject I
think you've presented yourself really well Jack if it's going to be the same thing what I would like to ask is um I think we have Brad Brad is our is our DNR that can you can you talk to this a little bit so I can have a better understanding a better history on
it not D Sheriff's Department right Sheriff's Department okay s sorry about that Brad good morning I'm Sergeant Brad theing with the cron County Sheriff's Office and like Jack mentioned uh the South Bay uh Sandbar has become somewhat
of a growing issue on Cross Lake uh has begun getting increased traffic up there um par things I would say have increased drastically back in uh 2020 with the covid and the huge influx of people that we had come up into this area things
from our perspective have somewhat tapered off slightly um with theat the boat traffic we're currently seeing uh this year I would say we have seen a significant reduction in boat traffic partly due to the weather um and just with the weekends being uh unpleasant out there with the rain and whatnot
again we haven't had nowhere near as much boat traffic um from our perspective this year we have had only two water complaints that have been called in on South South Bay uh specifically related to the noise um one was on a Friday one was on a Saturday
and um the possibly was a third one maybe on on a Wednesday we'll have to do some additional digging on with that one but that would have been also for noise um we do recommend Whenever there is issues going on there that the residents call the sheriff's office that helps us establish that paper trail of any
potential problems up in that area um resources available we will send our guys out there to uh assess the situation see what's going on uh to to validate the the complaints and see if there's any any concerns that we can see at that time whether it's the number of
boats that are congregated there and uh as far as the volume of the music and the noise that's taking place uh from the Sheriff's Office perspective typically on the fourth of July is our busiest time the busiest weekend up there out out there on the water weather dependent um we do see a huge influx of
boats especially during that weekend uh or on nicer weekends we do see a larger volume bols on that sandbar from the Sheriff's Office perspective we don't see an issue with getting emergency resources into that sandar is fairly somewhat elongated if we needed to we could we feel that we could get our
shares Bo in there to render Aid if there was a medical emergency or something more so that was taking place out there on the island um just du it to being stretched out a little bit longer and then with the sand sand bar dropping off as they work out they can't really fan the boats out too far not kind of
like manat tanka they had to actually put in safety Lanes so that they could get their resource boats in there uh we aren't having that issue up currently on South Bay um Mr chair yes uh I did have a conversation with Mr Hill a couple of
months ago I think we talked about this issue and and while it is something I think you all can probably empathize with from the standpoint that it does impact the property owners ability to enjoy their Lakes Shore how many lakes do we have in croing
County well over 200 yeah so over 200 Lakes this isn't really something that's under the purveyance of what the county has the authority to really impact while we could adopt a surface use ordinance as it's listed in here really the activities that are occurring on the
water fall under the perveance of the DNR the state I'm sure the DNR was much very willing to suggest that the counties could adopt some type of ordinances but the state is really where some of these activities should begin with and it's not really something that
the county may want to consider at this time because if we adopt an ordinance we do not currently have the resources to be able to really enforce that type of an ordinance at this point I think Brad and his team are probably already strapped with trying to hit the high
volume areas there are a lot of our lakes that are not even getting the impact of the boat and water Patrol and while this is a a difficult situation it's probably not something that we currently have resources that we can make any impact on at this
point Mr chair yes yes I for one um I guess I don't I don't I don't I'm guessing you want a uh some kind of an ordinance to stop people from having fun at The
Sandbar yeah I uh I don't I don't this commissioner doesn't feel like we need to do anything like that it's kind of like the same thing as when it gets real busy and there's a lot of traffic on 371 and somebody says I I don't like all this traffic here you know for the local
people that live here you know the 65,000 people and then it it swells to 200,000 people so the the local residents could say well I don't like it when all these people come up here but that's our economy that's how this economy runs up here is because people
come up here with their boats they come up here their cabins they spend their money here that's just like when people come and complain about uh Brainard International Raceway that's been here for 60 years and they say I don't like the noise that brings
in millions and millions of dollars so now you know I live on a lake and on the 4th of July yeah there's a lot of jet skis there's a lot more noise than normal I could be all upset about that too but I'm I'm not I just realize that
people are here they want to enjoy this area and uh I don't see any reason and I certainly would be a no vote on on having any ordinance on on something like this I I guess I just don't I don't see the problem people having fun if
they're not if there's not a lot of um issues out there it's just a lot of people congregating having fun so it's obviously I'm not speaking for the rest of the board but that's that's me I'm pretty blunt on on how I give you my position and that's my
position anybody else on the board want to comment not at this time not at this time I want to thank you Jack for bringing it in front of us um I I appreciate the fact that you did your due diligence and got it here and I think it's it's in a public form that
you have made that that complaint but as as um administrator Ericson says it's really not in our public water is not part of our is that what you said and we also have uh Land Services here if they'd like to even speak to it as far as an ordinance at all I don't know if
there's anything you could add to that at all Chris or Gary or no I no not really okay okay so thank you very much and thank you guys for for coming I appreciate that that um review and approval of minutes
we have two of them here we have the regular board minutes and we also have the uh Board of appeal and equisol minutes I think we should do those separately Mr chair I would so move that the County Board approve the regular County Board me minutes from
61124 do we have a motion do we have a second second um is there any any discussion if not uh all in favor signify by saying I I I I'll oppose same sign Mr chair I move that the Board of
Commissioners adopt the I said I didn't say motion carries oh okay I've got my notes here it says I have to say motion carries motion carries all right if you're ready for another motion I would move that we the County Board of Commissioners approve the 617
2024 Board of appeal and Equalization minutes second motion made and seconded all in favor signify by saying I I oppose same sign motion carries um on to review and approval of
uh of agenda no changes Mr chair Mr chair if there are no changes I would make the motion to approve the agenda as printed second motion and seconded all in favor signify by saying I I I oppose same sign motion carried consent agenda
Mr chair there is one change on the consent agenda item number 5.5 for the 2024 temporary on sale liquor licenses this is for the VFW in the American Legion at the county fair during the
week of the fair temporary licenses are only issued at a maximum of three days um the BFW and the legion have partnered over the past couple of years to one will have it for 3 days one will have it for 2 days to ensure that they are providing that service at the fair for
those folks who wish one um right what you see on the request for board action is the date of July 30th through August 3rd for both licenses technically that was a typo and it should be July 30th to
August 1st for the legion and August 2nd through the 3 for the VFW so we' just like to correct those dates that are listed on the RBA you want that as a separate I don't need it as a separate motion I just wanted to bring it to your attention Okay anything else on the
consent agenda anybody like to bring up Mr approve with changes we have a motion to Second motion to approve with changes we have a second all favor signify by saying I I oppose same sign
motion carries we go on to Community Services good morning morning Mr chair members of the board um as you likely know I'm Bethany imgran Public Health supervisor I bring with me today Kelsey St who is one of our new uh Public Health
Educators she's working with the public health nuisances now so I'm passing the Baton to her and I wanted to introduce her to you good morning good morning we have been working on a public health nuisance abatement case on the 5,000 block of County Road 138 in Garrison
located at parcel 8801 0675 upon investigation of this property we did find public health nuisances do exist public health is concerned with the accumulation of inappropriately disposed of household items and debris there are additional concerns between
public health and environmental services on the lack of a working and certified holding tank as you can see in the photos the property is on a steep embankment leading down to a wetland due to the non-compliant holding tank we issued a ceas and assist on May 31st the
pro Property Owners stated that they had ordered and received a portapotty but no confirmation was submitted and it was not found during site inspections the property owner has been notified via posted and certified letters of the need for abatement and they did not mitigate the concerns within dates and deadlines
we provided we're asking for approval to move forward with abatement utilizing Solid Waste funds and Mr chair this is in my district so could you just uh I I I know but for the public now what will the abatement process be what will it so
will will hire somebody to come in there and clean it up and then it gets put under property taxes can you just explain how the process works sure so we will work with a contractor to come out and do the cleanup we'll look for public health concerns uh we do have a little bit of issues related to this property
just because of uh the closeness to the road and also that steep embankment on how we can get an excavator in and out uh so we might have to utilize additional Manpower um it will go on their property taxes for 5 years which we believe is probably the best way
forward for this property owner in general just to uh ease in the financial burden for them uh and then at that time if they're not able to pay it back it will go into tax forfeiture and Mr chair I would just say that uh can I speak uh yeah you may I
would just say that I hope that when the public sees this more and more that the board is approving cleaning up some of these messes I hope it sends a message to the public that this is not going to be tolerated this this destroying land
you know somebody will say well that's my private property yeah you're destroying it for the next Generation that comes along and um I I just croing county is just not going to stand by and let people destroy property and damage I
think the the wetlands and so you know the word of the day I told the County Administrator is vexing this is quite vexing as far as I'm concerned vexing vexing do you know what that means frustrating oh okay very frustrating and
so I'm I'm excited every time we come with one of these that's that we're going to clean up uh because I just think it just makes Crowing County a much better place once we clean these places up if you recall back when was a place that had 200 rats
I mean really that's crazy anyway so Mr chair if there's no more comments I would move the resolution uh that the County Board of Commissioners adopt this resolution declaring a public health nuisance at
the address 5735 County Road 138 Garrison Minnesota second motion made in second of all in favor signify by saying I I I motion carries thank you thank you thank
you forgot to say AOS okay um facilities manager looks like you got a big list today John at least a lot of numbers after it
good morning Mr chair Commissioners good morning uh this morning I'd like to talk about the bid award for the community services and judicial Center remodel just to go back to what that project is we're going to remodel the second floor which is open on the west side of
community services then we'll bring over the probation folks because they're overspilling their existing space and they will utilize that space on second floor Community then we will take over the space that they're vacating at the judicial Center and put part of Don
Ryan's group into that space because he is also overflowing so it's a space need is how we got here so um do you have the bit AB bid abstract that's the
contract Mr chair while we're looking for that can I ask a question sure uh John so I remember that Community Services wanted to remodel the whole uh the County Board went over there and looked they wanted to remodel the whole
uh waiting room area and we said absolutely not correct this is none of that none of that because I just asked Debbie and we talked about this but it's been a while since we've talked about this we haven't talked about it recently so I'm just trying to refresh my memory
no this is that that last project we discussed was only on the first floor of community services and this is just on the second floor and has nothing to do with the previous discussion okay so Mr chair so this is so this is because uh
Corrections is moving from Don's building over to the other building and to to create space for them we have to do this remodel is that right correct yes okay and that's the only reason that's the only reason is there any other security issues at all when you when they're moving over is there
anything to do with the it's a different clientele that will be coming into that and we're we're discussing about that uh how to handle that as we go forward and also we be part of the uh physical security needs assessment that we talked about that will be discussed heavily in
there so yeah so we had the five biders attend the pre-bid meeting um we had three biders participate we did choose to use the best value approach on this project
because of its complexity and when I say complexity I mean the contractor's going to be touching all of our infrastructure uh HVAC HVAC controls fire detection smoke suppression uh video monitoring dur rest System card management so it's
a it's a complex project right a lot of moving parts so we decided to go with the best value approach so you can see here um um cost is 30 30 points out of 120 uh PPI which is past performance indicators
which they fill out a form for us um and this is all in the bid packet explained to them uh risk assessment what risk do they see in the project as far as climate control material transport those kind of things um and then value added
options we ask them to or give them the opportunity to uh make recommend ations to where they could add value not just reduce cost but maybe add value to the project and that might be climate control it might be how they get materials in and out of the building it might be scheduling noisy work after
hours so they have the opportunity to to express adding value there um local presence um do they work in the community do they have ties to the community do they work in surrounding communities do they use subcontractors in the communities what what's that like
um and then they're invited to an interview and they're automatically given 10 points for attending the pre-bid meeting that's kind of a gimme um this is done by a panel of five employees of cro County um this whole evaluation and scoring and
interviews um so it's not me making the decision it's it's a panel um that each member fills out a scorecard and this is where we end up so uh you can see the high score here is high-tech construction um and we would like to uh
have permission to uh award the bid to them but I'm here to answer any questions about this or the process so a question Mr chair on this so I I I guess I at first I was wondering how it worked but now I see that the total amount of
points that you could have is 120 and and uh Hightech has got 103 they're the highest so so I'm guessing that by State Statute we don't have to accept the lowest bid we can just go by this point system absolutely
okay Mr chair yes the best value procurement model is authorized in State Statute there is some education that has to go into effect so John and his team are required to take an education class on how to apply the best value procurement model and it does take into
consideration all these multiple factors that you're looking at here so it is another opportunity and an Avenue that we have for procuring services particularly construction projects like this that gives us the opportunity to consider all the is all the issues that are surrounding a
project so then Mr chair so then John so after this remodel is done I would uh and then the remodel down in the basement in Land Services oh Lord I hope that's all the remodeling for now I mean it just seems like we're just constantly Remodeling
and it just a lot of money to me it is a lot of money um is a lot of money yeah our needs change our employee count changes over the years and and that's what is driving this it isn't a it isn't that we just want it to look different or feel different it's a real space need
so then Mr chair so then John on let's just say this the remodeling um Down Below in the basement of Land Services and then if they put the lunchroom down there then where the lunchroom is now then that would be a a remodel for
offices there that that'd be another remodel wouldn't it potentially but Gary and I have talked in depth about that and that might turn into more of a uh a meeting area a meeting room that would be dedicated to staff there's actually a couple meeting
rooms there the oak room and there's another one so you'd need another one that's what I'm being told yes everybody from Land Services looks like Hillary Clinton with their head going like this so yeah okay so these are these are projects that are in our
CIP though that have been identified earlier that you're planned on looking at and and now they're just coming to be enacted yes we've been working about nine months on the design and bidding and evaluation of this project and the
money is in our budget already the money is in our budget uh the bids are surprisingly lower than I was anticipating um that was a great surprise um there about 10 to they're about 10 10% lower than I was anticipating yeah so um seeing how it
involves the county attorney and since he is here I would like him to uh weigh in on this and well excuse me actually the uh conference that when we initially built our space I've converted that to two workstations um and we actually have a
opening right now for a chips attorney and they're going to go into a work space in the old conference room so we need some additional space um and if this project is allowed to go forward it'll also let us look at some different office structural uh
opportunities uh as well and so um from my perspective you should just vote Yes yeah I was only up there that in my first walkth through when I first became commissioner and I could not believe how packed you're up there in in your offices and this will this help any of
that in phase two of this project it would help that I mean Community Corrections is is packed as well they actually have taken over what was originally shelled but was supposed to be a Judicial hearing room on the third floor of the judicial Center they have
four people in there in temporary work spaces four stations um in in what was supposed to be a hearing room and so by doing this and moving them across the street into an area in community services that was shelled when when the County Board in that day built the
building as well we can once they're moving over there then we will actually share second floor they'll have part of it we'll have part of it and there'll be a hallway going from the front to the back door they'll be on the North side we would be on the south side that would expand us six offices and six um new
workspaces so that we would be able to grow into the future okay thank you anybody else had anything to add I'm waiting for it Paul go ahead I know I'm waiting for another question from resisting it believe me I'm come on
go for a call no I I won't Mr chair just to be clear John this is phase one though it's one and a half this will be a $3 million project this this will be both phases this is both phases yes in the there are additional costs that are our cost um in the whole project budget
for example we manage the uh video surveillance and card reader contract we don't have the contractor do that um some furnishings and equipment that's that's not part of their number that's part of the whole project number so this is both remodels this is both remodels
yes sir then in the comments the numbers add up to almost $3 million when you look at 23 24 and 25 CIP numbers I don't quite understand the so part of the the initial part of that project was to
build a two new conference rooms in the judicial Center on second and third floor okay okay to relieve some of that pressure cuz we're now have people housed in conference rooms so that was really kind of the first phase of it and
now this will be the next phase will be the second and third part of it so the the project is probably going to come in less than that um but this is just the construction part of it there's also our part of it which is what we call FFN
Furnishings fixtures and equipment that we will provide um that we need budget for that is in our budget already that is already in our budget I do anticipate this project as a whole coming in under budget okay I think the Mr chair these
chairs are in bad shape send these over to Don's office I'll take them keep me out of the middle of that one okay is there anything else pertinent to this no no I guess not um I think we would entertain a
motion or for the resolution is it I would uh make that motion to award the bid to high-tech construction second we have a motion and a second any other discussion Paul no other discussion oh
thank you chair um here all in favor signify by saying I I I oppose same sign motion carries thank you John thank you thank you all now we have the county sheriff coming up
to talk about the armor equipment Grant good morning Commissioners good morning morning what we are actually here for is looking at the uh 2024 20 to 2026 Armory equipment
grant that our uh Emergency Management director Clayton bark has been working on here he's not here today he's at a training so you get to the two of us to combine into his one uh world of knowledge there so um yeah I'm here
basically for the number aspect of things any radio questions hopefully Adam can answer here as well too uh what this grant actually entails is a it's a state grant for $4 million that they've
made available uh to to for the armor equipment uh throughout the state um Clayton has completed the application and has four separate equipment proposals I think it's on page 81 that the actual equipment uh that
were looking for it totals $424,100 within the the grant itself uh if we were to accept a partial uh piece of this which piece of equipment would we actually uh look at
for for that partial amone awarded and we were looking at uh first of all the bidirectional amplifier the BDA outdoor system uh for Breezy Point which uh is the $27,600 up there
um that equipment uh I'll I'll let Adam speak to that currently what is in place is essentially two portable radios mounted side by side and acting as a repeater for radio traffic um without that there are C certain areas Breezy
Point area um Southern ideal Township where I may not get out to dispatch or any other officers with this so our deputies are our officers working up there firefighters and ambulance Personnel sometimes the rudimentary fix
fails doesn't work so we have some radio problems which is obviously a safety issue for for our folks working out there and the public as well so this is a permanent fix for that replacement of the temporary rudimentary fix that's what that
bidirectional amplifier is now this is a grant we're applying for correct what of our what has our history been have we done these types of Grants before and what has our history been on them have we received them received partials of them
to my knowledge I don't think uh we've ever applied for an armor Grant I don't know if there's ever been one before Mr chair I can't even make an educated guess I would assume um John Bowen would have if it was a if it was available but
again I can't say yes or no and what these grants or with the equipment that has uh that's up on the screen there most of this is already budgeted for um either this year next
year or in 2026 the um the Motorola apx radios and um we have 150,000 in this year's budget for that particular uh for those mobile
radios and 100,000 uh in 2025 that we're applying for and as far as the BDA for Breezy Point that is currently an ask for a 2024 ask in the CIP and the BDA and the
jail is an 2026 CIP ask what what we're actually uh needing from you guys here today is uh basically support uh a board board resolution in support of applying for this Grant and
there is a caveat with this as well too that we uh the county would have to commit 5% match to uh any amount that is awarded to us Mr chair it'd be quite a coup for us to get the 400,000 which would be 10% of
what the state's allocating in this situation correct we'd be the most hated county in the state of Minnesota I don't know if you know that and and I would assume that if we get the um one piece of equipment that you want our 5% will be adjusted with that correct yes it
would be whatever amount is awarded to us so if it's 30,000 or the $ 27,000 it would be less than $1,500 so Mr chair yes well I don't pass out uh pats on the back too too much but
I I think you need a pat on the back to the Sheriff's Department for for this today I think this is great applying for this grant um I think just looking at what Clayton's done recently with the storms I tell you what I'm really
impressed you guys are doing a great job I'm glad you're applying for this grant I just divide it up it's if it's 4 million Statewide that's even if they divide it between 87 counties that's $46,000 but I guess that's better than a kick in the teeth so anything we can get
would be would be helpful so especially appr this this shows me and I think it shows the County Board you're trying to look outside of the box rather than going to the the taxpayers and the property taxes all the time I think
we're that's what these grants are for they're for us to apply for them so I appreciate you guys and the one that kind of jumps out on me is the one at Breezy Point if we have if we don't have a repeater up there that's accurate and working well and we're all about
safety that that almost looks like I don't know if that's in anybody's budget or did it just kind of come up or has it been in our budget it is in the it is an ask for the in the 2025 CIP okay okay
so that it has been successful over the years but recently um there's been more and more issues with it where we've it's had to been serviced multiple times in the last year okay um I don't have any other questions anybody else on the board have any question chair if there's
no other questions I would move the resolution in support of the 2024 2026 armor equipment Grant application second do we have a second a second okay
um hearing another any other discussion if not all in favor signify by saying I I poose same sign motion carries thank you guys for nice presentation another Emergency Management news I'll pass it over to the sheriff in a a moment but uh
Clayton as was stated by um by Paul is doing a marvelous job we're still documenting all the costs and all those costs and occurred are still coming in prior to submitting all the state so if you have any questions on that we're still getting data and I'm sure costs
are still being incurred by uh people recovering from the storm so and and he is also working with like an ideal Township or you I think ideal was hit pretty bad up there as far as working with their staff and getting all that together Clayton
doing all that okay that's great thank you very much thank you uh County attorney no sheriff sheriff got anything oh okay Sheriff do you have anything would you like to come out I was trying to get I'm looking out for you I'm looking on for
you always looking got your back I was trying to I had your back there but had his back first you've already you've already said uh and I just wanted to shout out to Clayton as well and he's done a great job he's really been uh he's been a
great pick obviously I want to also appreciate our our staff at the sheriff's office I mean they they're always making me look good these guys are rock stars and I sure 100% appreciate them more than I can even say so um you guys are in good hands and uh
we're busy it's summertime and uh things are going things are going really well and we we're feel like we're full staffed uh to cover all the shifts and all the events that are happening out there so I appreciate you guys and I appreciate our guys here so thank you
Shar thank you now County attorney do you have anything um no I'm don't have anything for you but I other than what we talked about today I uh can't answer any questions I apologize for the coffee I was actually out sick most of the last week so but I'm not contagious right now
just so you know so Mr chair I do have a question for Don so don I I just was thinking back a few years ago you know the whole Co thing and all that and and the backlog of cases just just kind of
curious on where are you sitting on this is there a backlog anymore you caught up or things going good well according to the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court the entire covid backlog has been cleared she was in the paper 2
3 weeks ago um made you know a Statewide announcement um a press conference down between cities um from our office I believe that uh we're mostly caught up I mean there's a couple of old cases but there's always cases pending and and in the prosecution business you're always
playing catchup because something has to happen in order for us to react to it to initiate the prosecution but I'd say right now we're in good shape well that's good news because you know I mean in the past I mean we've we've had our differences but we seem to
that's one thing about it I we seem like we're we're all playing nice now so and I hope that continues on so and I I think your staff is doing an excellent job um Stephanie I know that I've worked
a lot she calls me it tells me if there's anything in my district I really appreciate that you guys are it seems like I'm doing a lot of thanking today usually I know I don't understand I just could you check his forehead is there any any other
questions from the board no other question comments for the attorney if I may follow up to that though I mean you know thank you Paul and I thank the board too and former board members who maybe aren't here at the moment but by allowing our office to grow we've been able to create some Specialties like ACA
Stephanie shook focusing just on Highway and land Department type civil legal issues and you're starting to see that pay off more and more like with what's coming here today and I know we're able to focus more on the highway department and some of their legal needs more than
we've been able to in the past and so like with this project as it continues forward that's going to be part of that anal analyzation as well to see how we can maybe even enhance that further thank you thank you um County Administrator I
think you're up next Mr chair we did not have a senior management team meeting yesterday lack of agenda items we don't meet for the purpose of meeting just in that regard I do have one other additional item today um at a previous meeting we had discuss the need to look
at cannabis regulation or begin the discussion around that and there's been some talk across the state of folks adopting moratoriums to prepare for needing to have some type of local regulation around cannabis previously we had recommended that perhaps we look at
the same I'm here today to ask you to authorize us to move forward with actual ordinance creation Now rather than looking at a moratorium there are a couple of things that have come to light in the in the past week or so mainly around the fact that the State Office of
cannabis management did release their local government guide late last week and it did include better guidance for counties and municipalities and how to address our role of what we will be seeing and tasked with it also included
a model local ordinance that could be adopted uh we had previously met with Land Services team county attorney's team and started looking at what a moratorium would look like we think that we can get to ordinance status just as
quickly there are three components that the local governments are going to be responsible for when it comes to cannabis regulation um while the licensing itself will be done through the State ocm Office of cannabis management the applications have to be
vetted through the local government to ensure that they are meeting compliance with zoning ordinance so when an applicant is preapproved by ocm that will then come to the local government Authority for certification of zoning compliance and this is where our ordinance would govern in that regard we
will have 30 days to provide notice as to whether or not the ordinance meets our local restrictions and if it does then ocm will continue with that licensing process if it doesn't then they would not issue that particular
license this would pertain to any of the types of Licensing whether it be retail cultivation manufacturing Etc uh for retail licenses once that license application has been approved by ocm then we have the local authority to
issue a local government registration process this is where you've seen some of the fees that are being charged or some of the registration fees up to $500 for an initial registration and up to $1,000 for Renewal registrations this is also where we
would have the opportunity to ensure that property taxes are being paid similar to what we're requiring in our local liquor and tobacco ordinances as well and we would also be able to establish limits on the number of retail establishments that are authorized in our community the law says that you have
to allow for no fewer than one license for every 12,500 residents which basically means Crowing County would have a limit of six no fewer than six licenses available now I'm not sure that
we'll have people lining up at our door to apply for license in the areas that we regulate zoning in it's more likely going to be in our municipalities but those local municipalities can also grant their local Authority for regulation to the county similar to what
we see with our tobacco license we have some municipalities who choose to license their own establishments others who default to the county issuing on their behalf so it is possible that we could have some local municipalities choosing to do that as well finally local governments are
required to conduct compliance checks every year again this is similar to our tobacco ordinance and would be the responsibility of our law enforcement officials they would have to ensure that establishments are compliant with age verification zoning regulations property
limits so there's no action I'm requiring or requesting from you today basically I'm looking for guidance if you're all in agreement with moving forward with creating the ordinance drafting the ordinance versus a moratorium and also some guidance for staff as to whether or not you'd like us
to look at limiting the number of establishments for retail licenses may I ask a question Paul go right hear the chairman okay um so when they talk about the possible of six licenses available for Crowing County when you have a local jurisdiction of a
city does that is that part of the six licenses or can they offer their own license and then we tag on to that Mr chair each City would have the same limits so they would be able to issue no fewer than at least one for every 12,500
so they could choose to cap it or they could choose not to if they do their own zoning their numbers would not apply to our limit if that makes sense however they could include language like the city of Brainard has recently done
they've authorized up to two licenses in the city of Brainard however they said if Crowing County reaches the six countywide they would limit Theirs to only one so it can be a combination of so there there has to be pretty much a work in relationship with those cities
and the county correct okay okay so so Mr chair I I the morning I I had a conversation with the County Administrator about this I was trying to be like commissioner franzine and get my homework done ahead of time and ask all
the questions so that I didn't ask a lot of questions here but I did think of another question and it kind of reminds me of a former commissioner Mary cop who always used to say I can remember going under her radio program and she'd say well let me be the devil's advocate well
and I'd always say do you have to but uh so a question I just thought of is what what if we don't what if we don't want to uh have any of these places do we have to it kind of reminds me of the flag the beautiful Minnesota flag that I
this new flag is stupid and the the old one was absolutely great uh but you know we had no choice in that do we have a choice and whether or not we want to have any even have any of these facilities or uh Mr shair commissioner
coring not really what you have the choice of is how do you want to regulate where the the place the manner the times those types of things are what you can regulate this is why it's requiring that local authorities will have the ability
to certify that the license application complies with your local zoning Authority that's your ability to restrict or to narrow the Avenue of what you are allowing are you going to allow for 24 4 7 are you going to allow for
bright light neon signage are you going to allow for these to be located in a residential neighborhood what are the restrictions that you are putting around this if we do not have an ordinance if we do not have a local ordinance and we do not respond to the request for
approval as to whether or not it complies with the ordinance within the 30 days there's the state has no U delay then in issuing that license if it's requested I don't know I kind of I think about this and I could be wrong on this but I
I can see the sheriff pulling somebody over and saying oh you've been swerving you have you been drinking nope but I just had 42 gummies you know so it just seems like everybody's dumbed down and and I know that you know that's not what
we're talking about here that this ordinance wouldn't have any regulation over to possession over any of those types of situations this is only dealing with the manufacturing cultivating distribution and Retail of cannabis not
the personal growing not the personal uh how much they can have in their possession not the personal usage that's not what we're looking at regulating with this you know Paul I I don't think we have to like what the state has done but
this is the only tools and the toolbx we have to to manage what the state has done and I think that's maybe the way to look at it CU I share some of the same concerns you do um as far as with this uh coming out but um we don't make the rules that they make the rules down
there it's our job to kind of follow them but we don't have to like it but we're going to have to follow does happen in this next election I think we're going down the tubes with this legislature all this Mr chair um debie what about all of these shops that are selling these gummy Uh what are they
licensed so Mr chair commissioner hog I believe there is some type of State Licensing with regard to the gummy side of things however some of that got kind of put into place through previous legislation that was an unintended consequence I think there were some
limits that got missed in the legislation so there may still be some changes that are coming through with that as well but that's a little bit different than the the strictly piece that they're looking at here yep sounds
quite fixing well write a good ordinance guys I mean so is there the one question I guess I'd be asking um what I am hearing from you is that you'd be interested in an ordinance that has limits no more than six establishments
yes correct yes so I think that gives us our guidance of how we would work to craft that we will plan to have something to you for your review hopefully no later than the August Committee of the whole meeting and then go through that adoption process
thank you licenses will begin they're opening their pre-approval Lottery if you will shortly uh the beginning of July and then licenses actually you need to have everything in place by the end of 2024 because the licensing process will begin
in January 25 so that will be our goal we'll have it adopted by the end of the year any other comments from board for Deb no other comments but could I if to additional business uh Mr chair could we
have just maybe a brief update for from our County engineer I see he's sitting here I I did talk to a friend of mine who works for Anderson Brothers and he said I'm just dumping a load of asvalt up at 3: and 4 so I'm assuming
they're uh well then that means they're they're tarring the roundabout but maybe maybe an update on on our transportation system in the Great County of cro would be probably up to good idea would that be all right Tim please
come up to the front you're cordially invited to come to the mic well thank you thank you for asking commissioner coring uh a chairman um uh update uh you're you're right we're getting into the stages where
we're going to be Paving uh the roundabout three and four it might be what you see is the auxiliary Lanes or the lanes that are up there a lot of the concrete is in place um we're because of the weather we're expecting a couple week delay for the actual completion of the
roundabout um we've explained to the public that it was we're hopeful it was going to be by the 4th of July but because of some of the delays um we're looking at a couple extra weeks um after the roundabout is done and opening the traffic we're going to still have construction up past CLA the claw
stamping up there so there'll still be some pavement that'll be work to be done that be done under traffic so we're hoping within a couple weeks after the 4th of July we'll have that bypass lane gone and then the roundabout open
counter Road 115 is moving right along we're hoping to have some curbing gutter within the next week or so we'll start to see that out there and uh we're not going to be before the 4th of July again kind of for the same reasons but we're on track um for July completion
on July 8th we're going to start in Cross Lake so the 3 and66 intersection of pedestrian Improvement project and that will run through October and we have a Contractor on board we have a preconstruction meeting tomorrow and we're that one you
have on that uh uh update right people can sign up to be on the Cross Lake one for the updates of what's happening and when and time that's have we had a pretty good amount of people wanting to uh keep track of that one yet um I I haven't checked in with Darcy Darcy with
our emergency manager also is involved with that uh We've solicited people to sign up through a QR code I know that I've distributed Flyers around Cross Lake um it has been an asset for us on County Road 115 my phone and my watch
Buzz about every day with an update that goes out to Residents we encourage those that have not signed up for the Crosslake um everbridge I believe it is to to sign up for that that so they can get the updates um because it be very
Dynamic situation up there um so I think I'll have to sign up for that one the other the other project we're hoping in August will be the Deerwood cut off uh cassad 12 and that will be um pretty much done under traffic there'll be a
slight detour I believe for our left turn lane uh construction at Rice Lake construction there and uh you'll see some seal coating where there's a couple roads out there where the Aggregates down but we have not fog sealed it you'll know when they're black um a lot of it's just
aggregate right now so we're moving right along with construction and everything is a little bit delayed because of the weather speaking of the weather we uh were tracking about $30,000 worth of tree removal um primarily cter Road
111 um and then also only about 5 or 6,000 worth of wash out damage so nothing major like you might be hearing on the news from duth and other areas and maybe just a tick above normal we we Chase
trees all summer fall and we had a little extra from the the tornado area um by Deerwood but um and Jory Danielson is in contact with emergency manager to quantify all that
for us y Mr chair yes Tim for those folks who do want want to get signed up for that ever Bridge alert is there a way they can do that online Yes actually the Kwing County highway department has a website for a project website for our
um three and 66 projects in Cross Lake the Cross Lake City has a website that we are linked they're seeing our maps and our updates you can also go to the Cross Lake website I think it's uh prominently displayed or at least a link
on their homepage sign up for that if you need help anybody needs help you can call the highway department to to receive help to get signed up for that okay thank you Tim anything else from the board for Tim nope okay thank you very much for the
update any additional business did you have other than this Tim Paul do you have any other additional business Mr chair I'll make the the motion to adjourn second motion made in second all in favor signify by saying I oppose same
sign car motion carries we journ thank you