indid with the individual all have them all I get the the fact you're going to the first part are you going to meet with the individual cities or did you talk about help me out with that well so the first
step the goal is to get the outstanding we don't have contracts with some of the towns for this year that's the first step is to get those done and then negotiate three years from there okay after they're signed yeah I guess
the one comment I have when I know I didit with Bill on it I I have don't think it's fair that we have one city IE l8ight that pays in December and the rest of them we to pay monthly or quarterly and I know the contracts don't stay a payment plan but either in the
future they should or it shouldn't be understanding that that they should pay like the rest of the Cities either monthly or quarterly and should be build accordingly so the the recommendation from Justin was that we and that's why we're meeting
with the clerks is that we he nobody know really knows the last time that contract was redone probably wasn't it was probably the one that was so we're going to look at everything it was too open-ended well so there was a a
complaint process approved but it was never written down right but that I mean that needs to be add there's it needs some time my point would be then I think we should instruct
Chad if one of the Cities play quarterly we should instruct Chad to build the city of El quarterly so there's my understanding was there was never bill sent out it was just they paid when they paid right so that's as much on us as anybody else right but it doesn't mean for that we should just
accept one count of City getting 11 and a half months where the financing and the rest thing don't well I'm not saying it does I'm saying that's on this group right and that's why as much as anybody else and I would make a motion that we instruct our County auditor to build the cities respectively either monthly or
quarterly and let them option that pay monthly or quarterly that's my motion Mr chair let's say that one more time that we instruct our County auditor to Bild the respective cities for the law enforcement
contracts to pay either monthly or quarterly hey we have a motion we get a second I got something to say before okay um I I I understand what you're saying there can again I do but can't we just
get that all in the new wording when we when we when we get this all when they meet when they meet we're going to tell them this is what we're going to what we're going to do I heard we were going to redo the contract so in other words then they if they choose we'll get another year 11 and a half month for
financing are we okay with that and I'm saying I'm not it's not on any of the contracts no so if we just bill them and we give that each the respective City the option to pay but one of the options I don't think should be in December 15 whatever date
they come so that's part of the problem too is you've got three contract signed and three that aren't and now that essentially changes the terms of that contract
so you have some that have already signed and some that haven't because the current contract says may that would be like changing it to a sh that that's my concern is now we're opening up even the ones we've already got that are signed we're opening those
ones back up so essentially if that passes we have no signed contract we're starting over yeah well I made yeah Chad our office doesn't Mo theing for that okay Sheriff's Office does so then I should correct my
motion and say that the shair Department you still want your motion to just say that well so let's back up for a second and I I heard what Troy said my question is and we're going to redo the contract are we okay with letting one of
the respective cities and it doesn't matter who it is it could be any of them could be hoffin is it okay that we let them have 11 and a half months for the financing $17 some th000 yes or no I'm saying I don't think it is I don't think the new contractor
would look that me that's what I'm that's what I'm saying is you know let's just get it into the new contract yeah it might take a this year to get that done but let's get that in there that worded on when they all uniformly were paid needs to be locked up into a
schedule yeah cuz I agree I mean you know we're we're we're putting out personnel and time and effort you know and they if you pay in December you're sitting on 175,000 you know yeah Mr
chair I made a motion if it dies for the lack a second it'll be in the records that I made the motion so that's what it is are you changing it to the Sheriff's Office yes we have a motion we have a second we have a
second do we have a second motion di due to lack of second I had it one other committee thing is I had ID look at my computer and the recommendation was to get a new one if anybody's computer is getting slow let ARL know he's getting prices so
we don't have a price to any other committee okay couple minutes early with Emergency Management you come up morning morning morning told you last time I'd come back
I I stayed slightly under the $5,000 limit that Ken gave me but I think we about 400 bucks I can get everything that I would need for that uh we did find in the process that my system my computer and docking station may need
some some tweaks to it but otherwise that's through my understanding is that goes through the department head meeting so I'll bring that there to them but the for the TV and the connections and mount for the wall is just right right around
400 bucks so I think you got that in your packet of stuff but I will make a motion to approve that I'll second it motion the second any more discussion all in favor the motion to purchase the TV signify with
iOS car and then the other part is the empg it should be empg grants my understanding in the past um because it's a 50/50 Grant um should brought it to the board for approval
before submitting that final documentation I do have the signed um piece that you'll see in your packet as well um but just wanted to make sure that you're aware it is a 5050 Grant um
they are slowly catching up we just got 2022 a few weeks ago um this would be the 2023 Grant um when I was at the conference this last week they did mention that the entire State's behind and and they're trying to get that fixed
with personnel and whatnot but um so this would just be recognition that this is a 5050 Grant and it goes to basically my understanding goes to salary and benefits for the Emergency manager um
and so you'll obviously have the 50% covered but uh yeah anyway so that's all that is just to make sure that you're aware that a 50/50 Grant and do you have any idea what how much it is or it's I
think this 20 23 um 15 something 15 something yeah so I think the 2022 was a little higher but I think that was still there was some covid money still tied into that piece of it so that one was up otherwise it's been in that $15,000 range it looks like and they're
not sure of course it's FMA dollar so they don't know what the next they they haven't even put out the information for 2024 yet so we'll see what comes with that but so this ISS expiration 63025 is this an annual the expiration date
does it mean you just have to spend it by then I well my assumption is it's already spent like like they're that far behind it's it's like this is a grant 23 20 23 yeah term says it still goes to 25 yeah I'm assuming it'll get put I think
I think with the 2022 they put it in the the correct line item for that grant funding for those dollars I don't know maybe somebody smarter in the room about that to tell me but Chad you correct me if I'm wrong the spea essentially saying if you spend $155,000 on an emergency
manager we'll spend $115,000 on one because we're requiring you to have them right so this is that's that 15,000 we will receive by 625 is money we spent in 23 we're just recapturing it okay yeah and like I said
the 2022 I think that one said it expired in 24 and we just got it a couple weeks ago so that means you'll get paid on the 25th or thereafter shortly yeah so yeah so that's all that is well that no I'm sure the state's
been sitting on that for a year so yep you need a motion to approve that that's my assumption I'll make that motion second any more discussion all in favor
of the motion signify by saying I thank you I I am looking for approval to accept the proposal for uh this is wetland delineation I'll do this one first Wetland delineation report for four
culverts um two of them are on County Road 35 just sou of 27 and two of them are on County Road 14 I got prices from a few different companies so this is the lowest one I have to open my thing up can you
say who you're awarding that to uh Anderson Engineering for $594 I'll make that [Music] motion oh second motion to Second any more
discussion on the Wetland delineation if not all in favor motion signify by say I oppos he okay and these other two are for construction Engineering Services so inspection um
for width on the th55 CT replacement and uh the County Road 34 project so the hin Ridge Park Road um I I just need help with the
inspection on these ones especially because if we have more than one project going at the same time I just can't be at both of them or or more than two at the same time so both of them are with WID Seth um the one on
th55 the total is $79,500 [Music] iway 55 The mytina Crossing East W question eron thinking back at some of the outcomes that Rel to WTH and cting Road 10 is
it the best choice of Ender that's WSB no which was in charge of yes so I'll repay my question is that the best choice of that
I believe so Matt do you have input on that yeah was first these projects so they're going to be the most knowledgeable about the project are out there that makes sense to go with them also the
cost 75,000 75 yeah and typically the construction engineering is about 8% of the total Construction contract down County 34 just under that 8% Trum 55 it's closer to like 5% or so i' say so the numbers
are right there they to the quite of there's a recommendation of Highway committee on we have a motion you a second I'll second it motion second any more discussion was that for both of them or just the 55
one for both okay put together theill the well I mean there's two agreements two proposals but second y second any more discussion all in favor the motion
second by I I oppos Carri yeah be shark okay what's you got on first single audit uh I'm not sure what Carl sent you did you send you the thing from the
Minnesota state auditor about our the agreement agreement with State Auditors for 12312 24 audit it's a standard can we sign it every [Music] year um just need the board chair's
signature and my signature on that if you so approve just an infant letter saying that we'll do this and Connie will do that and blah blah blah it's the same as the last not
years did they generally audit that the same accounts or they pick and choose or is it everything is there a difference from your to your in the actual audit yeah uh yeah there'll be a difference from year to year but it's not really
identified here no they'll identify what things they're going to audit once once we get into it um a lot of it depends on how much Federal funding you have so if we meet the requirement for a for what's called a single audit if we have over
$750,000 in federal funds that requires What's called the single audit so they audit 40% I believe it is of whatever program qualifies so they'll take your they'll take your your your
programs or your funds that you receive received from from federal dollars and then they'll edit they'll audit that program let's say we had an event in FEMA we had a bunch of money from FEMA they would audit that let's say that you know the
the Tony got a bunch of money from the federal government for X um they'll audit whatever that is yeah as far as other things that they audit um you know it's kind of the the same in the general audit but they'll do
departmental audits so any any office that takes in cash the recorder the assessor the um recycling center any of those we'll pick and choose and rotate this year we'll decide it's going to be you know it'll be the recycling
center that they'll go through all the audit procedures and say taking in cash that's your system blah blah blah blah blah blah blah yep if we can avoid single audits that's great because that's time
consuming cost more money you need a motion to approve the letter I would prefer it and that states that they're actually performing the audit for make that motion second have a motion and a second
for the state auditor for the audit any more discussion standard hourly rate change at all I don't think so okay I seen not Charlie the second one I
seen there was a different name wasn't Charlie for the second one yeah we'll see it that slow us down a little bit it'll be Charlie any more discussion all in favor the mo signify I I oppos
carried then the next thing I have is Carl brought over a fire abatement um I don't know what if he gave you anything on that there was a fire a structure fire on July 6 2024 um and this is
in h number eight yep for a paral ID BR anyways um yeah it's it's in the city of El so what would happen with this according to our policy is is that 2024 tax is
based on the value of the structure or the property as of one 2 or 111 2023 so would not have any effect on the taxes for payable year 20 20 24 um because of the fact that we are
now into 25 and we have 24's values done for payable year taxes in 25 there will be a reduction in value after taxes are calculated of $44,000 um and then we will baate that
uh dollar amount of tax based on $44,000 for this property property ID number is 19- 0506 and if you ask me how much $44,000 worth of taxes I can't answer that because I haven't calculated it it's not
going to be very much and is that just the County's portion of tax then or um all jurisdictions in which um that property pays property taxes too so it'll be um County city and school
yep so that is that just down the street here it is at 313 9th Avenue Southeast so the value was $174,800
the new value would be $130,800 the reduction of$ 44,000 relates to the fact that that structure sat not having damage for basically six months or half the
year in total there was a reduction of $88,000 of value but half the year it was didn't have a fire batement the other half of well so 44,000 half the year I will make a
motion to approve the fire abatement on that partial number as presented did you get it 19- 0506 19 d506 z00 Z I'll sign we have a motion in a second for
this fire batement for taxes on this fire batement any more discussion all in favor of the motion signify by saying I I oppos carried while you're here last meeting there a question about
cing y it's on my desk I'm G to ask about i p them okay Carl came over and talked to me about it so get information on that okay y okay anything else nope anything for me I sent you an email hold
the MRC mileage off of M expenses they were in the warrant I didn't I shouldn't have had mileage on that one what was it like $850 or something okay so poll okay I'll look at the EMA in the back you have any
questions on okay I just need to redirected it I redirected it did you standing on the table oh that's hopefully the camera was turned on when we were doing that so I can go back and watch it
the wall morning so I got two things the first one is our annual AIS billboard contract that we have with Newman they do that billboard on the interstate exit there we partner with a couple other counties
to go for it uh the price is down a decent bit which is surprising in from years's past so that was nice and it runs from May to the end of August so it's about 2500 bucks for the four months worth that we split
with OT tail just that yeah so I just figured you guys should have FYI and I'll have do sign to you guys so move to do that contract that we have been doing we'll use that a money that we get from the
state to pay for it so it's a deal we do every year second have a motion to Second any more discussion on the annual AIS billboard contract all in favor the motion signify by saying I I oppos carried thanks guys
uh and then this other deal that I had Carl send you is a letter support for uh a guy in autot tail who runs their demo in solid waste he helps with all that kind of stuff so the state has been pushing for a couple years now to start requiring demo landfill to be lined and
then collect leape those are very very expensive Endeavors so a lot of the surrounding landfills around us have been saying well if they do that we'll probably shut down so they won't be open no more and once they reach capacity they'll just quit so then it means for
us is they have to residents here have to go farther and farther away to bring their demo landfill to the landfill any of that stuff so even say like anger brettson he said that's a million plus 2 million bu to line that thing and put in a collection system so he's they're all
everybody around the state's kind of been talking about it and couple months ago I attended a meeting in Fergus with uh Douglas Stevens Travers and then a bunch of folks from up in the Northwest part of the state what the people in the Northwest part of the state did is the
state offers it's called a planning Grant where they say okay we have this issue it's on multiple countywide we're all going to pitch in money to do a study on where this was goes how this potential thing would impact everybody so what they did is called the Hub and spoke so it's basically think of it like
a wheel you have in the middle is the big Hub everybody around are little Spokes and they send everything to the main place you've collected that site a and everybody then calls to this central location so the Northwest I think it's nine counties did it and it they did a
big study that's like 150 pages long and cost them a decent bit of money so what aot tale said is hey we're probably going to have to do a similar study do you want to be a part of this so last couple a week and a half or so they've kind of been pitching the counties around Stevens County just to prove
theirs this morning or will be it sounded like when I talked to Bill that they are going to be a part of the study as well and he said hey being as you guys don't have a demo landfill don't have any landfill at all all your stuff gets hauled somewhere it would be a bad idea for you guys to probably jump in on
this considering the expense is quite low though the cost for each county is based on your population since we have such low population our cost is pretty low it right now it's capped out about 1,500 bucks is what it caps us out to be a part of this $300,000 planning Grant
and by doing the planning Grant we aren't like locked into having to do anything it's just to do the study to do the planning and see what options are so before I had doy sign anybody signed I just wanted all of you to know what something what we're doing and then if
you guys wanted to sign on then I'll have to assign it and if you guys don't want to then we won't but it is going to be a thing and an issue coming down the road here so I would recommend signing it for minimal Capital you're pretty good cut considering aot tail is going
to do basically all the heavy lifting and all staff here is going to have to do is attend meetings occasionally and then they need a letter support or letter affort that Dr do there so so this would probably be done in OT tail crowny here yeah it'll Auto is going to do all the paperwork all the admin what
I mean the landfill part of it um there is a handful of landfills in the area otter taale has one Fergus has one uh Stevens County has theirs so they're basically going to look at a whole pile of them and see if any of them could be retrofitted with the liner or if they could stay profitable with
them because you know if you put a million two million in now the cost per ton for demo goes through the roof or right now you know we get a pretty good deal that none of the landfills are really charging out of County rates so or charging very little out of County rate extra so
get a pretty good deal so we're City ferus does they yeah they do but and there's is probably one of the newer ones that they got and they were talked about that they would go to then having a more expensive rate that they probably could stay open since they've kind of been lining their cell or did line their
last sell but sounds like where we send most fires to Stevens County he probably won't be over there if they did that or that piece of his business would be well just to be clear Greg you and I talked in your office and you were sitting there the permit by rules you know the
demolition facilities that are 15,000 Cub yards or less that is done right is the state doesn't want those anymore because of the groundwater issues right not lining them with enough clay or liner or something to keep the water from mixing with right A lot of people put them in
marginal ground versus clay yeah you know there's some clay here and there but it could be in gravel pits and all kinds of stuff they want to shut that off they don't they're not really allowing you to do that right so how about the Farms there's some language in there for
exceptions but you got to need still have to meet some of they require Okay g to be an issue coming here so that's why I wanted to kind of get ahead of it and try and be part of this planning Grant but up to the five of you
I'll make that motion Mr chair to get involved with the planning Grant and the price tag of 1,500 bucks for now second any more discretion I got one question so yeah so when it
comes time to put this liner in somewhere then is that cost split up between the counties right now no because we have no contract with anybody that says we're paying a portion of xire view so nope on this is just the plan if
they did put a liner say Stevens County went to put a liner in it would be all on Engle brener Stevens County we well we don't know that either we don't know that quite committing us to any future no it doesn't I'm just saying that in the future there's potential if we you
know sign a contract saying we will send our demo or all our demo that way or that's what we do but right now don't have much of a choice anyway not really you don't can't permit by rule anymore yeah and the whole deal with the letter is basically saying Hey by doing the letter you are eligible to be part
of the study you don't do the letter then you're kind of out and then when they do the whole planning now all of a sudden the costs could get quite a lot more so okay all in favor the motion sign saying I CL
here like that I'm gonna leave these with Ashley for you to sign okay I can sign them right now no matter won't take too long will it no I don't know that's a fast so that one you just initial I don't
know lines that initial was the hard part right yeah initial that sign sign that you initial then you put print your name and sign your name and then the dat do the other the 18 there's that one in this one you just
sign right above it yep thank you that'll be $2 bill all right so um as we transition with Carl's position Max C
that'll be happening March 3D so we need to kind of flip-flop what he's been doing so he's been full-time coordinator but getting a percentage of assessor um pay for that time so I doubt that we're going to have
anybody starting by March 3D so we need to um figure out how we're going to compensate him for doing coordinator duties he figured that as of March 3rd when he goes back to the assessor the amount of Duties he'll be doing would be
basically like clerking you know getting things ready for board he thought it' be both 30% so we did it the same as we have done in the past with his assessor um it'd be 30% of his current coordinator wage so he'd be getting $15 and 29 cents
on top of his assessor wage um and that is to fulfill you know if it's the month of March and then if there's any training um of the coordinator that he has to do so it's a temporary obviously amount um but it's compensating for him
doing those coordinator while um so that and then also um him going back to the assessor um the Personnel committee talked about he keeping his anniversary date which was November 12th um and then his assessor he didn't obviously get a
step so he'd get a step as of November 12th his anniversary St would St the same so as the assessor he'd go to a step 10 at 4902 and then he'd get that 30% which is the 15 29 while he's doing the
coordinator in the meantime and then of course that will be temporary depending on how much training is need and start don't how
second we have a motion and a second any more discussion on it all in favor the motion signify by saying I I oppose Carri the other thing that Carl just wanted me to bring up is that this is what's going to be going in
the newspaper um they kind of designed a little bit more color for us and so we're going to do a half page in the newspaper and so by doing a half a page we also get a free listing in the grant Cony lifestyle magazine and that is for
free by doing a half a page so Carl decided do that so it would be more exposure this is what you'll see p page in newspaper which I think turned out really nice so which indicates all of our locations um if everyone's whoever's
looking for us please wanted me to bring that up too that's all I have oh we got the OCTA Trail resolution yep all in favor of the mo signify by say iOS good and then the opioid contract
they got with Horizon Public Health they got trying $1,000 something like that 11,850 and that's over the 5 5,000 so that committee can't technically do that it's got to be
approved here need a for that so move any more discussion all in favor to motion no saying I I Clos cared so 30%
that's any buildings to that point down below right below the coffee give me give me some feedback on some of those rules that these farmers can do in these building sites and things like do they got apply well they'll
burn I bet they will I've seen them somebody house get that's usually a different that is a valid point because SM heat generated by shingles you're doing a control practice
burn just volum don't burn can still there is with the Department to name control burn and say there shingles on Ro and you make a valid attempt to off the and
and take them to so you got a receipt of that rightward and control I understand it but it's getting hard I bet you over the years for a while
there FS getting down was probably either myself in Lake sh or Jim was doing at least one year one two know by rules bars yeah yeah there limit but then they
just charge you based on 65 always everybody two years ago when I Sil Downy cost me three it cost me 2400 bucks to get a t down all I know I got uh at our place we
got we got we got three we got three St silos and then one harvested in our place and I've been kind of waiting for steel prices to come back up because there's enough of them guys out there that will take the steel away and then you
don't steel no on a on a harvester Harvester somebody might want to rent that from you yeah I never know yeah I'm just but you know that the hell was is
you know you buy that farm pack or whatever an insurance policy because it's a those cost a lot of money cility 20 minutes to take all three really buildings
around just the bar that fell in okay we got every one of ours is fighting up to a structure that's still still we got the but they got a big b they swing it
it all falls in right wor part getting the bands out of there yeah they got down the Tob that's Perfect's no Reb any of beauti even the foundation that
didn't have no no Steel in it either really you kind of got to let we we got rid of a lot of stuff in this town There's a couple houses rest of them
are see these people you know you st top of there's nobody in buildings Ash get and shifting and like that you know you get a fire there and get it there's Steel on the roofs and there Steel in the walls and you
know what I mean you won't it's trouble it like the building got rid of that made that and that had 17 CH up
on meters were upstairs building [Music] made them look like something but if they standing there thing is you some you know do some electric and upd
they got I guess there's been some I was in there was doing the emergency stuff we were talking about doing drill build build build it's like trailer
theide put yest and fight know where are lot [Music] of CED what's it take to get the community
center and Herman what's it take to get it yeah I mean to rent it city office okay right I'm on Thursday I'm gonna beet with Jam he's gonna come over
to we sit on with Troy and and I don't know if their engineer High engine be there just try to start laying out some thoughts that he has I'm just kind of trying to be an arbitrator come into a room and Beil and nice
I'm so get him done and then I think after we get some resolution with him then I'll try to rent the room there and in community building and get all the guys on the system that are interested and
then we'll sit on and throw out the wall and see what's keep picking away at it see we can I'm going to bring Reuben with he's he's got that good engineering experience [Music]
too spread think he just has a so I'm going to try to get him to be more like your up to everywhere justek is
[Music] yes he he's got lamb that but up to the headers St between 12 Mile and 5 Mile if it's dry this summer you know be nice to do some planning over there yeah get something
done part cleaned out because you know here there accept everything and really it's like a wheel he's kind of in he's in a good I mean his I bet he hasn't done it for a long time but there are certain stretches where you get 90s
going under a culvert then the swirles and then it entrains all this dirt and it moves about 100 yards and drops it then we got another spot where there's a big blow up coming down a hill so there's just these spots that are problematic that I think if
we get them cleaned out it's a good shortterm solution but like I've told you before is really that it'd be nice if we could get boys Su to have a master plan that says all right here's the elevations here's the flood plane that
we're going to try to protect permanently every time this thing starts to not convey water no more permits you just Bo the shoes got the green light from whether it's Army Core USDA you just go in and clean the and be done
with I think that's a doable doable option that's why I want to get slser and D like we need to be friends was in big letter we all need to be friends is that why didn't you talk
about that 10 years ago well I know but that's Tom up on the stage got of giv bet man I'd say he's going to replace J probably he'll be a little careful know time long time he's a good guy
actually he is honest God he is he ain't just a freaking tree hugging dong he he gets the other side right he he know how to bring everybody together the troops yeah he knows there's always
going through this buffer law stuff they were cracking the whip on us CU you know we were more stringent than the state him and I had a lot good conversation just leave us the hell alone we got a good thing going here got it
that's that was a good [Music] they must been been around here taking pictures today that's here thing is not much WI matter some shows up jackp
[Music] hting so I have a HST link but then there was a link everybody so I just sent [Music] it it's a bit chilly but it's dry
dry it's dry I don't think 80 or 80 should be the same consider War there how how are you guys hi hi I like it it was a little cold thought I'd bring my coffee in otherwise it was gonna be coffee before we get started how about
we do introductions do Commissioners want to go down the line I'm on it I can watch him Chad we can hear you sorry I was talking to the girls in my office I'm off
now all back District 3 which would represent Grand County El in correct gr Johnson Barrett El Lake Sanford erall and lean Township doy spear Western Grant County
very much the township Dwight w bill of Valley district for with ashon HR have our some of our plan committee members here from Environmental Services
yep all right well we'll get started um if you want to start it up with the presentation question you can start it start with those okay the first question is uh tell us what County government means to me um County Government uh you
know to put the actions and the goals of the Commissioners into place um you know extend the help in the Insight of various aspects of the county out to the public the cities townships you know kind of be
a an interactive advocate for you know the Commissioners you know you are the elected officials of the county to make you know informed decisions on all the aspects of the county
um I think um you know extending um out to the taxpayers and the citizens you know various aspects of what the county does I think is a huge thing just to
be a lot of people well some people also don't care um but you know they 's a lot more to County government than a lot of just regular people think you know and to get some of that um information out
to people you know some some people are going to love you some people aren't and you know getting that out to the citizens and um taxpayers is is good um but there's I mean there's many levels
of countings there's you know all of your departments and You Know Your Law Enforcement your Highway Department you know there's there's a lot to County government I me keep going keep going okay um what challenges do you think gr
Cony might face in the next few years how your skills and experience enable you to help the county successfully meet them well I guess it would depend on you know what are the County's goals is it population Grand Count's you know one of
the least populated counties in the state of Minnesota is that something that's important to the commission you know do we want to look at helping cities looking you know help help them create more housing funding you know
what what various aspects of funding are out there state federal um for initiatives that the Commissioners choose you know there's there's more money out there than a lot of people
think you know and it's finding it going after it um some you know you know helping cities go through projects um I've been you know through projects with you know the different
cities I've worked with and you know there's and you know when you're a new clerk in a city you know that can be very overwhelming you know to start those projects you know so helping the the County and the cities
and the townships look at funding possibilities um budgets I mean budgets are huge you know um you are put and you have the task of creating budgets that are by using you know taxpayer money you
know what's the in the best interest of using that money um and again you know information out to the county citizens so that they you know maybe they have a better understanding
of what is going on and not just creating issues maybe you know a better understanding of of even you know City functions and accouny functions I think that's huge for Citizens and
taxpayers um if selected to this position what would be included in your transition plan is the new County coordinator 30 days 90 days I guess I would start by looking at some of the history you know
looking into past financials past um budgets actions um employees departments you know what's changed what's you know what are the goals going forward you know Gathering some of that information you know nothing happens overnight and
you know um you learn as you go at some things um you know uh like I said um being you know there's you can always reach out to peers you know there's a lot of people that know things if I don't know
something I'm going to reach out and figure it out you know there's there's lots of people other counties you know what are they doing that maybe good bad you know can some of those things come into play can we tweak it a little and
make it work better um and again I always come back to the the interactions with the cities and townships you know I think of it as more of a county community you know it is a small populated county you know let's be
a community about it all right thank you all right so we'll just get into the rest of the questions and at the end we'll give you an opportunity to ask us some questions okay so what do you consider to be the significant aspect of building a positive work environment as the county coordinator what steps
would you take to facilitate this outcome um it would come from uh you know what do the Commissioners want what do they want to see you know creating a you know I I get along with
many people and you're always going to have goods and bads out of every relationship but you know talking things through and having you know a you know open communic is huge what factor do you think leads to a
successful organizational change and what factors hinder the process give us an example just can you repeat that sure what factors do you think leads to a successful organizational change and what factors hinder the
process well um people opinions um you know they're in order to fully um function and and move forward you you have to come sometimes to a compromise and
sometimes you know you're not going to and you know you either have to figure out a different way to move forward or [Music] um um you know just adjust adjust maybe the as ECT of what you're looking
at so this is a key management position within the county and it is critical that the successful candidate be able to work well with the public and the County Board comment on your skills which would enable you to to succeed in this area um I have worked
um uh in various capacities in my life um you know being a veter technician starting out in life um you do care and compassion I've worked at as a cook you know in various aspects of um coming to
the area and you learn a lot of um you learn communication and people and I um in the cities that I've been in um you [Music]
learn every everybody has a different personality you know you have to learn how to work with everybody in each position um and sometimes you have to sit back and just take what they have to say and and
you know after that you um move on to a to a um a solution to the problem um I'm in working in both my cities and you
know when I started in the city of doton um six years ago it was kind of a a mess um so we looked at how to move forward how to um you know Finance some things you know
what are the best aspects of of you know their rates and their and their um budget and their tax Li it was all behind you know it wasn't keeping up with the times and you know you have to you know those are hard um things to
tell a city council or your taxpayers because you have you know you have things that need to be done and paid in infrastructure that needs to be upgraded and you know some of those decisions you know for
commissions or or councils you know hard but with the right information you know it makes it easier to um move on and accept and and get those projects done so this is a scenario question the
County Board is trying to decide on a controversial topic you have very strong personal feelings on the subject you are asked by the board to prepare a summary for the board members on the pros and cons for them to make a decision at their next meeting discuss your process and outcome
um say that once more the County Board is trying to decide on a controversial topic you have very strong personal feelings on the subject you are asked by the board to prepare a summary for the board members on the pros and cons for them to make a decision at their next meeting discuss your process and outcome
well I guess my my personal opinion wouldn't matter you know it is up to each commissioner to to decide I would gather the information on the pros and cons and present it to each Comm commissioner for discussion and um you
kind of move on from there out of each aspect of the problem if you were asked to take the lead in a new programmer project and there is not buy in from the other department heads how will you get them on board um if it's a if it's a new program
you know to have the knowledge exactly what the program is if a department or if the Commissioners you know they have to have to see the ultimate goal if a department isn't on board with it you know why you know get
to the bottom of why and maybe throughout the conversation with the Department we can you know figure it out where the department would be on board what do you feel the county coordinator's role should be with the County
Board well I think I could um the coordinator position um there's many aspects there's probably things that you know I could provide you know if we need to pull from departments maybe a few things you know to make the
position you know I can reach out um to cities counties you know the as things that you the Commissioners would want me to look into can I can I help you in this area can I help you in that area
you know there's a wide variety of of things that I think I would be helpful and helping you the next part of the question is what about during the discussion of a controversial subject at the County board meeting what would your role
be it would be to um you know if there's controversy see there's there's always a solution you know what's the knowledge around the situation um maybe there's an aspect of it that one person
doesn't know um that is easily AC accessible and to explain you know the whole situation and normally there is always a um solution to the problem it's
just talking it out and um working through it as the county coordinator you have five elected officials as your boss how will you balance their varying needs and priorities well each every person is different um you know you all have your
districts that you cover your townships that you cover um you know what you're going to you we have to balance you know what needs to be done now what's in 10 years you know there's a there's a balance to everybody's needs um and I
think that's a simple thing to communicate leadership ability is vital to the success of this position please describe what leadership means to you how you have provided in your past jobs and your experience in organizing or being part of a
team um I have volunteered um in many things in my life um you know providing as a city clerk you provide leadership to your city councils by letting you know giving them the knowledge to make
the the decisions um in you know for the betterment of the cities um you know just being a strong um Advocate um
for the County's goals um you know visiting visiting with people what are what are other other people thinking you know leadership is you know it's it's a bigger aspect in
it's a big aspect in life you know how do you how do you um how do you help um other departments you know make decisions and go through budgets and you know it's just being a
strong communicator and um you know helping helping people out how will you build rapport with your fellow department heads well I I think it would take you know visiting with them you know what
are their goals what do they see um you know what's going good what's going bad you know let's you know work on work on the good and the bad um but it's it's through strong
communication and learning you know what needs they have you know where can we maybe cut back on some things or um you know what what aspects of each department um is in need
of um what and just communicating that Bo have additional questions that they'd like to yes can you Envision Technology and now we hear a lot about artificial intelligence what's your vision how that
going impact Grant col in County coordinat Division I think all aspects of Technology need to be looked at um you know the aspects of AI and and other things you know you would you know you
have to take a deeper look at some of those things and is it is it right for the county is it not you know what have other counties used it you know has it worked is it dangerous is it you know there would be a lot you I would want to
look into you know before you know I would Express you know something to the commission as we as you would go forward any other questions I got one for you sure okay so you've worked with
the city counceling yep so you know you know how that goes I do there's uh you have personalities on City councils and uh you know you basically have to deal with that and I think you've done a
pretty good job of doing that from what I've heard indul so you know it uh you know you got to work with city councilman and and the public ask you questions and so you know
how all that goes right yeah so and sometimes those questions are yelled at you and sometimes they're not right right so and and in Grand County of course you're going to be dealing with you know employees or mhm they all have
their thoughts and desires I guess so I guess what I'm saying it's not the easiest job in the world this job the ultimate you know working with all the Departments you know it's not going to be easy but the ultimate goal is how do we move the county forward you know how
do we sustain uh your wishes you know how do we keep moving forward and I think that's that's a huge aspect I got a question Mr chair have you been working with the H some for some of your cities like like
this C W or maybe some housing grants and things like that you know that and are you familiar with the grant processes and you know if you can touch on some of that that would be good um I came in uh to wendle uh being
a clerk a right as they were finishing up their Water Tower project um in the city dalon I came in on a the end of a sewer project um that was an absolute disaster um and then um you know we kind
of got over that and we went into a water tower treatment plant expansion um in the City of Dalton and after this now all of their infrastructure will be done it'll be um all our water Lin sewer
lines but as far as this project um going for funding for these things there there's many aspects of it I mean you have your your PFA you have financial advisors you have USDA you have small cities you have all these things well in
the end the package the package that the City of Dalton received um I think it I believe it was a $1.3 million project and uh the package uh from Grant versus loan um it was huge you know the loan
amount on that was 400,000 you know that's that's a pretty good package that you look for you know in a project like that in a small town um I have gone into other cities more in Ottertail County um to help them if
they've lost their clerk um to get them up to speed um and help them with the software and the processes of cities um I have gone into another town um when they were starting a project to help um
get them started and going you know engineering and contracts and all that stuff um there's as far as the W housing um yes I have reached out to HRA of the county
um I not that I have found a role Block in housing in the state of Minnesota it's very very difficult um there's lots of red tape there's lots
of it's It's a process however um when we had the community input meeting in Wendell the citizens wanted to see this moving forward you know how how can we move forward with housing in W well um
so now we're looking at um I've had some meetings with the impact fund um with the Minnesota housing um and you know we're going forward um we might take a little different avenue um but that's
still to come but yes I have dealt with any aspects of funding any other question all right you have any questions for
us um I I guess what do what do the commissioner see um as this position I mean what do you guys want to see what what aspects do you want this position to look into to
start with I mean what are you looking for a liaison like you know to to help with what the decisions that you make I'm just I'm just curious what you you guys think the
position should be I guess for me I've been here for starting my ninth year and we've only had a coordinator the past six months you know that that was actually going down and and
uh helping with with a lot of different uh things that probably should have been done a long time ago and it's just you know it's good to have somebody that uh
you know helps plan stuff and lines you know get stuff ready for meetings and it just it's kind of hard to you know say because we haven't really had one but I think it's the direction we
need to go in I do I I uh I think your role probably is you know as as they get into it it evolved but I I guess keeping the board informed
and organized think and that's what I do you know for councils you know it's keeping keeping them informed and it's also you know what questions do you do you guys have you know let's get those answered prior to making a decision you
know um that's very important so I think one thing that's important well say it's new but it is the coordinator and not an administrator so um making sure that you stay in your
lane when it comes to the department heads and yet you got to work closely with them and so that may be an arrow Lane and so I think from our standpoint is is to is to support this position to
focus on the outcomes and our desired effects without burning the tipping over the cart correct I don't know if that explains it I know all about those cards okay there you go sometimes you nudge
them and sometimes you flip them over any other questions I don't thank you all right interview today and then um we'll move go from there what's that on the meeting up or what the the plan will be after the inter but we'll be in
contact with you after that sounds good if anything comes up if you guys have any more questions just feel free to reach out all right thank you y day war rest of day thank you um the interview 11
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either everything they say is you have two in and then when it gets down about an inch I mean the pan I got like that deep but the more you have the harder it is to
boil yeah just harder to heat it up right and I don't I'm not set up to do wood turkey but even so we'll see how much [Music] not Sabo
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anyway yeah they run they run okay and you can run and lost off of it so you can have it inside lost Off the Wall otherwise what I do for the chicken I just build a little external
box and pull you so that you're pulling you're heating up warm rather but then that way it won't get so hot start later I think that that little there I think that yeah
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blue insulation I had floor I put well that much draw there and then kind of made a nest in there but so then I one row ba and I put a piece of blue stuff on top a bail on there
so kept the moist from going through the B and then you get had right by the I don't I don't think around he would have got him actually going in for followup she had a bunch of follow but then you get to clean it was on a
pallet there now he's in the sh so yeah I before got here I threw a fresh I notic it started the first night our first morning
onew was hey [Music] this are worse how they spill so much water from but I mean you go around and I ice I don't know how they get
everything's so crunchy around it what they do my little thing was tripping ice this morning it was pretty solid said something to the this is this is your first next week have little tubs up
for know I got it SC yeah that's gets if it starts running I don't want to miss stay yeah you ever get your four-way or side by side or whatever you're going to get yeah I got I both now because she wants to
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right here and can see right there after 10 minutes she just start shaking she's scared she get she's got she got some Bag you we got got a
cat anyway when we lived over at the other place it was probably end of October Middle October on their you come home at night or whatever this C there's two big
godamn gnarly Hollow the other across the driveway only that far and wh and it was I'd say it wasn't full probably three4 one or what wonder if somebody didn't drop it or whatever but
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she made a little box and she had a pretty sturdy cardboard box and she get out SL started getting cold so then she and uh which Heat and the door was open you know really good
so then the cat finally went in there so then put aato had a and went up and on top of the door that off the was in there and okay you put litter box and stuff in there
yeah so she go every night SI for goddamn hour with this cat and this went on for a couple years I mean daytime outside then that that's took about two years while then that fall when
I drying corn you know well I got home a couple mornings one morning and the godamn cat I come that's in here didn't get it all time it's been coming I was gone all
night I said long time quite a while you started what's going to be the difference if I'm here or not you're have it in here anyway so then that's it was in that house for two three years now it's been out
here in in the summer especially making you see crawl out ofer like stretch sheing put because so they give you
some like Smash It Up put like the night before on so in the morning just you times so
then ready and she looked out the like the bathroom door by the living she looked out there you know they sit with their feet look just like aunk but then when she got over to the V that saw just wild again
so that's a it's a huge commitment and I I knew she was working as a city cler with i that so I just wanted to know Pro got you know because we're
going to do actually the high from the bank and West we're going to do some of that black top you know so there's infrastructure they talked about right off the bank about doing something and they acquired the property do
it I know you know we're going to brand new road on top of infrastructure that's over there they got to get much like norros okay norros wants a new Blackout Road okay well the water is
1957 that's the on hyd and that tells you downstairs well you get old plumbing and old you know what I mean and then you're going to dig in the street five years later well they got they got ahead of that so then that's Alles are sted in
poked in digging in the street you know so you got to get ahead of all this you know because money don't come in 15 minutes so the city has to Yep this is Bill checks in the mail there's another law
it ain't that oh I come in the back door you have to okay the front door are locked okay and if you go down to the CATE building in the house do not tell them they coming cuz then won't be there they'll disappear
into those buildings and go go sit what but if you show up on they just picture you sneak yeah like oh he caught us you know so a lot of
times you catch up on a lot of information that just absolutely material you know that and your my timing has been impeccable just got talking the back me is and the more that you can squa a
little bit and show the need and you know here's the thing these towns and the people out in the Metro areas that I've talked to you know what I mean they can't believe we don't have traffic so they made and they love this County because
they can you know there Services enough and core services and things like that and decent homes he's right he can sing enough what's that well you said it I can sing enough you're right there's no doubt about that blubber
blubbering so anyway the people that do come out here that are coming from the you know that got maybe extended family people in bgus and around the area and something like that and they go look at those homes they come here and they go you guys in your county have got good
quality homes cost what and we would rather live in a slow pace you know what I mean decent Community where they get return on their investment and things like that when the type comes and I mean they're buying
homes that are you know if they were in the Metro and they're paying so they're selling with well maybe no but that's that's where it's at so our Broadband speed with
and Country setting living and poor services and things like that there's a lot of people I got a family that's down in that hofman area that owns land and I'm not going to say names you got a family down there I you just said
you did it's a they call that rubber so I know you're on there they made they've driven around the county they live in the Metro okay they grew up here the wife graduated from just from Hof but now they live in
the city she was well she but they want to come back here she was a beat huh must H Patriots wer they at one that was hop in King okay was hop okay back when I was I never asked
her that but I've been you know quiz they're looking for building sites throughout the county all here better move quick they're disappearing yeah you think so they they're tasking me to try
to find them something because they made an offer on what I have and I don't want to sell but you lived in town I do that's my office how come everybody's smiling just happy I'm just being truthful it's a shop office oh yeah
that's right how are you I'm cold yeah how are you good it's not warmer here you're a little further north so I thought might be a little colder yeah two
degrees all right well would you like to do introductions or skip that step think we can skip it okay Me O all right well we'll get into the presentation part of it so Tina if you want to take over you can start sure
well thank you for the opportunity to be here this morning my name is Tina linquist and I know all of you from pastor employment um some of you might be wondering um why I'm here today and I just would like to start the presentation off with the word timing I
really think that waiting for the right time to act and having patience is really important to having um a good start to any kind of leadership position um you may be aware that I have 24 24.5 years of service all here in
Grant County working with all levels of government to include the townships the cities and the county obviously um with my past job but also the regional and state level I was really involved with a lot of projects um both with our
neighboring counties and our bigger um uh Central Minnesota region as well as I've been involved with AMC and different state committees and initiatives as well so the first question um on the list here says please tell us what County government means to you
what that means to me is serving the public and working for your neighbors it also means trying to help create a safe and Progressive community and I know at the county level we have the luxury here of having um some of the best communities I've always stated that and
really working together because we're only as as good as our neighbors are when we live in rural Minnesota and we have limited resources the next question was what challenges do you think Grant County might face in the next few years and how skills and experience enable you to help
the county successfully meet them well um I think it's safe to see because historically there's been UNF unfunded mandates that might continue to happen and how as a smaller County you make those mandates happen when you're
not being funded to get them done um that takes a lot of planning and teamwork to make sure that we're not losing any Services um especially in the world today when we're living in a very evolving political IC climate we really have to stick together and work well together to continue to provide the
services that we already provide and any other services that come in the future and the other big thing is technology technology moves extremely fast it's a part of all of our jobs but government tends to move slower than technology and
how do you bridge that Gap and how do you make that work um in an efficient and effective way to to continue to offer all the same services to the consumer constituents the third question is if selected for this position what would be
included in the transition plan as the new County coordinator um the trans transition plan would depend um I have commitments that I'm currently in the middle of that I would like to see through um but I'm willing to have the discussion and be transparent about what
that might look like um moving forward um I am in no rush I don't know where the county sits as far as um how immediate you're looking but it would definitely be something to to sit down and work on together um what would be
your first priorities I think um coming in with the history that I have and the knowledge of things that you know are probably happening um it was a little bit hard for me to answer because I want to jump right to
that but I think um in all honesty the first the first priority would be to look at innovative ways to enhance Communications um having had an The Experience um to to work in a different County and see how things are done I feel that maybe I could bring some new
insight or feedback to be looked at on how to really be Innovative and make sure that we have that whole Community feel and that teamwork and collaborative culture here in Grant County um obviously there would be time to learn about the progress of work that's been
completed since I've left and also get an understanding of any new projects that have come up in the meantime and then um personally I would need to get more connected I feel like with AMC and other County coordinators to kind of get a feel for for what that
world looks like and and how involved you should be and what are priority committees through AMC and things like that to get involved with all right thank you for that so now we're going to move into other questions and at the end we'll give you an opportunity to ask us some
questions so what do you consider to be the the significant aspect of building a positive work environment as the county coordinator what steps would you take to facilitate this outcome okay so aspects we'll start with
that um trust and loyalty loyalty to to your word if you say you're going to do something make sure it gets done um nothing can be accomplished unless there's trust with the people working together um transparency is extremely important um sometimes it's
okay to agree to disagree sometimes hard decisions have to be made but that transparency um goes a long way to to lean back on trusting each other that we all have the same end goal to serve the constitu of Grant County and then being loyal to your word um Communications I
think um you all probably had a file you deleted after I left with all the emails that I'd sent out I'm a big Communicator I think it's important and I would um make that a part of of the job and then I think follow through um we can't move
forward if we don't have any follow through and I think follow-through is really important um people need to be held to a high standard um because we serve our neighbors and and making sure things are happening that are that are supposed to be happening or if they said they were going to get you know done
make sure that um all of that is happening and and that coordination piece is something I do have a lot of experience with um most of that experience is in high stress environments and and working under that environment um to make sure that those follow the follow-through and things are
getting completed steps um I would use my historical knowledge of Grant County I think understanding um all the great strides that have happened through the years but also understanding some of the the
things that maybe we learned or could do better going forward I could bring that perspective to to it all through that historical knowledge um reaching out to my already established Network um of stakeholders in the County Community
Partners um and just residents in general having a solid understanding of what resources we have and what resources we might need and where we could maybe find them and then continue to use my strong work ethic and
organizational skills uh to again push through through and make sure there's followup and follow through on any initiatives all right what factors do you think leads to a successful organizational change and what factors hinder the process give us an example where you've helped lead organizational
change well I think um transparency is huge right if people don't trust you they're not going to want to work with you so I think um having the right people at the table making sure the conversations are being had at the right time with the right people and not um at
different times with maybe people that don't need to be involved and making sure that when um a decision is made that it gets shared with everybody it might affect um and also on the on the other side of that is if there's a decision to be made that will affect somebody making sure they're part of the
conversation from the get-go so they're they're aware of that um as far as examples I guess for transition let's just pick a Cyber attack
um I feel like that event here in Grant County kind of brought us from one era into a new era of where we have to really think so much bigger and broader than just Grant County or our immediate um area here that involved you know
people from around the globe and responding to that and recovering from that and transitioning through that time and becoming better because of it would be one example um this is a key management position within the county and it is critical that the successful candidate
be able to work well with the public incoming board comment on your skills which you would which would enable you to succeed in this area I'm not shy so I think that's that's helpful um I tend to be very funny so I can lighten the mood for any
kind of serious climate if it's needed but I also feel that it can bring some um value and integrity to a very important or intense situation I like to be a positive impact in everything I do um understanding that not everybody
might always agree um but I I am not afraid of of the the hard things I think with um professionalism transparency and good communication skills you can work through those all right so this is a scenario
question the County Board is trying to decide on a controversial topic you have very strong personal feelings on the subject you are asked by the County Board to prepare a summary for your for the board members on the pros and cons for them to make a decision at their next meeting discuss your process and
outcome well the process would start when the very first conversation took place um I love taking notes it's kind of organizational skills is one of my strong suits so I pride myself on always having notes to look back on and I would
start with that first conversation again kind of leading back to the things already discussed um making sure the right people are at the table if things come up in that initial meeting that um might include others and they're not there that first time making sure they get there um having the follow through
on the things that you know I would say I would do um making sure that's communicated making sure helping the board stay on task making sure that they um have follow through so when we do come together to meet because um time is
valuable and so all meetings are efficient and effective and we we have something tangible we have those minutes and documents documentation to look back on um as we move forward so building pros and cons um on a whiteboard which
is one of my favorite things to do is to use a whiteboard um is a skill I think I could bring to the table and I think um any personal bu um that you would have in this position would need to be set aside at times that
might be hard but I think um if you're good at the job and being very transparent um you can also be held accountable by your professional peers but I think um first and foremost is the constituents of gr County and what's best for them and how we can serve them
best so that would be the number one value or mission statement to every um project that was initiated um and I think that's important to kind of have that mission statement when you begin a new project or initiative so you can always go back to that when you come to those hard decisions or those tough
conversations to make sure that um we're all sticking to the end goal to serve the public at Grant County all right if you are asked to take the lead in a new program or project and there is not buy in from other department heads how will you get them on
board well you can lead a horse to water but you can't always make them drink it correct so again going back to um everything I've said already I think a lot of that I would hope could be um worked through that initial
communication process getting the right people involved from the very beginning so um if it's something that impacts them they have a voice I think everybody deserves the opportunity to be heard it doesn't mean everybody deserves the opportunity to get their way or to be
right I think um we all hold oursel to a level of professionalism that if we have the right people at the table and having that transparency and those discussions at the right time and not at different times or with different audiences but with the Right audience and we start off
on the right foot and we stay on the right path we can get to a resolution um and it might take you know me included or the board included or other department heads included everybody has to be fluid and flexible right sometimes we're given um variables that that are
outside of our control but I think again going back to good documentation um timing the right people and um transparent communication I think we can we can get through we can get we can get through it we've got through it
in the past we can I'm I'm very confident we can do it in the future all right so what do you feel the county coordinator's role should be with the County Board well I would um you know kind of put that back to the
County Board you know and have a clear understanding of what your expectations are um I think a coordinator the way I understand how a coordinator works is somebody that's here to to coordinate to help collaborate um it's you know to my
understanding it is not a position of authority per se to make Standalone decisions is to make sure all the right people are at the table to make the decision so um I would just try to help you guys look good right make sure that
you have all the information you need to make the decisions that you need to make um and so just like putting a puzzle together right you got to find all the right pieces for the part of the puzzle you're working on make sure all those pieces are together um be the one
constant that's always documenting is always um organizing the facts putting together the pros and cons um making sure that everybody's made aware and it's so much bigger than just internally right because if we're dealing with something that impacts one of our
communities or neighborhoods or you know if it's a water issue and it affects one Lake again making sure that somebody's always responsible to get the right players to the table from the beginning I think that coordinating piece is how I view this by the title um again there
would be some questions back to the board on what your expectations are um but I know there is a difference between a coordinator and an administrator and I understand that um coordination is is the priority piece and you know to use
the analogy of Emergency Management that's what a lot of Emergency Management is too is coordinating right getting all the right resources together to respond to something to recover to something and I think a coordinator is the same principle you get all the right people together all the right resources
together to to respond or to make a decision or to recover to start an initiative or new project you've answered kind of this I'm G ask it but what about during the discussion of a controversial subject at
the County board meeting what's the role the role is to understand Robert's Rules of orders and to make sure that we are staying aligned with how government the process of government is supposed to work I think you know there could be a lot of value and looking at you know
other meetings where you have the the meet and the potato discussion so when you come to the county board meeting all the information is already provided and so it's you know more of the decision-making piece to it and I think if you can get into that kind of culture
and that kind of habit hopefully those you know controversial conversations are not taking place at the at a public meeting for the first time they've been well discussed and thought out um so just the facts are in front as the county coordinator you have
five elction officials as your boss how will you balance their very needs and priorities well I think um just good time management um establishing trust um again making sure that all the
conversations that happen are um you know you're transparent you're not meeting with five individual people of a board member when you're doing board business you if it's a committee of of the board and there's two Commissioners or it's you know a
discussion where all the Commissioners are are a part of it just making sure that um you're having that same conversation that the trust is there and that the transparency is there that the follow through is there and that really you
know Communications is huge and documentation and taking notes and um providing packets of information um and just keeping everybody on the same page consistent messaging is extremely important um some will say in an
emergency which it is but I think it's extremely important for everyday operations as well leadership ability is vital to the success of this position please describe what leadership means to you how you have provided it in your past jobs and your experience in organizing or being
part of a team well that's a lot of information um to answer I think lead ERS ship wise I think I've worked with all of you in different initiatives and different
emergencies where I've been a leader um I'm not a leader that likes to stand alone I'm a leader that likes to understand my weaknesses and surround myself with people that have really good strengths to fill those weaknesses so it's
a well balanced group of people working together um if we look at Co when hit um and how Grant County responded that would been would have been a leadership role um when the Cyber attack happened a leadership role I've taken leadership
roles within our communities um organizing and um helping host community events uh working at the fair working with the fair board again I think that bigger picture of understanding who the stakeholders are um who the Community
Partners are um and what resources we have here I think I I bring a strong knowledge of that and I think that you know helps me to be able to lead a discussion but again I I like a a team approach I'm very team orientated it
probably started back in high school when I was in sports and being on a team and all the things you learn from doing things like that and to being a parent with two young men that I have to be a very strong leader sometime with them um
and then just having again 25 years of experience in County government and understanding that the collaboration is definitely needed to to make progress how will you build Report with your fellow Department well I think um making sure
that each department head is seen and heard or felt seen and heard getting to understand what their departments do what Their needs are what strengths they can bring to the table um what are some of the needs they might have and um just building off that you know
number one priority in a positive work environment of trust and loyalty you say you're going to do something do it if there needs to be follow through you do follow through um make sure you're transparent nobody likes to feel like they're blindsided with something so um
Communications is key all right so the board have additional questions I do talk about transparence and follow through
and obviously wealth of experience in Grant County and you talked about the coordinator's position comparative to like the administrators do you sense when you apply the trust transparency and follow through
that you could navigate into the Lane of more of a leader with the department heads or how do what's your view to because you're in a sense you're an equal not you're not an administrator you sense your your knowledge and experience and your style will you get
in their lane or talk about that well I think trust is trusting that all the department heads are extremely capable and doing their job to the best of their ability so I would never feel that it would be appropriate for me to question anything like that um I always assume
that everyone is doing the best they can do um I think any kind of conversation about an administrator would be a different meeting because today we're talking about the coordinator position and I feel strongly that the coordinator position is just that a coordinator
position um in the future if the board would move in a different direction than the conversation could be had at that time but I feel very confident that the department heads here in Grant County are very good at their job and they just need another ass they need they're an
asset to Grant County they're an asset to this position and understanding how this position could support them thank you questions I'd like to touch on a little bit of the role that you used to be in
in Emergency Management okay and this is just you know what I've seen and worked with in the past with Dwight and I sit on the Emergency Services Board and the the follow through and the carrying of the ball you know whether it
be emac or it' be you know owners and operators and rack and things like that there's a lot of moving parts to that that central region board and you were a critical point on that you took care of things there was always our commitment and we see it on the board level as far
as us on our leadership and you know the people that are in those roles and us as a as a commitment of showing up to meetings and taking care of business was you know I'm going to give you an hand way on that because there's a lot of women Parts on that and you did
a great job there so I'll just say that any questions all right questions for us um well I think some of it was already kind of answered to just kind of what the expectations are and you know where
you're at with things right now and how you see this position kind of integrating in and picking up and moving forward um but the clarity on the coordinator you know because I think a coordinator is a coordinator it's an
equal player to to come to the table and that is how I'm entering this application and interview is that's what I'm being hired for questions or comments questions or comment all right we were interviewing today and so the
board will make the decision we will go from there and be in contact with you after all right thank you for your time thanks for coming in enjoy the rest of your day well I'd like to start the discussion by making the motion that
we have the Personnel committee negotiate hiring Tinus we have a motion in a second any more discussion about either candidate I guess I got a question um see reference
commitments so are we looking at opur to start at a specific date with understanding that we might have have some transition where she would be taking on some duties in her prior employment a little bit like Carl's doing or is this going to
be I mean obviously maybe in your negotiations you'll find that out but if if if she says well this gets extended where are we at with that or is that a Personnel committee discussion that would be note with
Personnel to figure that piece out or get that information but yeah and I'm find that but I I think we should and you find that all it's important well that would be part of the the onboarding and you know to me that
is part of why I like CB has made a commitment and saying yes this is what I want to do but I'm not going to walk away from that commitment I want to see it through which is that's a good
character can we touch on a little bit of the strengths of both candidates just is a discussion M um I I think they're both strong candidates and I think they they both have been in government and I think they're they're both leaders and this is again a tough
decision to make as far as a board level but there's there's a need to be able to you know meet everybody in the middle and you know and and have a negotiating you know
ability for you know things that that progress and things like that but even just you know as far as budgets and where things are at and a little bit of backbone to say no and I'm not willing and ready to bring that to the board yet and things like that you know both of
them are probably very very strong in that aspect but you know we need continuity and strong leadership and like I said both candidates I think you know displayed
that so again it's a tough decision but I will support the board's decision when we do V I'd like to say same I I know both of these candidates I've watched them uh
for many many many years and and uh I know they both they both do a good job they're well respected um I just want to make that known that that they are top candidates both of them
so we were lucky to have full interview any more discussion all in favor to motion signify by saying I I I poos Kar the personel committee will set up a
meeting to discuss the offer and once we can agree um with the candidate then I'll come to the board with for approval of that so that's kind of these or your I can take them if
you'd like anybody got anything else then yours look blank oh no you did take Little J at 11:32 yeah you did good