Good morning everyone and welcome to the uh organ reorganizational meeting for Tuesday, January 6, 2025 of the Kanye County Board of Commissioners. Please stand for the pledge. I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. want to thank everyone for uh being here today uh uh folks with interest before
the board as well as uh uh as well as folks who are uh visiting with us today. So, thank you for your attendance. Uh at this point in time, uh we'll call for election of the uh chair and vice chair uh of the board. Uh we'll start with the
chair. Are there any nominations, >> Mr. Chair? It dominates the rear. >> Thank you. Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Third and final. Are there any other nominations?
Hearing none, nominations will cease and uh we'll go to a vote. All in favor of uh the current chair as chair for 2026 say I. >> I. >> I. All opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. Uh and then uh we'll accept
nominations for vice chair. >> Mr. Chair, I shall nominate Dwayne Anderson. >> Thank you. And are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations?
Third and final. Any other nominations? Hearing? None. Nominations will cease and we will vote. All in favor of Dwayne Anderson for vice chair say I. >> All opposed. >> Motion passes. Thank you. Uh at this
time, we'll accept approval of the uh uh agenda. I would like to uh upon uh Commissioner Berg's suggestion uh flip-flop the 910 and the 940 items uh out of uh uh respect for the time from
for our guest today as well as uh uh our county auditor. Uh so we would move the uh approval of the bid and appointment of official newspaper as the first item. Are there any objections to doing so? All right. Hearing none, then I'd accept
a motion to approve the agenda. >> U Mr. Chair, I'll uh move the agenda as amended. >> I'll second that. >> Thank you. And um any comments, questions? Hearing none. All in favor of approval
of the agenda say I. >> All opposed. >> Motion passes. Next item then are uh uh the uh is the approval of the consent agenda. The consent agenda consists of uh several
action items that are considered to be uh non-controversial and uh andor routine. They include the approval of the December 16th, 2025 county board legal minutes, the approval of the auditor's warrants and claims paying the
bills and approved renewal of the medical medical examiner contract for services with Anoka County. Uh does anyone uh wish to pull any of these consent agenda items for further
discussion? Hearing none, then I would request a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Mr. Chair, I move. >> Thank you. And a second. >> I'll second it, Mr. Chair. >> Very good. Thank you. And uh any discussion?
Hearing none. All in favor of approval of the consent agenda say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Motion passes. At this time then I'll request that uh County Auditor uh Lisa Whis come up to the uh uh podium
and uh present uh regarding uh uh discussion of resolution 2026-1 approval of bid and appointment of official newspaper. Lisa, good morning. >> Good morning. I'm I'm Lisa Whis, county auditor treasurer. I'm here to present the bids received to publish the
required legal notices for Candyohigh County. Candyohigh County requested bids for the 2026 first and second legal publications of the annual financial statement, delinquent taxes, and all legal public notices. Those were presented to you in your board packet.
Um, we published in the West Central Tribune on Wednesday, December 10th for bids and we emailed directly to the West Central Tribune and the Lakes Area Review for bids. The time frame to submit bids was Monday, December 8th, um through 8:01 a.m. on Friday, December
19th. Bids were received either at the county office um directed to me, the county auditor, or via email to me at lisa.wekcmn. us. Two bids were received and they were presented in your packet in the order that they were received. The first bid
was from the Lakes Area Review. Um that was received via email on December 13th. um their bid is for um a standard advertising unit rate for the first printing of $9 on the second printing also of $9. And then once we reach
either the 1290 standard um advertising units, which is the equivalent of $11,1610, then those would be dropped to $8 for each of those. Um the um additional notices that we would
require them would be at the $9 as well. Um West Central Tribune submitted a bid that was also received via email on December 18th. Their bid for a standard advertising unit is $10 for the first printing and $7.50 for duplicate
printings. Um and those two bids are identical to what has been received in the last two years. So this is the third year of identical bids. Um there was some requests for some financial information related to
the cost of those bids. Um because the bids were the same for the past several years. What I was able to do is take what we did pay currently in 2025. if we had um paid that to the other um so what we did pay West Central Tribune was the
legal paper for 2025 if it had been um Lakes Area Review at the rates that are in here the savings would have been $4,358.94. um Lakes Area Review was the legal paper in 2023 uh and for legal notices and West
Central Tribune was the official newspaper for legal notices for 2024 and 2025. So I do have numbers on what we paid to each of those when they were the official newspaper. However, those numbers and I can give them to you, but they're not comparing apples to apples
because we do not publish the same um quantity of notices each time. So in 2025, there was a lot of legal notices published related to um the drainage management and some of those pieces. And so that's not the equivalency. So I felt
like a comparison of what we did pay versus what we would have paid and what the difference was gave you a little better picture of what those cost differences would be. >> Thank you. U and and I do understand that uh the it's it's not exactly apples
to apples on >> Yeah. uh uh on some of this. Do we do we have a lot of uh legal notices that require a second printing or other subsequent printings? Is that >> uh public works has um several that require three printings and then with a
drainage authority they also had some that required three printings. um county auditor is required to um print the delinquent tax list but that list is not identical at the second printing because if anybody comes in and cures then that list is different so
those would not be identical duplicate printings. The identical duplicate printings come out of public works and there are quite a few of them. >> Thank you. Are there any questions for uh for Lisa from the board?
All right. Hearing none. Thank you so much. Uh you've heard the presentation from uh from the auditor. Uh does anyone wish to make a motion? >> Mr. Chair, I would move that we take the lower of the two bids for the Lakes Area Review.
>> Thank you. Is there a second? >> Hearing none. The motion dies for lack of a second. Is there another motion to be made? >> Mr. Chair, I'd like to make uh the first motion for 2026 uh-1 and the resolution is 2026-1.
And I'd like to uh make a motion that the the bid would go to West Central Tribune. >> Thank you. Is there a second? >> I'll second that, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. Uh discussion, Commissioner Mck.
>> Thank you. Um yeah, for for many years the the argument has been made that um because there's online presence of the West Central Tribune that that compels us to go with them and there currently is online uh availability of all the
legal notices at no cost to anybody from the from the Lakes Area Review as well. >> Commissioner Berg, >> Mr. Chair, uh thank you, Mr. Chair. uh often in the past uh the directors of both newspapers gave
little updates and I was wondering if we could request that again. >> I'm sorry. >> I was wondering if anybody in the audience if they would want to give any updates or comments at all if that's appropriate. >> Um
Go ahead and Ted, just for the record, please just uh identify yourself. >> Ted Elmine, publisher of the Lakes Area Review. Um, yeah, I mean, my bid pretty self-explanatory as Roger did say. However, um, just recently, we're just
bringing an online uh website online. We do plan on putting all the legal notices uh on there for free so anybody can see them if they uh want to uh if they want to see the legal notices online. Also,
our paper goes to every um every um address in New London, Spicer Towns and Routes and the uh all the rail routes that abuted including Panox Sunberg and Wilmer route 4.
Uh I I don't know if you uh had noticed I did include in my bid a um a notation asking you to consider uh using both newspapers. I know it's an extra cost. We've been doing that in Swift County
for five six years and in Chipoa County for much longer than that. We we own the Clare City Herald and the Kirkov banner as well. Uh uh as I think I said in my my note to you, we feel it's uh it's well I think the county is fortunate to
have two good newspapers. >> Um uh legal notices have become a very important part of the revenue for uh newspapers as Kelly will um agree.
Uh and but maybe more importantly um citizen knowledge is uh very important to the county and to the county commissioners. Uh I feel for relatively small cost you could include all um you could give e
easy access to people throughout the county or most most uh parts of the county by u adopting the same uh proposal that we're doing in swift county and in Chipo County. Um
other than that I yeah my my bid is fairly straightforward. We would appreciate the business of course. Uh certainly understand uh uh that you have to make a decision based on what you feel is best for the county. And uh
thank you for the opportunity. >> Thank you so much. Uh did anyone have any questions for Ted before he >> No. >> All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um Kelly, same thing. Just introduce yourself.
>> Kelly. Kelly Balden, the editor and site manager at the West Central Tribune. Uh with our bid, we have the coverage and with the West Central Tribune, plus also it's provided free in the reminder, which is for all non-subscribers in the
county. Ted and I are friends. We both serve on the M&A board. Um both believe in newspapers and the county is very fortunate to have two good newspapers here from that standpoint. So, um, thank you for supporting us both, uh, this
past year and good luck with your decision. >> Thank you. >> Were there any questions for Kelly? >> No questions, but I'll have a comment when the question period is over. >> Were there any questions for Mr. Balden? >> Great. Thank you. >> All right. Uh, then, Roger, go ahead.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, I would not be comfortable spending the extra money because we seem to be putting a lot of pressure on property taxes as it is. But certainly uh I could support uh alternating the um the official newspaper especially in light of the
fact that um the Lakes Area Review now providing free access to everybody for the legal um uh printings. And so, uh, I guess there's no real reason to spend the extra money, uh, at this time.
>> Thank you. Um, I'm going to look to either the administrator or the auditor for a clarification on, uh, the idea that Mr. Alain uh, brought up uh, uh, using both
newspapers. And I I I I don't know that we have the ability to award to both that uh >> do I understand that correctly? or a shame
>> you can provide um a secondary and I think what Ted is referring to is um what Swift and Chipua do is they have an official newspaper and they have a secondary um and um with knowing that information
then they alternate throughout and each year each newspaper takes a year And it's a it's a conversation I think the publishers have on the price. And so it's it's a consistent price that's being brought to the county board and to
ensure that local business stays within local business that we're utilizing um every other newspaper. >> Statute does address that. Yes. >> Yes. And statute does address that. That that is um a viable solution to do. Right.
The other piece is um we are required to print the financial statements in two newspapers and so we do that. So we're printing it in the official newspaper and the other newspaper in the county and that is done annually. That is also required by statute.
>> And I also I also recall that I think in years past we have uh made that secondary newspaper designation. Uh we >> do every time. Does that uh does that typically uh require uh a different resolution? >> Yes, >> it you would you would have to call it
out in the resolution. Um if the board were to choose to do the secondary, we could list the sec we could amend the resolution, add the secondary, and then moving forward um for 2728 the future, we could always add that language within the resolution that would have the
official newspaper along with the secondary newspaper listing that as well. Thank you, Commissioner Mdeck. >> Thank you. So, by listing a secondary newspaper, would we be accepting the bid that was uh placed? So, essentially,
we'd be doing what Mr. Alain is saying is that we would be paying both newspapers um for that rate. Um, >> so so if we have a secondary paper, this isn't about just printing the uh
financial statements or property taxes or that that >> be all of them. >> Yeah. >> So if we had a secondary, we would be in fact paying both newspapers to run >> correct >> all legals. >> Correct. >> Okay. Okay. That's that's the
clarification that I was looking for because I thought when we had done that secondary and maybe it wasn't a secondary uh designation that we've done in years past >> it was but I don't know. >> Yeah. Um and uh you know being if statute
requires that uh uh that we have uh that second newspaper for those uh other publications then maybe that second resolution isn't necessary. >> Correct. That that's how I would read it. Um,
but again, I would defer to Shane. >> Shane, you're still looking. >> No, my read has been the same as what? >> Mr. Can you repeat what you said? >> Oh, um, pull your mic. >> The conversation that's been had, I agree with what's people are saying
about, >> Mr. Chair. >> Yes. >> Would you summarize that, please? uh what's been said is the way I read the statutes too. So one primary, if you have a secondary,
then you don't need you have the other cost and you do need multiple for the financials. >> You you would pay both then. >> Yeah.
>> Okay. All right. Any other Commissioner Dander? >> So, what's the extra cost if we do to the secretary? I mean, how much does it actually get to be? I I know you can't say exact, but how much more do you think it would be, >> Mr. Chair?
>> Um, let me uh let's let let's get Dale's question asked and answered first. Is that all right? Or >> I was just going to suggest that she could use last year's numbers because she made the comparison. >> Yes, I have those for you. So, for 2025,
and this was year-to- date through um payments that have been processed through December 17th, um we paid the West Central Tribune um $28,34310. Had those been based on the bids for Lakes Area Review, that would have been $23,984.
So, that was a difference of $4,358.94. So, if you were to publish in both, you'd be increasing your cost by that $23,000. >> So, uh ju just so I understand, we would be we would be paying then uh over $50,000 to
>> correct >> publish in both in both newspapers. Okay. >> Uh Commissioner B. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Dale, did we get >> Yep. Yep. No, that that's what I was trying to figure out. >> Right. Commissioner Berg,
>> those are stripped out of there. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, actually, I I kind of like the idea uh that we do fund both newspapers, but it gets a little bit more complicated as we can see and it is a significant amount of money on the other hand. Uh, but we would get the
value to more transparency, more information or support that in our communities is really important. So, but I'm also concerned that if we just automatically did that, the having the bids really do probably help keep the prices down. And so, I don't know how
sure how we would deal with that as well. But I do like that idea very much and that we would have to go through this every year and I think a budget our size, we certainly could afford that if we felt it would be reasonable. >> So, Mr. Yeah, go ahead. Um
28,000 Lisa, the 28,984 we would have paid Lakes Area Review last year. Wouldn't we have to subtract out of that what we paid them for uh publishing the legal or the financial statement is the financial >> it's the financial statement is stripped
out of there. >> Oh, okay. >> Commissioner Danderson. Well, I guess I just want to say a com a comment more than a question, but you know, we are blessed by having two good papers. I, you know, I know it got me in trouble
four years ago when I had to be the one to vote on this when it was a big change, but um, you know, I I partly feel that that the New London paper does such a great job of reporting on what we do in here and the Wilmer paper covers, you
know, the southern half of the county. So, we're we're getting the best of both worlds to me and and I really want to thank both of you because I really think we do have great coverage for our county. Um, so that's that's the only thing. But if we could support both of them and people would think that was
okay, I think that would be a great way to to do it also. But but we do have very very good newspapers and I thank you guys, >> Mr. Chair. Commissioner B. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. also like to point out from my point of view anyway that what's the Tribune is more of a regional
newspaper and there's I suppose good or bad you could look at that from because we're looking at just Candy County for the bids but we are regional and to stay as a regional uh uh center that we do want that and we do want that paper as well spread out further that if people
are looking for that for bids that that would be an option as well but now there's plans to go with the internet even more so I kind of still like the concept cept of of uh if we could somehow finagle both of them. I'm not sure how we do that to make everybody happy or keep the price down. I'm not
sure. That's my concern. >> Are there any other questions or comments from members of the board? Commissioner Mdeck. >> So, I I think we can get the best of both worlds. We accept the low bid and um we alternate accept the low bid this
year and we alternate uh awarding the U contract from year to year. This this essentially is about the legal notifications. Okay. >> And that legal notification has been satisfied.
>> Thank you. Um any any last questions? >> Lisa, did you have something? >> Well, just to Roger's point, right, what you are voting on is what is the official paper that we publish the legal notifications in? It doesn't deal with
who shows up to report on the board action and activities. We are strictly choosing the official newspaper for where we publish our legal notices. And so the legal notices are the delinquent
taxes, public works bid notices, the drainage authority notices, and like I said, the financial statements, we do have a statutory requirement to publish those in both newspapers. So that's what this is about. Where do
we publish the legal notices? >> Commissioner B. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh if I understand what people are saying is that that we would accept the lowest bid, but we'd alternate each newspaper each year after that. It
doesn't make sense to the lowest bid. That doesn't really matter after the first year then. Right. Right. act to there's no point in bidding if you're going to alternate every year afterwards. Is that what you're saying, >> Mr. Chair? >> Yes. >> That is a a contradiction of sorts. I I
think the statute actually states that uh you should be taking the lowest bid. Uh, and I'll and I'll ask for clarification from whoever wants to give that because I know uh different bid processes might have different uh rules, but uh we we don't always have to take
the lowest bid. It's uh is the statutory language, Shane, the low uh uh lowest responsible bidder. I mean, boards typically have latitude to accept bids that are not necessarily
the lowest. >> Well, yeah, that's what it says for the bidding process. >> Okay. Any other questions, comments? >> I just think it's >> Dwayne Anderson >> lowest reasonable bid. >> That's it. Okay.
All right. So, at this time, we have a motion and a second on the floor to uh uh move resolution 2026-01 uh and appoint the West Central Tribune as the official newspaper for 2026.
Um are we ready to vote? All in favor of the motion is brought forward signify by saying I. >> I. >> All opposed? >> Nay. Thank you. That motion uh passes.
Uh thank you both so much and uh uh I just want to echo what uh what you pointed out and what we all already know here and that we are exceptionally fortunate to have uh two outstanding newspapers in uh uh in our community. So,
Commissioner B, >> I I really would like to encourage everybody still to think next year coming around that that we look at both newspapers as much as possible, making them as possible. >> Both very important in our community.
I think both bring different different things to the table. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you. >> Thank you all. Now, >> all right. At this time, we'll move to the reorganizational meeting. And uh Kelsey, do you kind of want to uh preface this for us or
shall I go for it? She does. All right. Uh so, uh at this point in time, what we're talking about here is the u um different uh boards, committees, commissions that we all serve on. And uh
in your benefit uh we have two separate lists. Uh one is kind of the quick guide uh as to which committee uh uh uh we have a primary and an alternate uh uh on. There are a number of different
committees where uh the entire board uh meets as a whole. some of these uh does is is anyone here have we ever uh had a noxious weed meeting? >> Roger, have you had
>> I'm not aware of one >> in your time, but it's but it's there. Uh Mr. Chair, I I think that one is just if uh there can't be a resolution at the you know with with the noxious weed inspector. So
>> I think then it comes before that board. >> Sure. And uh uh so so there are some of those types of things. Some of these are monthly uh meetings. Some of them are uh on uh you know exceptionally important
uh uh boards and others that are maybe uh sometimes advisory as much as anything else. Uh but nevertheless uh we all divide that out and take uh take responsibility for representing the county on all of these different boards.
Uh, I would like to ask uh first does does does anyone have any uh uh burning desire to pick up or uh get rid of any committees that uh uh that they're on.
Uh Commissioner Dale Anderson. Well, there is a couple that that intrigued me a little bit that I was writing notes about, but um Do you want me to say which ones? >> Yeah. Yeah, why don't you go ahead? >> Well, uh the Health and Human Services
one I would really be interested in um if if that's an option. And then the Planning and Zoning Board is the other one. >> All right. And of course we have uh we have incumbents uh serving in uh uh in
each of those. And uh uh perhaps as we go through the list uh uh they might uh they might wish to uh offer up uh uh whether or not they wish to continue or what have you. So um I'd like I I don't
know that uh there other than that is does anyone else have any anything like that? because I'm I'm I'm pretty happy with uh with all the different assignments that I have, for example. So, um and I think
we uh I think we had a pretty good year representing the county last year, frankly. Um so, I know that in years past we've gone through each and every single one of these individually. I don't uh Commissioner,
>> thank you. Um, so we work pretty hard to um try to balance out these committee assignments uh amongst the five of us. So I would ask uh Commissioner Anderson if he were to um be on one of these two committees that he mentioned, which ones
he would be um interested in in getting off of. >> Uh I didn't think about that way. Um, you just wanted more work. >> Well, >> I really don't know what to be honest. Roger.
>> Mr. Chair, Commissioner B. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, Commissioner Anderson, you mentioned uh Health and Human Services Committee, which I serve on as well, and fairly knowledgeable about that committee and
and I enjoy being on that. On the other hand, I am very knowledgeable about that. that I know you expressed in the past that you were interested in it and then I we even talked about it last year and then you weren't and now you are. Um I'm just kind of wondering how negotiable this is. My turn is coming up
for lunches in about three months. No. Uh, joking aside, um, I if you're interested, I I would be willing to switch. I'm not sure switch with you for anything, but >> u >> I mean the world ain't getting I don't
get on them but I mean it was just one that I wrote down >> and maybe I could be the alternate then too to fill in for >> both of you because it is an interesting committee and and it is an important committee and there's a lot happening there but it I think it'd be good going
forward that people do get some different experiences. >> Understood. All right. So, um it's probably just as easy to uh Does anyone have a preference as to
which list we want to work off of? Uh uh probably the more involved list. Let's uh uh let's kind of go through that. I do want to uh uh very briefly if we can I I do want to point out a couple of items. Um
uh where there are uh when we approve these committees uh for example there are various appointments and reappointments on uh the planning commission as well as the uh board of adjustment was it uh that uh that would take place um uh that uh folks have
already found uh uh either uh replacements for or or reappointments. So those are already noted uh in our uh in our lists here. Um, and those would go into effect uh once we approve all of the uh uh various committee
appointments. >> U m Mr. Chair, if I may >> uh you go ahead and then I've got Dale. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. Um question for Roger M. Uh Commissioner Mdeck, you got the extension committee, right? >> Yeah, I think my name is down on that. Yeah. >> Yeah, it said it's flipped. I seen that.
>> Yeah. So might want to put his name on there instead of mine. >> Mr. Chair, >> go ahead. >> Um, Mr. Abreaker, is I have a printed version here. Is that >> than what's on here? It's a lot easier to look at the printed version than scrolling through here.
>> No, that version that you have is correct, too. >> Okay. >> Not correct, but it's always hard >> the same. >> It's the same that's on there. Um, but correct. Commissioner Mike is on extension. Um the if I may suggest for
Commissioner Anderson, if there was a a board that Commissioner Mdike could sit on, if you were to swap, um I would maybe recommend CCT for Commissioner MD. >> That's what I was just going to say. >> That's um they've also gone through some changes and I think that would be
beneficial for Roger to sit on that as well. Um, >> I sit on that board and I and I agree >> and I do actually sometimes have a conflict with that one also. That was why I was thinking about >> when does it meet?
>> It typically meets. >> It's on a Friday. Yeah, it's a third Friday. >> Thank you. >> Third Friday of every month. >> 9:00 a.m. >> 9:00 am. Yep. and that is an organization going through some transition at this time. So
to uh the administrator's point uh uh Roger your experience there might be I think at this point I I would prefer to remain on uh on planning and zoning. >> Okay. >> All right. So
just as a point of clar as we get to these um various committees where we have a uh a citizen appointee are we going to make them as we get to them or or how is that going to work? >> Um I'll I'll defer to the administrator
on this there I think those are already accounted for in here >> then then this probably isn't up to date. I have not I have not received anything, right? >> Um since November when this was distributed to the board. Melissa had distributed this. Um the last board
meeting I said to contact me if you have any appointees. I did receive one from one commissioner. Um that citizen appointee is in >> um it within your packet. Yep. For planning commission. Um Vicky Davis has agreed to serve on our planning
commission. Her name is included in that board packet. I did not receive any other names from the commissioners for citizen appointees. >> Okay, >> Mr. Chair, I do have someone for planning and zoning to replace John Nelner who was um given his notice of um
resignation because of changes in his employment. And the person would be um Ben Johnson from New London living in Irving Township. And I apologize to administrator Baker. I did inform
uh Director Van Dyken that I had somebody there, but I >> Okay. >> forgot to. >> Yeah. And I had I had reached out to the director and asked for a list by uh by district and it was simply noted at that
time also that uh um uh that position needed replacement. uh the atlarge position uh which is held by former county commissioner Raleigh Nissen uh is needs reappointment and that would be
assumed uh upon uh adoption of this but you have Mr. Johnson for uh for that other opening >> the NER one. Yes. >> Yep. >> He could have been John Nielder could have been uh had another term but he's
chosen not to. >> Sure. And uh and you had made the appointment uh for uh district one >> for district one. Vicky Davis please. Yes. >> So uh if we approve all those then that's same as approving that
individually and I'm going to be happy to contact >> are those on the planning and zoning? >> Yeah, this would be this would be planning and zoning. Uh and there is a uh uh reappointment uh for district one on the board of adjustment. >> Yes. I and I do not have one person yet.
>> And and or pardon me, >> I do have to get someone for that person. >> Oh. And uh and is the person who is on there now willing to be reappointed? >> No. >> Ah, okay. >> All right. So then you need to find
someone else. >> All right. Well, let's let's do this. Let's kind of take the planning commission uh uh separately on this just because of these uh uh appointments uh that uh need to be noted then that uh for district 4 uh uh the position there
would be filled by Ben Johnson of New London and then uh for district one Vicky Davis of Wilmer and then you'll be uh finding someone for that board of adjustment >> board of adjustment >> um >> does the uh Does the board agree with
this? >> Who would uh Vicky Davis be replacing on here? >> Uh that is Dan Haldine. >> Is it Dan? >> Yeah. Okay, >> Mr. Chair. >> Yes. >> Yes. I I think with all the changes taking place on planning and zoning, it
would be a good idea that Commissioner Mdeck stay on there at least with experience that he has of this many years. >> All right. Um, Commissioner Anderson, anything else to add in that regard?
>> Well, let's just uh let's just affirm then the uh appointments on the planning commission for now. >> Uh, Mr. Chair, I so move that we make an affirm all those appointments on the Kandu County Planning and Zoning Commission as listed.
>> Thank you. Is there a second? >> I'll second it. >> Thank you. Any discussion? All right, hearing none. All in favor say I. I. >> All opposed. That motion passes. And then now I can get out of that screen and go back over here. Uh so let's just
kind of go uh uh go through uh and I'm going to going to take several of these uh uh supporting hands nurse family partnership. Myself and commissioner DL Anderson serve uh as well as the uh Candy Ohio Renville Community Health
Board. Uh I just just give me a head nod if anyone has any >> I I see there's an open position. Is that is and I'm looking at the older paper so it may have been maybe that's old too. >> I would have to uh I would have to check
with the uh director on that uh on that appointment. >> Yeah. And it might be Renville. >> Yeah, it might be Renville. >> I do believe that it was Renville from the last meeting we had. Yes. >> Yep. Yep. I think that's I think that's correct. Uh scrolling through uh Candy
County Board of Adjustment. That's the one that you're going to uh Yes. >> find someone for. C >> can I Yes. >> Um it was on a different page where we had the quick things whatever is we kind of skipped over the glacial lake
sanitary and sewer and water. Can we include this in your slate of appointees that we'll probably make one motion um you know once we until we get to one that we have to have a discussion about. Um, yeah. I'm just I'm just looking at the list that I have here and I didn't
see that there was anybody that needed a reappoint this time. >> No, but we still need to um acknowledge all the all the committees that we referred them. >> Oh, yes. Yeah. So, yeah. So, so certainly we'll note that uh uh and I apologize that was the bottom of the uh
other page. So, uh, Glacial Lake Sanitary Sewer and Water District, uh, moving forward, um, extension committee, uh, that was already mentioned here, um,
uh, Candida County HR and, uh, that is, uh, that is fully, uh, staffed with, uh, at the moment uh, Woodland Centers where >> with with this on my list says there's an open position.
>> Yeah, mine is too. >> So, it's filled. >> Okay. >> Who Who fil? >> Uh that was uh the one Shelley Gayy. Is that the one you were looking at? >> Yep. >> That's that should be the newest uh appointee to the H board
>> in the packets. >> Thank you. Once approved, if I may then, Mr. Chair, once approved, um, and all the corrections are made, I can send out the updated list to the board of commissioners. >> And and and this would have been a
failing on my part as well, but uh uh for several of these uh committees, we don't have the 2026 uh meeting dates uh yet. So, uh if uh if those of us who are serving on those committees uh see that the 25 uh meeting dates are still there,
let's uh uh get updates to uh to admin so they can uh add those in as well. Uh Woodland Centers where Commissioner Berg serves. Uh Pioneer Land Regional Library uh Commissioners Anderson's uh serve on that. Um Community
Corrections Advisory Committee. Uh, and I'm happy to see that that is uh uh uh we have we have additional uh members from the veterans community. Uh I think a year or two ago we were starting to see some folks uh going off of that and
they weren't being replaced. So I'm glad to see that we have uh um Oh no, I'm sorry. I'm thinking of veterans. >> Yeah, sorry about that. >> Jumping >> community corrections um veteran service advisory. the very next one. Uh so so so
now my comment is is valid. Uh to this point any anything here that anybody needs to make any changes on going forward? North Fork Crow River Watershed District uh Commissioner Mdeck and uh Commissioner Dale Anderson as
alternate. Um would you like to discuss very briefly the uh uh AIS task force committee that we have on here and uh uh and and we're seeing that as a deletion.
>> Mr. Could I suggest that what we've done so far we go ahead and affirm? >> There's probably going to be some discussion here. >> Is that a motion? >> Yeah. Yes. I'd move on the committees that we have um just covered
>> down through North Fork Crew River wershed district. One watershed one plan. Oh, no. That's that's not the one wershed one plan. That's the regular water district. Okay. >> All right. Is that a motion? >> Yes. >> Thank you. I'll second. Uh discussion
hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. All opposed. That motion passes. uh AIS AIS task force uh committee. Uh so that is uh that is scheduled uh uh for elimination. Uh and uh I know we've
received a couple of comments on that and uh Commissioner Mdeck, did you wish to address this? Um, you know, I know we did pass the resolution, but um, you know, some question came up about the funding that still remains in in place. And I'm
pretty sure Commissioner Dwayne Anderson um would agree with me that that's been a very active committee and I'm wondering if uh if that was the right thing to do >> because there's a lot of grants that are awarded and there's a lot of discussion
on each of the grants every year and um I really like to see the citizens of county being involved where they're able to be involved in and so um I'm wondering if we did the right thing here. Uh, Commissioner Anderson. >> Yep. So,
problem with it is next year it's going to be cut in half their budget and uh it'd be nice to maybe get a little bit of a head start on savings and I I believe we pay out about $1,500 a year in pdiums and we could use that towards
uh you know projects if if we can. Uh Christa Krupa, she's she's a new lead on this here and she's very open to allowing people that are part of, you know, like lake associations or concerned citizens in general to just come in and visit with her and and she's
very open to that. Um and she will still keep sending out emails uh to the different lake associations and people that are interested uh to uh you know with updates on any kind of information for aquatic invasive species. So,
you know, it's hard to cut sometimes, but at at the same time when when you have a severe or drastic cut like that, I I think you got to kind of try to get ahead of it and we can kind of see how it goes this year and then, you know, we can always make changes in in the future. So,
>> but Commissioner Dwayne Anderson, >> um Dale or Dale, >> yeah, >> um the funding is still going to be there. So, we're still going to funnel the money through if we get funding for it and and there's still an opportunity for the people to be involved if they want to if I'm understanding it right
>> as well as the involvement from the various lake associations and that >> right thing as well. Commissioner Berg and then Commissioner. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. If I understand this right, um I think it's really important that the citizens really want to be part of this and I think we have
to give every opportunity that they are involved and it's uh we have other committees that there's no funding any funding available but we still have citizens and we pray pdeiums to them as well. So if we have a committee that's that's of some value and that's the
other question is it of a value of the committee and and it's a people feel it is I'm not on that committee so I really can't speak on behalf of it but if there's a concern uh from the people on the committee that they are doing a good job I think we have to listen to that. >> Uh Commissioner Ideck and then
Commissioner Dwayne Anderson. >> Yeah and I would concur with what Commissioner Bur is saying. We take we take uh funding from the levy to to get the input of the citizens on virtually every other committee that we have. This
was one that when the money was of award was awarded from the legislature to counties for AIS at that time the decision was made to make those dollars um to to have the prediums paid out of that. the uh at a time when the budget is being cut in half might be the most
important time for citizens to be involved at least in this next year when the funding is still there so that they can help guide the process into the future. And that's what they're asking for is is to be able to have a conversation amongst the task force as
to how we move forward in in 2027 when the budgeting or when the budget is actually cut. Right now, there are several lake associations in the county and they can bring anything forward to Kristen. She's
she's been very open to uh meeting with them if they want to meet and that way you can kind of work around having this meeting versus you can you can meet with the different lake associations or as a as a whole they can have a countywide lake association meeting and then she
would be willing to come and address them. and and uh Dwayne the u uh Commissioner Anderson um there uh this committee had been meeting monthly. >> Yes. >> Did you not not always but uh sometimes
the meetings would be cancelled but yeah was scheduled every month. >> Roger. >> Yeah. And I I'm uncomfortable with placing the ultimate authority in in in one person even though I trust Christa and that she would listen to the lake
associations but essentially puts the lake associations at odds with each other. uh and as a board they were much more judicial in in in uh discussing because I was there when we've discussed uh grant after grant after grant to the
different lakes and um I know that they they don't take that lightly. >> Uh I'll ask the administrator. We've taken a previous action on this correct or not? >> No action has been taken on removing it. it was talked about that it was going to
be removed going into 2026 and that was staff's recommendation to remove it. Um I would hope there wouldn't this in doing this it wouldn't put the lake associations at odds that we still would be able to work together. My understanding in talking with
Commissioner Anderson and the staff is that these meetings have been cancelled because of low attendance. Um it is there's there's no intention of staff to not administer the program that we have been doing and to not talk to lake associations or the public or any
citizen um moving forward. The intent is to still communicate with the public and the lake associations and any any individual regarding um AIS work within Candyoy County. Uh the intention is to continue to go after the grants and do
the work that we have been doing within Kenua County to improve um our situations with AIS. But as Commissioner Anderson said, the program is looking to be cut 50% going into 2027.
The future remains unknown of how much funding the counties will receive moving forward. And so this was a first step, but it's not um and still this task force um is not necessarily a board, but
also is a an advisory c task force that guides the staff in the work of the grants that we are getting um and provide input. And so I think I don't want there to be confusion that the staff won't go to these individuals and
lake associations for guidance and input moving forward. That still will be done. Um that's my understanding from talking to Commissioner Anderson and um the director of environmental services. >> Thank you. Uh Commissioner Mck.
>> So you know with that argument we could say that about all our committees. let's save the money and let's just let the department head make all the decisions on uh you know in Kenya County Renville Community Health we'll let um Sarah and Caroline make the decisions and on and
on and on about all the committees uh have we dis have we considered meeting less often like quarterly uh for the AIS task force and um you know certainly there seems to be if you read read your
emails there was a lot of consternation about this and I think it's valid to allow them to be part of the process if we wind it down. >> A nice problem to have. Exactly. Is >> Yeah. And I think and and and let me see
if I'm hearing hearing correctly is that there's I think what's being also said is that there's nothing that's going to preclude these individuals from continuing to be able to uh uh voice their uh opinions and concerns if this committee does not exist.
Okay, that's I I just I just wanted to get some clarification on that. commissioner and >> and again that's true of all of our advisory committees that are not uh in place as a result of statute like the the community corrections is is in place
uh is there by statute >> um >> as well as the uh uh Candi Renville uh >> several of them are but most of them are not >> and so you can make that argument again for every other committee is that well they know how to reach us here's the
phone number >> I'm going to ask the board uh what uh what the what their wishes are on this. The recommendation from staff has been to uh eliminate this committee. >> Mr. Chair, I would make a motion that we do not eliminate this committee at this
time and that we allow uh for the next year for the uh for the AIS committee to work with the uh director of the AIS task force to um uh figure out a way how to move forward with the uh reduced funding.
>> Mr. Chair, I'll second that motion. >> We have a motion and a second uh discussion. I'm going to ask for a clarifier on this, Roger, because you made a uh uh you asked the question if uh uh there has been any discussion about reducing these from monthly
meetings to quarterly meetings. Uh is that something that you would entertain within your motion? >> Um Mr. Chair, thank you. Um I don't think it's necessary at this point as they go through this process. they may want to meet more than four times to to iron this out and and get to an
acceptable position. And so, but going forward, if we then beyond 2026 have an AIS task force, uh certainly that would be a consideration then. >> All right. Thank you, uh, Commissioner Dwayne Anderson. >> So,
the the issue with this, we don't have to meet. The statute does not say that we have to meet. And so it's kind of unnecessary in a lot of ways. I know it's important to people, but they that's what the lake associations are for. And they can do it
that way. And then they can present to Christa or she can come to to their meetings if if they request that. Um if if we still want to meet, that's fine. Um, but we do have serious serious
cutbacks on this here for the next year and and it's it would be nice to kind of get ahead of it a little bit. So, >> and I'll I'll just say one other thing about Christa did put a lot of thought into this and and she's been struggling with it, but what you know faced with
the cuts uh that we're having it I'm glad that she's on top of things and and she's being very proactive on how to deal with this going forward. Thank you, Commissioner Dale Anderson. >> Well, I guess I'm going to echo a little bit what Dwayne is saying. I think the biggest thing is the lake associations
that we have in our county are very active. It'd be different if they weren't active and they weren't doing anything. Then to me, I think this would be a very important thing to keep. But the fact that they're so active and and and they have the opportunity to come in with concerns, we do have we do have
things that are going to definitely be coming up from the these lakes. There's definitely evasive species things that are always going to keep popping up, but we have very active lake associations. So, I think as long as they have the opportunity to bring issues to the table
um and have them addressed, if we can find some funding, then then that's the way we can do it. >> Commissioner Burke, >> thank you, Mr. Chair. you you bring up the lake associations and I I guess I look at I just want to be really clear that I don't think anybody's really trying to say that we uh we need this
because the lake associations aren't doing their job. We got like you said good lake associations but this is in my p my limited knowledge I guess is is a different program as well and is it's worked and we got citizens input in that
and I think that's what we're here for is if we got citizens have on a committee I think it's valuable I think we have to listen to them >> yeah and I would point out that we don't have uh not all lakes in the county have lake associations
Uh any uh any final comments? And uh Roger, would you just restate the motion uh again, please? >> Um uh last >> or can we can we ask staff to do that? >> Um I have motion to not eliminate. I
didn't go into elaboration on everything else that you said, but motion to not eliminate and keep the meetings at So, the monthly part of it, Mr. Chair, I'll I'll redo the motion. Um, I would move
that we do not eliminate the AIS task force and allow them over the next year to work with the director to uh the AIS director to um figure out how to uh deal with the budget cuts for 2027.
>> And uh you I I will, Mr. Chair. All right. Just just to be clear then. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Very good. Any uh any any final uh comments on this on the motion as restated? Commissioner MDC. >> Yeah, I would just um I'm curious as to
why there seems to be this urgency being refunded for 2026 or this urgency to eliminate um the AIS task force at the end of 2025. Yeah, I would not have uh would not have an answer to that and I assume that uh
these are conversations that uh staff have had and you're familiar with. >> I think it's just being proactive, Mr. Chair. >> Okay, that sounds fair enough. All right, we have a motion and a second
on the floor to continue with the uh AIS uh task force and to direct uh uh staff to uh uh work with uh work with the task force members on uh on a way forward
for I guess that's my summary of it. Does that sound about right? >> All right. All in favor of the motion signify by saying I. >> I. All opposed. I >> I >> I. >> Two eyes, three nazs. The motion fails.
>> All right. Thank you. Uh thank you for the discussion everybody. Uh I knew there was some heartburn over this and so I appreciate that. Uh uh next we have a number of uh internal committees and appointments that uh that we have. Uh uh Allied Radio Matrix, Armors. Uh uh
Commissioner Dwayne Anderson is currently chair of that uh committee. Uh broadband uh Dwayne and Roger uh Kelsey serve on that. Budget and finance that's the board as a whole along with staff. Uh anything in these lists uh buffer
drainage and ditch uh legal counsel that's Ricky Lunan buildings public lands building committee CMJTS uh central community transit uh chamber public policy chipa
river watershed district board convention and visitors bureau counties providing technology um any uh comments or concerns on those. Commissioner B. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Chair. I just like to
go back and visit the budget and finance committee, the board as a whole, and I think it should be the board as a whole, of course, and then uh administrator Baker and uh Karen Anderson on this as well. Um we did have some conversation
in the past about, you know, a finance advisory committee or whatever you want to call a subcommittee. And the normal practices as my understand in the past and is current is that the administrator then consults with the chair and the vice chair and go over the budget. And
I'm thinking that uh that if we had an appointment of a committee, we would uh work through the budget even better if if the people are in the committee weren't people just because they were in that position, but somebody who was interested in being that or had some
background or expertise in uh in finance that we could leave that open. And I I'm not sure we don't address it. Even when we talk about, you know, the administrator consults with the chair and the vice chair about the budget. And if that's the case, I'm just thinking we should maybe have some discussion if we
have actual a subcommittee then uh and that subcommittee is then the board and the vice chair or or could be other people. >> All right. Um thank you for that. Anyone else? >> M Mr. Chair.
>> Yes. So budgeting is part of finance. So it's kind of backwards the way it way way it is here. Um and I agreed uh it does list and it's always listed board as a whole and I think it'd be much more productive. I don't think we'd find
ourselves at the end of the deadline for uh certifying the budget and still working on the budget if we if the whole board was involved earlier on in the process. Um, so, uh, we are the the the finance, uh, and budget committee. So,
I'm just encouraged that that's how we, you know, we start on the budget next year is is get the board involved earlier on um, so that we can roll up our sleeves and do the hard work because it's going to get harder moving forward.
>> I'm I'm I'm hearing what uh what both of your Dale, did you have? >> No. Uh I'm hearing what both of you are saying and I think the u uh prior uh process and the current process of uh involving the chair and the vice chair
uh uh initially and going forward on the budget uh uh I think is helpful for uh for those two folks. Um, and I think it uh is probably helpful for the uh uh for the staff as well to get a sense of uh
uh where priorities uh potentially may or may not lie. And those would be board priorities, not uh uh not individual ones. Uh I think uh uh certainly our past uh chairs and vice chairs have been very cognizant uh of the fact that uh
they're uh uh they're looking for a board outcome as opposed to uh individual preferences. Uh >> well, I guess just sitting here thinking it it how much earlier do you want us to be involved? I mean I think we had
involvement kind of throughout the whole year. So, I'm I'm a little confused with your statement, Roger. How do you want it to be more involved? I mean, they we can't start basically working on the budget until we kind of get everything figured out at a certain point. So, how
do you start earlier? I guess that's my my only thought just sitting here listening and thinking right now, >> Mr. Chair. >> Yes. Um so when the initial budget was presented to us for um for the
preliminary approval uh I think it was in August that would have been a great time to start having work sessions. Um and you know we would we would have avoided having that last minute one I think on the very day of truth and
taxation. Um so that's where I would start the process where we involve the whole board. And to Mr. Gardner's point. Um, all of us, this doing a budget is really complicated. I think every one of us has
said, look, this isn't our favorite part of this job, but it is the most important part of our job. And understanding it is the only way we'll get it right. And so by being involved early on in work sessions, we will
understand that budget far better than than uh we have past. Commissioner Dwayne Anderson. >> Yeah. I I think our budgeting and and our finance pretty much is always ongoing because we talk about it during legislative session and we really can't
start deciding how to work on our budget until after the legislature is basically done voting and and that basically is the end of May. And I I believe we had several work sessions this year regarding the budget and more than we've ever done. And so I commend the staff
for being very good to work with us and and to meet our what we were basically demanding from them. I mean it was it was a lot that we asked of them and and they came out and they provided us answers whenever we needed them. So
>> Commissioner Berg and then Commissioner Dale Anderson. >> Well, thank you, Mr. Chair. I still would like to go back to the finance and budget aspect of having a subcommittee which we almost act that way because the budget sometimes presented at least my this is my eighth year of experience is
that the the county administrator you know ran it by the chair and the vice chair and presented to the board and you assume then that the chair and the vice chair has gotten into that budget and they're recommending that budget and uh I think that that we should formalize that if and not ignore it if we're
really recognizing it that way. And this whole concept where I'm coming from is not just something out of the air. Many counties have a separate finance committee and budget committee uh that sit down with administrator and work together on that budget. So when it is presented to the board, you know, you
got into it. I know uh uh one county that uh one of the commissioners knew on the board, wasn't an accountant. Well, that person was, yeah, want to be on this committee. You know, we want to use people's skills. So when you get a board some some people
don't have a lot of skills about budgets some people have a whole lot of skills about budget and same with other things we try to get on committees that we're of interest or where we can give something to and we want to of course learn from learn something new too about what's going on but I think it's a good
idea to look at that if not this year in the future. So, uh, if I may ask, uh, just looking for a point of clarification, uh, it's your suggestion that we show under here board as a whole, uh, the two staff members and then are you
suggesting to add a subcommittee of two member just formalize whether it's the say chair and vice chair? >> Yes. Is that uh, >> yes. >> Okay. So, that so that's what you're recommending. >> Yep. And it could be the chair and vice chair, you know, that' be the subcommittee. I mean, we operate that
way, but I'm thinking we should >> and that's and that's been long-standing practice to have the chair and vice chair. >> In our county, it has. Other counties, it's not. >> Yeah. Understood. Uh, Commissioner Dale Anderson. >> No, I think I got my answer. >> Thank you, >> Commissioner.
>> I would We had two work sessions this year. We had other presentations that were inform informal, but they were not work sessions. So, we've had two. And I think to the point that I've made before about work sessions is that questions that we ask as a group triggers
questions from others and triggers and helps understanding of other members of the board on this. And I see no harm to Mr. Berg's point. If this is going to be uh the chair and the vice chair, then list that's listed as chair and vice chair, not as board of the whole,
>> Mr. Chair. >> Because basically the board is just ratifying it. >> No. No. you're you're kind of painting people. Right now it's a board as a whole. Any of us can go talk to an administrator or staff >> regarding questions and and if if you say it's going to be just the chair and
vice chair. Now you're limiting the rest of us that you know that wouldn't be the chair or vice chair just to be >> that's how I look at it. >> Yes. Thank you Mr. Chair. May I >> you may Yes. Thank you. Yes. And and that's the point and you're the vice chair. Maybe you you know more about this than I do, but my question is is
presented to us as if it the chair and the vice chair went over this and you understood the budget and you guys discussed it and we presented it to as a group to us because it is the board as a whole and and we do have the board as a whole and subcommittees and other committees as well. Well, I'm just
formalizing what's being presented to us because I'm assuming then if when you come here to and administrator says that that you went through the budget in detail with with her and and and work through all that.
>> But my my point my point is though that any any of us really can go and see the administrator. >> Absolutely. I'm not about what's going on. >> We're very welcome to do so. Yes. >> Commissioner Yeah, I I understand that any one of us can go and talk to the administrator,
but that doesn't facilitate the understanding we get from each other's questions in a work session, and I don't see the harm in us having those work sessions. We ended up doing it on on the last meeting of the year this year. We had one of and uh or the second last, I
forget what date it was, but we could have had this done a lot earlier. If we' have had if we wouldn't have had those work sessions, likely we would have had the initial blush of 8.5% increase that uh was the very first one that we saw that some people on this board
supported. >> All right. There's a there there's there's a couple of things in there, but I kind of want to try to keep us Oh, Dale. Well, I'm I guess I'd just like to say I think our staff went over and above what other counties do to get the
budget together and do to do what we wanted them to do. So, I think whether we do it two months ahead of time or the last week, it it doesn't matter. We had great discussions. We had had time to
think about it. If if you're not willing to go talk to the administrator about it, that's your decision. But the discussion was had and it was it was our responsibility as commissioners to know and understand what was presented from
way back in August when it first was presented. And if we didn't, then we should have asked them questions sooner. So, I take it that it's more our fault than anybody else's fault if we didn't understand what was going on. I'm not arguing that we need to have a work session. We did. We had two of them on
it. Um, but I don't know that we need one in August. We don't know the numbers. We don't know the final where things end up for the year and we need to know that right at the last minute to me is when it's the most valuable to have that work session. So, I don't have
a problem with the process. Um, every county does it a little different. I understand that. Um, I don't have a problem with what Corki is saying just to list that committee out just so that it it's known for the future. But I think our process is is was done very
well this year and I I think our staff put in a lot of time and and did a lot of work on it. So >> So I think in the interest of uh time and and moving this forward because I I thought this might go a little a little quicker this year but uh uh you know
perhaps this is unavoidable. Uh is it the sense of the board then that we just formalize list out the chair and vice chair as uh call it whatever we do I guess uh whether it's a subcommittee on
that uh or or or is that necessary to do >> Mr. Mr. Chair I I think the point here is to point out that the budget and finance committee finance and budget committee is the board of the whole and we should treat it as such. >> Then let's then let's leave it the way it is. That would be my recommendation.
All right. Uh and as to the point uh because they're really two separate items. As to the point of additional work sessions, uh I think the one big beautiful bill uh probably uh threw a lot of the process up in the air this uh
this past year. So u we can uh uh we can work with uh staff to continue to refine the process. Does that sound fair enough? All right. Then uh moving on, we'd gone through uh uh down through page 34 uh
down to counties providing uh technology any anything that you want to cover under on that page. All right. Then the next page recorder compliance road and bridge uh which is all of us again uh the data practice
authority that's Shane uh drug task force flood control uh glacial ridge Hawk Creek watershed project Hawk Creek one watershed one plan I'm not going to go through the rest of that >> no >> um uh anything on that page
that uh is of any concern concern or needs any change. >> Um the Health and Human Services Committee. >> That's the next page. >> Next page. >> Yeah, that's the next page. Uh >> we're looking at the hard. >> U so Okay. >> Did you Did you wish to address that one?
>> Well, well, Commissioner Dale Anderson was requesting put on there and I don't know if Commissioner Burke wanted to go off or >> Okay. So, so you're going to flip between which two? >> Health and Human Service Committee. But I think you're still back on the
question. Yeah, we jumped ahead again. I think you still want to know about the ones you just read off so far. And Mr. Chair, if I may. >> You may >> continue. Thank you. Uh, Hot Creek Watershed Project. have been on that for some time in one watershed plan and uh
that involves uh at least two other commissioners uh and if they're interested in that I'd be appropriate because uh Hot Creek does involve an ama because mainly of Wilmer and Foot Lake and and that's about the extent of it.
>> Okay. >> And Eagle Lake too somebody else's too. So you would be offering that up for >> I'm just saying or or down the road. Just think about it if you want another watershed plan because the creek itself covers quite a few miles going back and
forth around the county a lot in Commissioner Anderson's both both your areas as well. >> Okay. So any anything else on that? Okay. Then uh uh the Health and Human
Services Committee uh uh you're going to switch with Dale and you'll remain as and you'll remain available as the alter. >> Yep. And he's >> all right. We'll make that notation. Uh historical society uh board uh that's
the commissioners Anderson uh Humane Society. Uh I will continue to stay on uh on that. Highway 23 Coalition, uh, Commissioners Indeck, Dale Anderson, and Director Odin's,
Intergovernmental Relations, uh, Corki, myself, and Kelsey, uh, the EDC board, uh, governing board, uh, Joint Powers Board, and then the Candy County Drug-F Free Coalition. Anybody wish to have any
have any questions or comments on that page? All right. Then uh next page. Candy Ohio High Safe Roads Law Library, Middle Fork Crow River, MCIT, uh Mid Minnesota Development, North Fork
One Watershed Plan, Noxious Weed Appeal Committee, uh Office of Emergency Management, Pack Four Families, and the Park Board. Any questions, comments, concerns on that page? >> What was the last one we just did?
uh park board uh park uh uh that again is the it's board as a whole but the subcommittee is uh uh Dwayne and Dale. >> Let let's just affirm the ones that you get ourselves caught up here before we
lose track of everything. Do do we require a motion? >> Pardon me. >> Do we require a motion for affirming these? Uh not yet because we're still we're still going through this uh this group of uh uh this uh >> right I was suggesting
>> committee type I was suggesting that we affirm what we've done so far and then resume so we don't kind of lose track here. >> Well we I think we've got I think we've got two more pages to do is all and then we can uh take care of the rest of that. Does that sound okay?
Um then personnel and labor relations that's the chair and vice chair the HR director and the administrator uh Rogers planning and zoning uh for Payneesville uh airport uh that little
um uh anomaly uh uh geographic anomaly that you have there uh that you serve on uh policy committee which is uh uh the chair and vice chair Um, >> it says chair and vice. Yeah, I just >> that wasn't the case.
>> Um, go ahead. >> Well, I had been serving on it, but I This says this says chair and vice chair. >> Yeah, I see that. Um, what have uh I I I guess maybe that's a
hold over from uh uh when you were chair and when I was vice. Um, and we just didn't uh we just didn't change anything else. Um, >> change to Stephen, >> pardon, >> can be changed.
>> It can be changed. So, um, any thoughts or comments on that? Uh, you and I can, uh, currently serve on that policy committee. >> Yeah. And I'm fine if it shared, vice chair, but then maybe we should stop, affirm everything above this one, and and have the discussion and make a
motion if we're going to change this. Let's uh let's let's finish everything else but that and then we'll and then we'll come back to it. We can keep track of that. Prairie Lakes Youth Program Board uh Commissioner Berg and then uh
Prairie Words Environmental Learning Center. Uh we have three commissioners there. Uh managing board uh Commissioner Dale Anderson and Commissioner Mdeck. And then board of trustees is Commissioner Dwayne Anderson, which I think is appropriate. the three rural
committees, three rural commissioners serving uh on those. >> I think that should actually be labeled governing board. >> That's what I was going to say. It that label is is the way it's labeled in here now isn't really accurate. >> Governing instead of managing.
>> Yep. And it shouldn't. There is no boarded trustees anymore either, is it, Roger? >> I think we did eliminate. >> I think there is. Yeah. So, that was the only thing I was going to say. We probably need to look at that to make sure that >> All righty. Let's just uh we'll we'll just ask staff to uh
>> check into it. >> Check into that and confirm it and uh uh and just present it in here as as it exists today. >> Yep. >> And then Prime West uh uh Commissioner Berg and myself serve on that as the primary and the alternate.
>> Mr. Sure. >> Yes. You got uh uh Caroline uh listed as the alternate. I'm I'm not sure she's really the alternate. Is she? >> We we can check on that >> because um that's Yeah, I've never seen
>> I don't recall that. Uh any of the other counties previously the health and human services director was on and we had two. >> Our health and human services director sat because then we had a supervisor sit as at the director's meeting. Jenny
Liippard sat on it >> for many years and then we had then that that changed to the two of you and then I we can probably delete I think Caroline attends the director's meetings. >> Yeah, Mr. Chair. >> Yes. >> Yes. I I don't remember that before
because we just joined Prime West and but the Prime West has a committee and a board of human service directors and I believe she's on that now and or she is on that. I know that. >> So I'm She's on that board and so she
could be an alternate, but I've never seen any alternate human service director. >> We We can make >> I guess we're picking. >> Yeah, we can make this as an edit saying maybe this doesn't sound right. >> Yeah. And I think I think this one is another one where we probably could
label it differently and call it Prime West Governing Board because that's really what it is. It's governing boards that would be elected official services. Mhm. Okay, we'll make that edit. And then uh the final page here, uh Shakapei
headquarters, Southwest 18, South uh West Central Cooperative, uh Tourism Committee, UKAP, Vision 2040, West Central Industries, and West Central Mental Health Housing.
Uh my name must have got cut off at the very bottom of that page because both Neil and I are on that. So any any questions on that final page? All right. So with the exception of >> Help me. Uh was that policy committee?
>> Yep. >> Policy committee. >> With the exception of policy committee. Uh can I have a motion to ratify the uh >> N prime West? >> Pardon? >> N Prime West. >> N Prime West. Um Oh, no. We're just making an edit there. >> Yeah,
>> Roger. We're just we're just crossing uh Caroline's name off of there. >> Okay. >> And and we should probably label that Prime West governing board. >> Yep. That's fine. That's that's that's that's a that's a simple edit. U Governing Board, Joint Powers, whatever.
>> Mr. Chair, I so moved. >> Okay. We have a motion by Commissioner Dale Anderson. And is there a second? >> I'll second that, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. And any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Motion passes. And then
policy committee. Uh uh are we are we suggesting then that uh we just uh go with what's written here now and make it the chair and vice chair? Would you or would you wish to continue to >> I I think we should formalize it if
we're going to do the chair and the vice chair because I never got paid for the last two years >> or here. >> There. There it is. So the uh the big the big bucks from coming out of the uh uh >> So Mr. Chair, I would move that we
formalize the policy committee as the chair and the vice chair. >> Thank you. Is there a second? >> The chair will second and uh any discussion? The commissioner. >> Yeah. U Thank you, Mr. Chair. I I I would think as a chair and vice chair.
Um that's the question, you know, do when you're in that position, do you really want to be on the policy committee? Maybe somebody else might want to be on that committee. And I'm not sure that it has to be a chair or vice chair either. That makes sense.
>> Yeah, it does. And it uh and and it wouldn't have to be, but uh uh but we have a motion in a second. >> Some people really like policy. >> Okay. >> Let them have it. >> Yep. Well, and I think uh I think this chair does so. >> Okay. All right.
>> God help me. >> Yes. >> All right. Any other discussion? We have a motion in a second to affirm the uh uh policy committee consisting of the chair and the vice chair uh for representation from this board. All in favor say I.
>> All opposed. >> Motion passes. Uh and with that we will take a six minute recess. I'm going to hold you to that, Mr. Chair. The Candy County Board of Commissioners is back from recess and at this time uh
would request uh uh Administrator Baker uh has several resolutions for us for consideration today. Uh Kelsey, good morning. >> Good morning. Kelsey Baker, Candy County Administrator. Before you today, I would be requesting approval of resolution
20262 for the 2026 elected official minimum salaries for the county attorney, county sheriff, and county commissioners. So today, I would ask approval for this resolution. >> Thank you. Is there a motion, >> Mr. Chair? I so move.
>> Thank you. Is there a second? >> I'll second that, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. Uh motion made and passed. Any discussion? And this is uh simply something that's required by statute. >> Yes. Correct. >> Very routine. All right.
Hearing no further questions or comments. All in favor of resolution 2026-2 say I. I. >> All opposed. >> That motion passes. And you have another >> correct. uh uh for resolution 2026-3
for the approval of the 2026 uh mileage rate for the county board to adopt. Uh they came out, was it just last week, later than normal this year? Uh with 72.5 cents per mile.
>> Thank you. And uh so as to resolution 2026-3, um would anybody wish to move that? >> Mr. Chair, I'll move resolution 2026-3. >> Thank you. Is there a second? >> I'll second that, Mr. Chair.
>> B second. Thank you. Any discussion? >> Go ahead. >> Yes, Mr. Chair. Just a couple of things. Actually, I got gas and uh the other day in St. Cloud is two $2.15 a gallon. I mean, that was unbelievable. But this rate is not just about gas.
It's just a cost of cars and the appreciation and everything. I think so. I just wanted to clarify that for the public. But I also wanted to mention maybe next year um uh several years ago, quite a few years ago now, uh the county has, as you're well aware of, the set
mileage for people, for example, that live in the Bulmer area, and most of the trips are just back and forth and back and forth. They got a set mileage of $140 >> for commissioners. >> For the commissioners, for the commissioners and that has never changed yet. And the other mileage has been
going up. So maybe look at that in the future. >> Okay. >> I don't know if we need board action now on anything like that, but or even appropriate, but I do want to bring that up. >> Uh and I think just uh I will uh just throw a little something in here. For
example, I don't uh uh if I'm if if I'm in county, I don't do anything with uh with mileage. uh it doesn't pay for me to keep track of mileage to go from my house, for example, to uh West Central Industries, you know, and that's uh
that's that's more uh trouble in its work and worth. And it's just it's just assumed, I think, that we uh or do we actually have that kind of in writing that uh for those of us who are in town, we're not? Well, the the the idea
though, just to clarify though, if you do that, then you have to e either use the county car or you don't get mileage when you leave the county. That's the whole thing. And you got a lot of trips in town, you know, those are expensive trips. So, so I don't I don't I take the
140 and I I eat out my trips to the cities and wherever I go. So, I lose money on it, too. >> Yeah. And and and you do have the option to >> Absolutely. I absolutely do. But it seems like it works. I'm just thinking we should, you know, as long as we got it or that or we should eliminate that
then. >> Sure. >> As long as we got it on there, we we should respect that. >> Yeah. That's really outside of this resolution. >> Yes. >> Um that's specifically for commissions. We don't have that written in policy of what we do for commissioners that live within the city of Wilmer. >> Okay.
>> Um >> but we still currently now have one commission that still takes that. >> All right. We have a motion, a second to move on resolution 2026-03. Any further comments? All in favor say I.
>> I. I. All opposed. That motion passes. And another resolution. >> Yep. Um before you today's 2020 resolution 20264 regarding the commissioner's meeting schedules. um outside of two regular scheduled
meetings. Every meeting would be um the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 9:00 am. Uh the two meetings that would be meeting outside of that 9:00 a.m. are the June 16th the board of appeal and equalization. Um staff would recommend moving that from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the
regular meeting because the board of appeal and equalization is statutoily to start at 6 p.m. And then the December 1st, 2026 the truth and taxation meeting, the regular meeting staff recommend to move it to 4:00 p.m. instead of 4:30. on because statutoily
the truth and taxation meeting needs the public hearing needs to be opened at 6 p.m. >> Uh and uh I just want to ask a question before we uh get too far into this. Uh I think I saw a note in the work plan uh that we'll be discussing later that
there was perhaps a question about uh uh a meeting uh for when folks are coming back from Nico. Was that a regular board meeting also? >> Correct. the second meeting in July. Typically, we've always done the regular because the the county board statutoily needs to approve the their meeting
schedules. These are the two meetings that are really stamped in stone that because of the public hearings. Um outside of this, we have the second meeting in July. In the past two years, we've had two commissioners attend the
NO conference. Therefore, we've moved it um I believe we've moved it from Tuesday to Thursday. Um, and that's something that I was going to wait and see if we can still have two commissioners. And if we do need to move it, then we would um I would still come back to the board and ask for approval to move the regular
scheduled meeting. >> But we don't need to address that one within this resolution. Okay. All right. That's that's what I was checking on. >> Mr. Chair, I would move on resolution 2026-4. >> Thank you. Is there a second? >> I'll second it, Mr. Chair. >> Commissioner Bergs. Thank you. Any
discussion? Yeah, just that we have uh unforeseen reasons at times to although we do have more options now than we did just two years ago because if we're not on a plane, you could do a zoom, you can come in electronically.
>> So should be less need for moving and you still have a quorum with three people. I think it I think we in working with the chair, we've always based it on what the is on the agenda if we need to move it or not. >> All right, we have a motion and a second
on resolution 2026-04. >> Is uh all in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. Motion passes. Uh public works director Mel Odin's you have uh uh you have a final payment and acceptance for us. >> Mr. Chair, members of the board, Mel
Odin, public works director. Yep. Doing some end of the year cleanup. Um this is our edge line striping, the porcelain beads, the wet reflective, the grooved in um which we've seen on a road and bridge tour. We did 29 miles this year. Sir Lines a lot was the the local or not
the local but was the load bid out of Edina. Um they were under budget. Um once again, as a reminder, this is a 9010 money. So this is 90% federal, 10% local dollars. And it's my recommendation to accept the project and authorize final payment to s lines a lot
in the amount of $105,980.17 cents. >> Thank you. You've heard the recommendation of staff. Is there a motion? >> So move, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you, Commissioner MDAC. Is there a second? >> I'll second that. >> Commissioner Dwayne Anderson seconds. Discussion. >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. I.
>> All All opposed. That motion passes. All right. And uh Caroline, great to see you. And uh thank you for making your way up here. And you have uh you have an MOU for us to consider today.
>> Correct. Good morning, Caroline Khan, director of health and human services for Candy Ohio County. Happy New Year. >> This morning, I have uh bringing forward an opportunity Leah, could you pull that up for me? >> Yes. um an opportunity for our county to join
in a regional FFPSA um RFP for prevention partnership focused on strengthening familydriven safety planning and prevention services. Uh the goal of this RFP is fewer children entering foster care uh stronger family networks and uh better
permanency outcomes while building a consistent approach for cross participating counties. um very much continuing to leverage the work that we're already engaged in and um expanding our strategic frameworks that we're already working on, but also expanding um our reach for financial
support in this work um and um offsetting our fin or expanding our financial resources to doing the work we're already committed to doing. So DCYF has set forth um an a competitive RFP for additional FFPSA dollars which
is family first prevention and services and um dollars. They'll be awarding 10 grants throughout the state of Minnesota. So it's very competitive. So as a region we have um banded together to say how can we regionally collaborate
to try to be most competitive um and not compete against each other. So, uh, with our directors, um, throughout region 6 and 8 are also similar to our southwest 18, uh, we are collecting together, um, hoping to seek approval from our boards
today to, um, uh, do a memorandum of understanding to partner um, on an application um, to submit um, but at the end of this month uh, for participation in this grant. So
the RFP objectives would be create to to create systematic change across the region to engage with Safe Generations, a consulting company to create the regional coordination. Safe Generations would be the one to apply for this grant on our behalf. Um and then we would be
the ones to benefit for this. Safe Generations um they teach a solutions focused practice called Resolutions Together. Resolutions Together uses a structured uh questions to build clarity, engagement, and safety within families.
They'll leverage our current tra training and motivational interviewing by applying the questioning skills directly to safety planning. And it helps practitioners become the catalyst for change in families. Another benefit to this is that it shifts the work from professionally driven um plans to family
driven plans. So parents and caregivers and kin networks help create and live out their plans versus the professionals being the ones uh to design their safety plans. Our why and our shared vision um is that
children have the fundamental right to belong safely within their families and that child- centered family-driven approaches establish lasting safety and minimize the need for out of home placement um for in the long term. We know that belonging is a fundamental
human need and belonging requires safety and connection where family and people feel safe and connected decision-making and problem solving continue to improve. So to expand on our so our scope and our benefits, um this grant allows our free
access to high quality um proven techniques. Um it'll allow staff that are trained um and then versus purchasing services reducing reliance on paid supports. It'll continue to develop a consistent
regional model. uh by going through this this safety training as a region will allow the opportunity for us to have shared language, shared support. It'll allow our supervisors to have shared um support within their networks. It'll
allow directors to have those shared resources as as well as our our direct line staff. So when our we're engaging at different um regional connection points, we'll have shared language. Um, it'll also allow our allow our families that move throughout our region on a
pretty consistent manner to have shared understanding and then continued um consistency as they're engaging in different um counties. They'll have consistent um messaging when they are engaging in different resources in different
counties as well, which will be a benefit. It'll also continue to implement um and position us for um the upcoming legislation of MAFPA CWDA and increase our access to FFPSA funding that we receive locally. So instead of
the FFPSA funding that we do directly see receive from the state having to be spent on training which is an approved funding model that we can directly spend our dollars. we can then preserve those funds for other needs for our families versus spending those on the training
needs for um our staff. So from the roles and responsibilities, Safe Generations will be the one that will be um applying for the grant um as well as hosting the dollars unless required um that it needs to be held by
a county. If that's determined um another county will be the one to be the fiscal host. Candy Ohio County has not agreed or volunteered to to um be the one to be the fiscal host for this project. Um >> good call.
>> I I don't think my my partner would be thrilled with that suggestion. Um so um but they would be the ones to help then facilitate capacity for coordinating trainings especially systemwide throughout counties is is
simply something that doesn't exist within counties today. So engaging a partner that would have the um expertise in training coordination and deployment is certainly um something that will be a benefit. This is what they do for a living. This is what they're known for
nationally. This is um something that they are sought after and something that was quite frankly we are already committed to looking towards and was already in our plan for 2026 and allows us the opportunity um to preserve
resources um by moving forward in this um hopeful process. Um so we would be the ones um that would be committing the opportunity for our staff to engage in in this learning. we
would be committing the the concept of um buying con committing to the values that we've we're already living each day. So today I am seeking board action um on
authorizing Candy Ohio County to participate in approving the the memorandum of understanding which allows us to collaborate regionally and allowing for the implementation to participate fully in the grant application and roll out if selected um by the state of Minnesota to receive
this RFP. So the RFP is due um at the end of January and we should know by March if that we are selected as a grantee. >> Okay. Very good questions for Director Collins. Commissioner B. >> Uh thank you Mr. Chair. Uh I'm assuming
you going uh our group is going to go for the whole amount 800,000. >> Correct. So it would be 400 per each year. So it's a two-year grant. >> Okay. Yeah. And just curiosity off the top of your head, and maybe you don't know that. How much uh uh administrative
costs are there allowed if you're a fiscal host? >> I I don't I would have to follow up with you on that. >> Okay. Thank you. No, I didn't mean to put you on the spot on that. I was just kind of curious, but I'm sure one of the counties will be happy to do it, too. >> Yeah. >> Good.
>> Any other commission? >> Yeah. Thank you. Um so, we're not really creating a new joint powers here, are we? >> No. No, it wouldn't be a joint powers. It would just be the ability for us to benefit and participate in the trainings. >> And the training is provided by this
safe generations. >> Correct. >> Okay. And uh is there a fiscal note? There's no >> there's no fiscal note other than our the inind cost of our staff attending the training which is training that we would be attending otherwise um because of like the safety uh network's
questions that make a difference. These are trainings that we have already identified as trainings we would like our staff to go through um under FFPSA dollars that we receive internally. So it would be a way for us to offset the FFPSA dollars that we receive internally to then use for other needs for to
support families that would offset um the ability that we would otherwise have to look at levy dollars um to meet for concrete supports. Um, so basic needs supports for families that we could either use those FFPSA dollars for training for staff or concrete supports.
We have to use it for a minimum of 10% annually. Uh, we can do more um, but often it's used for for supporting training on the ongoing benefit of supporting families um, annually as well. So this would streamline that
funding or offset the that training need. >> Yeah. Um, so in light of what's been in the news for it seems like way too long. Yep. >> Um, >> has the safe generations has that been vetted by the joint powers groups and or
someone so that we're sure that we doesn't come back and say, "Okay, they didn't really provide what they said." >> The Safe Generations has been a longstanding partner in this work on a national level. um for many years for for decades they've been involved in
this type of type of work. I can certainly go back and provide some history um on their organization if you would like. I don't have that with me today, but I know that they have been a sought-after organization um and engaged in this framework of child and um
welfare and family preservation not only in Minnesota but throughout the United States um for quite some time. >> Thank you. And if I may, uh, Caroline, uh, uh, this this is intended to, uh, uh, help, uh,
advance outcomes, uh, and avoid, uh, out of home imp placement, uh, uh, placements. And that's and that's an area that we've made significant strides in. >> Correct. >> Uh, in my time on the board, I uh, over the past five years. Correct. >> Correct. Yep. We've continued to see strides. There's still movement to be
made. Um and then movement that is is will be required of us under MAFA CWA DDA, excuse me. Um and and quite frankly at the heart of both the the upcoming legislation and at the heart of Safe Generations and the
work that we want to be doing is the fundamental desire to keep children with families safely with families. And both of those um require some of the safety planning work and and family support network planning. Um so both of those
accomplish that um through staff training and supports as well as network building. >> Uh well, I think this I I think this fits very well for Candy County, but also for the entire region. I know that Commissioner Berg has served for years
on the Southwest 18 uh and uh and I think I think this application makes makes a lot of sense the way that it's structured. >> Is there a motion to accept the recommendation of staff? >> Mr. Chair, I so move.
>> Thank you. And is there a second? >> I'll second that, Mr. Chair. >> All right. We have a motion and a second to recommend to accept the recommendation of staff to uh uh submit the uh approve theou and uh move forward with the submission of the grant app. Uh
any final discussion just commissioner >> just a comment it's surprising to see a grant like this come across with all the other things being cut. So, yes, it's a it's a great opportunity for us to uh capitalize on this and move forward.
Thank you. >> Y >> outstanding. >> Uh we'll vote. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed. That motion passes. Caroline, thank you so much. >> Good to see you up and about. >> Thanks. >> Yes. >> All right. Uh we are uh winding down a
little bit. Uh administrative updates. Uh uh Kelsey, anything that you wanted to um other than to if there's um we don't have to go through the work plan, but if there are any is there if
there is anything that I should add on there. Um I reached out to all of the the the department heads and um we have one added department that would like to do a work session which I think is a great idea, the community corrections. We have our financial quarterly reports.
Um, we have the budget work sessions on there. Um, we have our quasi government reports. Some, uh, Melissa has done a phenomenal job in reaching out to some of those organizations and getting them on the agenda. So, we'll work through that. If there is anything I'm missing
or if you would like added or if the board would like discussion, um, you can do so. And this is really just the work plan is a really is a tool for myself and a working document that now the department heads and myself kind of utilize and kind of what's coming up. Um
I think for our work sessions we'll just um schedule those for 100 p.m. even if um it's following a board meeting. I think for staff, we're always kind of uh guesstimating what time to start and I think we'll just if you're okay with that, solidify those to start at 100
p.m. Um the other thing that I think um in talking with the chair, I would like to discuss the shotgun rifle. >> Um if you want to the chair wants to discuss any of that to get that on the agenda, we could add that to the work plan or if you want to schedule a listening session for the public input.
Um, and then as I think a couple commissioners talked about prior, some ordinances uh the board would like to see uh come to fruition. I'll bring those in March. I planned on it was the no wake ordinance um and then a potential VA vacation rental ordinance
has been discussed as well. And so I'll bring those to board for discussion um on which direction the board would like to go to in March. Other than that, I don't have anything else. Uh, Commissioner Dale Anderson and then Commissioner Burton. >> Well, I guess just going back to your
shotgun uh or rifle. I think we need to set up at least two hearing sessions. Maybe one during our board meeting and then one in the evening so that we don't have people that don't feel they haven't been heard. I've been getting a lot of phone calls and emails lately about it wondering when that session is. So, I
think that's something we should probably try and get on the schedule as soon as we could. Um, >> go ahead. >> In speaking with the chair the other day, um, we could do a listening session the last week in January if you would
like to do an evening or as Commissioner Anderson said, we could do one during the day. Um, like the week of January 26th, you could do an evening listening session. and I in reaching out to other administrators um they have called them listening
sessions prior to putting on their agenda to see where consensus from the public and the input would be. Um then we could have board discussion at the February 3rd meeting, whatever the board would choose to do if it was an ordinance or post the ordinance. Um then
moving through that process, the public hearing would either be February 17th or March 3rd depending on if the board were to adopt an ordinance. That was just a timeline in my head. But if you I think if you want to have a listening session, um I would recommend if we can get that scheduled sooner rather than later so
that we have time to notice that um and let the public be aware of that. >> Uh Commissioner Berg and then Commissioner Embeck. >> Um yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh yes, I I think it's a great idea to have some public input and we're going to hear from the public about this whole thing.
I do have uh uh commitments that I can't change out uh that last week in January. And I'm just wondering, you mentioned the February 3rd board meeting, you know, maybe that evening of February 3rd, we could do it then, too. >> Sorry. Yeah. I just remembered that week for Yes.
>> Okay. >> Yeah. And and I and I would say to that point, if anyone else has any conflicts around that week or or the following, uh give those to uh Kelsey and uh uh we'll we'll work to get something that works
so that like you she said we can get that properly noticed. Uh Roger. >> Yeah. What was the last date that you proposed for as you were going through that timeline? What was the last date? Well, that that was really based off the 27th meeting,
but if um because then if you were to have the public hearing, you could do that at the regular February 17th or March 3rd board meeting. >> Yeah. However, >> I think everybody knows we this has to be done by May 1st, I believe it is, if it's going to be done. >> My uh if I may, Mr. Chair,
>> um >> I seems like I've gotten a lot of public feedback already. Uh I've been getting emails for three four months and actually first one came seven eight months ago and uh uh the prepundonderance of the the of the uh
emails that we're getting point in one direction. >> So public hearing does or public input doesn't hurt but uh I don't think it's going to change anything. I I I I don't know if it's required, but I think it's a uh I think it's going to be a good
practice for us on this on this issue because this is a potentially big change. Uh Commissioner, >> yes, I I still would like to hear and I believe it is required. So, >> an ordinance you'd have to have a public hearing for an ordinance, but not a pre >> oh, that's what you're saying. But I but
I think to Dale's earlier point about the uh listening session >> uh and and you know sometimes uh you know public bodies take some criticism for not necessarily being available. I think this is this is one of those uh
things that we can do uh uh to uh have a have that robust uh uh uh listening uh session or sessions as uh as Dale said and then we uh we can take our direction
uh uh as policy makers from there. So, uh, if, uh, uh, if that sounds fine with everybody, we'll work out the exact dates and, uh, uh, and start getting, uh, getting getting all of that lined up. Uh, you Kelsey had mentioned the U,
uh, shotgun. Did we >> That was it. >> That was it. Okay. That was We talked about that yesterday. That was a long time ago for me. So, uh, uh, any, uh, other questions on the, uh, on the work
plan? As Kelsey said, that is a, uh, uh, work in progress, uh, and always something that will be continue to be updated. Commissioner B., >> yes, I just like to maybe bring it up again. I've brought it up in the past, too, that we got a sheriff's office update in August. So, I'm thinking maybe
it might be more appropriate to have it earlier or have an extra sheriff's update. >> Yep. And I look into that. I have spoke to them and we'll we're going to try to get them earlier then. >> Thank you. >> That'd be that'd be good. >> And I just I just have one quick comment. Go ahead. >> Um because I don't want to take up any
more time, but I I really appreciate this here being given to us because it it's nice to have a nice work plan so that we see what's going on the year ahead. So, >> and you know, we you know, uh maybe sometimes take a look at something like
this and they go, "Yeah, but you know, don't we also discuss this and that?" And so we can we we can continue to work with the administrator to uh uh advance any agenda items that of this type that come come before us. So, uh, at this
time, I know that, uh, we've come off a holiday break. Uh, and I will just say that, uh, I needed this one. Uh, it was, uh, uh, of course, it helps to helps to be retired from the day job.
Uh, but I have not slept so well uh, in in in a long time. But I'm also ready to I'm like the kids coming back from Christmas vacation. can't wait to get to school, you know. And so that's that's kind of how I've uh I felt about this
one. Uh does anyone have anything that they uh uh wish to uh uh report out on? Uh anything that's uh uh maybe upcoming or a point of interest that uh uh you may want to alert us to uh uh for maybe
some future uh discussion. Well, that was enthusiastically met. >> Yeah. >> Uh and so, uh I don't see any further business coming uh before us. Uh any any last items for the good of the order? All right. If not, then we are
adjourned. Thank you everybody. And