Lori, it's 8:15 August 4th. Welcome to Steel County Commission meeting. >> Um, do we have any agenda additions? >> Can we talk about the uh updates? The exterior of the courthouse. Okay. for
those uplinks. >> Also like to see if you guys would be willing to approve a form for uh >> uh talk about that in your road department. Okay. >> Yeah, that doesn't need to be added.
>> Okay. Anything else? Okay. Um approval of minutes last minute last month minute serve. Anybody get a chance to look over those? We'll >> make a motion approve minutes.
>> Motion made by Brandon. Second, >> second by. All in favor? >> I >> oppose. Motion carries. >> Um, we are not going to have a parkboard meeting this morning. Okay. So, we'll start out. Matt, you
want to come off? I don't think Pip's coming. >> So, >> we did say that the seal code project is still coming up in late August and our
culverts are ordered for our well um culvert replacements are ordered. They're not in new. >> Okay. No. >> Uh start off real quick with uh
I have a an employee that would like to donate sick leave to another uh employee. Um there's no form for that or anything. Uh so I created one. I was wondering if you
guys would be willing to approve this uh as an official form to be put into use. then we can just fill it out and hand it to you guys for approval of the donation. Um, and the way I
uh worded it was so it can be used inner department uh and not just highway department. It can be a countywide basis. You have an employee now that wants. >> Yes.
>> So we usually we able to do that on case by case. >> Yep. >> Did we uh this doesn't any with this doesn't the policy here of that. help you guys in the past you guys I was just about to
and then you guys sort of approve it and then just go down written document in your files >> I would be okay with that as long as Charlie's okay with everything on it >> y >> we need to vote on that or just do it I
don't just do is due. >> Are they going to Are you bringing that up today about the >> Yes. >> the fill one out. >> I wanted to run that one through before
I gave you this one. So, >> um Ski wanted to donate some of his sick leave time to Bruce. Uh, you know, Bruce has been taking a lot of time off uh caring for his wife.
So, somebody had donated ski in the past and he wanted to pay pay it forward. Bruce is all out of all his sick leave. >> He's getting down. I know that. Uh but
uh he he's not all the way down yet. I know he's getting down there, though. >> But how many hours do we have left? We thought this is something that he do now or >> No, he still has a time where it could be, >> you know, it it doesn't need to take
effect immediately or anything like that. So, he still has time. Do you guys want to act on an hour or wait till later? act on it now. So make a motion to accept the request for
donation of time due to >> motion made by Brandon. Second I'll second by Perry. All in favor I >> motion approved. >> Um next thing I wanted to talk to you was
our uh Steel County Raaway ordinance that was passed in 2017. Um, [clears throat] in the requirements, uh, I I had this come up. Uh, somebody wanted a permit or was wondering what they needed for
permits to widen an approach, an existing approach um, within the rightway. Wanted to get his semis into his field. Needed just a little bit wider. uh what my standard uh encroachment utility
permit covers that. So that wasn't necessarily an issue. Um looking at the going going through and looking at the uh ordinance and trying to align all my permits and where they are for future use.
I cannot find anywhere a drainage permit that's required by the ordinance or the county. Um, so I have been working with Mike and uh he's gotten me a couple of different permits to as a
base to base off of. I have other uh county permits to base off of. I'm in the process of creating a drainage permit that we can just a standardized in case somebody needs to put an approach that's going to require a culvert within our right away something
that'll cover that. So I'm working on that. Um >> when you're done with that have Charlie review that. >> Yes, please. >> Absolutely. Um, and then I was approached with the question of a
possibility of a culvert that might need to be bored in under a highway. So, I want to make sure that I also have that type of scenario included into that permit as well.
So there's a a few things that I need to take a look at and you know standardized cover size and you know and specification just to make sure all the tees are crossed and the eyes are dotted so to speak. So uh I just wanted to
bring that to your guys's attention and make sure you know and let you know that that will be coming and I'll uh go through Charlie once I complete it and then I'll bring it forward to you guys. So, with that, we've been uh kind of switching gears with some of the dryness
and the heat and spot graveling. Getting uh quite a bit of that done. Um five is done. A most of nine is done and we're working on a couple of others. Uh maybe I think it's 10.
And uh yeah, um KRB I think is going to they're last I heard they're planning on bringing in their gravel sometime this week, maybe next week. They're getting tied up on a project in
Cass County. So >> that should be coming. And I do have an excavator coming next week. So a track >> that the insurance >> Yes, I went through and got the insurance taken care of with that. I
mean so that we can hopefully speed up the process of the rest of the soft spots with that and then shift right into culvert work. We did finish up the cleaning and uh reshaping the drainage of the two bridges uh that are down in
that valley east of uh 8 and south of 200. That looks pretty good. >> I heard it looks good. >> Yeah. So, I did seed it, but I think most of the grass blew away before the rain, so I might have to receat it.
[laughter] But yeah, we we pulled off an awful lot of gravel off those two bridges located and reopened all the drain holes on the bridges. Uh bridges themselves are bare concrete and clean swept off
everything. So it looks good. Other than that, I think that's about it. Unless >> uh just a report just a couple of things I guess for buying. Uh Matt's six month probation period comes up the end of
August. So Carter and Richard if you guys want to pick a date and come sit down with me and Matt and do a six month review type deal pretty soon.
can u do then any recommendations back to the commission in the September or September? >> Yep. >> Uh there's still a couple of things from uh [clears throat] I know it was brought up last and we'll bring it up in the budget was brought up last meeting, but
uh wages. So, um, we definitely want to talk about that at the at the probation meeting, the end of probation meeting, but, uh, kind of our thought was that I would still help Matt through the end of this year and just let things take over
naturally starting in January, provided that you guys still like him here at the end of the month, right? Oh, this is a report. Sorry. Okay. Yeah, we'll talk about that at reviewing. >> So, if you guys just want to figure out
a date and let me know and we can we'll we'll talk and then get back to you. >> Yeah. Good. >> All right. Anything else? >> That should be should be it. >> Got the blades all running today.
>> Yes. Yep. Wall blades are up and at [snorts] them. Good. Thank goodness for that rain. The roads we needed that moisture bad. Um
for I suspended blading for a short period of time just because it was just too dry. >> Yeah. >> We we do any blading and we're just going to grind it to powder and there'll be nothing left. So, thank goodness we got the moisture. Um, hopefully we can
get some more. >> Y, >> but yeah, they are out and running. So, >> you guys were at a training yesterday. What were you doing? >> It was an equipment demo. Uh, cat nextG. I did bring the guys to uh worked out
great with rain. Um, we had a a NextG blade equipment demo done by CAT over in Thompson for a couple of different highway departments and brought the guys to that and checked out the new equipment and
they're nice. >> All right. Well, sounds good. Appreciate it. Yep. >> Thank you. Thank you. Uh Ben, do you want to talk about the courthouse updates? >> Uh yeah, so I [clears throat] did uh the architect
reached out to me yesterday. Um just gave me some verbal updates. Um he is planning on having all the plans finalized by the end of this week. They would go out to bid uh starting next week and then bid for three weeks and
then open at the end of the month, early September and be ready for your guys' meeting on the 8th 1st. >> Sepmber. >> Yeah. Hopefully ready by the first.
That's what he's planning. So he said he had all the dates figured out. um maybe have might need to have a special meeting just to accept the bids. >> Sure. >> You know, type deal and then can talk about it and whatnot at your October meeting if it gets pushed back. This
isn't until a next year project anyways. Um conservative cost 1.75 for everything. Uh that's updating. The reason why it's taken so long for them to get back to us is they went they came and did a couple
of walkthroughs. Um, we have to update a lot of the electrical. When they reached out to the state board, uh, electrical did not like where a lot of our electrical was, which makes sense. >> You mean the stuff inside. So, just like some of the boxes and stuff like that.
Yeah. uh he didn't like how some of the stuff was and wanted to make sure it was done the way that it should be done so it doesn't you know so it meets code and everything else recognizing it's a historic building but still wants to
meet code. Um updating a lot of the mechanical stuff which is like our air conditioning talks that we've had. Um >> see you have a list of >> Yeah. So this is just outside stuff. So this is So this would be inclusive of
that. >> Did he send a list or everything or >> No, he's going to do that. He's hoping to get that to me by Friday. >> Yeah. >> So as soon as he gets that to me, he'll get that out to you guys. But um what he told me was he's still on track for opening bids the end of August and possible award at your guys' September
meeting. Okay. So 1.75 is the updated cost he told me though. Just want to make sure you guys were aware. Okay. How about um sirens? >> Sirens. I did talk to Hope. Um I did not
have conversations with the city of Finley, but I did talk to the fire department. Um they are more than willing to let us handle things when it comes to the sirens. Um so it's it's kind of up to you guys from uh
we talked about dollars here last time. [clears throat] um getting everything updated and on to uh so that dispatch can set them off plus updating them to the new radio system that we have in place now right
about 25,000 for all of that. Um if the county takes it on, then the county owns it. The county owns all of the maintenance costs that comes with that. Um any updates that need to go to them, the county has to pay for that.
So, you guys do budget or allow me to budget for a th000 bucks a year to update that kind of or $2,000 a year to update that kind of stuff. Um, if you hit a couple of sirens every year, you can you can get all the sirens done in a 2-year period with that kind of dollars.
So, we're not looking at any additional budget money when it comes to uh oncurren ongoing or or recurring costs. Um, it' just be that 25K out of the 901 fund right away if we were to do it. So that the 25ks would go to
getting everything online that would get set off each each town or in the county where we have sirens. >> Yes. for current sirens, not new ones, but for current ones we have, this would go to allow us to get those current
sirens to be set off by dispatch. So any new sirens that have would have to go up, for instance, if we're going to put a siren in Lever, if we're going to put a siren in Sharon or update the siren and Sharon, you know, that's additional cost then at that point to
us. >> That would be our response >> if we make the decision to take the sirens on us. Yes. >> Which is doable. Not every year, but it is doable. >> Sure, sir. >> Uh the one in Golden Lake was 35 for everything. That includes the electoral
bill that I submitted for you guys today. There are I should tell you there are there is a grant that is coming um as of yesterday when I talked to the state they are applying for it's called the next generation warning system grant
it's through FEMA um it has to be applied by the state gets awarded money state then subgrants all that stuff out to the peons at the local level um if that does go through state has to apply by tomorrow that's when the grant do um
if that does get awarded to the state, we will be applying for those funds to help offset this cost, but I don't know what that if that grant's even going to come through. At a minimum, I would like to make sure that
all the sirens can be set off by dispatch. which I think is a good idea. Yeah. >> And you're looking at three sirens basically because I think we talked there's only probably two that need to be done that way in Finley. Maybe three. >> Yeah.
>> So if you do >> Golden Lake, >> Golden Lake's already that way. So it doesn't need to Yeah. So there's only four that need to be done that way. >> So you're looking at fourish,000 a piece. That's less than the 24 25 that I
have. So you're like 16 just to get them set off by dispatch. The 25 includes getting them updated to the new radio system. >> And then as far as maintenance and updates per year, you figure you have enough in that
budget line to make sure that's taken care of. >> Yeah. I'm going to set up a contract with Stones and have them come out and take a look at them every year. uh at least, you know, come look at Golden Lake and then the Finley and then next year go look at Hope or vice versa, whatever the
case is. Um we should be able to do that with the two that's in >> there's money in that fund. Um there's like 130 140 some thousand dollars in there. I want to carry over right about a hundred uh in that fund every year
just to make sure that we're kosher with everything, you know. Um, but we do take in 30 40 grand a year out of it. No, I think it's a
it's a good investment for when we need them tires set off that it's coming from one. It's coming from not having to run up there and flip the butt tornadoes right there. You know, you guys are figuring out,
hey, it's time to get people in their basement like right now. >> Then it's just a phone call to dispatch, blow them instead of somebody's got to figure out the radio, somebody's got to remember the code, somebody's got to go up to the fire. You
know, that's too much time. any that's just my thought process on it and we have the money in that account for situations like this. So I get I guess what I'm asking what I'm really asking here is to let me take
over the sirens in the county. Um let me handle the maintenance and all that stuff with it. Let me spend the money to get them so they can be lit off by dispatch. Um, I am going to wait on updating them to the new system just cuz
I want to see what that grant does. And I I do believe that the that transition would qualify for that grant and that'll save us some money at that point. You know, right about 8 n 10 grand right there. So, take over maintenance, take over the
sirens, take over maintenance, and then update them. spend the money to update them so dispatch can set them off is my request >> today. >> Yeah, >> I'll make that much. >> I have one question. >> Yep.
>> The county would ensure those sirens to them. >> Yep. >> That's going to be a recurring cost. >> Yeah. I'm not sure what that would I didn't even look at that honestly. >> That's a good question. >> Be a recurring cost with us.
>> Yeah. I didn't mean that there wouldn't ever be a recurring cost. I just meant I guess in my thought process minimal question. >> That's a great question. We could ask Doug today if he's gone. I'm sure I don't think it'd be much
insurance. >> It's a fantastic question. I didn't even think about it. They're probably not even insured right now. >> I hear you. You're not. >> Okay, we have a motion made by Brandon. Do you have a second? >> Other Brandon. All in favor?
>> I >> opposed. I >> motion carried. >> Thanks, guys. [snorts] >> Okay. Do you have anything else, Ben? No, just here for budget talks. Okay.
Nothing on the zoning. Okay. The tree removal. >> I'm still yet to get paperwork from them. So, >> okay. Uh the delinquent tax properties. Did everybody take a look at that? There's a handout. I believe
>> still a few months to get things paid up. I believe there's five or six of us. Chris, I can send you that list of um stay till November. It's probably not connections or
people. >> Wayne, will you grab PC? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Then the July state rate, it looks like that's raised. Okay, we would need >> the motion though.
>> Okay, we need a motion for that. >> I move motion by Perry. Second. I'll second that. Second by Brandon. All in favor? I I >> opposed. Motion carried.
Uh, we have building permits. Casey, three, four of them, isn't there? >> Uh, I saw some more. >> I just got >> just the two, I think. >> Uh, Carrie Baldwin building a 72 by60 shop.
And there's a new one that just came in, a 20 by 30 uh storage garage. He's doing all the work himself. Um, it'll be just >> uh this one will be northeast of Finley.
I'll move to approve the B one permit permit. >> That other one too. >> What' you say, Barry? I'll make a motion to approve both building permits. >> Motion made by Period. Second.
>> I'll second. >> Second by Brandon. All in favor? >> I oppose. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
Okay. Uh Doug will be here at nine, right? >> Yeah. Let's hit the IT stuff. >> Okay, I can speak to that some. We've had an ongoing problem since February or March with intermittent
internet capabilities in the public health office primarily. It has been a problem for the HHS and the extension office as well downstairs. So, it seems to me downstairs
much of the work that Hannah and Ashton do is online and they're not able to perform their work. So, it's a it's a huge issue. Uh, I finally got a hold of Travis and he
was here that same day and did some work on site and I think maybe got some things resolved, but I don't know if we're out of trouble yet. Uh Jana after he was here had some
trouble with the phones briefly. >> Y >> I'm not sure if that was related to it. Uh Travis said he's not getting much communication from courthouse employees,
but we have documented text messages and and things trying to contact us. >> Yeah. But we we can't have him do everything remotely. Sometimes he's going to have
to be outside here because if we're down, we're down. We have important things to We can't do business without the internet anymore. Not these days. And especially in the public health
department because that's they do big paperwork, confidential paperwork. It's a lot of work for them to do and then to get you just get knocked off the internet halfway through it. Then you're you're
doing things twice. I don't know if you guys have had any trouble on these other floors. >> I think that's need to get back up and do it. But I agree. They need your beer once.
>> And unfortunately, >> really, we don't we don't pay them the beer once. So, we do we don't really have much of a contract, do we? But >> no, when you file the [ __ ] I mean, we should >> think it might be a good idea to have a contract. I guess just from um I thought
that a lot of that stuff was taken care of when we addressed it last time and I was talking I was texting with Jana this morning and she said it wasn't and I wasn't aware of it. Um, I know that >> you shouldn't have to be involved. >> Shouldn't have to be involved in it is the best way to say that. Yes,
>> that should be our IT guy that does it. So, one thing that we did is if Travis does any work, he's going to send the ticket information to both me and Janet for the time being so that and
Hannah so that we have more people involved with it instead of just one office trying to get it done themselves. >> Request for certain things in different either does reach back out to people.
Well, I know on second floor at least there's a few offices that have asked for things and like this bring still have not got them or anything any leaks how to about it. >> That's that's what's been going on. has
been going up because I I reached out last March to a different IT company that uses just see like whether I was frustrated or Travis didn't have a vast machine for months months and that's how
like their doctor's prescription stuff I mean it was down for months as multiple times got fixed I mean this is like an if there are any problem. >> So, it looks like something that we need
to >> We have those keys on on our computer that he said he was going to put into it and have like passwords. Is that how you know they're for? >> They're called UV keys. They came from a cyber security grant and they're supposed to be so it's a thumb print activated so you can plug in your
computer into it that way. They are. They're just There's a couple of us that do have that, but he was supposed to roll those out to everybody and he hasn't. So, that's a I understand the frustrations. Um, I guess I'm I'm
tired of being involved or I don't need to be involved. >> So, is this something we can work through within or do we need to start looking somewhere else? Well, I'm not suggesting that we take any action on it today, but it's something we need to discuss and think about moving forward. We need better
service. Either way, we need our problem resolved. >> An idea right now. We have nothing. He has a budget line and she uses whole budget and then that's it. So,
>> [clears throat] >> Are you good to working on that this next month and you know things are there? >> Well, I'm I'm very good with being included in what's going on here for the near future at least.
>> I think having a contract would be good when we want to implement it. You know one different question firstly or >> I could get us the contract trail has with Joe and we could >> does he does trails or >> no Joe Kramer Remark Technologies does
out of Fargo he does >> like a year ago said yeah he must do some stuff in services every once in a while so but it's just never got any further from a CAD program update that we're
working through. It kind of is nice to have Joe around because he does all the trail stuff, so he helps with us here too for that piece of it. >> Well, I think I think this is this is it's been an ongoing issue whether or
not we can leave where excuses are at the building, surrounding the wiring, things like that. Um, my my concern goes back to just what Perry said. When when we have employees trying to get work
done and we can't get it done, we get no response. Uh, it just it's just not can function like that, >> right? We have to get it resolved. >> It has to get resolved or that's not going. we need to get here and and
figure out what's going on or you know we have have that we spend a lot of money on that. He does have I know he does have a ticketing system um that he got working here. Um and it's free access to anybody and that's a very very
easy way to track things, put stuff in, put all those requests in. Um and then get the updates for when they do get updated, you know. >> And I'm getting those I'm getting those ticket emails, but I don't understand a lot of what's in it. It's very technical.
>> Sure. just a a long list of events that have happened on the network here. >> So, so I'm I'm either ready we get this moving on a better track with Travis or let's move on. That's where I'm at.
>> That's that's kind of what I'm suggesting is let's monitor here for a couple of months, but we're going to have to do something. >> Yeah. Quickly, especially if the [snorts] problem persists, >> does pick up or continues to not get serviced enough. and let's let's find a
new IT provider. You >> think it wouldn't hurt for you guys to have a conversation with him about frustrations and and that stuff just to say that we actually did >> I did I did talk with him and and he was he took some offense at what I was saying and I don't care, >> right?
>> We have a problem and it needs to be fixed. So that's what I asked him to do is resolve our problem. >> Sure. >> Okay. >> I was not trying to be offensive to them. I just explaining we had a problem. just go through this month and see how things go and y >> and see how things get handled and go from there.
>> I'm okay with that. >> Do you want me to get the contract trail has with Remark and just to have it >> for sure >> stuff go in effect now and contract with?
>> Well, let's take a look at the contract and go from there. Yeah, whichever direction we end up going, we should have a contract either either way. Okay. Um, see Doug is here. We can always Doug and
Britney are here. Get them done correctly. Brenda's here, too. >> Morning. >> Good morning. >> Good. Hi. >> You guys got to scoot it up. >> You want to sit up there by the mic so everybody can hear you? That'd be great. >> You want to sit down?
>> No, you can bring both chairs up, too. >> Yeah. >> [clears throat] >> or just make sure >> guys for your time. We just wanted to uh we had gotten thank you Jen and all the
department heads. We've gotten the inventory list for all the inland marine and uh got everything added up and there was just some options with deductibles we wanted to present for you guys. see if he wanted to do anything
different. I'll let Britney kind of take over what she had done. >> Yeah. So, I worked with Jana. We got a master inventory put into Excel spreadsheet. Okay. >> So, it's nice and easy to tally up. There was a little increase in premium moving it from schedule to a blanket of
$766. So, I had just asked to give us a breakdown um with different premium options. So, if you'll see here, the renewal with scheduled limit was $79.74. And then down below, we did renew with a
$100 deductible for 87.40, but there are some other options there if you were interested in increasing that deductible. >> So, that's we can you guys can look it over and uh discuss it. Just let us know if you wanted to increase the
deductibles at all. Um, Other than that, everything is now uh in blanket form. So if if something um we still would appreciate if something gets bought to let us know right away so we can keep
our schedules up to date. Otherwise, if there's sometimes if something gets missed, having a blanket form, if it's not the exact item, if it's scheduled and it was a uh a trailer with a VIN
number and that one had been traded in and wasn't there was a new one on there with a blanket, it'll pay for the it'll pay for that. Where if it was scheduled and it was the wrong pin, there would be no coverage. So, this kind of just cleans it up and makes makes it a little
more [clears throat] easy if something needs gets missed or something like that. >> Yeah. >> So, yeah, [clears throat] any big purchase items like Matt reached out to me earlier, you're going to be renting an excavator couple hundred,000. So, I did adjust the blanket for that. We'll
take it back down when he returns that. >> What's What do you qualify as a big purchase >> like that? An excavator. anything that's going to make our blanket go above within 80%. >> So, what's that? What's that boil down to like a dollar figure? So, like if I
buy like obviously if I buy computer or something that that might increase that, right? But like a $200 printer, like is that going to change? No, I would say with anything like that um on that master sheet if we can add any of those type of items below my totals because
then next year we'll review again. We'll input we'll exchange those out. >> So just make sure we add stuff. There's no like if it's more than $500, we need to make sure it's added. It's anything. >> Yep. Just put those down below the total. But if it's, you know, we're talking 25,000 plus
>> Yeah. >> then let's visit. >> Yep. And then those spreadsheets keep track of your donations like highlighted in red and then >> or do a strike through with them. >> Send those out. >> The same
>> the one that has master in all caps. >> I have like four. >> You sent them individually and then Yes. >> I have like four master ones. So, so any rented equipment that commonly rents, do they have to do they have automatic insurance? Do they have
anything for that? >> No. So, if the rental company is requiring to show proof of physical damage and a lot of times they ask for the liability. We need to know about that. So, like that excavator um I got a proof of insurance over to the leasing company that's showing the physical
damage as well as the liability. So, is there any way to have an insurance for that? Like, so like my company, I have a rented insurance um like say for 750,000. I don't have to call in every time. >> Oh, I see. I don't think we do.
>> Yeah. No, I >> I don't >> we used to do that all the time, but when we rent a lot of stuff, we just we have a policy that just covers the 750. It's over that >> the borrowed least and rented equipment limit. I'll check on that. >> Just check on it. >> Okay. Yep.
>> Somebody check on the sirens. >> Yeah. Commissioners approved today the taking over all the sirens of the cities maintenance updates all that stuff. So we're in charge of them. So we'll need to add five four five sirens.
>> Is that like a per thousand rate for that? And how how much is the roughly per thousand? >> I mean I I I'm not sure what they what class they would put them into. We can find that out. Okay. >> It would most likely be outdoor
property. So like a siren, I think we put one in at the lake was like 30 something 35,000. So >> y So we would actually schedule them on the fire and tornado policy as outdoor property. >> Yeah. So if you want to just get us a
list of those five values >> and where they're located. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> That would be awesome. >> All right. Any questions? It is guys. >> Yeah. So, just let us know if you decide you want to increase the deductibles.
Otherwise, um it will just renew as it is right now and everything's been paid up to date. >> Yeah. You've already paid that invoice. So, >> yep. >> What's our deduct? >> $100. So, our deductible is $100. So, we have one say we raised it one one time
and pay that. So, I think we should just say $100 deductible. My opinion. >> Yeah. I mean, to go to 250 was what? It was like a >> Yeah,
roughly a $1,000 savings, you know. But, so, all right. Just let us know. >> All right. >> Thank you. If there's anything you can see, just have down to get a hold of us and we'll find the answer on that and we get back even we can we can text you
down what it would be so you know. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Thank you, >> Grandpa Douggee. Thank you, Grandpa Douggee. So, what's your guys' thoughts on the duct motion?
>> I thought we raised it last last time we did this, but I must be remembered. >> I think you guys raised your total coverage limit that million dollar or $2 million for whatever it was, not the actual deductible. Yeah, because I think the cleanup cost
for like the courthouse if it needed to be demolished or something was only at like 25,000. We increased that significantly, >> right? >> That and the shop I believe. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> But I don't think we mess with the deductible at all.
>> Raise a 250. >> I agree with that. I'm I'm very good with that. You're saving 100 bucks. >> I'll send you the picture, Chris. I mean really it's for $100 deductible you'd save
you do the $1,000 deductible you'd have you'd save you a thousand but one one time insurance claim you not >> I don't even know it's worth match >> I'm okay with leaving it at two >> that's just my opinion >> so does this include like vehicles and
all that stuff too so we pay the first hundred and then >> that's Oh, okay. >> No, I'll move to accept $100 deductible. >> Motion made by Perry. Second.
>> I'll second that. >> Second by Brandon. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carried. >> It's actually good, especially with the scheduled vaccines that they have. That's
cheat. Yeah. Okay, we are done. The only we have left now is the budget. >> This is just your first round of budget information. Um, in the past you guys usually just approve what's presented
and then we worked down from there about October. So, And I hope we should have um all of the utilities from the state and all that in Tyler. So by September
meeting, I should have a pretty solid what a mill is going to be worth. Right now she's estimated went up just a little bit. Seven. You guys have any questions on it? Cap
touching that. So about probably not% I know a while back we talked about separating the park board out into its own line item or whatever. Does do we
need to do something with that now or are we going to wait on that or what do we got to do there? >> You would probably do that whenever. Um, right now we just have them in as a budget line. I suppose
if we move them over to like their own entity or kind of like how extension is ran, they would just have their own liability line that we move all their collected money into. >> There's a vote that has to happen with that though. >> Correct. Right. >> It's going to be a long process to do
switch it over. So for the year 27, we probably just have them in a general fund. Um, but something you could start thinking about for 2028. >> Wonder I'm assuming code probably says something along the lines of at any regularly scheduled election or special
election, but do you really want to have a countywide special election to move the them to their own? I think you it'd probably be a Yeah, you'd probably want to wait until the 28 election 28
vote on it >> for 2029. So that's definitely something to keep in mind. >> Just because ballot language Chris is due by the end of August for this general election for this year and >> yeah, >> I don't know if we'll have you'll have
everything done by then. >> No, it's something we'd probably need to think about and talk about and explore because there isn't going to be any money coming in or not much anyway and the expenses seem to still be there. [snorts] >> Yeah. don't have much expense in or
sorry income hardly any at all. >> Right. the last couple years they have not used up their budget but there'll be some maybe the top motor
was involved so quite a bit of money but >> Oh um do you guys want to what other vehicles do you guys want to go out for bit like to We should have that list cuz we want to
get that done like in September. >> Weren't you going to get lists for us made up? >> Yeah. Yeah. There was some stuff at the county shop or something that they were going to look at and then I think it was Casey's pickup, wasn't it? >> Casey's pickup. There was a couple at the shop and I think Wayne's understanding was he was waiting on you guys to tell them.
>> Pick up. kind of trailer. >> And then there's some old vehicles back by the >> Yeah, those are two are in there. Yep, those two. And then I have a trailer sitting there, too. That was >> And then >> can't find out who the owner is. Um
Matt's pick up. That thing's been a wiring nightmare. Yeah, >> that's back in. I don't know if that's repaired yet or not. >> Uh I don't know if it's been repaired. >> You got a call with that
internal cam shaft problem which replaced the SMD put it in. Yeah. >> Did he Did he put in his budget? What
did he put in his budget for equipment? >> Yeah. >> Bad on me. data background. >> What do you put in there for actual equipment? >> Be the next couple of pages. >> That must be the rental.
So, >> he must have something else. Must be a chair. snowfall 150,000. >> I think he had a sim line in there or something too, didn't he? >> You got a snowfall. >> You do have you approved in this year's
2026 budget. You do have 150,000 in there that was supposed to be used for a snow plow. >> Sure. >> So there >> Yeah, there is money in the budget right now for something different if you wanted to go that route.
Okay. [clears throat] >> So, there's I haven't talked about situations that vehicle there's possibly more paperwork that can be done. >> Yeah. >> But at the same time, it's probably got >> that's time >> 140.
>> Well, that that need that one needs to go. >> That's his main rig. >> It's kind of been a lemon. >> Oh, yeah. I agree. >> Which one? Mes Rick's old one. Oh, well that actually that's got no end.
>> Yeah, that's got into trouble with it. >> Yeah, >> I did have Matt start pricing all the new one and um maybe next meeting they should bring that forward and I'll do that. Come up with a game plan. Thank you. Okay.
Okay. Does >> he need purchase? >> Well, the word we had taken out of the >> baseline for now. >> You know, it probably wouldn't hurt to put uh
60,000 for a pickup just just in case. Now for that we have those findings maybe 65 65 maybe >> and then if you decide to before October 13th >> sure
we should talk about all that at that meeting this month. >> Any anything else on the budget that we want to talk about? >> Well, as as far as it's going to come back down to the
side. Like I said, you can just go with what was presented and then do more of a deep dive next month. for you to officially approve the 2027 budget.
And as of right now with I mean that 60 we're probably going to be roughly at 86 we'll just say 87 mills and what we approved last year was 82.11.
So, >> you got about 150,000 you'll have to cut. >> Yeah. >> What's that? You'll have about 150,000 to cut out of the budget to get down. >> Oh, >> and Jan's got some ideas on how
>> what's the the price of the subjections on what the cost of it was? >> Yep. So, it'll be last year is about 32 and some change and then right now my estimated is about 336
you know we roughly that maybe even more with those add to it. >> So I think that's bringing quite a bit of their money in. Um >> I know last Garrison meeting too they
they voted to bring down their 1 mil to like 0.85 >> correct five tubes. >> Yep. And there is some different things too. Um there's a few entities whatever that have quite a bit large savings
you know to ask for their saving tax a lot of money. >> That's those conversations with ordinance yet. So there's two or three of them that that discuss
them ahead. >> Well, we don't want to lowball our preliminary budget. No. >> Yeah. Right. I mean that 6965 >> about where it's at right now. >> Yeah. Yeah,
I believe we did put in the name of the >> for the what >> 150 for the um health improvement stuff too which but that a little bit too and see what's you guys all want the bid stuff and if you don't need to budget
for that 150,000 >> hopefully hopefully we have those bids back by >> next meeting >> so that can always be cut to a little in years past. That's who it should from is that extra th,000 for courthouse
movements. But >> at the end of the day, that's a general fund milling item anyways. So >> yeah, >> I guess we put in for 100,000 this year, but then of course once I get
all the salaries good, we'll mess with the blue cross shield stuff. Have you talked to Blue Cross about their kind of >> They told it. >> I hope we're not a big jump. There was a
big jump last year. But so that could shave off a little bit too depending on salaries and all that. But I actually lowered That's scary. Would you would you raise nothing
to figure stuff out? Okay. So, um we'll need a motion for that to uh >> everybody okay with that or any more discussion? So once we set it, it can only go down
from there, right? That's it. >> So that's the only thing I'm wondering about is we want >> prove it a little higher. >> Since 2023, in 2023, you had 89, but every year after that, you've been down to like 24
you at 85. 25 you're at 79. Up to 82 last year. So beginning >> do you wanna so Perry's point maybe you want to put that in like the courthouse improvements if you >> c ruins we we have to that could be a
big bill so it would not be dumb not to raise them easy one to >> we can always cut that. be right out there 100,000. I think we started at 150. We usually cut there first, then look at
everything else, and then come back. >> I was going to say three. I was going to say 300. I'm good with that. So, just to reiterate, that's going to probably get you guys some questions and when people see it in the paper of why we're so high on stuff. And just to
reiterate that that's going to go down. >> Yeah. post over 90 s without any other changes. If not, I'm looking for a motion. >> I'll move to approve the preliminary budget as amended.
>> Motion made by Perry. Second. >> I will second that. Second by Brandon. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carried. Do we have approval of bills?
>> Motion by Brandon. Second. >> I'll second. >> Second by Perry. All in favor? >> I opposed. Motion carried. >> Want to talk about still night out? Steel County night out is tomorrow at
Centennial Park across the railroad tracks in Finley from 4 to 8:00 PM. Um, city of Finley is cooking. Um, we like to thank community Finley Community Endowment Fund and the Finley Improvement Association for the donations to make this possible.
Hopefully you guys come out and have a little fun. Eat some food. >> Wonderful. All right. Um, I think that concludes everything on our meeting agenda. Uh, motion for dismissal. So move.
>> Motion by Brandon. Second. >> Second. >> Second by Brandon. All in >> favor. Opposed. Motion carried. Thank you. >> Thank you. I have