DELTA
A Regular meeting of the Delta County Board of Commissioners was held
this date, pursuant to the following call:
The Honorable Members of the Delta
Dear
Commissioners:
A
Regular Meeting of the Delta County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for
Sincerely
yours,
Nancy
J. Kolich
ROLL
CALL
PRESENT: Commissioners
Bengry, Elegeert, Nelson, Ruohomaki and Schultz.
ABSENT: None.
The
meeting was called to order at
V. APPROVAL
OF BOARD MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Moved
by Commissioner Bengry and supported by Commissioner Ruohomaki to approve the
minutes of the
VI. PRESENTATATION OF WRITTEN
COMMUNICATIONS
A. Received: No written communications were received.
B. Forwarded: No written communications were
forwarded.
VII.
REPORTS OF
STANDING AND STATUTORY SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND OTHERS
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and
supported by Commissioner Nelson that the Communications and Reports of
Standing and Statutory Committees and the Reports of Special Committees and
Others be received and placed on file.
MOTION CARRIED.
VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS
Paul Neumeier addressed the Board with his
concerns with the dismissal of the Road Commission Manager, Mark Desotell.
X. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1. Building
and Grounds Committee.
2. Finance Committee.
a. Minutes of
1. Bills
and Payroll.
2. Data Mailer Tax Bill System.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Ruohomaki to approve the purchase of a laser printer for the
Equalization Department in the of $2,895.00 from the Computer Implementation
and Equipment line items. MOTION
CARRIED.
3. Sheriff’s Department
Service Contract.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to
approve the Jail Food Service Contract with a 3% increase. MOTION CARRIED.
4. Recommendations
from Personnel Committee.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to
approve the level 12 increases for the Airport employees with 90 day retro pay. MOTION CARRIED.
7.
Ren Zone.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Nelson to approve payment of $2808 to the City of
2.
Airport Loan.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Bengry to approve a short term loan to the Airport for $30,000
from the Tax Revolving Fund to purchase a refurbished fuel truck to be repaid
in 24 months.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Ruohomaki to receive the minutes and place on file. MOTION CARRIED.
3.
Personnel Committee.
a.
2. Lump Sum Retirement Request.
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by
Commissioner Nelson to approve a one time lump sum payment retirement request
from a Sheriff’s Deputy. MOTION CARRIED.
3. Equalization
Department 40 hour work week request.
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by
Commissioner Schultz to approve 40 hour work week for the Equalization
Department for an additional 90 days expiring on
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by Commissioner Schultz to
receive the minutes and place on file.
MOTION CARRIED.
4. Administrator’s Report.
1. Ren Zone:
We have received the appraisals for the
Ren-zone properties. Rory Mattson is
completing the environmental reviews.
Once he’s done we will have all of the information to submit to FAA for
the land releases. The Administrator,
Joseph Erickson, also met with reps from Wells Fargo Bank. They were informed about the progress at the
ren zone. They were asked about any
limitations or restrictions banks may have on lending money for development on
leased lands. They don’t foresee any
particular concerns as long as the lease term is at least the same as the
lending note.
2. Early
Out Retirements:
Twelve employees currently have more than 25
years of service. The typical incentive
for a County to offer an early retirement option is to reduce staff and/or
realign positions and departments, resulting in an overall savings. An analysis of the savings can be made and
evaluate whether the early retirement is a viable option to achieve this
goal. A letter will be sent to the
twelve employees to determine the interest in early retirement. If there is enough interest, actuarials will
be done for each unit that has an interest, at $400 for each actuarial.
3. Emergency
Management:
The ID Card system has arrived. The Administrator will be working with
Captain Berbohm on getting it set up.
The first cards will be issued to law enforcement and fire departments.
4. The Administrator has been working on pending
negotiation and with the Personnel Committee on revising the rules and
procedures.
5. Shortfalls in the State Budget:
The
Administrator just received information on the projected shortfalls in the
State Budget for 2005 is $400 million dollars and for 2006 it is $600 million
dollars.
Moved by Commissioner Ruohomaki and
supported by Commissioner Nelson to receive the Administrator’s report and
place on file. MOTION CARRIED.
6.
Computer
Committee.
X. GENERAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS
A.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Board appointments to various committees.
Moved by Commissioner Ruohomaki and seconded
by Commissioner Schultz to reappoint Michael Falcon to the Airport and Parks
Board. MOTION CARRIED.
B. NEW
BUSINESS
1. Payment of Bills.
None.
2.
Ratification of Magistrate Appointment.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to ratify the
appointment of Mark Hager as Magistrate of the 94th District
Court. MOTION CARRIED.
3. Planning Commission Case 27-04-PC.
Case
27-04-PC, Joe Pascoe,
ROLL
CALL BENGRY YES
NELSON YES
RUOHOMAKI YES
SCHULTZ YES
ELEGEERT
YES
MOTION CARRIED.
XI. GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT
Paul Neumeier addressed the Board regarding
the Equalization 40 hour week.
XII.
COMMISSIONERS CONCERNS
XIV.
ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and supported by Commissioner Ruohomaki to
adjourn at
Respectfully Submitted,
_____________________________ _________________________________
Nancy J. Kolich,