DELTA
A Statutory 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
Statutory Meeting of the Delta County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for
Sincerely
yours,
Nancy
J. Kolich
ROLL
CALL
PRESENT: Commissioners
Bengry, Elegeert, Ruohomaki and Schultz.
EXCUSED: Commissioner Nelson.
The
meeting was called to order at
V. APPROVAL
OF BOARD MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Moved by Commissioner Ruohomaki and supported
by Commissioner Schultz to approve the minutes of the March 21, 2006 meeting
with the addition of “or finance a new jail” to Commissioner Ruohomaki’s motion
authorizing the Administrator to explore jail options. MOTION CARRIED.
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
VIII.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND OTHERS.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and supported by Commissioner Bengry 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
None.
X. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1. Building
and Grounds Committee.
2. Finance Committee.
a.
1. Payment
of Bills.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Ruohomaki to approve payment of the bills. MOTION CARRIED.
2. Payment
to VanEssen of $2,317.59.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Bengry to approve payment
of the county share of $2,317.59 to Silver and VanEssen for legal services for
the
3. Retirement
Notice from Laura Gardner-Bernard.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to approve the
contract amendment with Daina Norden of $3,000 based on the current rate. MOTION CARRIED.
Moved
by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to send a letter
to Laura Gardner-Bernard congratulating her on her retirement and thanking her
for her many years of service to the county.
MOTION CARRIED.
4. Overlapping
and Filling of Positions.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki that there will
be no overlapping of positions at this time.
MOTION CARRIED.
6. Airport
Update.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Bengry to approve transfer
of funds from the Passenger Facility Charge Fund to pay the $48,000 local share
of the Airport Runway Project which was reduced from the original $52,000. MOTION CARRIED.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to receive the
minutes and place on file. MOTION
CARRIED.
3. Personnel
Committee.
4. Administrator’s Report.
4. Advisory Board Reorganization.
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and seconded by
Commissioner Ruohomaki to hold a Committee of the Whole meeting with the
Airport and Parks Board on Tuesday April 25th at
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Ruohomaki to receive the Administrator’s report and place on
file. MOTION CARRIED.
X. GENERAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS
A. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
B. NEW
BUSINESS
1. Payment of Bills.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Bengry to pay the bills in the amount of $556,266.15. MOTION CARRIED.
2.
2004-05 Audit Report.
Auditor Ray LaMarche presented the 2004-05
Audit Report to the Board. The County
was given a Clean Opinion in the report.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and
seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to have the Finance and Personnel Committees
follow up on audit findings and report back to the Board. MOTION CARRIED.
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and seconded
by Commissioner Ruohomaki to take a 5 minute recess.
3.
Equalization Report.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Bengry to approve the Equalization Report as presented by
Equalization Director Rick Lindstrom.
MOTION CARRIED.
4.
Proclaim April Head Start Month.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Ruohomaki to proclaim April Headstart month. MOTION CARRIED.
5.
Airport Contracts.
a.
MDOT 2006-286.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Bengry to approve the MDOT
Contract 2006-286. MOTION CARRIED.
b.
Construction Contract FM 21-1-C80 to rehab runway.
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to approve the
Construction Contract with Payne and Dolan to rehabilitate the runway. MOTION CARRIED.
c.
Engineering Contract for Airport Layout Plan Update.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded
by Commissioner Ruohomaki to approve the Agreement with URS Corporation for ALP
Update. MOTION CARRIED.
d.
Property Map Design Services.
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and
seconded by Commissioner Schultz to approve the Agreement with URS Corporation
for Property Map Design Services. MOTION
CARRIED.
6. Out of
Moved
by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to approve out
of county travel for the Commissioners to attend the UPCAP meeting in
Watersmeet. MOTION CARRIED.
XI. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
XII. COMMISSIONERS
CONCERNS
Commissioner
Ruohomaki: Would like the budget process
to begin. Moved by Commissioner Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki
to approve payment for the
Commissioner Bengry: Sign up for the MSU Planning Training will
close on April 14th.
Commissioner Schultz: None.
Commissioner
Elegeert: None.
XIV. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Commissioner Bengry and supported by Commissioner Ruohomaki to
adjourn at
Respectfully Submitted,
____________________________ _________________________________
Nancy J. Kolich,