DELTA
COMMITTEE
OF THE WHOLE MEETING
A Committee of the Whole 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
Committee of the Whole Meeting of the Delta County Board of Commissioners is
scheduled for
Sincerely
yours,
Nancy
J. Kolich
ROLL
CALL
PRESENT: Commissioners Elegeert, Nelson, Ruohomaki and Schultz.
EXCUSED: Commissioner Bengry.
The
meeting was called to order at
Moved
by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Schultz to add items l. Oberstar
payment, and m. Sick pay request, to the agenda. MOTION CARRIED unanimously.
VII. NEW BUSINESS
1. BUILDING AND GROUNDS
2.
FINANCE
a. Bills and Payroll.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz
and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to recommend payment of the bills and
payroll. MOTION CARRIED.
b.
Request from Clerk/ROD for increased
staff hours.
Moved by Commissioner
Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to recommend that the Board
authorize 40 hour work weeks for the Clerk’s staff July 5 through
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and
seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to recommend that the Board authorize 5
additional hours per week for each of the 2 Register of Deeds employees to work
on a special project in the Deeds office to add documents to the computer index
to be paid from the Automation Fund. MOTION
CARRIED.
c. Bittner Billing $1,326.39.
Moved by Commissioner Ruohomaki
and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to recommend payment to Bittner Engineering
for $1,326.39 for mitigation at the Renaissance Zone to be paid from the Roland
lease account. MOTION CARRIED.
d. Airport Request for Increased
Appropriation.
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and seconded
by Commissioner Schultz to recommend approval of $135,000 appropriation to the
Airport budget and recommend that the Administrator transfer as necessary from
the fund balance. MOTION CARRIED.
e. Treasurer response to Audit Report.
Moved
by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to recommend that
the Administrator transfer the Commercial Forest Reserve liability monies
($174,753.34) from an outstanding check issued to the state in 1995 to a Trust
and Agency account. MOTION CARRIED.
Moved by Commissioner
Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to recommend to receiving the
Treasurer’s response to the Audit and place on file. MOTION CARRIED.
f. Kelly Smith’s Contract.
The Administrator will meet with Ms. Smith and
make a recommendation to the Board.
g. MSUE proposed travel budget.
Moved by Commissioner Schultz
and seconded by Commissioner Nelson that this memo be referred to the Budget
Committee of the Whole meeting and that the MSUE Director be notified of the
meeting that it will appear on the agenda.
MOTION CARRIED.
h. Airport Consultant.
Moved by Commissioner
Schultz and seconded by Commissioner Nelson to recommend selecting URS as an
Engineer consultant per State recommendation until the Board concludes that
their services are no longer required.
MOTION CARRIED.
i. Jail Pump Replacement.
Moved by Commissioner
Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to recommend approval of the
proposal from Pre-Tube, Inc. for $12,346 to replace jail pumps damaged by a
lightning strike, and to submit to the insurance company. MOTION CARRIED.
j. Park Electrical Upgrade Loan.
The loan will be paid
from the timber sales from the
k.
Prosecutor staffing and salary requests.
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and
seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to refer the requests to the budget hearings.
MOTION CARRIED.
l.
Oberstar payment.
Moved Commissioner Nelson and seconded by
Commissioner Ruohomaki to recommend settling with Oberstar for $60,000 for the
dewatering bill. MOTION CARRIED.
m.
Sick Pay Request.
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and
seconded by Commissioner Ruohomaki to recommend approval of the request from
Bonnie Gereau to donate sick time to another employee. MOTION CARRIED.
3.
PERSONNEL ISSUES
a. Recommendations from Loss Prevention Visit.
Moved by
Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Schultz to recommend approve purchasing
2 full body harnesses and that the employees receive training prior to use and
will be required use for all MIOSHA required applications. MOTION CARRIED.
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and seconded
by Commissioner Ruohomaki to recommend approve requiring any county employee,
as identified by the insurance carrier, to wear safety shoes, with those
employees receiving a co-pay, to be negotiated, annually upon submission of a
receipt. MOTION CARRIED.
Moved
by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by Commissioner Schultz to recommend
approve purchasing ear protection equipment for the Animal Shelter employees
and that they be trained in proper use of the equipment. MOTION CARRIED.
4.
2006-07 BUDGET
A Budget
Hearing meeting will be held Tuesday August 8 at
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Commissioner Nelson and seconded by
Commissioner Schultz to adjourn at
Respectfully Submitted,
_____________________________ _____________________________
Nancy J. Kolich,