1161269 Commissioners Regular Session

Commissioners

Publish October 8, 2010

DOUGLAS COUNTY

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR SESSION

September 14, 2010

The Board of Commissioners in

and for the County of Douglas, State

of Minnesota, met in Regular Session

this 14th day of September, 2010. Fol-

lowing is a summary of actions taken

at that meeting. The full text is avail-

able for public inspection in the

County Auditor/Treasurer’s office.

To approve the agenda with

changes. Motion carried.

To approve minutes of the August

18th and August 24th Special Budget

meetings as submitted of the August

24th Regular Board meeting after cor-

recting the vote on line 400. Motion

carried.

To adjourn the Regular Session

and move into a Public Hearing for the

proposed assessment on Talon Road

and Talon Circle. Motion carried.

To close the Public Hearing and

adopt Resolution 10-50 adopting as-

sessment. Motion carried.

To approve the 18-month exten-

sion of waiver provider contracts as

presented by Sandy Tubbs. Motion

carried.

To approve offering free seasonal

flu shots for all employees who partici-

pate in the County's health insurance

plan. Motion carried.

To appoint Vicki Carlson to the

Public Health Advisory Committee.

Motion carried.

To acknowledge payment of Pub-

lic Health bills for the month of August,

2010 as follows:

Vendor – Count – Amount

Commissioner of Finance, Treas-

ury Division - 6,056.25

Creative Impact Design - 2,653.76

Douglas & Pope Co Environmen-

tal Hlt - 3,750.00

Douglas County Auditor-Treasurer

- 3,107.10

Douglas County Hospital -

3,960.62

Galeon – 6,188.32

Knute Nelson Memorial Home –

3,428.58

Lutheran Social Service –

3,225.35

Pope County Public Health –

2,521.65

Rice Home Medical LLC –

3,977.21

St. William's Living Center –

8,257.43

Stevens Traverse Grant Public

Health – 3,543.15

Thrifty White Pharmacy – 4,168.96

Trumm Drug – 3,320.91

Other Vendors – 82 – 29,097.44

Grand Total – 87,256.72

Motion carried.

To pay bills in the amount of

$885,048.55 as follows:

Vendor – Count – Amount

AAA Striping Service Company –

7,934.90

Alex Rubbish Service – 2,811.61

Alexandria Light & Power –

2,700.25

Apperts – 3,247.49

Assessco Environmental Services

– 8,700.00

Bitzan-Ohren Masonry – 5,750.00

Brandon Communications Inc. -

2,367.65

Caterpillar Financial Services –

2,835.92

Central Specialties Inc –

461,448.67

Centrurylink – 4,080.58

Computer Professionals Ulimitd –

4,547.76

Countryside Body Shop –

2,650.00

Douglas County Auditor-Treasurer

– 2,899.08

Douglas County Public Works –

13,184.25

En Pointe Technologies –

3,840.05

Information Systems Corp –

13,729.26

Insight Public Sector – 5,334.33

Klein Mccarthy & Co, Ltd., Archi-

tects – 47,244.12

Lubrication Technologies –

17,426.66

Maney International of Alex, Inc –

2,217.91

Mend Correctional Care, LLC –

11,875.00

Minnesota Dept. of Revenue –

67,799.62

MN Dept. of Revenue – 25,937.04

Morris Electronics – 8,944.58

Morris Sealcoat & Trucking, Inc –

18,703.50

Napa Auto Parts – 2,232.98

Northwest Divers, Inc – 2,202.48

Pitney Bowes – 7,000.00

Rolyan Buoys – 9,992.81

Thrifty White Pharmacy – 2,817.13

Univar USA, Inc – 10,721.24

West Central MN Petroleum LLC –

28,226.70

Other Vendors – 204 – 73,642.98

Grand Total – 885,048.55

Motion carried.

To approve the corrected EFT

payment total of $12,014.08

(08-24-10) as presented by Tom Red-

dick. Motion carried.

To set the 2011 preliminary levy at

$23,289,765. Motion carried.

To set the Truth in Taxation hear-

ing at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, December

3rd at the Public Works Building. Mo-

tion carried.

To approve the request from the

Citizens Concerned for Life to use the

Courthouse lawn/steps during the

“Walk for Life” on Sunday, October

17th from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Motion car-

ried.

To approve Mr. Robley's request

to fill a Highway Maintenance vacan-

cy. Motion carried.

To adopt Resolution 10-51 allow-

ing for the exchange of land. Motion

carried.

To approve payment to the City of

Carlos in the amount of $47,548.25 for

2010 street improvements. Motion car-

ried.

To eliminate the STS fee schedule

and replace it with a pledge or dona-

tion program. Motion carried.

By consensus the County Board

expressed their support of the Values

Health program. This item will be

brought back to the September 28th

Regular Board meeting.

By consensus the Board directed

Mr. Woods to look at program cars

and return to a future meeting with

more information.

To approve the contract with the

Minnesota Department of Human Ser-

vices for the processing of Minnesota-

Care applications. Motion carried.

To acknowledge payment of So-

cial Services bills for the month of Au-

gust, 2010 as follows:

Vendor – Count – Amount

Alexandria Opportunity Center –

13,808.07

Anderson Funeral Home –

3,200.00

Beltrami County Treasurer –

5,084.00

Catholic Charities – 8,901.98

Dingwall/Tom & Kim – 2,893.74

Douglas County Auditor-Treasurer

– 3,586.41

Douglas County Developmental –

4,359.87

Fox/Holly – 2,090.02

Glende-Nilson Funeral Home –

3,200.00

Larson/Michael & Shenoa –

2,424.51

Lutheran Social Services of MN –

7,104.01

Mesabi Academy – 7,047.54

Minnesota Human Services –

166,769.12

MN Dept of Human Serv-Mec 2 –

3,319.50

Nexus – Mille Lacs Academy –

6,925.09

Path – 11,922.24

Productive Alternatives, Inc –

16,047.65

Rainbow Rider – 3,649.50

REM Central Lakes, Inc –

8,608.54

Rural Minnesota CEP-Inc –

18,433.56

Sayre/Marsha – 6,281.53

St Joseph's Home for Children –

6,618.50

Valley Lake Boys Home Inc –

8,060.00

Vikingland Community Support –

4,207.33

Village Family Services Ctr/The –

2,344.47

West Central Regional Juv Ctr –

16,615.00

Woodland Hills Funeral Home –

2,280.00

Other Vendors – 253 – 71,796.50

Grand Total $417,578.68

Motion carried.

To accept the life insurance propo-

sal from Minnesota Life. Motion car-

ried.

To accept the following voluntary

insurance proposals:

Dental – United Health

Long Term Disability – Hartford

Vision – Avesis

Motion carried.

To approve the joint powers

agreement with Rainbow Rider.

Motion carried.

To adopt Resolution 10-52 (sub-

ject to Pope County Board approval)

for the sale of bonds. Motion carried.

To adopt Resolution 10-53 (sub-

ject to Pop County Board approval)

approving the certification of minutes.

Motion carried.

By consensus the Board will meet

at 1:00 pm. on Tuesday, October 12th

for bond sale acceptance.

To adopt Resolution 10-54 ap-

proving bond sale. Motion carried.

At 11:35 a.m. the Board moved

into Closed Session per MN Statute

13D for the purpose of discussing la-

bor negotiations. At 11:46 a.m. the

Board returned to Regular Session.

To adjourn the Regular Meeting at

11:50 a.m. Motion carried.

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