Members present: Seeboth, Berg, Guggisberg and
Potter, along with County Administrator Enter and
County Attorney Olson. Commissioner Lochner was
excused.
M/Guggisberg, S/Potter, to accept the Minutes of
7-22-08 and authorize publication of the Synopsis of
same, carried.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to authorize the payment of Gen-eral
Government claims in the amount of
$148,069.57, carried.
M/Potter, S/Guggisberg, to authorize five (5)
drainage ditch repair requests, carried.
M/Potter, S/Guggisberg, to approve the appoint-ment
of Larry Potter to serve on the Brown County
Corrections Advisory Committee as a Community
Representative effective immediately, carried.
M/Berg, S/Guggisberg, to authorize the CVSO to
proceed with five (5) separate 2009 CVSO Enhance-ment
Grant requests to the Minnesota Department of
Veterans Affairs, carried.
M/Potter, S/Seeboth, to accept and file the CVSO's
2nd 2008 Quarter (April thru June) Report of Activi-ties,
carried.
M/Guggisberg, S/Potter to approve Res. No. 2008-
18 authorizing the borrowing of regular construction
funds up to $200,000 for construction projects in
2008, carried.
M/Guggisberg, S/Berg, to accept and file the fol-lowing
Highway Dept. Monthly Update: 2008 Con-struction
Projects Update; Future Construction Pro-jects
Update; Maintenance Projects Update, carried.
M/Berg, S/Guggisberg, to approve regular employ-ee
status for Chad Classen, MW II; and for Larry
Kelly, MW III, carried.
M/Potter, S/Seeboth, to approve the appointment
of Carrie Quast as a FT Information Technology Spe-cialist
I/GIS, for the IT Dept., at the annual salary of
$42,283 (Grade XIV, Step 2) contingent on passage
of the pre-placement physical and with a projected
start date of 8-25-08, carried.
M/Guggisberg, S/Berg, to approve the appoint-ment
of Karen Moritz as the FT Public Health Direc-tor,
for the Public Health Dept. at the annual salary of
$65,390 (Grade XXI, Step 7) contingent on passage
start date of 9-29-08, carried.
of Lisa Meyer as the FT Social Worker/CD for
the Family Services Dept. at the annual salary of
$39,489 (Grade XIV, Entry) contingent on passage of
the pre-placement physical and background check
and with a projected start date of 8-18-08, carried.
M/Guggisberg, S/Berg, to accept the resignation of
Mary Bohlmann, PT Maternal Child Health Nurse,
effective 8-22-08 and authorize to post the position
vacancy internal/external simultaneously, carried.
M/Guggisberg, S/Berg, to accept and order filed
the update on South Country Health Alliance (SCHA)
matters, carried.
M/Guggisberg, S/Berg, to approve the request
from the Brown County Agricultural Society for use of
Brown County equipment and operator to facilitate
tractor pull activities at the Brown County Fair on Sun-day,
8-10-08, with Brown County covering the cost of
equipment and the BCAS covering the cost of labor,
Correspondence C-1 thru C-7 were accepted and
filed.
Berg reported on the Enterprise North meeting on
8-4-08 and the Park Commission meeting on 8-4-08;
Guggisberg reported on the AMC Policy Committee
meetings 7-31/8-1-08 and with Seeboth on trans-portation
matters; Potter and Guggisberg reported
the Economic Development meeting in Sleepy Eye on
7-28-08.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to approve the purchase of
LaserFiche software from Crabtree Companies, Inc.
in the amount of $53,674.39 (includes applicable
sales tax) for an Electronic Document Management
System (EDMS) with funding provided by the
Recorders Tech Fund; the purchase of two (2) Canon
DR-5010C Document Scanners in the state contract
amount of $3,067.18 each (includes sales tax) to
import documents; and the purchase of additional
software in the amount of $852 (includes sales tax) to
facilitate identification of storage area for documents
on the IBM Storage Area Network (SAN), carried.
Calendars were coordinated for the next two week
period.
There being no further business, Vice-Chairman
Seeboth adjourned the Meeting at 10:20 AM.
The Official Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
Aug. 5, 2008, are on file in the County Administrator's
Office and may be viewed during normal business
hours, M-F, 8AM-5PM. Correspondence and requests
for additional information may be directed to the
County Administrator's E-Mail Address:
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