SYNOPSIS OF COUNTY
BOARD MEETING
September 2, 2008
Members present: Seeboth, Berg, Guggisberg,
Lochner and Potter, along with County Administrator
Enter and Assistant County Attorney Hinnenthal.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to accept the Minutes of 8-26-08
and authorize publication of the Synopsis of same,
carried.
M/Guggisberg, S/Seeboth, to authorize the pay-ment
of General Government claims in the amount of
$180,612.87, carried.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to receive and order filed the
report by A/T Helget noting that the JD #48 BE&B
ditch authority held a teleconference earlier this date
and scheduled a Hearing on the Preliminary Engi-neer's
Report for Repair of JD #48 BE&B for 1:30 PM
on 9-15-08, in the Blue Earth County Courthouse,
Mankato, MN, carried.
M/Berg, S/Seeboth, to authorize three (3)
Drainage Ditch Repair requests, carried.
M/Guggisberg, S/Seeboth, to approve the pur-chase
of furniture from General Office Products in the
state contract amount of $3,217.59 for the GIS posi-tion;
and to authorize the purchase of GIS software
from ESRI in the amount of $6,312.78 for the GIS
position, with funding for this software from the
Recorder's LRF Fund, carried.
M/Guggisberg, S/Berg, to authorize the purchase
of a Harloff medication delivery cart in the amount of
$1,181.25 from Claflin Medical Equipment, with fund-ing
from the Jail Commissions account, carried. Addi-tional
quotes were received from Moore Medical and
from Taffaro Marketing Group, Inc. DBA Medical
Superstore Online.
Correspondence C-1 thru C-7 were accepted and
filed.
Berg reported on the Region 9 meeting on 8-27-
08; Lochner reported on the CHS budget meeting
and on Area 11 matters.
M/Seeboth, S/Guggisberg, to accept the low quote
for the Law Enforcement Center rooms and hallway
carpet replacement project from Design Home Cen-ter
in the amount of $6,624.88, carried. Additional
quotes were received from New Ulm Furniture and
from Retzlaff's Floors & More.
Calendars were coordinated for the next two week
period.
M/Berg, S/Seeboth, to approve Res. No. 2008-21
calling for a public hearing on an addition/remodeling
project by Highland Manor, Inc., d/b/a Oak Hills Living
Center under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 469, with
respect to the application for issuance of private activ-ity
bonds to finance health care facilities, carried.
County Administrator Enter presented the draft
2009 Brown County budget, reporting that adjusted
total draft 2009 budgeted expenditures in the amount
of $27,495,887 reflect an increase of 8.8 percent from
the 2008 budget of $25,266,257. The County Board
discussed the state levy limit regulations and it was
noted that the proposed property tax levy for 2009 in
support the total budget is 39.4 percent compared to
40.3 percent in 2008. M/Seeboth, S/Berg, to revise
the proposed levy to S10,823,762 to qualify for
exemption from the Truth in Taxation public hearing
requirement as determined by the MN Dept. of Rev-enue
and as a cost saving measure, carried, with
Lochner dissenting.
M/Guggisberg, S/Seeboth, to establish the 2009
proposed property tax levy for certification to the
County Auditor/Treasurer in the amount of
$10,823,762 which represents an increase of 6.19
percent over the total 2008 certified levy and approve
the "Payable 2009 PT Form 280" as revised for sub-mission
to the MN Dept. of Revenue-Property Tax
Division, carried. It was further noted that the final
2009 budget and levy will be adopted by the County
Board in December.
M/Guggisberg, S/Seeboth, to support a decision to
submit a letter of interest to the DNR for a new grant
opportunity for Native Shoreland Buffer Incentives
Program Grants ($75,000 each) during 2009-2011,
M/Seeboth, S/Potter, to approve the addition of .2
FTE to the current .8 FTE Public Health Nurse posi-tion
for Michelle Buerkle, effective 10-27-08, to pro-vide
Personal Care Assistant assessments, and to
decrease the Maternal and Child Health position
vacated by Mary Bohlmann from .8 to .6 FTE effec-tive
with the hiring of a new person; and to authorize
advertisement to fill the .6 FTE Public Health Nurse
position vacancy, carried.
There being no further business, Chairman Lochn-er
adjourned the Meeting at 10:23 AM.
The Official Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
September 2, 2008, are on file in the County Admin-istrator's
Office and may be viewed during normal
business hours, M-F, 8AM-5PM. Correspondence
and requests for additional information may be direct-ed
to the County Administrator's E-Mail Address:
cntyadmn@co.brown.mn.us; Home Page Address: