SYNOPSIS OF COUNTY BOARD MEETING
June 22, 2010
Members present: Seeboth, Berg, Dove, Lochner,
and Potter, along with Lay Board Members Kuster
and Mohr. Also in attendance were Administrator
Enter, Assistant County Attorney Boyle, and
Family Services Director Henderson.
M/Lochner, S/Potter, to accept the Minutes of
6-15-10 and authorize publication of the Synopsis
of same, carried.
M/Lochner, S/Berg, to accept the transfer
of nine Rate 2 GRH beds from Martin County
to Brown County for the purpose of use by the
House of Lights Residential Facility in Brown
County, carried.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to include an amount of
$925,000 in the draft 2011 budget, subject to final
budget approval, for out-of-home placements for
Probation and Social Services, carried.
By consensus, the County Board referred the
topic of separating the out of home placement
budget between the Family Service and
Probation budgets on the basis of a ratio of actual
expenditures for the past three years to an Ad Hoc
Committee including Chairman Seeboth, Vice-
Chair Berg, Family Services Director Henderson,
Probation Director Schultz, and Administrator
Enter.
M/Potter, S/Lochner, to approve the Home
and Community-Based Waiver Services Contract
Amendment with Connections Homes contracted
through Greater Minnesota Family Services to
increase the daily per diem from $268.37 to
$278.37 per day effective 7-1-10 thru 9-30-10,
with the understanding that this matter will be
reviewed again by October 2010, carried.
M/Lochner, S/Seeboth, to accept and file the
Social Service Case Actions Listing for May 2010,
carried.
M/Dove, S/Lochner, to include an amount of
$1,700 in the draft 2011 county budget, subject
to final budget approval, as supplemental funding
for the Lutheran Social Service of MN Financial
Counseling Service, carried.
M/Potter, S/Berg, to approve the Family
Facilitator Contracts for the period of 7-1-10 thru
6-30-11 with the following county school districts:
Sleepy Eye School District No. 84; New Ulm
School District No. 88; and Springfield School
District No. 85, carried.
M/Lochner, S/Berg, to approve the 2010
Delegation Agreement with South Country Health
Alliance for the period of 1-1-10 thru 12-31-12,
carried.
M/Potter, S/Seeboth, to approve the Targeted
Case Management Services Addendum to
the Participation Agreement between UCare
Minnesota and Brown County Family Services
for renewal with UCare at the rates set for Brown
County by the State Dept. of Human Services for
Mental Health Targeted Case Management and
Child Welfare Targeted Case Management for the
period of 7-1-10 thru 6-30-11, carried.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to approve the appointment
of Gail Bode to the Regular PT (Mid Aug. to Mid
Jan. up to 40 hrs/wk) Energy Assistance Program
Assistant position at the hourly rate of $12.1237
(Grade VI, Step 3) being effective 8-23-10 and
authorize filling the vacancy of FT Financial
Worker created by this appointment by returning
to the eligibility list created in April 2010, carried.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to approve MN Care
Contract Amendment No. 4 to A89211 for fiscal
year 2010, carried.
M/Lochner, S/Dove, to authorize the payment
of Family Services Administrative claims in the
amount of $6,130.57, carried.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to accept the following
Family Consent Agenda Items #1 thru #6,
carried.
At 10:25 AM, Chairman Seeboth convened
a Closed Session to consider Social Services
Payments, whereupon M/Potter, S/Lochner,
to authorize the payment of Social Services
payments in the amount of $19,028.27, carried.
The Closed Session ended at 10:28 AM.
M/Berg, S/Dove, to accept and file the following
Public Health update: School Health Contracts;
The Public Health Standards; Homemaker
Program Transition; Adult and Adolescent
Immunization Campaign; Southern Minnesota
Initiative Foundation (SMIF) Grant; Regional
Exercise June 30, 2010; Exploration of a Contract
to provide Physical Therapy and Occupational
Therapy (PT/OT) with our Certified Home Care
Program; LPHA Summary of State Legislative
Action That Affects Public Health; County Health
Rankings; Women, Infant, and Children (WIC)
Nutrition Program; Pertussis (Whooping Cough);
Reapplication for Medicare Certification with the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS); Mass
Dispensing Plan Evaluated by the Minnesota
Department of Health; Statewide Chlamydia
Partnership, carried.
M/Dove, S/Berg, to authorize the Sheriff's
Dept. to add to the fleet an abandoned forfeiture
vehicle (2000 Pontiac Montana van); declare
said vehicle as excess property for resale; and
authorize the Sheriff's Office to sell the vehicle on
the MN Bids website which is run by the State of
MN, carried.
M/Lochner, S/Dove, to approve a State of
MN Federal Boating Safety Supplement Grant
Agreement Contract #B44147 in the amount of
$3,500 for the Brown County Sheriff's Dept. to
purchase a side-scan sonar unit and authorize
Board Chairman Seeboth, Sheriff Hoffmann,
and County Administrator Enter to sign same on
behalf of Brown County, carried.
M/Lochner, S/Potter, to accept and file the
May 2010 Monthly Reports of Activity for the
Brown County Sheriff's Dept., carried.
M/Potter, S/Berg, to approve a Historical
Monument Policy to allow installation of a
historical monument at sites within Brown
County's right of way effective 6-22-10, carried.
M/Lochner, S/Berg, to approve the
Rezoning Application #R-00008 of Miller Sellner
Implement, Inc. by Ericksen Construction on
property described as part of the NW4 of NW4,
Sec. 05-T109N-R32W in Stark Township for the
purpose of allowing construction of an addition
to the business for Miller Sellner Implement
and to expand the I-2 Zoning District to include
the contiguous parcel they own to the south,
currently zoned as A-1 Agricultural Zoning
District, carried.
M/Berg, S/Potter, to approve Res. No. 2010-
16 approving withdrawal of membership in
the Joint Powers Agreement between Brown,
Nicollet, and Cottonwood Counties to establish
a Joint Clean Water Partnership Project, carried.
Correspondence C-1 thru C-5 were accepted
and filed.
Potter reported on the RCRCA meeting on 6-
21-10.
Calendars were coordinated for the next two
week period.
There being no further business, Chairman
Seeboth adjourned the Meeting at 11:22 AM.
The Official Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June
22, 2010 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
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