A SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MURRAY COUNTY BOARD
January 24, 2017 8:30 a.m. Pursuant to notice, the Murray County Board of Commissioners convened with the following members present: Commissioners Gunnink, Magnus, Jens, Thiner, and Kluis. Also present Aurora Heard, Heidi Winter, and Travis Smith.
MSP to approve the agenda as modified.
MSP to approve consent agenda item 1.
MSP to approve ditch contactor bills for Judicial Ditch No. 3 totaling $11,902.50
MSP Resolution 2017-01-24-01, Resolution of the Murray County Drainage Authority Accepting a Petition and Appointing an Engineer for the Improvement to Portions of County Ditch No. 22
MSP to set the Final Acceptance Hearing for the County Ditch 61 Improvement for March 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m..
MSP to approve an LG220 Application for Exempt Permit for the Lake Shetek Sportsmen’s Association for a raffle to take place on May 20, 2017 at Key Largo Restaurant and Bar, further authorizing the Board Chair to sign the permit on behalf of the County.
MSP to authorize the purchase of a new yard tractor based on government pricing for the maintenance department mowers from Murray County Implement for $20,525.00.
MSP to approve an expenditure of up to $20,000 to Len’s Awning and Canvas to replacing the two solar panel curtains and automation on the government center and to bring back to the County Board for ratification at the next meeting.
MSP to approve Commissioner Gunnink and Commissioner Jens to review the Clear Lake Draw down structure for JD 6.
MSP to approve a quote from Digital Plains for a wireless project at the Human Services building in an amount up to $3,500.00.
MSP to approve to not renew the wellness contract with Marsh and McLennan.
MSP to approve the $4.00 per insurance contract per month that was being paid to Marsh & McLennan for the wellness contract be divided as follows: $2.00 will go into the wellness fund and $2.00 will go into the insurance fund.
MSP to approve and authorize the Board Chair sign the 2016 pay equity report.
Open Forum/Public Comment. John and Jeff Meyer spoke regarding CD 22.
MSP to approve increasing the Commissioner contribution to the MSRS health care savings plan to $125.00 bi-weekly.
MSP to approve the updated policy #729, Elected Officials Health Care Savings Plan.
MSP to approve hiring Steve Muecke as a highway mechanic, with employee receiving a Class A Commercial Driver’s license by May 1, 2017.
MSP to approve the 2017 wellness committee request excluding the sick leave for wellness policy.
MSP to approve Coordinator Heard create a medical leave for wellness policy and bring it back to the Board.
MSP to approve declaring the following vehicles surplus equipment and authorize the sale via E-bay: Unit 43, 1985 Chevrolet 1-ton pickup- Emergency Management, VIN:1GBHK34J5FS140533; Unit 101, 2008 Dodge Durango Sheriff, VIN:1D4HB48208F126798; Unit 104, 2008 Dodge Durango –Sheriff, VIN:1D4HB48218F140001
MSP to approve Policy #723, Incidental Leave for Adverse Weather.
MSP to approve any Commissioner attend a Wind tower meeting in Wilmont, on February 2, 2017.
MSP to approve appointing Commissioner Thiner as an alternate on JD 12.
MSP to approve going into closed session pursuant to Minnesota Statute 13 D.05 Subdivision 3, 2 -3, to consider an offer for the sale of county property to Murray County School District for the gymnasium expansion.
Present: Commissioners Thiner, Gunnink, Jens, Magnus, Kluis, County Coordinator Heard, County Attorney Smith. County Engineer Randy Groves was present via telephone.
MSP to approve coming out of closed session.
MSP to approve proposing the following to Murray County Central School District: The County proposes the following modifications to the revised Purchase Agreement presented by the School District to the County Board on January 17, 2017: Amend Paragraph 1(a)6 to read as follows: Construction of an additional paved parking lot on the seller’s property that would be approximately a total of 2,646 square feet in area east and west of the current paved parking lot. The parking lot shall be constructed with at least 8 inches of base and 4 inches of blacktop; and Amend Paragraph 1(a)7 to read as follows: Construction of an 24 foot wide access road with at least 8 inches of base and 4 inches of blacktop connecting the parking lot on the Property to Juniper Avenue. The access road shall be paved with curb and gutter on both sides of the road. Spillways shall be installed on the south side of the road, an access on the north side of the road near Juniper Avenue, and with adequate and appropriate drainage. All plans for construction of the access road shall be approved by the County Engineer prior to construction beginning. Amend Paragraph 1(b) to read as follows: Seller shall grant Buyer the option to lease the parking lot space on the Seller’s Property, as well as the playground area, at a rate of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per year, for twenty years from the execution of this Agreement. The terms of the lease shall mirror those of the current lease agreement between the parties, attached as Exhibit C. This option is valid for one year after the execution of this Agreement. Amend Paragraph 1(c) to read as follows: Pay the additional purchase price of thirty-eight
thousand dollars ($38,000.00). Under 1. Consideration after buyer’s obligations add the following: The seller, at its cost, shall: Erect a catch fence along the north side of the acetrack with materials provided by the Murray County Racing Association. Erect a wooden privacy fence between the catch fence and the south side of the access road.
The meeting was recessed.
Chairman Kluis called the County Board meeting back to order.
MSP to approve going into closed session pursuant to Minnesota Statute 13 D.05 Subdivision 3, 2 -3, to consider an offer for the sale of county property to Murray County School District for the gymnasium expansion.
Present: Commissioners Thiner, Gunnink, Jens, Magnus, Kluis, County Coordinator Heard, County Attorney Smith, Murray County Central School Board Members Dan Woldt, Lauren Biegler, Tom Mesner, Tony Clarke, Sue Streff, Robin Gilbertson and Murray County Central School Superintendent Joe Meyer.
MSP to come out of closed session.
No action was taken regarding the Murray County School District land purchase proposal.
MSP to approve obtaining a quote for a feasibility study at no cost to the county for the parts of Murray County that do not have broadband.
The meeting was adjourned.
ATTEST: Aurora Heard,
County Coordinator
A complete copy of these proceedings will be posted for 1 month at the Murray County Government Center, Slayton, MN.
And is also available at www.murray-countymn.com
S, 2/15/2017
