A SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MURRAY COUNTY BOARD
November 5, 2019 8:30 a.m. Pursuant to notice, the Murray County Board of Commissioners convened with the following members present: Gunnink, Jens, Kluis, Thiner, Dennis Welgraven. Also present Thomas Burke, Travis Smith, Christy Riley, and Amy Rucker.
MSP to approve the agenda as modified.
MSP to approve consent agenda items #1 (10/22/2019 meeting minutes) and #2 (10/29/2019 meeting minutes).
Open Forum – There was no one present for Open Forum.
MSP that all claims as presented were approved for payment. The Board Chair was authorized to sign the Audit List dated November 5, 2019 with fund totals as follows and warrants numbered 160516 through 160592 and ET 62263 (MCIT):
County Revenue Fund 53,414.67
County Road & Bridge Fund 73,992.69
EDA 73.18
Ditch 143.61
Self-Insurance 65.00
Sunrise Terrace 76.98
Lime Creek Service District 835.00
Total 128,601.13
MSP to approve ditch contractor bill for County Ditch 14 totaling $2,183.50.
MSP to approve and authorize the Chair to sign the MSRS Health Care Saving Plan Agreement with the AFSCME Dispatcher/ Jailer union effective January 1, 2019.
MSP to approve amending “Resolution 2019-10-01-02 – A Resolution Regarding 2020 Murray County Health Insurance” and “Resolution 2019-10-01-03 – A Resolution Setting 2020 Employer Contribution To Murray County Cafeteria Plan, Including VEBA/HSA Accounts” to increase the single health insurance deductible from $2,700.00 to $2,800.00 on the two health plans that have a VEBA or HSA attached.
MSP to approve the low bid for construction of the new sheep barn in the amount of $139,893 and award the project to Ankrum Cabinets & Construction.
MSP to approve the ditch inspection report for County Ditch No. 7 and Judicial Ditches No. 13 and 28.
MSP to approve the HVAC upgrade professional services contract with Dunham and to authorize Auditor/Treasurer Heidi Winter to sign it, with the understanding that charges will not exceed $117,000 and unneeded engineering costs will be removed from the contract.
MSP to approve the purchase of a Konica Minolta Bizhub C300i printer from Marco for the Recorder’s Office at a cost of $5,030 to be paid from the Recorder’s Technology Fund.
MSP to sign the Local Pound Agreement for 2020, further moving to extend the agreement to the end of 2021.
MSP to reduce the Soil & Water Conservation District’s additional appropriation request for 2020 by $10,000.
The meeting was adjourned.
ATTEST: Amy Rucker
Economic Development Director
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.murraycountymn.com. S, 11/27/2019
