A SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MURRAY COUNTY BOARD
January 8, 2019, 8:30 a.m. Pursuant to notice, the Murray County Board of Commissioners convened with the following members present: Commissioners Kluis, Welgraven, Gunnink, Jens and Thiner. Also present Ronda Radke and Travis Smith.
MSP to approve the agenda as modified.
MSP to approve consent agenda item number 1.
MSP to correct the entry in the minutes of the December 11, 2018, meeting regarding the SWCD FY2019 capacity grant to read as follows: It was moved by Gunnink, seconded by Thiner and passed to appropriate up to $14,400 to the Murray Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) as a 100% match for the FY2019 Capacity Grant.
MSP and carried that all claims as presented were approved for payment. The Chairman was authorized to sign the Audit List dated January 8, 2019 with fund totals as follows and warrants numbered 158000 through 158066, EFT 59190 (MCIT):
County Revenue Fund 201,259.97
County Road & Bridge Fund 86,088.59
EDA 123.00
Ditch 8,212.20
Self Insurance 4,907.37
Hospital 68,536.00
Sunrise Terrace 3,629.01
SAWS 154.00
Total 372,910.14
MSP to approve ditch contractor bills for County Ditches No. 3
MSP Resolution 2019-01-08-01, Resolution Authorizing the Murray County Auditor/Treasurer
to Pay Certain Claims in 2019.
MSP to approve the 2019 appropriations.
MSP to delegate authority to Auditor/Treasurer, Heidi Winter to set the Final Hearing date for the Improvement of County Ditch 22 to be held in the Commissioner Room of the Murray County Government Center.
MSP to approve the ditch inspection report for County Ditch No. 34 and Judicial Ditch No. 3.
MSP to approve the ditch inspection report for Judicial Ditch Number 2S.
MSP to approve reimbursing Tom Ahlers $1,822.22 for the tile camera inspection done on the Judicial Ditch Number 2S, Branch E, Lime Lake Twp. Sec. 35, District 3 – Ditch Petition 2018-109.
MSP to approve Howard Konkol and Commissioner Jens to go to the City of Slayton Council meeting January 23, 2019 and discuss Judicial Ditch No 17.
MSP to accept the Murray County Editorial Group bid of $12.00 per column inch for publication of proceedings, delinquent tax lists and all other notices and proceedings as required by law in 2019 and to authorize the Board Chair to sign the agreement.
MSP to approve the 2019 AMC Policy Committee Appointments.
MSP to approve appointing Commissioner Lori Gunnink, Commissioner David Thiner, Commissioner Dennis Welgraven, Commissioner James Kluis, Commissioner James Jens, Jean Christoffels, and Christy Riley as the 2019 AMC Delegate Appointments.
Open Forum- No members of the public were present.
MSP to approve the citizen appointments and the finalized 2019 Murray County Committee Appointments.
MSP and approve James Kluis and Dennis Welgraven to attend the SRDC orientation for newly elected local government officials Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the Murray County 4H Building.
MSP and approved the following 2019 Mason Township Bridge project SAP 51-599-103 and award the bid to Prahm Construction, Inc. in the amount of $442,599.90.
MSP to approve the Commissioner Vouchers for the period of December 16, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
MSP and approved that until the vacant county coordinator position is filled, that position’s duties will be covered by the Human Resources Generalist, Economic Development Director and Community Relations Coordinator, who will serve at the direction of the personnel committee until the county coordinator position is filled and/or the duties are reassigned. Let it further be resolved, that the above-mentioned designees can assume the responsibly of Clerk to the Board and may certify the correctness and accuracy of the minutes of the County Board meetings and the accuracy of all resolutions adopted at these meetings at the direction of the County Board until the position is filled and/or the duties are reassigned.
The meeting was adjourned.
ATTEST: Ronda Radke,
Human Resources Generalist
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, 1/23/2019
