A SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MURRAY COUNTY BOARD
September 17, 2019 8:30 a.m. Pursuant to notice, the Murray County Board of Commissioners convened with the following members present: Commissioners Gunnink, Jens, Kluis, Thiner, and Welgraven. Also present were Thomas Burke, Travis Smith, and Amy Rucker.
MSP to approve the agenda as presented.
MSP to approve consent agenda item numbers 1, 3, and 4.
Open Forum/Public Comment – Eileen Bernstein present
MSP and carried that all claims as presented were approved for payment. The Chairman was authorized to sign the Audit List dated September 17, 2019 with fund totals as follows and warrants numbered 160096 through 160163:
County Revenue Fund 41,527.98
County Road & Bridge Fund 32,786.08
EDA 40.00
Ditch 2,088.00
Sunrise Terrace 3,174.99
SAWS 166.38
Total 79,783.43
MSP to authorize the Building Committee to work with Dunham to develop bid options to bring back to the Board for upgrades to the HVAC systems in the Government Center and Courts Building.
MSP to approve ditch inspection report for County Ditch No. 46.
MSP to proceed with litigation against the Minnesota Department of Transportation regarding payment of bills for County Ditch 11/State Highway 30.
MSP to go into closed session pursuant to attorney client privelege/Minnesota Statutue 13D.05, subd.3(b) to discuss pending litigation regarding County Ditch 22.
MSP to approve coming out of closed session.
MSP to approve the final payment of $3,682.22 to Traffic Marking Service, Inc. for striping project CP 01-19.
MSP to approve the Commissioner Vouchers for the period of August 25, 2019 to September 7, 2019.
MSP Resolution 2019-09-17-01, Resolution to Support a Des Moines River Watershed One Watershed, One Plan Project.
MSP to approve Environmental Services staff to lead the Steering Team for the DMR 1W1P planning effots.
MSP to approve the FY 2020 & 2021 State of Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources Block Grant Agreement, further authorizing County Administrator Thomas Burke to sign the agreement.
MSP to approve and authorize the County Administrator to sign the MSRS Health Care Saving Plan Agreement with the LELS union effective January 1, 2019.
MSP to approve increasing the PreferredOne stop loss deductible from $50,000 to $60,000 effective January 1, 2019.
MSP to authorize use of the Wellbeats Program through PreferredOne by hospital and county employees for an approximate cost of $750/year effective October 2019.
MSP Resolution 2019-09-17-02, Earmarking of New Production Tax Revenue for Broadband Development.
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, 10/2/2019
