ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
July 9, 2013 - BOARD AGENDA

 9:00         1) Patrick Wussow, County Administrator
                        A) Closed Session Under MN Statute 13D.03 Subd. 1 (b) Labor Negotiations

10:00       Break

10:10        2) J. Mark Wedel, County Board Chairperson
                    A) Call to Order
                    B) Pledge of Allegiance
                    C) Board of Commissioners Meeting Procedure
                    D) Approval of Agenda
                    E) Citizens’ Public Comment – Comments from visitors must be informational in nature and not exceed
                         (3) minutes per person. The County Board generally will not engage in a discussion or debate in
                         those three minutes but will take the information and find answers if that is appropriate. As part
                         of the County Board protocol, it is unacceptable for any speaker to slander or engage in character
                         assassination at a public Board meeting.

                 3) Consent Agenda – All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and have been
                     made available to the County Board at least two days prior to the meeting; the items will be enacted
                     by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member or citizen
                     so requests, in which event the item will be removed from this Agenda and considered under separate
                     motion.

                    A) Correspondence File June 25, 2013 – July 8, 2013 (informational only)
                    B) Approve 6/25/13 County Board Minutes
                    C) Approve Auditor Warrants – Real Estate Tax Settlement
                    D) Approve Auditor Warrants – Real Estate Tax Overpays
                    E) Approve June Manual Warrants
                    F) Approve Reappointment of Larry Turner to Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA)
                    G) Approve Resolution – Form LG214 McGregor Fire Department Relief Association
                    H) Approve Personnel Committee Recommendations
                        1. Approve Leave of Absence Extension – Jerry DeWitt, Road & Bridge Dept.
                        2. Approve Creating and Filling FT Heavy Equipment Operator Position – Road & Bridge Dept.

10:15       4) Elizabeth DeRuyck, CMCC Associate Director
                    A) Sobriety Court Update      (Power Point Presentation)

10:35       5) John Welle, County Engineer
                    A) Transportation & Infrastructural Funding Alternatives

11:00       6) Bobbie Danielson, Human Resources Manager
                    A) Approve 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 AFSCME Courthouse Collective Bargaining Agreements

11:15         Break

11:30       7) Penny Harms, Veterans Service Officer
                    A) Meeting Updates - Veterans Transit & Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act

11:40       8) Board Discussion
                    Mark Wedel – Historical Society, Airport
                    Laurie Westerlund – Extension, Park Board, Bridge out of Poverty
                    Don Niemi –
                    Brian Napstad –
                    Anne Marcotte – 4th of July

                 9) Committee Updates
                    Upcoming Meetings:
                    Lakes & Pines – July 15, 2013 Full Board
                    Kinship of Aitkin County – July 16, 2013
                    ARDC – July 18, 2013, Commission meeting
                    Snake River Watershed – July 22, 2013

12:30         Adjourn
             

Addl Meeting Items:    Signed Minutes     Synopsis     Resolutions      Board Correspond/Handouts

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