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ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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The public is invited to join the meeting remotely by phone call:

  • Phone: 1-415-655-0001
  • Access Code: 2558 164 1478
  • Meeting Password: 7282

9:00 AM

1) J. Mark Wedel - County Board Chair
  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Health & Human Services (see separate HHS Agenda)
  5. 10:00 AM

  6. Citizens’ Public Comment – Comments from visitors must be informational in nature and not exceed (5) minutes per person (when there is a large number of speakers to be heard, the Board of Commissioners may shorted this time). The County Board generally will not engage in a discussion or debate in those five 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.

    Anyone attending virtually wishing to speak during the public comment period should notify the County Administrator’s office at 218-927-7276 option 7 no later than 2:30 P.M. on the Monday before the meeting.
2) 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.
  1. Correspondence File: September 10, 2024 — September 23, 2024
  2. Approve County Board Minutes - September 10, 2024
  3. Approve EFT Report thru 09.16.2024
  4. Approve Auditor Vouchers - Auditor Warrants R&B Contracts 9.6.24
  5. Approve Manual Warrants - Elan 08.29.24
  6. Approve Auditor Vouchers - Auditor Warrants - Sales.Use and Diesel Tax, August 2024
  7. Approve Manual Warrant - Returned check to Highway
  8. Approve Manual Warrants 09.13.24
  9. Approve Airport Grant Agreement - AIT-025
  10. Adopt Resolution - Search & Rescue Donation - Benevity
  11. Adopt Resolution - Sheriff's Office Donation - Michael DuBay
  12. Approve McGregor Airport Committee Assignment
  13. Adopt Resolution - Sentence to Serve Donation - McGregor Lions
  14. Approve County Board Minutes - Committee of the Whole - September 17, 2024

10:05 AM

3) Andrew Carlstrom - Environmental Services Director
  1. Request Direction on proposed Aitkin County Cannabis Enforcement & Regulations
  2. Approve Requested Public Hearing Date for proposed Aitkin County Cannabis Ordinance
  3. Adopt Resolution - Limiting Retail Cannabis Businesses to Two

10:30 AM

4) Mark Jeffers - Economic Development Coordinator
  1. Public Hearing - CDBG-CV McGrath Broadband Project

10:40 AM

5) Dennis Thompson - Land Commissioner
  1. Invitation for County Board to attend the NRAC 2024 Fall Tour
  2. Adopt Resolution - Set Date Time and Pricing of Tax Forfeited Land Sale

10:50 AM

6) John Welle - County Engineer
  1. 2025-2029 Capital Road Improvement Plan
  2. Approve 2025 Highway Contract Schedule

11:20 AM

7) Jessica Seibert - County Administrator
  1. Adopt Resolution - 2025 Preliminary Levy
  2. Approve Scheduling Committee of the Whole Meeting
  3. Administrator Updates

11:40 AM

8) Board of Commissioners
  1. Commissioner Committee Reports

11:50 AM

9) Bobbie Danielson - Human Resources Director
  1. Closed Session - Labor Negotiations Strategy, MN Statute 13D.03

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