Law Library 9:00 A.M.Rock County Courthouse December 27, 2005Chair Hoime called the meeting to order with all Commissioners present.Motion by Bakken, seconded by Boyenga, to approve the December 27, 2005, County Board agenda, declared carried on a voice vote. Motion by Jarchow, seconded by Boyenga, to remove #1 – the Out of State Travel Policy for Elected Officials from the consent agenda and add #14 DAC service contract for paper shredding to the consent agenda, declared carried on a voice vote. Motion by Boyenga, seconded by Wildung, to approve consent agenda items 2 – 14, declared carried on a voice vote.2. Nutrition Education Program3. 2005/2006 Snowmobile Trail Grant Agreement Amendments4. FSA Contract 4-06 with Keystone Treatment Center to provide Chemical Dependency treatment services to eligible recipients. Contract effective 1-1-06 to 12-31-06.5. FSA Contract 14-107-06 with Volunteers of America, Dakotas to provide Chemical Dependency treatment services to eligible recipients. Contract effective 1-1-06 to 12-31-06.6. FSA Contract 49-186-06 with New Dawn Inc., to provide Supported Independent Living Skills to persons with developmental disabilities. Contract effective 1-1-06 to 12-31-06.7. FSA Contract 52-788-06 with Sioux Valley Luverne Hospital to provide Chemical Dependency treatment services to eligible recipients. Contract effective 1-1-06 to 12-31-06. 8. FSA Contract 66-130-06 with Rock County Heartland Express to provide transportation services. Contract effective 1-1-06 to 12-31-06.9. FSA Contract 95-788-06 with Sioux Valley Luverne Hospital to provide Chemical Dependency assessment services to eligible recipients; effective 1-1-06 to 12-31-06.10. FSA Contract 119-23135-06 with Southwest Crisis Center to provide Community Education and Prevention services. Contract effective 1-1-06 to 12-31-06.11. FSA Contract with Southwest Private Industry Council to provide Minnesota Family Investment Program and Diversionary Work Program services; effective 1-1-06 to 12-31-06.12. FSA Family foster care licensing – David and Sherry Wurtz13. Adult foster care relicensing – CCSI site14. DAC Service contract with Rock County for paper shreddingMotion by Bakken, seconded by Wildung, to approve Resolution No. 38-05, an Out of State Travel Policy, declared carried on a voice vote. Motion by Wildung, seconded by Boyenga, to approve the County Board minutes of December 13, 2005, declared carried on a voice vote.Gloria Rolfs, Auditor/Treasurer, presented the claims and per diems of $2,320.00; motion by Wildung, seconded by Jarchow, to approve the claims and per diems, declared carried on a voice vote. A complete listing of the claims is available at the Auditor/Treasurer’s office. General Revenue $ 34,729.92 Family Services $ 76,873.03 Road & Bridge $ 15,112.34 Ditch $ 0.00 Land Management $ 6,366.17 TOTAL $133,081.46Motion by Jarchow, seconded by Bakken, to approve the fund balances, declared carried on a voice vote.Motion by Jarchow, seconded by Bakken, to adopt the 2006 levy and line item budget, which reflects a 2.69% increase; following discussion, Commissioner Boyenga called the question and a roll call vote was taken with Commissioners Hoime, Jarchow, Bakken and Wildung voting aye and Commissioner Boyenga voting nay. Motion was declared carried on a 4-1 vote. Line item budget is available in the Auditor/Treasurer office at no charge. General Fund 2,471,375.00 Library 121,885.00 Road & Bridge 626,600.00 Welfare 992,842.00 Landfill 23,424.00 Debt Service 68,198.00 Less State Aid (955,229.00) Total 3,349,095.00Mike Winkels, Sheriff, presented information regarding the prisoner costs for 2005 as the budget has increased over the previous year – in 2005 the county budgeted $100,000 and the current year-to-date expenses indicate that expense to be $140,000.Mark Sehr, Engineer, and Bill Ketterling with Ketterling Sanitation Services, Inc. requested approval of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Demolition contract with Ketterling Sanitation Services, Inc. for 2006, 2007 and 2008. Motion by Jarchow, seconded by Wildung, to approve the contract, declared carried on a voice vote.Motion by Wildung, seconded by Boyenga, to approve the 2006 pay plans for non-union employees reflecting a 3% COLA and the Minnesota Merit employees reflecting a 2% COLA, declared carried on a voice vote. Motion by Boyenga, seconded by Jarchow, to amend the 2006 County Board meeting schedule – changing the January 10th meeting to January 3rd to comply with Minnesota state statutes, declared carried on a voice vote. Commissioner Boyenga informed the County Board that DAC is currently negotiating a new union contract with its employees. Commissioner Bakken discussed the Water Plan update that he had attended. The County Board recessed until later in the day. The County Board reconvened; motion by Jarchow, seconded by Boyenga, to assign commissioners on the LEC Building Committee the task of determining whether or not to use geothermal heat pump system or a conventional heating system for the new building, declared carried on a voice vote. Motion by Bakken, seconded by Jarchow, to set the following elected annual salaries for 2006 and enter into employment contracts for years 2006, 2007 and 2008 with the Administrator, Engineer, Family Services Agency Director and Land Records Office Director, declared carried on a voice vote. Auditor/Treasurer $ 52,000.00Sheriff $ 65,625.00Commissioner $ 14,300.00County Attorney’s Office $101,000.00 (shared salary)With no further business to come before the County Board, meeting was declared adjourned. Ken Hoime, Chairman of the BoardATTEST:Kyle J. Oldre, Clerk to the Board(1-12-2006)