Law Library 9:00 AMRock County Courthouse May 4, 2004Chair Jarchow called the meeting to order with all Commissioners present.Motion by Boyenga, seconded by Bakken, to approve the May 4, 2004 County Board agenda, declared carried on a voice vote.Motion by Wildung, seconded by Boyenga, to approve the April 19, 2004 County Board minutes, declared carried on a voice vote. Motion by Boyenga, seconded by Wildung, to approve the following consent agenda items, declared carried on a voice vote. 1. Day Care licensing – Emilie Brands2. Day Care relicensing – Marti Boltjes, Kairie Franken, Sherri Ladd3. Voluntary Day Care closing – Crystal Ellefson4. Four year re-appointment of the Rock County Highway Engineer Mark Sehr5. Request for final payment to Central Specialties, Inc. on SAP 67-604-19, the reconstruction of CSAH 4 from the WCL of Luverne to CSAH 11.Doug Bos, Land Management Office Assistant Director, introduced Engineering Intern Russell Hoogendoorn at the Land Management Office that was hired through a grant through the Joint Powers organization. The County Board welcomed Mr. Hoogendorn to the county. Mr. Bos proceeded to inform the County Board of their request to dissolve the Water Plan Committee and re-assign those duties to the Rock County Soil and Water Conservation District. Following the discussion, motion by Boyenga, seconded by Hoime, to dissolve the Water Plan Committee and assign those duties to the Rock County Soil & Water District board and send letters of thanks to the Water Plan Committee members for their hard work in completing the initial plan, declared carried on a voice vote. Motion by Hoime, seconded by Bakken, to assign Commissioners Boyenga and Wildung to the recycling contract negotiating committee, declared carried on a voice vote.Gloria Rolfs, Auditor/Treasurer and Tom Houselog, Assessor discussed Solid Waste Assessment fees and some apparent issues that needed to be updated, creating a resolution as well as additional information on the collection of solid waste assessments. The Chair assigned Commissioners Wildung and Boyenga, Assessor Tom Houselog, Auditor/Treasurer Gloria Rolfs, Assistant County Attorney Jeff Haubrich and County Administrator Kyle Oldre to review the Solid Waste Assessment Fees Resolution and bring back an updated draft to the County Board. Motion by Bakken, seconded by Boyenga, to pay the claims, declared carried on a unanimous vote. A complete listing of the claims is available by request at the Auditor/Treasurer’s office. General $17,090.91LEC 1,217.16Road & Bridge 16,276.77Welfare 34,738.16Landfill 427.40TOTAL $69,750.40Motion by Hoime, seconded by Bakken, to approve the fund balances, declared carried on a voice vote.Motion by Wildung, seconded by Boyenga, to approve Resolution No. 14-04, a rural water split on parcel number 09-0150-000 located on the S 1/2 of the S 1/2 SE 1/4 in 32-103-45, declared carried on a voice vote.Motion by Boyenga, seconded by Hoime, to change the solid waste abatement from commercial to residential on parcel number 17-0039-000 located in the City of Kenneth and reimburse the current year plus two years prior totaling $63.00, declared carried on a voice vote. The Auditor/Treasurer informed the County Board that the county’s tax information could be accessed by the public via the Internet through a stand alone AS400 that would be managed by Computer Professionals Unlimited for a cost of $1,950.00. Motion by Wildung, seconded by Bakken, to authorize the Auditor/Treasurer to set up the community access and notify the taxpayers in a method of her choosing, declared carried on a voice vote.Ms. Rolfs informed the County Board that they are continuing with the GASB34 implementation and that they need to maintain funding for on site tech support and programming; the County Board acknowledged those costs and allocated $5,000.00.Sheriff Mike Winkels and Dispatch Supervisor Terri Ebert presented information pertaining to meth lab arrests. The Sheriff’s Office and Nobles/Rock Public Health are to be commended on the creation of the Clandestine Lab ordinance that currently serves Rock and Nobles counties and congratulated the Sheriff’s office on their efforts to make those arrests – ten arrests in the past two years. Mr. Winkels and Ms. Ebert also informed the County Board that they had received a grant for $164,800 to make 911 system upgrades as well as radio console upgrades in the Law Enforcement Center. The County Board congratulated them on their successful application and grant award. The Administrator informed the County Board that he had received notice of a $50,000 grant award from the Office of Domestic Preparedness for Emergency Management Prevention and Preparedness as well as a minimum of $4,000 for an Emergency Management Performance grant. Paula Anderson of Nobles/Rock Public Health along with members of the Rock County Partners in Prevention, Brad Herman, Katie Kraetsch, Sara Vorderbruggen, Lindsey Severtson and Whitney Oye presented a Tobacco Free Youth Recreation presentation; motion by Hoime, seconded by Bakken, to develop a policy making all county owned property tobacco free and present at the next County Board meeting, declared carried on a voice vote. The County Board also requested Department Head input on the location of designated smoking areas and the Chair directed that thank-you’s be sent to the partners in the presentation on Tobacco Free.There was a request from Duininck Brothers to approve a conditional use permit for the extraction of gravel and a hot mix plant. Following considerable discussion, motion by Hoime, seconded by Bakken, to grant a provisional conditional use permit for the hot mix plant subject to receiving written authorization from the neighbors within the notification zone and that they continue through the process for a regular permit prior to the next meeting, declared carried on a voice vote. Don Klosterbuer, County Attorney, discussed communication relations with the City of Luverne; the County Board directed that a meeting be scheduled on either of the following dates; May 10, 11, 19, or 28. That correspondence will be relayed. The County Board discussed health insurance and on a motion by Wildung, seconded by Boyenga, that VEBA plans be studied for implementation for all eligible county employees and relay that back to the Personnel Committee, declared carried on a voice vote. The County Board was informed of the AMC District meeting scheduled for May 27th, 8:00AM – Noon at the Blue Mound Banquet Center. The County Board also received notice of the Nobles/Rock Public Health Annual meeting, May 13th @ 5:30PM in the Nobles Government Center as well as the Lewis & Clark Annual meeting to be held May 27th @ 5:45PM in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.There was a request from Commissioner Wildung, for funding to rent space at the county fair for the Senior Citizen booth to distribute Medicare information; motion by Boyenga, seconded by Hoime, to authorize an expenditure of up to $100 for fair booth rent, declared carried on a voice vote.Commissioner Bakken stated that he had attended a Law Library Committee meeting and a Soil & Water Conservation District meeting. With no further business to come before the board, the meeting was declared adjourned. Bob Jarchow, Chairman of the BoardATTEST:Kyle J. Oldre, Clerk to the Board(5-20)