Dickinson
County Board of Supervisors
Present are Supervisors Chairperson David
Gottsche, Mardi Allen, Paul Johnson, Pam Jordan and Wayne Northey.
Moved by Allen, seconded by Northey to
approve the Sheriff’s appointments of Ashley Egesdal as a part-time/full time
jailer at the rate of $11.36 per hour effective April 17, 2006, and Cory Peter
as a part-time jailer at the rate of $11.36 per hour, effective April 17,
2006. All voted aye.
Moved by Jordan, seconded by Allen to
approve the contract with Lakes Pest Control, Inc. for services at Phase 1
Courthouse and the jail at a rate of $100 per month. All voted aye.
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Allen to
publish the notices of public hearing as well as the receipt notices for manure
management plans and new construction of confined feeding operations as
required by the Master Matrix and county policies, in the Lakes News Shopper in
addition to the Dickinson County News.
All voted aye.
Owner’s rep for the new courthouse
construction project present with weekly update.
County Engineer present. Moved by Johnson, seconded by Allen to concur
with the recommendation of the county engineer and approve a utility permit for
Mediacom to replace approximately 360 feet of existing cable along 178th
Street, from 240th Avenue westerly into the corporate limits of
Okoboji, said line will be located in Section 17 of Center Grove Township. All voted aye.
Moved by Northey, seconded by Johnson to
concur with the county engineer’s recommendation and approve a three-year
maintenance agreement with the City of Wahpeton for two joint jurisdictional
roads with Dickinson County, the County will pay the city $2670 annually for
the maintenance work done within the county’s jurisdiction. All voted aye.
Moved by Northey, seconded by Allen to concur
with the county engineer’s recommendation and approve a contract with KP
Materials in the amount of $164,408.50 for 21,217 tons of crushed concrete and
asphalt material, the county will pay the total amount of the contract in four
installments and the material shall be removed from KP property by October 1,
2007. All voted aye.
Emil Lemke, Building Innovations, Inc.,
present to discuss the proposed mechanical, electrical engineering fees, and
project management fees for the Oak Haven HVAC project. The fees would provide construction documents
and administration, design of systems, plans and specs as well as project
management. Following discussion, a
decision was tabled until next week’s board meeting.
County Engineer present as well as several
concerned citizens in reference to the lake water levels and the Lower Gar
Outlet. Members of the board had viewed
the outlet and several pictures and lake level stats were presented. Those present expressed their concerns with
flooding of the chain of lakes.
Reference was made to studies done by the Army Corp of Engineers office
following the Flood of 1993. Following
discussion, it was moved by Northey, seconded by Allen to proceed to remove the
vegetation and growing plants downstream from Lower Gar Outlet and to have the
County Engineer look at the outlet at Garlock Slough. All voted aye.
Moved by Johnson to proceed with plans and
specification for a bridge at the Lower Gar Outlet with the design to be
completed in within five months.
Seconded by Allen. During the
discussion of the motion, it was moved by Northey, seconded by Jordan to amend
the motion to add the words “or multiple box culvert” following the word
“bridge”. The vote taken on the
amendment was: Johnson-nay, Allen-aye,
Jordan-aye, Gottsche-nay, Northey-aye.
The voted on the motion as amended was:
Johnson-aye, Allen-aye, Jordan-aye, Northey-aye and Gottsche-nay.
There being no further business presented
before the board, it was moved by Allen, seconded by Jordan to adjourn. All present voted aye.
_______________________________David
Gottsche, Chairperson
_______________________________Nancy
Reiman, Auditor