Steele County Commissioner’s Synopsis for 2/18/2016 Complete minutes can be viewed on the Steele County Website.

Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 
1. Brady/Huntington to approve the agenda.  Ayes all.
2. Schultz/Brady to approve the minutes of February 18, 2016.  Ayes all. 
3. Huntington/Schultz to approve the following consent agenda items.  Ayes all. 
A. Approve Water Plan Amendment – petition letter to BWSR
B. Approve Reappointment of Mike Jones – Cedar River Watershed District for at three year term ending March 31, 2019.
C. Approve 2016-2017 Radiological Emergency Preparedness Grant
D. Accept Public Safety Policy Committee Minutes
E. Accept Community Services Policy Committee Minutes
F.  Accept Detention Center Dashboard Information
G. Accept Probation services Dashboard
4.Huntington/Brady offered a Resolution that this Amendment to Settlement Agreement and Release (“Amendment Agreement”) is entered into by and between Waseca County and Steele County (jointly “Plaintiffs”) and the State of Minnesota, Department of Transportation (“MnDOT”) (collectively referred to as the “Parties”) on January 6, 2014, the Parties entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release that resolved all of the claims related to certain court actions brought by the Plaintiffs against MnDOT; and Paragraph 2.B of the Settlement Agreement provides that MnDOT will complete certain work in the cities of Janesville, Waseca and Owatonna, and that MnDOT will coordinate with those municipalities to allow them to complete utility work at the same time as MnDOT is performing its work in those municipalities.  Upon the vote being taken five commissioners vote in favor thereof, none absent not voting.  A copy of the Resolution is on file in the Auditor's office.
5. Huntington/Glynn to approve the out of state travel request for Mike Johnson to attend the Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, MD for training from April 4-7.  Ayes all.
6. Brady/Glynn to approve the Minnesota Counties Computer Cooperative Contract Amendment for PH-Doc Maintenance and Support thru December 31, 2018.  Ayes all.
7. Huntington/Glynn to approve the Agreement with South Central Human Relations Center to re-establish the Dual Recovery Program within the Detention Center.  Ayes all.
8. Glynn/Huntington to approve A’viands Amendment 12 Food Service Contract.  Ayes all.
9. Glynn/Huntington to approve the following personnel report.  Ayes all.
 
Retirement(s): 
 
Name
Position Department EndDate
Sarah Dillon   Records Specialist Sheriff’s Office 02/22/16
 
Anniversaries:
Name
Position-Dept
Step
Anniv.Date Sasha Zekoff          Asst. Attorney I – Attorney     6 3/12/16
Tyler Diersen           Asst. County Assessor           4 3/14/16    
William Youngquist   Sergeant – Sheriff     13 3/19/16
Gina McGuire   Asst. HR Director – HR       3 3/20/16
 
10. Brady/Glynn to approve Interim Use Permit #2016-01 for Lemond Solar Energy to install a 5000 kW Primary Use Solar Energy System on 50 acres located in Section 7 of Owatonna Township and Section 12 of Meriden Township on property owned by Allan Terpstra with conditions per the Planning Commission and to approve the Findings of Fact.  Ayes all.
11. Brady/Schultz to approve a change to the Board of Commissioners meeting start time from 7:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (excluding specific meeting changes approved at the January 5, 2016 Board meeting.)  Ayes all.
12. Huntington/Brady offered a Resolution allowing Acceptance of Credit Card and Electronic Payments.
Ayes all. Upon the vote being taken five commissioners vote in favor thereof, none absent not voting.  A copy of the Resolution is on file in the Auditor's office.
13. Commissioner Reports: 
Glynn reported on his attendance at the Aurora, Havana and Owatonna Township Annual meetings.
Huntington reported on her attendance at the NACO conference in Washington DC, Criminal Justice Committee, CCA Discussion, SCHA Quality and SCCL Board meeting. 
Brady reported on his attendance at the Deerfield, Meriden and Lemond Annual meetings.
Schultz reported on his attendance at the NACO conference in Washington DC and the Historical Society meeting.
Ebeling reported on his attendance at the NACO conference in Washington DC, 911 Dispatch meeting and Southern Minnesota Tourism meeting.
14. Schultz/Huntington to approve the following listing of bills.  Ayes all.
 
LISTING OF BILLS
3/8/2016
180 Degrees, Inc. 2,542.12
30th Place, LLC             21,159.19
Amazon   4,218.44
A’viands, LLC             20,897.32
Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.             12,178.09
Briggs & Morgan, PA 2,288.00
Central Valley Cooperative 5,160.69
City of Ellendale  4,994.36
Compass Minerals America               10,217.80 Computer Professionals Unlimited, Inc. 4,219.72
Dakota County Financial, Svc.             16,204.65
H & R Construction Co, Inc. 7,967.00
Integra Telecom 2,747.56
Magtech Ammunition 3,648.65
MVTL Laboratories, Inc.     4,115.70
Olmsted County Community Svc.             12,045.00
Owatonna Public Utilities             31,549.76
Paape Companies, Inc. 5,072.00
Qualified Hardware 2,404.00
Rice County Auditor-Treasurer              26,221.73
Rochester Sand & Gravel     2,717.50
Steele County Central Services 3,928.68
Steele County Highway Dept.  5,252.83
Steele County Revenue  4,759.85
Stonebrooke Engineering, Inc.             51,762.63
Trane U.S. Inc.               7,984.78
Turnkey Corrections             17,137.82
Waseca County Auditor-Treasurer             14,181.56
172 Warrants under $2,000             61,636.69
    Total:          $369,214.12
 
16. Huntington/Glynn to adjourn the Call of the Chair at 5:50 p.m.  Ayes all.