9:00 1) Bill Pratt, County Board Chair
A) Call to Order
B) Pledge of Allegiance
C) Board of Commissioners Meeting Procedure
D) Approval of Agenda
9:02 E) Health & Human Services (see separate HHS agenda)
10:05 Break
10:15 F) Citizens’ Public Comment – Comments from visitors must be informational in nature and not exceed (5) minutes per person. 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.
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.
A) Correspondence File January 7, 2020 to January 22, 2020
B) Approve January 7, 2020 County Board Minutes
1. End of 2019 Board
2. Beginning of 2020 Board
C) Approve Electronic Funds Transfers
D) Approve Manual Warrants/Voids/Corrections for 1-9-20
E) Approve Affidavit for Duplicate of Lost Warrant
F) Approve Auditor’s Vouchers Entries for 1/22 Settlement
G) Approve Auditor Warrants – Sales and Use Tax
H) Approve Commissioner Warrants
I) Adopt Resolution: Purchase of Election Equipment
J) Approve Motion: Purchase of 1-Ton Truck for Land Dept.
K) Approve Motion: New Timber Base Prices for future sales.
L) Adopt Resolution: Application for an ECPL grant for bud capping
M) Adopt Resolution: Application to repurchase tax-forfeited property
N) Adopt Resolution: Accept donation - Aitkin Co. Republicans for Veterans
O) Adopt Resolution: Accept donation - Anonymous for Aitkin K-9 Unit
P) Approve Cty. Bd. of Appeal & Equalization Meeting date
R) Adopt Resolution for final payment to Traffic Marking Service, Inc.
S) Approve Motion: Letter of Support for a CCBHC
10:17 3) Steve Hughes – Aitkin SWCD
A) AIS Report
B) MOA – Snake River Watershed
10:37 4) Ross Wagner – Economic Development & Forest Ind.
A) Local Match for the Mille Lacs East ATV Trail & RFP
11:00 5) John Welle – Highway Department
A) Authorize purchase set of four Model WPLS-140 Lift System
11:10 6) Terry Neff – Environmental Services Director
A) Enter into contract with Bryan Hargrave for inspection services
B) Waste Electronics Collection
11:30 7) Jessica Seibert – County Administrator
A) Administrator Updates
B) Approve annual ambulance contracts
11:40 8) Committee Updates
11:50 Adjourn
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