ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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9:00 AM

1) J. Mark Wedel - County Board Chair
  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Health & Human Services (see separate HHS Agenda)
  5. Citizens' Public Comment – Comments from visitors must be informational in nature and not exceed (5) minutes per person (when there is a large number of speakers to be heard, the Board of Commissioners may shorten this time). 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.

    Anyone attending virtually wishing to speak during the public comment period should notify the County Administrator's office at 218-927-7276 option 7 no later than 2:30 P.M. on the Monday before the 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.
  1. Correspondence File: August 9, 2023 — August 22, 2023
  2. Approve County Board Minutes - August 8, 2023 (PDF, opens in new tab)
  3. Approve Electronic Funds Transfers (PDF, opens in new tab)
  4. Approve Auditor Vouchers - Auditor Warrants - Sales-Use Tax & Diesel Tax, July 2023 (PDF, opens in new tab)
  5. Approve Auditor Vouchers - Property Tax Overpayments 8-11-2023 (PDF, opens in new tab)
  6. Approve Manual Warrants - ELAN 8-3-2023 (PDF, opens in new tab)
  7. Approve Manual Warrants - Manual Warrants 8-10-2023 (PDF, opens in new tab)
  8. Approve Auditor Vouchers - R&B Contract 8-11-2023 (PDF, opens in new tab)
  9. Approve Commissioner's Vouchers - Commissioner Warrants 8-18-2023 (PDF, opens in new tab)
  10. Adopt Resolution - Approve Large Assembly License - White Pine Logging & Threshing Show (PDF, opens in new tab)
  11. Approve Affidavit for Duplicate of Lost Warrant (PDF, opens in new tab)
  12. Adopt Resolution - Set Unorganized Township Levies for 2024 (PDF, opens in new tab)

10:05 AM

3) Dennis Thompson - Land Commissioner
  1. Approve Public Hearing Date - Heur Land Exchange (PDF, opens in new tab)
  2. Adopt Resolution - Letter of Support for Outdoor School for All Minnesota (PDF, opens in new tab)

10:15 AM

4) Andrew Carlstrom - Environmental Services Director
  1. Approve Expansion of Aitkin Recycling Center (PDF, opens in new tab)

10:30 AM

5) Mark Jeffers - Economic Development Coordinator
  1. Public Hearing - INH Properties Tax Abatement Request (PDF, opens in new tab)
  2. Adopt Resolution - INH Properties Tax Abatement Senior Housing Units (PDF, opens in new tab)
  3. Adopt Resolution - INH Properties Tax Abatement Workforce Housing Units (PDF, opens in new tab)

11:20 AM

6) John Welle - County Engineer
  1. Discussion Only - Presentation of Highway Department 2024 Budget (PDF, opens in new tab)
  2. Approve Equipment Purchase - Four Tandem Plow Trucks (PDF, opens in new tab)

12:05 PM

7) Dan Guida - County Sheriff
  1. Discussion Only - Presentation of 2024 Sheriff's Office Budget (PDF, opens in new tab)

12:25 PM

8) Jessica Seibert - County Administrator
  1. Discussion Only - Dr. Bill Brendel Provide Update on Revitalization Initiative (PDF, opens in new tab)
  2. Approve Public Hearing Date - Cannabis Public Use Ordinance (PDF, opens in new tab)
  3. Administrator Updates (PDF, opens in new tab)

12:50 PM

9) Board of Commissioners
  1. Commissioners Committee Reports (PDF, opens in new tab)

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