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Morning, everyone. I like to call the
September 1st, 2026

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meeting of the McLeod County Board of
Commissioners to order. We'll start with

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the Pledge of Allegiance.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» Again, good morning, everyone. Welcome.
Uh we'll

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lead off with the consideration of
agenda items. Wishes of the board?

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» Mr. Chair, the only change I have is to
the workshop agenda, and we will not

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discuss the first item, the parking lot
environmental environmental services.

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Other than that, the agenda is um no
changes, Mr. Chair.

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» All right.
Is there a motion to approve the agenda

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with the
the um omission of the

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parking lot issue?
>> So moved, Mr. Chair.

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» Is there a second?
>> Second.

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» Motion made by Commissioner Smalls, and
seconded by Commissioner Wright to

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approve the agenda items. Any more dis-
any discussion?

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Hearing none, all in favor, say aye.
>> Aye.

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? Motion carries.

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Uh consent agenda.
>> No changes, Mr. Chair.

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» Wishes of the board?
>> Motion to approve.

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» Motion made by Com-
Commissioner Doll to approve. Is there a

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second?
>> Second.

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» Seconded by Commissioner Chaska.
Um discussion?

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Hearing none, all in favor, say aye.
>> Aye.

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» Opposed? Motion carries.
Environmental services.

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Mark.

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» That one.

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Mr. Teletsky, I other I I'm I'll
mispronounce it either way I say it, so

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I
But I had to fill in some

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airtime there.

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» So, I have two items for your
consideration this morning. Item A is to

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consider approving conditional use
permit 26-16

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as requested by Lawrence Cass, 22504
Flower Road, Silver Lake, Minnesota for

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home occupation and accessory building
greater than 2400 square feet on a

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parcel with a primary structure. The
home occupation will be an indoor

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freeze-dried pet treat business to be
known as Rustic Acres homemade pet

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treats. The applicant is working with
the Minnesota Department of Agriculture

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and the Board of Animal Science for
composting requirements and by-product

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by-product disposal.
Property is located in that part of the

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southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter section 18, Winsted Township.

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Property size is 12.28 acres.
The Winsted Township Board recommended

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approval on August 13th, 2026.
The McLeod County Planning Commission

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recommended approval on August 26th,
2026 with the following conditions.

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Number one, hours of operation shall be
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through

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Saturday.
Number two, a new conditional use permit

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will be required if more than five
non-resident employees report to this

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parcel.
Number three, the applicant shall be

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compliant with all state and federal
requirements.

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Number four, if the composting of animal
by-product and blood create an adverse

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impact to neighboring property owners, a
different method of disposal shall be

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approved by the McLeod County Board of
Commissioners.

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And number five, a compost the the
compost uh area shall be on the east

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side of the building site.
Uh the Casses are present today. We had

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a lot of discussion in regards to
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if the odor becomes a problem. So, the
Board of Animal Health deals with

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composting and they have standards,
technical standards on that.

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And I did speak with a a few of the
commissioners in regards to that um

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prior to today.
If I go out there and I smell that odor,

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you know, in regards to potential
carcass or uh animal byproducts, then

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typically the composting is not done
properly. And the applicant has stated

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that same thing.
So, it is the intent um to make sure

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that um with the scale of the operation
currently today, they'll rotate that

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pile whether it's uh sawdust or whether
it's straw, something to keep oxygen in

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that pile to keep that process moving.
And um when it starts to heat, that's

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when you start to get that odor. So, I'm
very comfortable with that. Um it does

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sound like the applicant has been
involved in that process before, so I'm

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not anticipating that being an issue.
>> Mark, I have a couple of questions. Um

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one
What Why do they have restricted hours?

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I mean, what is the What's the reasoning
for restricting the hours?

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» Home occupations generally we do put
hours of operation on there just to be

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able to give that Sunday as a day
without that type of activity, whether

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it's you know, the applicant
transporting

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um material back and forth from his
property or whether it's people coming

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to pick up. So, it's a standard hours of
operation that we do place on those

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permits to typically
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opportunity that's not business related.
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I mean, you do have busy times and
I'm playing a little bit of devil's

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advocate, but I've been in business for
myself. You'd like to go home at 5:00,

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but it doesn't always work. But um
but my second question is on on the

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smell or
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I live in Glencoe where you have Seneca.
I mean, it it has its natural It has a

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natural smell. It doesn't bother me, but
it does bother some people. So, where

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How do you draw the line between
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I mean, you know, you
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means statutorily on a conditional use
permit and county attorney can chime in

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on this, but that reasonableness test
that we apply, we try to create that

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harmony within the area. And right now,
there isn't potentially an odor coming

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from animal byproducts through
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So, the reasonableness test on that is
what becomes objectionable, what

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doesn't. I think within reason, I mean,
we know that you know, there's going to

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be whether it's manure, you know,
whether it's some smells that come off

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of the operation from the butchering
side of things, there's going to be some

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smell. It When we talk about, you know,
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a noise or excessive odor that we have,
and that's how it's listed in our in our

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ordinance, there's a little bit
discretion there. So, um it would be,

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you know,
based on the average person whether or

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not they feel that that odor is
something that is excessive or or

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unbearing to a neighboring property
owner. So, to answer that question that

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you're asking me about Seneca,
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you know, that's a business that's
located in the city limits, and we don't

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have as a as a county, we don't have
control over what the municipal boundary

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what the municipal board does or puts on
on those entities for conditions. So,

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» I didn't mean it that way. I just want
to be on record. I mean, you can have a

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sawmill, it's going to smell like it's
going to smell like lumber when they're

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cutting the logs. You're you know, you
obviously you can have

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I I just I'm I'm in favor of the small
business tonight, but I just want to be

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clear that there's
there's some there's some moving

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you know, you you can't get no
you're not going to get any smell.

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You're not going to pick roses and you
know, it smell like horseradish.

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» Yeah.
>> It's just not going to happen.

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» From a planning perspective, municipal
urban planning versus regional planning,

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they're different. And so, urban
planning, you try to create districts

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and you try to create like uses so that
you don't have, you know, two businesses

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or two uses side by side that are in
conflict with each other.

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In the rural area, it's a little bit
harder to do because 90% 95% of our

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our zoning is agricultural. That's why
you have conditional use permits in

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there. Comes in front of this board to
be able to mitigate for potential

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concerns that neighbors bring forward.
This was one of those concerns.

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» And I agree, you know, beauty's in the
eye of the beholder, but I I I just I

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just want to make clear I kind of
really wasn't asking a question. I just

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want to know that that that needle moves
a little bit. It doesn't

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doesn't hang on zero all the time.
>> Point taken.

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» Any other discussion? Commissioner
Schmalz?

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» Mr. Chair, uh thank you. Mark, um are
there setbacks in place I'm uh similar

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to or um let's say what a feedlot
setback might be uh from um the nearest

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residences in a case like this?
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Yep, Mr. Kast does not need a feedlot
permit. He does not exceed the numbers,

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so you would need 50 animal units
statched or by state rule, Minnesota

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rule 7020, before he would be required.
He's only on 12.28 acres, so he would

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also need a conditional use permit if
you wanted a feedlot permit, but his

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numbers don't dictate and he's nowhere
close to needing that.

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» Okay, thank you.

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Any other discussion?

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Hearing none, I'll
All in favor of approving Roll call

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Schmalz to approve the motion. Mr.
Chair, go ahead.

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» Mr. Chair, I will move
um conditional use permit 26-16.

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» Motion made by Commissioner Schmalz to
approve the

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CUP. Is there a second?
>> I'll second it.

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» Discussion?
Commissioner Dahl?

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» Yeah, another question, Mark. Um

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when you're going through this process
with the planning commission, I noted

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that there was a
a letter from Brandon Artman and he had

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several questions. In fact, it's
it's five pages long. So, my assumption

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was that every one of those questions
had been asked and answered at the

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planning commission and there's nothing
left unturned here.

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» My opinion to that is that is correct.
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» Mr. Artman is not present today and I do
believe that that's why he is not

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present today. He was satisfied with the
response that the applicant then or the

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board gave.
>> Yeah, very very detailed questions, very

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detailed answers I thought were given.
So, thank you for that.

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» Okay, one last comment from myself is I
mean I've had we've had some other small

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business
um people starting and I would encourage

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the transparency. I mean, our
environmental committee and our office

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are
readily available and I I would, you

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know, keep the transparency cuz we've
had to steer

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lack of a better word, steer some people
back into where they needed to be and it

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wasn't that hard to do as long as
communication lines were were open and

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and I think we won't have any trouble
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you got to start somewhere.
>> Mr. Chairman, my only comment I think

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this is a really unique small business
opportunity. Congratulations on the

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innovation to put something like this
together.

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» Thank you.
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» Last call for discussion.
Hearing none, all in favor say I.

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» I.
>> Opposed, motion carries.

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» Mr. Chair,
I just want to note that um we were

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notified that on HCVN that our meeting
is not streaming right now and they are

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working on it. And
of course, the recording will be

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available after.
>> Very good. Thank you.

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» Item B is to consider conditional use
permit C

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uh CUP 26-17 as requested by Bridget
Bethke Pinder, 5000 Wilshire Boulevard,

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Crystal, Minnesota, to construct
accessory structures on a parcel without

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a primary structure
for 12 greenhouses and a 10 by 40-ft pod

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container for the purpose of growing
hemp, vegetables, and flowers.

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This property is zoned agricultural but
is not defined by ordinance as a farm

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due to the size of the property, which
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The legal description of the parcel is
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the northwest quarter, northwest
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the west 481 ft of the north 310 ft of
section 10 in Hutchinson Township.

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The Hutchinson Town Board recommended
approval on August 13th, 2026.

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The McLeod County Planning Commission
unanimously recommended denial on August

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26th, 2026 due to the follow following
findings of fact.

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Number one, intensification of use on
site without a residence to address

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daily concerns.
Number two, the request is not in

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harmony with the characteristics of the
neighborhood. There is a residence

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within 100 ft of this request.

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So, with that, I will turn it over to
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» Questions for Mark?

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» Bridget is here.
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» I did not see her here.
If you have questions for Bridget, she

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is here as well.
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necessarily a question because I feel
it's kind of spelled out here. We do

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have a
We do have a planning and zoning board

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or committee and they and they seem to
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um
and you can explain me if I'm wrong, but

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fact is that there is some uh

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requirements of living there and and and

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and that's not happening. Is that
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» That that is not necessarily correct.
This is not a home occupation. This is a

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request to build accessory structures on
land without a home. They are two

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different standards of review by
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So,
we've had requests in the past.

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Generally, when it comes to just mere
storage, not necessarily to any type of

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business activity.
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home occupations are if you're living
there and you're building buildings that

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are larger, per se, if you're on less
than 10 acres, or if you're running a

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business out of them when it's larger
than 2,400 square feet. But, this is not

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that. This is if they're just simply
building buildings, accessory structures

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on a parcel with no
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» Okay, thank you. Then, what
I mean, you obviously why did the why

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did the board and I can quote a
Commissioner Chustz as well. Why what

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you must have had a discussion for
unanimous vote on on not approving it of

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for for these reasons of the law?
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discussion at our planning commission,
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on all parties. I mean, it was very
cordial. And it was just in regards to

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the intensification in proximity based
on the application that was presented in

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the site plan that was presented to the
neighboring home. There's a home that is

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a residence that's about 100 feet from
where the applicant would like to build

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these houses, greenhouses,
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and conduct her business on that. And
there was some concern from that

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neighbor in regards to the proximity of
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Now, with that being said, there were
also we received 10 letters in support

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for what she was doing.
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business she is she was conducting,
didn't really address the concerns of

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proximity to neighboring homes. And that
is one of the things that it is

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responsibility of the board to look at,
you know, to make sure that the uses

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are, you know, not in conflict with each
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So, that was one of the blue things I I
do that I gathered from our planning

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commission on that intensification of
use. A lot of those members felt that it

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was just too close to that that
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» Yeah, cuz that's my
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my concern as well. I I
I have no problem what she wants to do

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with the business. I I don't take that
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so much I take it into consideration,
but that's not

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the closeness to this other residence
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what seemed to set off this whole
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our idea of maybe
it was they're not the right place.

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And a cure for that is
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we don't we as a board can't cure that.
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the applicant and
and that the homeowner next to it was

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obviously objective to this permit.
>> That is correct.

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» I that's all I have.
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» Any other questions from the board?

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Would anyone like to
hear from the

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from the applicant?

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» I just want I just want to
I want to say this. You have a

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conditional use permit in my area, okay?
I get calls from three different

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citizens that live there the
neighborhood.

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It's
if you're not on site to address the

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concerns of the people that live there,
it's very tough to run something

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with a conditional use permit.
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and there again
my experience with this one of that's in

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the neighborhood
it's not in harmony with the

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characteristics of of our our
neighborhood. So, I see all the issues

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that are happening and I'm sure that you
are fully aware too, Mark, on all of

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this stuff. So,
having said that, my experience of what

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I'm seeing with an existing one, I think
this one is correct in what they're

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saying.
>> Yeah.

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» Well,
just to add on to that, where

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my issue
it's not an issue, but

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we as a board appoint we all have our
representatives on the

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environ-
environmental planning and zoning

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committee, and uh
I have to try I I at least I advised to

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have my appointee
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with the idea that they
had the wherewithal and the knowledge to

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um
actually go and look at it,

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talk specifically to that subject, and I
I just don't have uh

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um
the motivation here to override

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what
the zoning committee

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results came to be.
>> If I may, Mr. Chair, I can speak to a

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little bit of that. And I had this
conversation with our attorney, county

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attorney, yesterday.
State statute 1599 really does us no

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favors in regards to, you know,
you guys having you as a board having

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the minutes from the planning
commission.

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We receive an application 30 days prior
because of notification requirements.

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So, by the time that we can get
something prepared and into the official

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county paper, send out the property
owner notifications for direct notice by

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statute, we we need that 30 days.
The 1599, state statute 1599, says we

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have to render a decision within 60 days
unless we extend it needing more

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information.
So, we have the planning commission

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meeting August 26th to get those
thorough minutes done and in your

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packet, that would be very tough for us
to meet that 60 days.

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Um staff works very hard trying to get
those drafts out and be correct with

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those minutes. And I can speak to this
last planning commission meeting as I

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can to all of them. We have a very good
planning commission. So that is a

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testament to you as board members. And
they're very thorough. It was a very

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good discussion. The outcomes aren't
always necessarily what the applicant's

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looking for, but I can tell you that the
discussion was very cordial. So I'm very

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appreciative for that. The planning
commission was very thorough in their

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standard of review.
And I as staff I'm very comfortable with

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the decision that they made in regards
to that.

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» And and I hope this is a proper
Christian mark, but I I understand that

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there's some ongoing negotiations on
on trying to resolve some of these

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issues.
>> There was discussion at the planning

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commission about distance. Um you know,
and the applicant was receptive. I don't

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want to speak for her. She can speak for
herself on that, but she was receptive

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to maybe looking at a little bit
different location on the property

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moving that, you know, use back further.
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she does have the right to bring that an
application forward if something does

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change.
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And again, she's working on multiple
things cuz she's also going through the

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platting process which she did apply for
her final plat. So you'll see her here

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next month as well. So
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number of things that she's doing and
then

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um
you know, she's aware of that

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opportunity and yes, those discussions
are ongoing and she did bring up some of

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that with the planning commission. But
we had the application um that we needed

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to act on at the time and without the
planning commission seeing exactly where

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stakes were if you were to move it at
300 ft or 500 ft or allowing us to for

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us to do the review because there is
some wetlands in the middle of that

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property.
That would just it wouldn't be every it

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wouldn't be a complete review. So
best action moving forward without

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having to table that would be to deny
that and then have them come forward

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with the new application.
>> And again, that's not a bad thing. I

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mean, it's the process. It's too bad it
is

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like it is the 30-days, the uh ongoing
things, but that's how how we get to a

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solution. Am I correct?
>> Yeah, that's a that's a fair statement.

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That's a path that can be taken, and
that's the path that the planning

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commission felt was best at this
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» Does the applicant wish to address the
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» Hi, my name is Bridget Kinder.
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» Um yeah, I just um
um and thankful to be here today in

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front of you. Um I am
um going to start as soon as we get the

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the third plat plat process done. Um I'm
looking to start um or put a a residence

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out there so that I can live there and
come back in front of you um if that's

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what you so choose today. Um to go
through this again. I talked with the

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planning board um and um told them asked
them if it would be okay in that meeting

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if I would move them back 300 ft. Uh in
the back there I have a hill uh in the

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back of my property so I won't be able
to push it all the way to the back, but

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I could push it back as far as I could.
And I'm over my my property or where the

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greenhouse is going to go is behind my
house where I'm going to put my house.

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Behind the neighbor's house is where
we've built our fence already. Um where

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our cannabis is growing. So we're
licensed for our cannabis to grow inside

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of that black fence that we have out
there that you've probably seen.

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Um and then um on the
west side of that is where we want to

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put our greenhouses. Um we could fence
those in so that would you know put put

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um um
you know, keep things out of them or

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whatever. But we're going to do hemp and
vegetables in there. We've been growing

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hemp for 6 years now outdoors. Uh we've
had a lot of problems with our hemp

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outdoors. We've had it washed out 3
years in a row. Um we've you know, had

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um pesticide spray drift in on our
stuff. So we've had a lot of issues with

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growing our hemp out there. and so we
went to the USDA and we got a grant for

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$400,000
for these 12 greenhouses. So, the reason

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I came now is because I'm in um jeopardy
of losing that grant.

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Um and so
um that's why I came now before the

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October time is up because my um Jacob
and Dom over at the USDA keep coming to

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me and saying, "Where are we at? Where
are we at?" When I went for the grant, I

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didn't realize I needed a permit to put
the I went for this grant way back in

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'23 I put this grant in. So, it's been a
long time. So, I was supposed to start

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with four greenhouses a year per this
grant. I was supposed to start in '25.

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So, '25 I was supposed to put up four.
This year I was supposed to put up four,

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and next year I was supposed to put up
four. So,

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they allowed me to move this grant or to
move my four into this year. So, um I

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don't know where I'm at with that now.
So, that's why he he encouraged me to

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come back in front um of you guys as
soon as I could. And I figured since I

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was already through the second phase of
the plat, um we'd went through the

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neighbor part. We've gone through this,
and I'm on I'm on the third phase. I've

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got my sewer stuff done. I got my title.
Everything's done. I'll be back in front

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of you here this next month for that. Um
so, I thought in my head that, you know,

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I had that part done. Um I had a some
neighbors on my side. I have a whole

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bunch of community supporting me. I had
like, I don't know, 20 people in the

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room and 10 letters. So, I had a lot So,
I thought, you know, I

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I'd kind of turned the table with what I
was working on. But, when I got in that

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meeting, it kind of like there was
nothing I could have really done um

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to get to to get to where I wanted to be
that day. It's kind of how it felt. So,

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um
here I am back in front of you guys

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trying to work with my neighbors. I had
a barbecue. I invited everybody. I'm

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really trying to work with the
neighbors. Um

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I'm a sustainable farmer. So, you know,
they don't love that so much with the

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row cropping around me. So, it's kind of
been hard to make good neighbors. I've

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been really trying. Um the new neighbors
are have only been there a few months.

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So,
um when they bought that property, my

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fence was there, the connex box was
there. Um so, I was actually shocked

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that they were so upset that um we were
doing this because it's agriculture and

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we're putting greenhouses on agriculture
land that'll help us. And uh when I

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heard the intensification part, I was
perplexed by that because I thought,

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"Well, we have rules that we can only
have five non-resident employees

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already, and we've never we don't have
more than that." So, we would follow

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those rules, and I have a whole bunch of
like

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proposed conditions I have together and
things. So, I've really thought this

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through and put a lot of time and
um effort into So, I was actually

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shocked when I went to the meeting. I
was like, "Whoa, okay. I I didn't think

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it was going to turn out that way." Um
and so, uh yeah, that's that's where I'm

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go That's what I'm trying to do here.
That's what I want to do. Um I want to

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be able just to move my We do it usually
about 6 acres of hemp outdoors.

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Um and so, I want to be able to move
that indoors so I can have more control

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over it. And so, that's what the
greenhouses will provide me. Um we have

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enough We have 18 acres, so I can move
the greenhouses almost all the way

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towards the back to get them out of the
sight um of anybody cuz we don't have

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any other neighbors around us.
Um like the proper like houses, I mean,

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like that are close besides that
neighbor.

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Um
>> I don't I'm not going to cut you short.

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» Yeah, yeah, sorry. Yep, thank you.
>> I appreciate that. I

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I was um
maybe it's my fault, but I I didn't

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really know the pressure of the grants.
And I mean, I know all the strings and

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that is
um but having said that, we have our own

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ordinance since and committees that we
have to go through. Is there Is there um

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Is there a
If we were to deny it today, is there

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how how is there a
How do I say it? A a speedier way to get

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her to if she wishes to reapply
to try and ease some of the

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the
objections

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through?
>> And I can I can defer to the

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I can defer to the county attorney, but
in regards to an application, she can

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bring that back if something in the
application changes.

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It can't be the same application. She
would have to wait 6 months. I don't

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have details in regards to the grant and
on a new application, the same

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notification process has to be met. So,
it's very difficult.

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If she called a special meeting, which
she would have the right to do uh for

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our planning commission
realistically, she's only going to save

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probably a week of time.
>> Right.

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» And pay significantly more for that
application. And I don't know that the

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outcome, time-wise, I'd have to look at
the calendar. I don't know that it would

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change because of your body, your board
meeting dates. Um a special meeting for

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the planning commission may not change
when we would get that in front of you.

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» Well, especially with small business, I
hear

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I mean in my 12 years
I I hear it more often, you know, that

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people didn't know this, didn't know
that. And not of any necessarily fault

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of their own, but especially on small
business

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it's so hard to get all the paperwork
done.

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Uh I think someone on the board know. I
mean,

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the bureaucracy there is, but I guess um
um

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Again, I don't want to capitalize on the
questions. Is there any Is there any

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other questions from the board? Do
[clears throat] you have a couple more

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00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:35,840
comments? I I would just if there is no
other questions, I I would just ask that

425
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:39,360
possibly I I feel bad about the the
grant.

426
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:43,600
I is if there's some way that, you know,
we can work

427
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:47,000
give the minutes of what
the meetings were about and what

428
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:50,640
tweaking she has to do to get it
through. I don't know if that's a help.

429
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,880
But I would encourage her, I mean,
encourage that to work together, but

430
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,840
other than that, I I'll go back to the
wishes of the board.

431
00:28:58,389 --> 00:29:02,160
» [clears throat]
>> Mr. Chair.

432
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:06,760
I think in my time being here, I think I
can possibly count on one hand um the

433
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:09,520
number of times were
uh

434
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:13,000
the recommendation from the planning
commission was to deny. That's a pretty

435
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:17,560
That's a pretty heavy, pretty strong
recommendation. Typically, they're

436
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:20,440
they're they're fixed up with some um
you know, conditions to make them make

437
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:25,200
them work.
And uh um

438
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:30,000
this particular request here
with the added, you know, explanation of

439
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:33,080
things, there's a lot of things uh
to consider here, but there's really

440
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:37,360
only just a couple elements that are
within our wheelhouse, which is

441
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:40,440
which is our our ordinance that we have,
which has stood in place for decades

442
00:29:39,655 --> 00:29:44,760
» [clears throat]
>> and asked other businesses to comply in

443
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:47,960
things like grant deadlines.
It's not through here, it's it's a

444
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:51,400
different office, and we have no control
over over its acceptance or denial of

445
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:54,600
those. And I'm
reading the

446
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:57,600
you know, the language and the reasons
for denial from the planning commission,

447
00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:01,320
um
that those are

448
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:06,720
some reasons that could be duplicated
again down the road, um I feel, um

449
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:11,400
especially when we are looking at a
rather intense use, and we do not have

450
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:16,040
that residence there, um as was stated
by Mark, this would typically fit more

451
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:20,080
with a storage facility, um but not
where we're starting having um numerous

452
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:24,920
employees or this intensification of
land. And I I wish there was a way to

453
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:29,000
make this work out. But at this point,
um just, you know, to maybe recognize

454
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:32,440
the efforts of
many years of other businesses fitting

455
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:35,240
through this, I think we almost have to
stay within the recommendation of the

456
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,920
planning commission, and hopefully
there's a way

457
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:41,400
that the applicant can work with
everything else that's in play, but we

458
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:45,160
have to work with what we have control
of here, I'm afraid. Um in order to

459
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,920
maintain maintain the integrity of the
decisions that we made in the past and

460
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:52,240
in the future. And that's kind of a
tough one to do.

461
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:55,440
To tell somebody no is a hundred times
harder than tell somebody yes, I think,

462
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:59,880
in these instances.
Um but we do have to keep in mind that

463
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:03,680
there will be more applications down the
road and if we stray off the lines, we

464
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:07,360
get asked to stray further yet on the
next one.

465
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,960
So, I'm
um

466
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:13,720
I'm still staying within the
recommendation from our from our

467
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:17,800
planning commission. Um
but uh I wish there was a different way

468
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:22,680
to look at it, but our my my job here, I
feel, has to stay within that.

469
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:27,200
» Is that a motion, Commissioner Wright?
>> I guess I might as well start it off by

470
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,200
making that a motion.

471
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:33,520
» Motion made by Commissioner Wright to
not approve the the permit. Is there a

472
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,200
second?
>> Second.

473
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:41,200
» Seconded by Commissioner Doll.
>> Mr. Mr. Chair, I will add within that to

474
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:46,000
stay within the uh
the reasons given by the planning

475
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,000
commission.

476
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:53,080
» All right, I
any more discussion? I and I I have

477
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:56,640
I I have no wishes to
uh I I try to be consistent and and

478
00:31:55,120 --> 00:32:00,000
we've we've put an emphasis on our
committees. We've eliminated some and

479
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:03,760
put an emphasis [clears throat] on some
and I have no

480
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:08,720
um will to
override our

481
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:14,120
our committees and and and and and their
points are well taken and so is the

482
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:17,800
applicants. I I I feel um
as Commissioner Wright said, I it it's

483
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:21,960
tough to say no, especially when you
like to encourage small business.

484
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:28,120
But with that, I would, you know, ask
that whatever we can do

485
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:32,560
in your office, uh Mark, to to help her
if if if that's possible. I know you

486
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:36,880
would anyway, but that that that's just
it's it's not anything else other than

487
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:42,800
what's been stated today. Any other
discussion?

488
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:47,120
Hearing none, all in favor say I. I.
Opposed? Motion carries.

489
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,120
» Thank you.

490
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:58,080
» Information and technology map.

491
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,440
» Good morning.
>> Good morning.

492
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:09,120
» I have two items this morning. Uh the
first one is consider approving the

493
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:17,240
quote from Insight Public Sector of
Chandler, Arizona for six Lenovo servers

494
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:17,240
at a state contract price of $422,739.48

495
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:25,440
with funds from the 2026 general funds
revenue

496
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:29,280
or general fund reserves.
As discussed at the August 4th

497
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:33,880
board workshop, these servers will
replace existing servers used by the

498
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:36,640
county to host various applications and
systems.

499
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:42,840
These
existing servers are 6-plus years old

500
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:48,040
and were planned to be replaced in 2027.
Due to the need to convert from VMware

501
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:53,160
to Hyper-V and market lead times, I'm
asking to purchase these servers now.

502
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:57,880
VMware and Hyper-V are products that
allow us to run multiple servers on a

503
00:33:55,480 --> 00:34:03,680
single physical server, allowing better
utilization of the physical server.

504
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:08,320
Purchasing these servers now allows us
the time needed to complete the

505
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:12,560
migration from VMware to Hyper-V before
our VMware licensing expires.

506
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:20,840
» Questions of the board?
>> I have a question, Mr. Chair.

507
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:25,120
» Go ahead, Commissioner Chudzinski.
>> So, are you anticipating this being in

508
00:34:23,879 --> 00:34:28,320
this year's budget yet, or are you
buying them because there's such a long

509
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:31,360
lead time that it'll go into next year's
budget?

510
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:34,560
» I'm anticipating it coming out of 2026
budget funds.

511
00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:34,560
» Okay.

512
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:43,760
» Any other questions for Matt?
Mr. Doll.

513
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:48,679
» Mr. Chair,
clarification there because

514
00:34:46,399 --> 00:34:53,040
what I'm reading here is it
it appears to me like we're taking the

515
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:56,200
funds out of the reserves.
Not out of your budget.

516
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:59,480
Am I
am I missing something here?

517
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:04,880
» Uh that is correct. The funds will come
from the the budget reserves for 2026.

518
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:15,720
» Any other questions
or comments?

519
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,680
» Mr. Chair.
>> Go ahead.

520
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:25,440
» Somebody has to explain this to me.
And I'm not picking on Matt. Okay.

521
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:28,480
Very clear about that.
So

522
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:32,360
if it's a non-budgeted item and it's
coming out of reserves,

523
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:36,400
are we then obligated to put the funds
back in the reserves next year?

524
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,840
Or what's going on here?
>> Mr. Chair.

525
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:41,720
» Go ahead.
>> No, we are not.

526
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:45,440
It's for unexpected expenses that
couldn't be budgeted because it wasn't

527
00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:48,160
anticipated to know the expense,
correct?

528
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:53,120
» Correct.
>> But it does not have to be replaced. No.

529
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:57,520
However, it is available.
>> It's budget reserves. I mean, not that

530
00:35:55,400 --> 00:36:04,360
that makes a lot of difference, but it
is a reserve account that's

531
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:09,280
made for or used for
these kind of

532
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:12,440
» unplanned expenses, Mr. Chair.
>> Right.

533
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,440
» Thank you.

534
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,880
» Mr. Chair.
>> Go ahead.

535
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:18,720
» And [clears throat] and and it does
appear as though uh you had planned on

536
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:24,160
most likely putting this in your budget
for '27, but as indicated here um

537
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:27,840
you need to do some conversions because
some of the software challenges and to

538
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:29,720
get a hold of market lead times. So,
>> Correct.

539
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:33,640
» uh
we're basically uh

540
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:36,280
within your plans to schedule it now in
this year's budget cycle, which then

541
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:42,600
triggers the reserves. So, we'd be
looking at it for '27 anyways. So, um

542
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,600
» Okay, thanks.

543
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:54,520
» Any other questions for Matt?
We have um

544
00:36:55,720 --> 00:37:00,760
I discussed
um

545
00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:06,680
this purchase
lack of a better word before, and I um

546
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:10,680
I'm more interested in making sure that
it is a

547
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:14,120
um
viable

548
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:17,640
or I mean a a good purchase, a needed
purchase, not a want, a needed purchase.

549
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:22,400
And I That's what I'm [clears throat]
basically basing

550
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,400
my thoughts on.

551
00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:30,240
» So, the servers would we would need to
replace the servers anyway.

552
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:33,720
Um as far as the conversion from from
VMware to Hyper-V,

553
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:37,080
um
we wouldn't necessarily have to do that

554
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:41,080
piece.
Um

555
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:44,800
we could pay the increased VMware
licensing fees.

556
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:50,000
Um in addition to that, there we've had
support challenges with VMware since

557
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:54,680
their acquisition in 2023.
Um it's been taking us

558
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:58,480
weeks to get things resolved instead of
days. If we were to have a critical

559
00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:01,840
system down that we needed support from
the vendor on,

560
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:04,720
I couldn't guarantee it'd be resolved in
a timely manner.

561
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:10,840
» And again, I thought we we discussed
some of these challenges in the

562
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,840
workshop.

563
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,800
» We did, yes.

564
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:21,400
» Any more discussion or questions?
>> Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to

565
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:24,360
approve.
>> Motion made by Commissioner Wright

566
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:29,280
approve. Um,
is there a second?

567
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:33,320
I'll second it.
Um, discussion?

568
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,680
» Mr. Chair, just based on the point, it
looks like this is something we're

569
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:41,640
obviously going to have to deal with in
'27 anyways. Um, and uh

570
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:45,400
uh anybody who's keeping track of the
um the expenditures to maintain the

571
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:48,640
technology and the safety and security
of the technology in the county over the

572
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:51,880
past couple years they look
an eye-opener to everyone what it costs

573
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:55,520
to
um keep all that data safe

574
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:59,040
and and to keep it moving through it all
the county departments and how we have

575
00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:02,360
to work with um
all the many agencies outside of the

576
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:05,080
county. It just takes an awful lot of
computer time.

577
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:09,400
I don't understand how all that works.
I'm glad Matt does. Um, but uh it does

578
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:12,120
look like it's an expenditure that we
were needing to look at at some point.

579
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:17,040
Um
and I do appreciate Mr. Doll's questions

580
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:20,920
on on how those fund reserves um
operate. I think that was uh

581
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,240
just good ringing in this discussion as
well, so.

582
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:31,480
» And I as well I have I mean I have to
I'm not going to claim

583
00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:35,480
knowledge of the IT, but I have this has
been an ongoing discussion on the

584
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:39,680
challenges of what's uh what you have
now and to what we're we're going to go

585
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:45,520
and I know we had discussion
on the maintenance charges versus

586
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:48,840
getting the work done and switching and
I uh

587
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:52,520
again uh
uh

588
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:56,400
the way I'm
view the the payment here that that

589
00:39:54,480 --> 00:40:01,280
budget is for
that part of the budget is for

590
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:05,800
instances that come up
where budgeting doesn't reach. I you

591
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:11,480
know, back to the point of um
how it's funded we can I mean we can go

592
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:11,480
through that later, but

593
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:21,120
I know we have a question from the
we don't we We take questions

594
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:24,080
during the meeting, so we'll have to
rely on that.

595
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,640
Any other questions from the board?

596
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:33,000
I'll call the question. All in favor say
I.

597
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:36,800
» I.
>> I. Opposed?

598
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:41,440
Motion carries.
>> Item B is consider approving quotes from

599
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:49,560
Insight Public Sector of Chandler,
Arizona for additional storage capacity

600
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:49,560
at a state contract price of $210,063.54

601
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:57,960
with funds from the 2026 general reserve
or general fund reserves.

602
00:40:55,840 --> 00:41:02,160
This additional storage capacity is
needed to complete the conversion from

603
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:06,280
VMware to Hyper-V.
To complete the conversion, systems need

604
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:09,400
to run in both environments for a period
of time.

605
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:13,480
We do not currently have enough storage
space to convert some of our systems.

606
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,880
» Mr. Chair,
>> I'll move request.

607
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:26,360
» Go ahead, Commissioner Swenson.
>> Mr. Chair, I'll move request.

608
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:29,560
» Motion made by Commissioner
Smallst to approve. Is there a second?

609
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:35,520
» I'll second.
>> Seconded by Commissioner Chaska.

610
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,520
Um discussion?

611
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:41,040
Hearing none, all in favor say I.
>> I.

612
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:45,120
» I. Opposed? Motion carries.
>> Thank you.

613
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,120
» Thanks, Matt.

614
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:51,400
» Uh
Employee Relations, Hannah.

615
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:58,280
» Hello. Good morning.
>> Good morning.

616
00:41:56,280 --> 00:42:02,000
» I just have one item today.
Um consider approving the user agreement

617
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:06,200
with Employee Relations from Newport
Beach, California. McLeod County plans

618
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:10,760
to utilize Employee Relations, their
Employify platform for background check

619
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:14,200
services, including but not limited to
criminal record search,

620
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:17,720
social security number verification,
credit check, educational degree

621
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:22,040
verification, professional license and
certification verification, and motor

622
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:25,320
vehicle reports. Um, McLeod County
previously utilized employee relations

623
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:29,720
for background check services and this
user agreement reactivates our accounts.

624
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:32,680
I'll also just add so um
McLeod County today we do full

625
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:37,120
background backgrounding on all
employees. Every employee has a very

626
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:41,240
different need for backgrounding. Um,
I'll just set right away I set aside our

627
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:45,200
um sheriff's office has their own
backgrounding process that they utilize

628
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:49,680
within you know internally. Um, have
very high standards and many months of

629
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:53,040
backgrounding that has to happen for our
especially for our licensed positions.

630
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:55,840
We do our own backgrounding right now
within our sheriff's office.

631
00:42:54,760 --> 00:43:00,440
Um, we've been doing that for the past
about 5 years which has been a positive

632
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:04,520
experience and um we're finding having a
third-party option like we used to have

633
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:07,360
with employee relations uh allows us to
do some things that the sheriff's office

634
00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:10,720
um
is is more limited. So things like if we

635
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:14,240
have a required license or if we're
looking to verify someone's education,

636
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:17,720
um this resource will allow us to do
that. Um, I'll also just mention the

637
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:21,520
cost is looking back on what we are
paying previously with this it's really

638
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:25,200
remains very stable. They have their own
as you see in the budget or in the

639
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:29,200
packet um they have their own costing
for public entities like us as well.

640
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:35,760
» Mr. Chair.
>> Go ahead Commissioner Schwalbe.

641
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:40,680
» Uh question for you Hannah. I mean for
full transparency, right? With not just

642
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:43,800
us up here but the public as well.
Um

643
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:49,120
what are we spending? Are we spending
10,000? Are we spending 100,000? Um

644
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:53,360
where where do the numbers fall on uh
working with uh Employify?

645
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:56,280
» Yeah, so we it's a great question. So we
like I've mentioned in the more recent

646
00:43:55,000 --> 00:44:00,160
years we've been using our sheriff's
office staff. So we've been using staff

647
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:06,880
time to run our backgrounding processes.
Um when I looked at our where we were in

648
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:10,200
2020 um 2020 2019 um I don't have clean
here in the room but we did look at

649
00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:15,640
where we were spending. We were spending
anywhere between about $20 to in some

650
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:18,280
cases maybe $50 per individual that
we're hiring.

651
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,960
It really depends on sometimes we have
situations where people are from

652
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:23,920
Minnesota, have never lived anywhere
else, so we're just running a Minnesota

653
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:27,440
background check. There's situations
where we're having to run multiple state

654
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:32,920
background checks, so it really varies
depending on the individual. We hire

655
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:37,840
about anywhere between 50 to
maybe 60 folks a year on average. So, I

656
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:41,880
don't have the exact number in front of
you or for you today, but we did look

657
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:46,400
and see where we were and we anticipate
probably a similar expense for us here

658
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:50,160
moving forward. And again, we do still
have the Sheriff's Office as an option

659
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:53,080
to do a background report, but we do
want to have this other option available

660
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:57,800
to us for some things like a credit
check or things like that.

661
00:44:55,760 --> 00:45:01,640
» I have a couple of questions.
When you said cost of 20, 30, 40 dollars

662
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:04,840
or whatever through
through the Sheriff's Office, that's

663
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:09,960
internal expenses, all right? That's
just man.

664
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:12,440
Is there Is that a That's not a outside
expense?

665
00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:16,120
» Yeah, so what I was speaking to
Commissioner was the previously when we

666
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:19,680
utilized employee relations, the same
company, that's what we were seeing per

667
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:22,400
person when we were running a background
ink

668
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:26,080
through us then. Today, you're correct.
We're using like staffing time for

669
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:29,120
Sheriff's for Sheriff's Office when
we're running those background checks. I

670
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:33,400
will also mention there are a few
positions that we used to utilize like

671
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:37,680
the BCA background ink that are required
per statute. We don't We can only run

672
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:41,720
certain positions through the BCA.
They're very stringent on who can be run

673
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:46,360
and who can't be run, but we obviously
also have that expense as well that

674
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:49,480
would that would be in effect today and
will continue to run those based on the

675
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:52,840
positions we have to.
So, I don't see this being a This is a

676
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:57,240
budgeted expense, an expense we have.
It's in our all county

677
00:45:55,320 --> 00:46:00,360
cuz this would affect all
candidates who are applying for a

678
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:07,400
position with the McLeod County.
>> Is Is this This is a per employee or per

679
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:11,200
individual expense or do we pay a
certain amount of money

680
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:15,040
to
lack of a better word belong to whatever

681
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:18,600
this organization is?
>> So, this is just a company. We're only

682
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:22,000
paying for the backgrounding that's we
need to run. So, in the packet you'll

683
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:26,360
see there's an expense sheet that was in
there a couple sheets. So, um you know,

684
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:29,200
it's $5 you know, per and this is just
for candidates. So, if someone's

685
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:32,680
applying to McLeod County before we're
going to make them a final offer, we

686
00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:37,040
have to run a full background on them.
And so, it would be per candidate, you

687
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:41,160
know, it'd be um we're only paying for
the backgrounding that we need on that

688
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,160
person.

689
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:48,400
» Any other Commissioner Schmalz?
>> Mr. Chair, I'll move request.

690
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:52,680
» Motion made by Commissioner Schmalz to
approve. Is there a second?

691
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:57,040
» Second.
>> Seconded by Commissioner Doll.

692
00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:57,040
Discussion?

693
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:02,800
I guess I
>> [clears throat]

694
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:06,240
» It seems to me I that I would support
the motion

695
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:09,440
hoping
that um

696
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:13,880
we're offsetting some
time from the Sheriff's Department.

697
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:18,560
Um
and I guess I I I didn't think of asking

698
00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:21,240
the question, is that cannot be used in
reverse?

699
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:23,360
Can the Sheriff's Department use you as
well?

700
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:26,880
» The Sheriff's office could choose to use
it. Yep. I mean, if we wanted to do like

701
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:30,240
an initial backgrounding, they would
still go through their own process that

702
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:33,960
they have to do. Again, these are
specifically for our license folks, but

703
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:37,840
all of our deputies, our correction
officers, communication officers, they

704
00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:41,560
go through a very similar backgrounding
process where they would still um that

705
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:44,640
takes again, there's a multi-month kind
of process, but they could and we

706
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:47,120
haven't talked to them about it.
>> to

707
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:50,200
» We're not limited. Yep, that's right.
>> To me

708
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:54,600
is a is a good thing, but
I'm sure somebody can find reasons why

709
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:58,000
it work both ways, but
Any other discussion?

710
00:47:56,320 --> 00:48:00,280
Hearing none, all in favor say I.
>> I.

711
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:03,360
» Opposed? The motion carries.
>> Thank you.

712
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,360
» Thank you.

713
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:11,360
» Good morning.
>> Public Works, John.

714
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:16,720
» Item 8 consider approving the
advertisement for bids as outlined in

715
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:21,520
Minnesota state statute 373.01
subdivision 15B for selling the former

716
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:26,360
animal shelter building located at the
fairgrounds. As discussed at the

717
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:30,120
workshop on July 21st, 2026, the
building does not fit the needs for uses

718
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:34,000
at the fairgrounds. An asbestos
inspection has been completed and no

719
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:37,080
asbestos was found.
I also just wanted to add that the

720
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:40,600
fairgrounds commission voted to
recommend this approach as well.

721
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:45,040
» Questions from the board?
>> Mr. Chair.

722
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:50,360
» Go ahead.
>> Just one question, John. Um, can we

723
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:53,760
reject any or all bids in this process?
>> Yep, it's up to the board.

724
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:56,520
» Oh, thank you. That was the information
I was looking for.

725
00:48:56,600 --> 00:49:02,200
» Go ahead, Commissioner Wright.
>> Yeah, I just want to bring up

726
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:06,040
as we looked at the potential removal of
this building by someone that would like

727
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:09,480
to purchase it. You'll notice that
within the paperwork that there's the

728
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:13,040
addition of language dealing with
performance bond and so forth to make

729
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:15,560
sure that it's taken care of properly.
There is a way that the building could

730
00:49:14,240 --> 00:49:19,000
be removed
and excess bills fall on us and we

731
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:22,040
definitely don't want that to happen.
So, there's definitely some added

732
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:26,160
language here as compared to what we may
have seen in the past on some of these.

733
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:30,920
Make a motion to approve.
>> Motion made by Commissioner Wright to

734
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,920
approve. Is there a second?

735
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:35,800
I'll second it.
Uh, discussion?

736
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:42,520
And I'll And the reason I'm seconding it
is I'm as I'm as frugal

737
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:46,000
or tight, whichever you want to call it,
as anybody else, but um

738
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:51,840
I I too, I mean, you you knee-jerk when
you look at the building, you think,

739
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:56,200
"Well, you can make it into something."
And that was my thoughts

740
00:49:54,000 --> 00:50:00,760
but not even as a board member not
directly involved but once I did

741
00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:04,720
get on the fair commission and and we I
went and looked at it

742
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:08,640
and talked with our staff. I mean there
is

743
00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:13,760
frankly it is a good building so
somebody's out there you know

744
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:18,480
put in a bid. I don't know how it moves
but

745
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:23,360
it just doesn't fit anything that I
that I can see or that the commission

746
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:27,080
can see that we would could use in the
future. Um

747
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:29,760
I um
uh

748
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:34,960
I I
I mean it the the doors are short. I'm

749
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:41,720
not going to get into reasons why but it
was designed for what it was and done

750
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:45,800
very well and and I I just hesitate to
to spend a lot of money on a building to

751
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:49,440
retrofit
and still not have what you want

752
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:53,720
especially in today's world. I mean I
hate

753
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:55,680
But that's my feeling so any other
discussion?

754
00:50:54,960 --> 00:51:01,080
Commissioner Dahl?
>> Just a question. Does this

755
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:04,360
the removal of this building does that
fit the long range plan for the

756
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:07,840
fairgrounds?
And it's just a simple yes or no. I

757
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:12,200
don't know the long range
>> Well for a simple for what I know and

758
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:17,680
Paul Commissioner I can maybe address
longer but from the the

759
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:23,000
the lengthy discussion that we had that
anything um

760
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:27,200
all views of
progress to the fair it does not fit.

761
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:30,680
» I agree with that.

762
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,720
» Any other questions or discussion?

763
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:40,640
Hearing none all in favor say I.
>> I.

764
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:43,080
» Opposed motion carries.
>> Thank you.

765
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:51,520
» Good morning.
>> Good morning.

766
00:51:49,240 --> 00:51:57,080
» Item B, consider approving the
final acceptance and pavement payment of

767
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,080
$14,694.54

768
00:51:57,120 --> 00:52:04,360
to Meeker Wash Sand and Gravel Inc. of
Darwin, Minnesota for County Project

769
00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:04,360
026-000-009,

770
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:10,520
the countywide aggregate surfacing
project. Uh the project is completed

771
00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:14,080
satisfactory and final acceptance and
payment is recommended.

772
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,840
» Mr. Chair.
>> I move the request.

773
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:19,920
» Pardon?
>> Motion made by Commissioner Smalls to

774
00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:22,680
approve. Is there a second?
>> Second.

775
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:27,320
» Seconded by Commissioner Dahl.
Uh discussion?

776
00:52:25,240 --> 00:52:31,120
Hearing none, all in favor say "Aye."
Opposed? Motion carries.

777
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:31,120
» Thank you.

778
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:38,760
» County Administration calendars.
Um

779
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:42,800
Since our last I I start out with
myself. Since our last meeting, we had

780
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:46,960
the after we had our after board
workshop.

781
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:53,920
I had some um
a meetings on uh with the administrator

782
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:59,520
on some ongoing projects that we have
in the works. Um I also um

783
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:03,600
um
had um budget committee meeting on the

784
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:07,920
26th.
And um just going over um

785
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:14,720
finishing budgets for '26 and and
looking at '27.

786
00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:19,280
I mean, I don't know what else to say
with but there that's that's a

787
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:25,160
It's not a line item.
Look, it's it's looking at the whole

788
00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:29,600
thing and and trying to decide what's
best for the county. Following that, I

789
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:34,280
had a HRA meeting.
Um

790
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:38,560
that again um
we discussed we had a workshop where we

791
00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:41,640
had the
the outcome in from the

792
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:47,480
Hutch
HRA and again uh it's kind of spurred

793
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:55,120
some questions of the difference between
the Hutchinson HRA

794
00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:55,120
and the McLeod County HRA which um

795
00:53:55,440 --> 00:54:03,720
I guess I caused on my own because HRA
and Hutchinson has levying authority. I

796
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:09,280
mean, it's not the same uh
I ask and will be looking at more

797
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:12,680
transparency uh for that and and
transparency in the in the avenue that

798
00:54:11,720 --> 00:54:19,160
it's
just clear of the difference

799
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:22,240
between the two HRAs. Um
It was uh

800
00:54:20,720 --> 00:54:25,240
the questions came up because of the
money

801
00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:30,280
that uh
we had and what was the account or what

802
00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:33,480
it was it called uh
>> I don't recall the account name. I'm

803
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:38,680
sorry. It was an allocated amount.
>> it was allocated money that we use or

804
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:44,280
lose and we allocated out so much to
uh the Hutch HRA and and it it it it was

805
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:48,800
good. It's it's good to do. Uh
housing is needed especially

806
00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:52,200
uh low uh
low-income housing. Uh it's getting

807
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:55,520
tougher and tougher.
Uh however, um

808
00:54:55,720 --> 00:55:02,640
again
the difference for our

809
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:05,000
county HRA which I serve on
uh

810
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:09,560
we have to
budget

811
00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:14,400
and maintain with the money
that we have generated by grants or and

812
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:18,240
or rents
and whatever. So, our money the money

813
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:21,640
that we're getting is pretty much is is
not pretty much it's all going into

814
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:27,000
maintenance.
Yeah, we had some ARPA funds that we put

815
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:29,240
into maintenance which allows us to have
um

816
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:35,960
well-maintained buildings for rent and
and trying to keep our rent down.

817
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:40,560
And um
I guess I'll just end with

818
00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:46,200
our our insurance. We got our insurance
bill this year with or

819
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:49,000
for our HRA homes and it went up 25%.
Well, that might not sound much like to

820
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:54,440
some,
but when you have as many homes

821
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:58,440
as we do, it's it's a it's a line item
to where

822
00:55:55,880 --> 00:56:03,360
uh if we can't we're going to go out not
necessarily on RFP, but we're going to

823
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:09,120
go out and try to find some uh
better rates if that's feasible or

824
00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:14,520
possible in order to uh keep our rents
stable.

825
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:16,563
And on Thursday, I had the agenda review
and that brings us up to date,

826
00:56:15,880 --> 00:56:18,440
Commissioner.
>> [clears throat and cough]

827
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:22,640
» Yep.
Started after our last board meeting, uh

828
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:26,640
County Fair week. Uh I think all of us
were were there quite a bit. We exhibit

829
00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:30,760
uh our livestock from our farm right
inside the door at the uh Agribition

830
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:36,560
building, so it's pretty easy to walk
out of the street and see people in huge

831
00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:40,960
numbers all hours of the day. And uh
we'll have a more uh extensive report on

832
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:45,880
the County Fair from our Ag Association
later on this fall, typically end of

833
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:51,240
October, early November. Um but uh
judging by all the people that were

834
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:55,440
there, um the the the positive comments
from everyone to maintain that an open

835
00:56:53,000 --> 00:57:00,240
gate fair. Uh the vendors the food
vendors ran they were running out of

836
00:56:57,080 --> 00:57:04,680
food on day three. Um and uh they were
just delighted to be in that situation

837
00:57:02,720 --> 00:57:10,520
where they had to hurry up and restock.
Um and uh the weather was great.

838
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:14,280
Super enjoyable experience and we'll we
will look forward to uh that again that

839
00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:18,000
more um
uh detailed look when the Ag Association

840
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:21,800
comes for their
uh for their report.

841
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:26,000
Uh budget meeting, uh Commissioner
Krueger reported on that. Um

842
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:30,240
we met with uh some of our larger
departments and and uh

843
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:34,400
you know, you you go through the numbers
and you you wish you could find room.

844
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:37,080
And uh
but you know

845
00:57:35,960 --> 00:57:41,000
you sit there for a while and you
realize that

846
00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:45,720
it's somebody else's that's pushing you
through through making county government

847
00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:50,000
more expensive every year. And it's the
added cost of all the red tape that is

848
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:53,840
being asked on the state and federal
side or when they change something, it

849
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:58,040
resonates down here and we have no
choice but to spill it out in the levy.

850
00:57:55,920 --> 00:58:02,760
And and it's it's really frustrating
that the county level of government

851
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:06,040
continues to get
blamed for the tax increases when it's

852
00:58:04,480 --> 00:58:11,280
somebody else that's actually pushing us
to the table on that. And uh

853
00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:15,880
the added paperwork, oh my goodness. I
know even an example I can bring up, we

854
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:20,160
are a delegated county through Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency on feedlots.

855
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:24,240
Every livestock farm has to be
registered and that used to be like

856
00:58:22,560 --> 00:58:28,200
nothing more than just a one-page piece
of paper. Now it's a book. And that

857
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:31,480
example is is nothing compared to what
our Health and Human Services have to

858
00:58:29,640 --> 00:58:35,440
deal with on a daily basis of all the
extra paperwork, paperwork, paperwork

859
00:58:33,920 --> 00:58:39,120
and auditing and so forth they have to
go through for their clients.

860
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:42,840
And that resonates through to having to
hire more people in order to make the

861
00:58:40,800 --> 00:58:47,640
service work. And uh
it's it's frustrating and I don't know

862
00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:51,400
how to explain that we in our Truth and
Taxation meetings I think we've been

863
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:55,400
doing a fantastic job in the past years
of explaining that out.

864
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:59,120
These are these are what is really
costing [clears throat] money here and

865
00:58:57,320 --> 00:59:02,320
what choice do we have? We have to
create the service we have to do the

866
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:07,560
service and it and it adds on to the
levy. Even public works, the cost of

867
00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:11,880
building a road, what was that in terms
of all the engineering and uh

868
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:15,840
all the background work
years ago versus now.

869
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:19,360
And it's it's not just the cost of the
road, it's all the other work that has

870
00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:22,480
to go involved and it just keeps getting
to be more and more all the time.

871
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:25,280
And
uh

872
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:28,560
So there's
there's more to the story about running

873
00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:31,280
a county government than just the levy
and it's very hard to kind of get

874
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:35,920
through through that in a brief
explanation, but

875
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:39,360
I I am proud to say that McLeod County
is

876
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:44,360
um
financially very very well. We can thank

877
00:59:41,960 --> 00:59:48,200
a lot of our our people in our our
bookkeeping department

878
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:50,760
and and employees that help keep it
there.

879
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:55,360
I've been reading stories from other
counties where they're looking at some

880
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:59,160
huge levy increases and they how much
they can do about it and it has to do

881
00:59:56,880 --> 01:00:04,920
with state and federal shifts.
We're able to work our way um you know,

882
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:08,480
through that with not that drastic of of
of issues so far

883
01:00:06,760 --> 01:00:12,960
and I hope our day doesn't doesn't come,
but I think we have learned to be fairly

884
01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:15,960
braced for some of those ups and downs
and so the next time we meet we'll be

885
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:18,840
looking at a number that for our
preliminary

886
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:22,846
and uh
uh we will see what we what we come up

887
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:25,040
with. Um
>> [clears throat]

888
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:28,160
» on a little bit of a lighter note, this
is typ-

889
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:32,760
typically the meeting where
I talk about our 4-H program and our

890
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:38,040
state fair results. Livestock and camel
weekend just finished on Sunday

891
01:00:35,560 --> 01:00:43,960
and as always the McLeod County 4-H'ers
that go down there did a fantastic job.

892
01:00:41,360 --> 01:00:49,320
In the first week of October we will
have our 4-H coordinator here when we

893
01:00:45,640 --> 01:00:51,667
celebrate National 4-H week to give a
you know, more of a PowerPoint

894
01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:55,160
presentation.
>> [clears throat]

895
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:58,520
» But McLeod County sent 54 youth uh to
participate at the state fair state

896
01:00:56,600 --> 01:01:04,280
competition.
Out of that those exhibitors

897
01:01:01,320 --> 01:01:08,400
there were 24 blue ribbons, 19 purples,
19 purple ribbons given out.

898
01:01:06,680 --> 01:01:11,800
10 of those were champions in their
class.

899
01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:15,200
Two had two interview finalists which is
a very intensive interview process to

900
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:18,680
see your knowledge of the project. It's
not necessarily what what you have in

901
01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:21,600
the halter, but it is your knowledge of
of the project area.

902
01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:25,360
Um
26 individuals in all ranked in their

903
01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:28,720
individual
classes there. So,

904
01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:30,480
um, just
uh

905
01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:34,360
We
McCloud County has historically done

906
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:36,880
very, very well at the Minnesota State
Fair.

907
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:41,160
Uh, beef project area, there were five
champions in the dairy, we had two

908
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:45,880
champions. Poultry, um, we had the
champion breeding dove class. So, um,

909
01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:48,280
so [clears throat] that's pretty cool.
Um,

910
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:52,160
uh, swine category, a couple reserve
champions. There are uh, 30 general

911
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:56,560
projects down there from McCloud County
and they get judged um, randomly

912
01:01:54,440 --> 01:02:01,280
throughout the throughout the extent of
the fair. Um,

913
01:01:58,840 --> 01:02:04,560
it takes it takes a well-balanced
program of a lot of community support

914
01:02:03,160 --> 01:02:11,400
and great parents to pull that kind of
stuff off. Um, and so uh, again, we'll

915
01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:16,480
hear more about that um, in in uh, in
October when we do 4-H week. And I would

916
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:20,093
probably be missing an opportunity if I
didn't take advantage of it to talk

917
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:23,760
about ice cream, I guess.
>> [clears throat]

918
01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:27,640
» So, how did that come to be? Um,
and I that's actually been a lot of a

919
01:02:26,400 --> 01:02:32,480
lot of our time in the last week is
talking about this the North Star Apple

920
01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:35,400
Crisp, I guess recipe that we came up
with.

921
01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:39,440
Uh, this was a process that started back
in I think it was February. University

922
01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:43,760
announced they were having this contest,
175th anniversary, who can come up with

923
01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:47,560
a recipe that
um, talks about Minnesota, talks about

924
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:51,120
the university, and tastes great in the
end. Um,

925
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:54,760
so we submitted um,
making ice cream out of

926
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:58,880
out of
uh, apple crisp apples and then putting

927
01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:04,280
in a Rooney berry swirl in there. Um,
and the storyline goes um, the

928
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:07,680
the story that goes with it, uh, which
was kind of the the little

929
01:03:06,120 --> 01:03:09,720
thing that you had to submit at the same
time,

930
01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:12,640
was
uh, the dairy part of the ice cream, the

931
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:17,920
university's commitment to the dairy
industry because they not only have a a

932
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:21,240
there research cattle where they
do lot of things with feed research and

933
01:03:19,640 --> 01:03:23,600
so forth, but they also have a test
plant where they're making their own

934
01:03:22,240 --> 01:03:27,320
dairy products as well. So, the
university's commitment to the dairy

935
01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:31,080
industry, the apples of course,
University of Minnesota were successful

936
01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:34,764
in apple research.
And what a better way to eat apples than

937
01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:35,960
an apple crisp, right? So,
>> [clears throat]

938
01:03:35,280 --> 01:03:39,600
» um
and then the aronia berries, well,

939
01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:43,560
that's where our farm comes in as being
the the state's largest orchard of

940
01:03:41,320 --> 01:03:46,520
aronia, so we threw that in there and
kind of a little bit more glamour on the

941
01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:49,400
story line and tell that represents the
university.

942
01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:53,104
And when you find out that you're like
one out of 500 entries, do you just

943
01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:54,320
Well, that was fun, right?
>> [clears throat]

944
01:03:53,360 --> 01:03:57,800
» Um
and then I think it was somewhere in

945
01:03:55,960 --> 01:04:02,800
June we were notified that we were in
the top five. And so

946
01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:07,560
then it was the job of the of the test
plant, the ice cream plant down there to

947
01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:11,560
actually make the recipe. So, until this
up to that point they'd have just gone

948
01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:14,560
through panels of
what sounds like it would taste good and

949
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:18,000
what sounds like the story represents
university. And

950
01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:21,520
so they they needed some berries, so I
got them some berries and

951
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:25,320
they did a wonderful job of making
making ice cream, I can tell you. And

952
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:29,960
then they they went through the
through the taste testing panels and all

953
01:04:27,360 --> 01:04:33,640
of a sudden we get picked. So, they told
us a few weeks ago that we were

954
01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:38,080
selected, couldn't tell anybody, pretty
well hush orders until they wanted to

955
01:04:35,960 --> 01:04:41,440
air it themselves on channel 9 news. And
so Friday we were at the state fair with

956
01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:44,560
interviewing meet and greet with the
president of the university and other

957
01:04:43,160 --> 01:04:46,560
people that were involved in all this.
And

958
01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:52,160
it was
it's been a pretty cool experience, but

959
01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:57,280
so this ice cream is now available at
the university campus, at the arboretum,

960
01:04:54,760 --> 01:05:01,760
and at all the football games. And I
guess the really cool part that I can

961
01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:04,920
add here is that every cup or gallon of
that ice cream sold has berries in it

962
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:06,920
from McLeod County.
So.

963
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:08,200
» Very good.
>> Congratulations.

964
01:05:07,600 --> 01:05:12,240
» Oh, thank you.
>> Congratulations, Greg.

965
01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:16,800
» Thank you, Commissioner I
Congratulations.

966
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:19,040
Commissioner Doll.
>> I can't even come close to this.

967
01:05:18,910 --> 01:05:23,760
» [laughter]
>> You know, like okay, I'm good.

968
01:05:21,240 --> 01:05:26,080
» a few years. You got a few years to get
there though. No problem. [laughter]

969
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:27,320
» Yeah.
>> Yeah.

970
01:05:26,560 --> 01:05:30,560
» Yeah.
So, on the 18th they had the workshop

971
01:05:29,400 --> 01:05:35,760
here.
Then afterwards attended the McLeod

972
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:39,680
Sibley Insurance meeting.
Um

973
01:05:37,880 --> 01:05:44,760
was present at
at the raising opening of the fair

974
01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:49,080
on Thursday in the morning there and
then I did attend

975
01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:53,240
I attended all three days with the hat
and the shirt on McLeod County and then

976
01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:57,480
my wife asked me to go incognito with
her on Sunday.

977
01:05:54,880 --> 01:06:01,360
Which didn't change anything. Didn't
Yeah, didn't change anything.

978
01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:04,920
Um then on the 24th also had an
insurance meeting.

979
01:06:03,120 --> 01:06:08,920
Um
That's the official stuff for the

980
01:06:06,400 --> 01:06:12,960
county. On the unofficial side
I always let

981
01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:17,440
I like to let you know what I'm
doing or thinking beforehand. So

982
01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:20,600
and I've talked to Paul about this and
I've talked to a few other people about

983
01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:24,640
this. So
I've been spending a little bit of time

984
01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:30,640
with people that are spring spraying
corn fields and bean fields and etc.

985
01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:35,400
etc. with drones. So I'm getting more
knowledge on that. Been doing a lot of

986
01:06:33,120 --> 01:06:39,760
reading up on
data centers.

987
01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:45,520
Yeah, I you know, stuff and
the the latest thing with uh

988
01:06:42,760 --> 01:06:48,920
our our new small power plants and I
don't know if you know

989
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:52,800
back in the day after I returned from
the phone company I spent some time in

990
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:59,280
the mountains with horses doing things
and just north and a little bit west

991
01:06:56,440 --> 01:07:03,760
of that area there's one of these power
plants going in. It's very small in

992
01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:03,760
nature and I'm

993
01:07:04,080 --> 01:07:08,960
met Augie who graduated out of McLeod
County is [clears throat] out there

994
01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:14,080
» and uh
>> asking a few questions and giving me

995
01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:19,600
giving me some more information. So, to
me that now that's via the mother,

996
01:07:16,360 --> 01:07:24,120
obviously, but it's interesting that of
what's going on in the world and how you

997
01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:29,360
got to be prepared. And I know I've
asked Mark, are we prepared for a data

998
01:07:26,760 --> 01:07:33,800
center in McLeod County? And I think at
some point in time it'd be wise just to

999
01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:36,440
review
where we're at and what are we ready

1000
01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:37,520
for,
you know.

1001
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:41,920
» Yeah.
>> So, that we don't have to ask those

1002
01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:46,000
questions of ourselves later. That's all
I have.

1003
01:07:43,080 --> 01:07:48,600
» Thank you, Commissioner Doll. Uh
Commissioner Smalser.

1004
01:07:47,120 --> 01:07:52,840
» Yeah, thanks, Commissioner Doll, for
your report. Um

1005
01:07:50,360 --> 01:07:58,440
after Tuesday's uh board meeting here on
the 18th, uh we held a workshop. And

1006
01:07:55,320 --> 01:08:04,160
then uh that uh afternoon, as uh
Commissioner Doll mentioned, um we both

1007
01:08:00,840 --> 01:08:07,960
sit on the um McLeod Sibley uh group
health insurance committee. And uh we

1008
01:08:06,600 --> 01:08:12,840
had a meeting here at the government
center, where we are looking at, you

1009
01:08:10,200 --> 01:08:17,759
know, options that possibly could save
employees money. Um but we still are

1010
01:08:15,720 --> 01:08:25,040
researching that and and seeking out
further information on on those options.

1011
01:08:21,839 --> 01:08:30,680
And then on uh Wednesday the 19th, the
uh I attended the employee pork chop uh

1012
01:08:28,480 --> 01:08:35,600
dinner here in Glencoe at Oak Leaf Park.
It looked like it was well attended and

1013
01:08:32,200 --> 01:08:38,920
the food was fantastic. Thank you.
Um

1014
01:08:36,759 --> 01:08:45,000
on Thursday the 20th, as Commissioner
Doll stated, I as well uh attended um

1015
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:50,319
the flag raising at to open up the
McLeod County Fair.

1016
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:57,799
Uh also spent uh most of my day there.
And I will say um multiple many

1017
01:08:54,400 --> 01:09:02,960
compliments on our fair, how it's run.
Um many comments very favorable about it

1018
01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:06,720
being a fair.
Um

1019
01:09:04,319 --> 01:09:12,560
and everyone is very hopeful that we can
keep that practice uh going.

1020
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:16,520
And um I also attended the fair on
Saturday. Uh spent most of my day there.

1021
01:09:15,520 --> 01:09:19,080
Um
and uh

1022
01:09:17,640 --> 01:09:23,080
I mean, when you look down the street,
the crowds, the vendors,

1023
01:09:21,120 --> 01:09:28,560
uh I would hope that everyone there had
a had a a a good experience uh at the

1024
01:09:26,359 --> 01:09:33,440
McLeod County Fairgrounds.
And I will say what impresses me the

1025
01:09:30,560 --> 01:09:37,359
most uh when I'm at the fairgrounds is
all the volunteers.

1026
01:09:35,440 --> 01:09:42,880
I can't imagine
uh the workforce uh that uh they use um

1027
01:09:42,040 --> 01:09:48,600
uh
from the people directing you where to

1028
01:09:44,359 --> 01:09:52,359
park, uh people cleaning up. Um
our staff here making sure the

1029
01:09:50,160 --> 01:09:58,080
electricity is supplied, you know, to
the people who need it. Um

1030
01:09:55,160 --> 01:10:01,360
it's just an awesome event and um
and

1031
01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:06,920
uh I thank everyone um
for their volunteering to make that fair

1032
01:10:03,800 --> 01:10:06,920
uh what it is today.

1033
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:16,400
Um on Monday, the 24th, uh the a
follow-up again our um McLeod Sibley uh

1034
01:10:13,880 --> 01:10:20,480
group insurance had a Zoom meeting
where again we're researching some

1035
01:10:18,200 --> 01:10:25,320
options that may save us uh
save our employees uh a little bit of

1036
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:31,040
money uh moving forward.
And then um

1037
01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:37,120
I did a uh call to a uh resident uh in
my district. Uh we were looking or his

1038
01:10:33,960 --> 01:10:40,800
inquiry uh surrounded a um pet crossing
that we have in the city of Winsted that

1039
01:10:39,320 --> 01:10:45,280
is aged.
And uh I got some background information

1040
01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:50,160
on that and had a good discussion with
that individual on um you know uh

1041
01:10:48,880 --> 01:10:56,440
where
where or what's needed in order to um

1042
01:10:53,840 --> 01:11:00,440
to upgrade that system that uh they
presently have.

1043
01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:05,200
Um
Commissioner um

1044
01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:09,320
mentioned earlier about consulting his
district um

1045
01:11:06,880 --> 01:11:15,040
representative, his appointee
um on our planning and zoning board. Um

1046
01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:19,040
So, Commissioner Krueger, I as well had
a conversation with the representative

1047
01:11:17,240 --> 01:11:23,360
that I appointed to the
uh planning and zoning board uh with the

1048
01:11:21,080 --> 01:11:27,640
important uh items that we had on our
agenda this morning. Um I'm looking for

1049
01:11:25,720 --> 01:11:31,760
that background information to try and
make a good decision and also be

1050
01:11:29,320 --> 01:11:35,960
sensitive uh
to the people who are applying

1051
01:11:34,160 --> 01:11:42,240
and also the people who have gone
through the process and applied.

1052
01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:46,520
So, um it was difficult, but I I'm
comfortable with the decisions we made

1053
01:11:43,960 --> 01:11:51,360
this morning uh looking at that one uh
controversial uh conditional use. Uh and

1054
01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:55,840
I hope that they can find a way. I mean,
we always do say that we're we want to

1055
01:11:53,720 --> 01:12:00,800
be proactive business. We want to
encourage that in the county and

1056
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:04,880
um but at the same time we have to honor
those who have

1057
01:12:02,240 --> 01:12:08,360
completed the process and followed all
the timelines.

1058
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:12,360
So, uh
that brings us to today. Thank you, Mr.

1059
01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:17,200
» Mr. Smalley, before you end
on the on the crosswalk, did you get any

1060
01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:20,920
response from the city of Winsted?
>> Um I have not talked to the city of

1061
01:12:19,200 --> 01:12:28,360
Winsted, but I believe that they are
aware of the um steps required on uh the

1062
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:32,080
crosswalks. Um
I did have a conversation with their

1063
01:12:30,280 --> 01:12:36,560
city engineer pertaining to the
crosswalk uh issue. So, I believe

1064
01:12:34,920 --> 01:12:42,160
there's an understanding there. I know
that the call um that I took has had

1065
01:12:40,680 --> 01:12:47,080
a conversation with the mayor of
Winsted, and I believe that they all

1066
01:12:43,640 --> 01:12:52,640
understand uh you know, the process uh
and what will need to be done uh in case

1067
01:12:50,360 --> 01:12:56,480
we uh get to the point where we're where
we're improving that crosswalk.

1068
01:12:54,560 --> 01:13:01,120
» The reason I bring it up is
I I've also had the calls over the last

1069
01:12:59,480 --> 01:13:03,480
actually a couple years
on the

1070
01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:07,960
it happens to be that same one and
others to be true. But talking with our

1071
01:13:06,200 --> 01:13:12,640
engineer Andrew
uh

1072
01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:17,560
he he isn't dragging his feet
but he is waiting for a response

1073
01:13:15,680 --> 01:13:20,640
for I mean our
uh

1074
01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:24,800
our process is always then that there's
an agreement between the city

1075
01:13:22,720 --> 01:13:30,160
the city and the county when something
like this is done and and they have not

1076
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:35,600
at the last time I checked had not yet
reached out to Andrew and and cuz once

1077
01:13:32,760 --> 01:13:39,200
that happens then we can
you know

1078
01:13:36,920 --> 01:13:43,000
put on more pressure whatever the case
may be to get it done the right way.

1079
01:13:40,880 --> 01:13:48,000
That's all I'm trying to add on but
>> Yeah, thank you Commissioner uh for that

1080
01:13:44,760 --> 01:13:51,240
inquiry and I and that's part of why I
was um

1081
01:13:49,320 --> 01:13:54,880
I was trying to get to resolution and
understanding all the parties involved

1082
01:13:53,120 --> 01:13:59,200
and I think we're there. I think the
city understands that the request

1083
01:13:56,840 --> 01:14:05,760
originates with them. I think the
resident who um does uh call me annually

1084
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:10,200
as well understands the process uh and
where the request comes from. So I'm

1085
01:14:07,880 --> 01:14:12,720
pretty satisfied with where it's at now
um

1086
01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:16,160
and uh thanks for your question.
>> Thank you.

1087
01:14:14,120 --> 01:14:22,320
Uh Commissioner Tresca.
>> Um after our last meeting we held the

1088
01:14:18,760 --> 01:14:28,240
workshop. Um
and then on Wednesday I also attended

1089
01:14:25,120 --> 01:14:31,600
the employee uh picnic out at the park
and Hannah you guys did an excellent job

1090
01:14:30,040 --> 01:14:34,840
again and it's always fun to see
everybody there running here and there

1091
01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:37,680
and everywhere.
Um

1092
01:14:36,240 --> 01:14:43,840
I
was at the fair quite a bit

1093
01:14:41,000 --> 01:14:47,320
Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Um again it
was great. It was so fun to see the

1094
01:14:45,200 --> 01:14:51,440
people. It was nice to see a bunch of
our employees either just there or also

1095
01:14:50,440 --> 01:14:56,000
there was a lot of them that were
working. I know in the

1096
01:14:53,920 --> 01:15:00,560
in the big building there
there was people that were there from

1097
01:14:57,960 --> 01:15:04,920
9:00 in the morning till 9:00 at night.
And there was like

1098
01:15:02,200 --> 01:15:08,760
I know Casey Stats was there
every almost I think every hour that

1099
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:11,720
that building was open plus some.
>> Yep.

1100
01:15:09,200 --> 01:15:16,560
» And the veteran services and I mean it
was it was so great to see all these

1101
01:15:13,480 --> 01:15:20,120
people there and showing you know
the attendees of the fair whether

1102
01:15:18,320 --> 01:15:23,160
they're county or not but
um you know kind of the things that we

1103
01:15:21,680 --> 01:15:26,480
have there and that
and the they

1104
01:15:25,240 --> 01:15:32,360
they take their time to sit there and
talk to the people. So that was nice. Um

1105
01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:35,600
last Wednesday the 26th you had the two
items

1106
01:15:33,560 --> 01:15:38,920
uh that we spent quite a bit of time on.
Usually it doesn't take us an hour and a

1107
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:42,720
half to discuss two items at planning
but they were both

1108
01:15:40,760 --> 01:15:47,120
you know we had lots of discussion um
and I appreciate you guys checking with

1109
01:15:44,760 --> 01:15:50,880
your rep from that board. I think those
guys do a really good job most of them

1110
01:15:49,440 --> 01:15:55,960
um have been on there for quite some
time and uh I think Dan is fitting in

1111
01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:57,400
well as he's got some background in that
stuff too.

1112
01:15:56,680 --> 01:15:59,960
» Yeah.
>> Um

1113
01:15:58,560 --> 01:16:03,240
last Thursday [clears throat] the 27th I
had a UCAT meeting that I attended via

1114
01:16:02,040 --> 01:16:06,920
Zoom.
Um pretty much the same stuff going

1115
01:16:05,720 --> 01:16:10,360
forward. Um
they're getting into the heating season

1116
01:16:08,440 --> 01:16:13,920
there so they're you know finishing out
the current year and then getting ready

1117
01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:18,320
for the the new one coming up and of
course they are you know had to talk on

1118
01:16:15,880 --> 01:16:22,200
their benefits as well. The increase in
their insurance rates and what to add

1119
01:16:19,920 --> 01:16:26,800
and what to not add um just like
everybody else's with the new

1120
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:31,440
with the new uh
year coming up so um and that brings us

1121
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:34,640
to today.
>> Thank you Commissioner Attorney's

1122
01:16:33,440 --> 01:16:37,720
Office.
>> Uh thank you. I I would just add that I

1123
01:16:36,280 --> 01:16:40,880
I was at the fair each day as well. My
office has has a booth there that we

1124
01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:44,920
maintain
um and just echo all of the positive

1125
01:16:42,640 --> 01:16:48,200
com- comments. I mean, we I talked to an
awful lot of folks to the point where my

1126
01:16:46,480 --> 01:16:52,040
voice was running out, which takes
something by Sunday.

1127
01:16:49,960 --> 01:16:57,280
Um, and and it was almost, you know,
without exception positive. So, um,

1128
01:16:55,000 --> 01:17:00,920
yeah, it was great fair and, you know,
it was good opportunity to see those

1129
01:16:58,600 --> 01:17:04,400
that stop out and a lot of comments
about the the free part of that fair and

1130
01:17:02,640 --> 01:17:09,080
a lot of inquiries of if that can be
maintained moving forward and, uh,

1131
01:17:07,120 --> 01:17:13,440
you know, so, but otherwise, yeah, it
was it was a it was a great weekend.

1132
01:17:12,040 --> 01:17:17,320
» Thank you. And then before I go to the
administrator, I I did not comment on

1133
01:17:15,480 --> 01:17:20,800
the fair. I could say it was by design,
but I

1134
01:17:18,240 --> 01:17:25,560
I I didn't and but I I let the all the
rest of the commissioners I would echo

1135
01:17:22,200 --> 01:17:28,240
what they said. I but I do, um,
I I

1136
01:17:26,280 --> 01:17:34,160
I want to send out a
a super congrats to Paul because

1137
01:17:31,760 --> 01:17:38,080
he didn't talk about all the years of
out there working on his zirconia

1138
01:17:36,400 --> 01:17:42,480
berries and
and, uh, I mean, he's he's I mean, I

1139
01:17:40,720 --> 01:17:48,160
didn't know it till I met him that he
had that and I mean, that's

1140
01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:51,000
not just for him, but for there's a lot
of people, I think, in our county

1141
01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:53,920
whether they're small businesses or
small farmers

1142
01:17:52,440 --> 01:17:59,320
that are working behind the scenes that
they don't, you know, some may fail. I'm

1143
01:17:56,400 --> 01:18:02,840
just so glad that he's he's stayed with
it and, uh, um,

1144
01:18:01,720 --> 01:18:07,920
get somewhere.
I I hope it it really pays off for him.

1145
01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:11,160
It does for the county. I'm I'm proud to
say that for the county and and

1146
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:16,600
especially when you have a sitting
commissioner that's able to, uh,

1147
01:18:13,880 --> 01:18:21,920
advertise as he does, but, uh,
and then I, uh, I I spend all

1148
01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:26,880
I spend every day at the fair, too, and
not not necessarily very long. Um,

1149
01:18:24,480 --> 01:18:31,120
I think this year I probably,
uh, did something I don't normally do. I

1150
01:18:28,680 --> 01:18:36,080
I people watched. I
mainly because I I don't get around as

1151
01:18:33,640 --> 01:18:39,840
good as I did. I did make the Lori kept
an eye on me. I did make the circle on

1152
01:18:37,880 --> 01:18:44,520
the on the veterans parade on Thursday
night, but I did did make it. Anyway, uh

1153
01:18:43,480 --> 01:18:49,360
um
I think uh

1154
01:18:47,400 --> 01:18:54,360
we've all commented on the free part of
the fair, but I I just watching people

1155
01:18:52,480 --> 01:18:57,960
uh and I don't want to be judgmental,
but there was so many people there that

1156
01:18:56,400 --> 01:19:01,320
I don't think would have been able to be
there

1157
01:18:59,240 --> 01:19:05,480
if it wasn't free. And that made me
proud. I mean, there was uh

1158
01:19:04,080 --> 01:19:10,560
uh
families and I think they come two or

1159
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:15,120
three times a day. I I um
I was really surprised because it was a

1160
01:19:12,480 --> 01:19:19,480
steady crowd from what I've seen.
And I checked with um volunteers again

1161
01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:23,600
that we
we thank very much, but the numbers, the

1162
01:19:21,640 --> 01:19:31,080
counts they were getting were higher
than I thought they were.

1163
01:19:26,920 --> 01:19:35,520
But and I too got questions um
of keeping it keeping it free, and

1164
01:19:33,400 --> 01:19:39,120
that's our full intentions
to do that. And um

1165
01:19:37,800 --> 01:19:45,400
uh
I also um

1166
01:19:42,440 --> 01:19:49,800
I I I also was there on Sunday afternoon
to present colors for uh Beyond the

1167
01:19:48,080 --> 01:19:53,560
Yellow Ribbon. Um
good program. Um

1168
01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:58,680
a full s-
full sold out a crowd for the demo demo

1169
01:19:56,560 --> 01:20:02,680
derby and very
very respectful crowd to to the

1170
01:20:01,240 --> 01:20:06,920
veterans.
Um

1171
01:20:04,280 --> 01:20:06,920
and uh

1172
01:20:08,160 --> 01:20:16,560
I guess that's all I Oh, I I wanted to
another big thank you to all the

1173
01:20:13,720 --> 01:20:20,000
the businesses and individuals that
attended the 4-H auction. I mean, I'm

1174
01:20:18,920 --> 01:20:25,760
just
I'm I'm glad, thankful that there are

1175
01:20:23,000 --> 01:20:30,720
people out there that um
that make that a success. I mean, it's

1176
01:20:28,680 --> 01:20:37,200
uh something that we didn't really have
when I was a kid in in 4-H. It goes to

1177
01:20:34,160 --> 01:20:43,240
help further these kids' education and
hopefully

1178
01:20:39,320 --> 01:20:47,720
gives other members of 4-H a
um

1179
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:52,120
a drive to succeed or to to be a better
in a

1180
01:20:48,600 --> 01:20:54,800
25% of the I believe I'm right 25% of
the

1181
01:20:53,040 --> 01:20:59,360
uh the premiums
from the auction go to the federation

1182
01:20:56,840 --> 01:21:04,280
and and and I mean that is a real kick
for the federation when you look at

1183
01:21:01,760 --> 01:21:08,760
I I didn't hear a total tabulation of
the auction, but it's uh

1184
01:21:06,760 --> 01:21:14,000
it's it's very good and I'm glad that
these businesses reach out and can do

1185
01:21:11,880 --> 01:21:18,560
that.
And I guess that's that's all I have uh

1186
01:21:17,440 --> 01:21:21,400
turn it over to Sheila, the
administrator.

1187
01:21:19,480 --> 01:21:25,960
» Thank you, Mr. Chair. Commissioner
Wright, I don't remember you mentioning

1188
01:21:23,680 --> 01:21:30,560
the the award that your family received
at the fair, as well. Did you?

1189
01:21:28,840 --> 01:21:34,280
The champion
dairy herdsmanship?

1190
01:21:31,880 --> 01:21:38,960
» Yeah, the trophy. Um I think we're at
year 22 out of 26 for the

1191
01:21:37,440 --> 01:21:42,600
grand champion herdsmanship at the
county fair, so.

1192
01:21:41,120 --> 01:21:47,200
A lot a lot of work with the broom,
keeping it clean and being friendly, so.

1193
01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:52,560
» I think the most impressive part of
seeing that post was seeing um your very

1194
01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:55,960
adult kids.
>> Yeah, they all keep coming back and

1195
01:21:53,880 --> 01:21:58,640
helping, so I'm pretty pretty fortunate
there, so.

1196
01:21:56,960 --> 01:22:03,040
» Thank you.
I'll go to the agenda item A. This is

1197
01:22:00,920 --> 01:22:07,880
just a notification and I want to focus
on that. This doesn't require a vote.

1198
01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:11,240
Um and this doesn't require any changes
from McLeod County because this is

1199
01:22:09,440 --> 01:22:17,320
already within what we are doing at our
courthouse and law enforcement center.

1200
01:22:13,120 --> 01:22:17,320
However, the state updated

1201
01:22:18,400 --> 01:22:23,800
They update I don't even know what to
call it, but I'm going to read it to you

1202
01:22:21,480 --> 01:22:28,960
and they updated their policy
and um it does apply to us, so. But it

1203
01:22:26,480 --> 01:22:33,080
does not create any change.
Notification of the updated statewide

1204
01:22:30,920 --> 01:22:38,640
order that prohibits firearms and other
weapons on Minnesota court facilities

1205
01:22:35,080 --> 01:22:43,440
beginning September 1, 2026 today.
Firearms and other weapons will be

1206
01:22:41,040 --> 01:22:47,480
prohibited in court occupied areas and
other facilities used for official court

1207
01:22:45,880 --> 01:22:52,280
business throughout Minnesota under a
new order signed by Chief Justice

1208
01:22:49,280 --> 01:22:56,720
Natalie E. Hudson. And I won't expand on
that. The rest of the information is in

1209
01:22:54,160 --> 01:23:01,200
the agenda for you to read either
um online in print or and it is also

1210
01:22:58,920 --> 01:23:06,440
posted at the courthouse and trends and
this does not make any changes.

1211
01:23:03,400 --> 01:23:12,040
Item B, notification of board workshop
following the board meeting on Tuesday,

1212
01:23:08,440 --> 01:23:17,320
September 15, 2026 here at the McLeod
County Government Center, 520 Chandler

1213
01:23:14,680 --> 01:23:20,080
Avenue North, Glencoe, Minnesota.
That's all I have.

1214
01:23:20,760 --> 01:23:25,520
» Um all right, I'm going to jump ahead
here a little bit. We do have a closed

1215
01:23:23,960 --> 01:23:28,360
meeting at
I'm jumping ahead a little bit. Um we do

1216
01:23:27,080 --> 01:23:32,080
have a closed meeting following the
reason we set it this way is because

1217
01:23:30,120 --> 01:23:37,400
it's for the convenience
of our meeting um

1218
01:23:33,720 --> 01:23:42,280
for the press and anybody that's here.
Um

1219
01:23:39,240 --> 01:23:45,920
uh but at any rate uh that's that is why
there's no other reason that it's at the

1220
01:23:43,880 --> 01:23:50,280
end of the meeting other than for the
convenience of it and we

1221
01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:53,480
will come back
uh

1222
01:23:50,880 --> 01:23:57,080
after the closed meeting.
Um

1223
01:23:55,840 --> 01:23:59,640
is there anything else that needs to
come

1224
01:23:58,160 --> 01:24:02,840
before the Board of Commissioners for
the good of McLeod County?

1225
01:24:03,280 --> 01:24:09,600
Hearing none, open forum, anybody
wishing to

1226
01:24:07,480 --> 01:24:14,800
address the board? We had someone here
and they disappeared.

1227
01:24:12,560 --> 01:24:20,000
Um press relations, press, do you have
any questions, comments?

1228
01:24:18,360 --> 01:24:21,640
» Thank you. Then I'll go into the next
item.

1229
01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:25,240
» Yes.
>> Thank you.

1230
01:24:22,640 --> 01:24:28,880
So our next item is a closed meeting,
item A, closed meeting to discuss county

1231
01:24:27,360 --> 01:24:34,920
real estate pursuant to Minnesota
statute 13D.05,

1232
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:38,840
subdivision 3C.
And then we would, as Commissioner

1233
01:24:36,640 --> 01:24:44,168
Krueger said, we will come back
after that.

1234
01:24:41,800 --> 01:24:45,640
» I'll entertain a motion to go into
>> [clears throat]

1235
01:24:44,360 --> 01:24:49,080
» closed meeting.
>> I I will move we go into closed meeting.

1236
01:24:47,600 --> 01:24:50,680
» Motion Motion made by Commissioner
Small, second?

1237
01:24:50,080 --> 01:24:56,480
» Second.
>> Seconded by Commissioner Chaska. Uh

1238
01:24:54,080 --> 01:24:56,480
we

1239
01:24:57,200 --> 01:25:05,320
We will We'll enter the closed session
at 10:30. That gives us 5 minutes to

1240
01:25:02,120 --> 01:25:05,320
take a little bit of a break here.

1241
01:25:06,160 --> 01:25:10,320
» Are we staying in this room or are we
moving?

1242
01:25:08,160 --> 01:25:12,560
» No, we'll stay here.
>> Okay.