Minutes, July 28, 2014

 

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

                                                                                 

MINUTES

 

JULY 28, 2014

 

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 28^st day of July 2014 at the Ellsworth County Courthouse. 

                                                            Members Present:

                                                            Albert W. Oller, 1^st District Commissioner

                                                            Kermit Rush, 2^nd District Commissioner

                                                            Terry L. Kueser, 3^rd District Commissioner

                                                                       

OPENING BUSINESS:

 

Chairman Kueser called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

 

Commissioner Rush moved to approve the Agenda.  Commissioner Oller seconded the motion.  Motion carried 3-0.

 

Commissioner Rush moved to approve the Minutes of July 21, 2014.  Commissioner Oller seconded the motion.  Motion carried 3-0.

 

Rev. Billy Kryger was in attendance but did not want to address the Commissioners.

 

APPOINTMENTS:

 

Keith Haberer, Emergency Management Director, reported the mitigation plan is going well.  There will be an exercise on August 6^th at the Health Department in junction with the National

Guard.   He attended the regional meeting on July 22^nd where they discussed the new communications systems project.  It will be awhile before it is put into operation, but it will be tied to cell phones.  There will be a full exercise at ECF on September 24.  At the regional meeting in September there will be a training exercise for the practical exercises to be conducted in 2015.

 

Ronda Kasiska, Health Supervisor, reported the hiring of the new part-time employee to administer a grant fell through and one of her staff members has agreed to take on that responsibility.  That will be possible for this year, but may have to be reconsidered next year.  Traffic and farm machinery has been running over the sprinkler system on the east side of the parking lot.  She has sent a letter to the person farming the land but wondered if a sign could be put there.  The Commissioners suggested that she contact the Road & Bridge about erecting a sign and posts for that area.  A bid was presented for new chairs for the office and it was suggested that she contact Robson's to see if they could get the same chairs or something comparable.   Also, she would like to purchase some tables for the conference room that would be lighter and could be easily transported if needed.  The Commissioner approved the purchase of the chairs and tables and asked that she declare the old tables as surplus property and offer the tables to other departments first.  If any are left, they will be listed for sale on the website at $20 each on a first come basis. On August 26^th all employees will be attending a Working Well Conference and Mrs. Kasiska asked if she should hire someone to come in that day or just use the answering machine.  The Commissioners agreed the answering machine would be fine.

 

Rick Nondorf, Road & Bridge Supervisor, visited with the Commissioners about complaints received about sealing of roads prior to the Czech Festival.  He did avoid sealing in Wilson, but did seal in a perimeter around Wilson.  However, sealing has to be done when he has the material and workforce and cannot be rescheduled.  As of yet, he has not heard anything more on the fuel tank.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Commissioner Oller moved to approve Payment #1 to Harbin Construction, LLC for the Jail Safety Cell in the amount of $16,364.24.  Commissioner Rush seconded the motion.  Motion carried 3-0.

 

Commissioner Rush moved to approve the invoice from Openhandesign for $3,016 for the Jail Safety Cell.  Commissioner Oller seconded the motion.  Motion carried 3-0.

 

ADJOURNMENT:

 

Chairman Kueser adjourned the meeting at 11:30 a.m.

 

 

 

Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk