AGENDA

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

9:30 a.m.

County Commissioners Room

300 North State Street – East Annex

Waseca, Minnesota 56093

(All times approximate)

Persons with background material for agenda items are asked to provide them to the Administrator’s Office 5 days prior to the meeting date so that the material can be linked to the online agenda. If handouts at the Board meeting are necessary, please bring enough copies for the Board, county staff, the press and the public. Generally, 15 copies should be sufficient.

Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

Public Comment

Approval of Agenda

Correspondence

Discussion of Bills

Department Head Time

1. Consent Agenda

a. Approval of August 2, 2011 County Board Minutes

b. Approval of Bills

c. Approval of Resolution of Designation of Depositories

d. Approve Human Services Board Report

e. Approve Addendum to the Current Cooperative Agreement with the Chemical Dependency Pilot Project

f.   Payment to the Soil & Water Conservation District for the      Purchase of a Pickup

g.   Approve Permit Extension Request

2. Building and Maintenance Department

a. Courthouse Flag Pole

10:00 a.m. Ditch Public Hearing on County Ditches 29 & 30 Concerning Culvert Replacement Damaged in the September 2010 Flood

3. Highway Department

a. Highway Planning Road Tour Overview

b. Courthouse Park House/Parks Staffing

c. Goose Lake Park Tree

4. Auditor-Treasurer’s Office

a. Technical Clerk Recruitment Request

Closed Session – Pursuant to Minn. Stat. §13D.03 to consider strategy for labor negotiations, including negotiation strategies or developments or discussion and review of labor negotiation proposals.

5. Labor Committee

a. Labor Mediation

6. County Administrator’s Office

a. County Administrator Report

b. South Central Minnesota Multi-County H.R.A. Representative

7. Committee Reports

8. Other County Board Business

Adjournment

Lunch – The Hyde Out Bar & Grill (Public Welcome)

Following Lunch (1:00 p.m.) - 2012 Budget Work Session

Meeting Reminders/Dates to Know

· August 19 – Labor Relations/Group Insurance Committee (East Annex) 9:00 a.m.

· August 23 – Special Board Meeting – Closed Session: Litigation Discussion (East Annex) 2:00 p.m.

· August 30 – Special Board Meeting – 2012 Budget Work Session (East Annex) 9:00 a.m.

· September 15 – MCIT Regional Risk Management Workshop (Mankato) http://www.mcit.org/misc_pdf/training/web_workshop_pamphlet_2011.pdf