Minutes, May 16, 2005

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES

MAY 16, 2005

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 16th day of May 2005 at the Ellsworth County Courthouse.

Members Present:
Lavel Heitschmidt, 1st District Commissioner
Kermit Rush, 2nd District Commissioner
Terry L.Kueser, 3rd District Commissioner

1. OPENING BUSINESS:

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

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the Agenda as printed.
Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the Minutes of May 9, 2005 as presented.
Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

No one was present for the Public Forum.

2. APPOINTMENTS:

At 9:05 a.m. a hearing was held on the State & County Five-Year Program. Richard Nondorf, Road & Bridge Supervisor, was the only one in attendance for the hearing. The hearing was closed at 9:15 a.m. Mr. Nondorf asked the Commissioner to write-off a balance due from former employee, Daniel Dinkie, on a lost weedeater. Commissioner Kueser moved to write-off $197.88 owed by Daniel Dinkie on a weedeater. Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. The Commissioner asked Mr. Nondorf if he would be willing to help with the drainage at the new 4-H barn. He will look at it and see what would be needed. Also, they wanted him to continue to pursue information on the building of a storage shed for sand and salt for county roads.

County Clerk, Jan Andrews, presented her budgets for 2006. She requested $76,561, an increase of $244 in the Clerk’s budget and $47,875, an increase of $13,875 for the Election budget. The increase in the Election budget is due to the purchase of electronic voting equipment mandated by the Federal Election bill, HAVA. The Commissioners will take these requests under consideration when formulating the budget. The software maintenance agreement is up in June on the AS400. We can renew it for one year at a cost of $1,200 or three years for $3,240. The Commissioners agreed to renew the software maintenance contract for three years. Mrs. Andrews asked the Commissioner to authorize her paying for the concrete to complete the handicap parking space at the Kanopolis Library. When making the handicap assessment on the polling places used in the county for elections, the Kanopolis Library was not in compliance. The City has put in a sidewalk from the library to the alley where the handicap-parking place will be located. They are willing to form the parking pad and lay the concrete. Commissioner Kueser moved to authorize payment of the concrete for the handicap-parking place at the Kanopolis Library from the Election budget. Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Heitschmidt moved to go into executive session to discuss acquisition of land from 11:10 a.m. until 11:20 am. Commissioner Kueser seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. The County Clerk was included in the executive session. The Commissioners returned to open session at 11:20 a.m.

John Sherman, Attorney for the Ellsworth County Health Foundation, asked the Commissioner to sign a corrective deed on the property sold to the Foundation.

Kevin Ludlum, EMS Director, reported they were having an open house for preschoolers today. Also, he asked permission to put in a woman’s shower in the building. It would entail cutting some of the concrete flooring and walls in the restroom area plus two showerheads and plumbing. Ralph Doubrava has given them a quote $540 to cut through the concrete and the other work will be done by them and volunteer, Roy Folk. Commissioner Kueser moved to authorize payment of $540 to Ralph Doubrava for work on the EMS shower. Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion and motion carried 3-0. Mr. Ludlum has had a request from the Ellsworth Fire Dept. to paint the rescue truck red to match their other emergency equipment. The Commissioner agreed to their request. Monthly run reports were passed out showing the runs are down by ten from the previous year.

3. OLD BUSINESS:

There were no old business items.

4. NEW BUSINESS:

There were no new business items.

5. ADJOURNMENT:

Chairman Rush adjourned the meeting at 12:00 Noon.

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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk.

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