County Board

Open house set June 29 for justice center •Commissioners and County Administrator Roxy Traxler discussed the plans and budget for an open house on Tuesday, June 29, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the county’s justice center that opened in April. There will be a short program at 5:30 and refreshments will be served. There will be no organized tours but visitors will be able to walk throughout the building after passing through a metal detector on the ground floor.   Veteran groups request to keep Veterans Service Office a separate unit   •Two area organizations of military veterans made documented requests to keep the Veterans Service Office a separate unit instead of merging it with two other county departments. The request also included making the office assistant answerable only to the county’s veterans service officer, rather than taking calls for the other two offices. Representatives of the organizations were at the meeting but left before the county board noted their requests. “Some stuff should stay in that veterans office,” said Commissioner Roger Tellinghuisen during the discussion. He said there are leaks coming out of the VSO office. There will be more discussion at the Tuesday, June 29, quarterly meeting of the veterans committee at 9 a.m. Committee reports show library funding OK’d, possible new hauler for ECSWC •Commissioner Jack Edmonds reported that all member counties of the East Central Regional Library system have approved the new funding formula that the Mille Lacs County Board gave its approval for a few weeks ago. Commissioner Phil Peterson reported the East Central Solid Waste Commission, of which Mille Lacs County is a member, would receive a permit from the Minnesota Pollution Çontrol Agency that it had been seeking, and that a sanitation company from Duluth may be hauling some of its waste to the ECSWC plant. The ECSWC has been seeking additional customers. County says no to $1.4 million in bonding authority from 2009 American Recovery Act  •On the consent agenda, with no discussion after it was discussed at a prior meeting, commissioners voted to waive using bonding authority in the amount of $1.38 million for Recovery Zone Economic Development bonds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The waiver means the state can reallocate that amount. Early report on county’s audit for 2009 •Randy Vogt from the State Auditor’s office gave a report to commissioners on how the 2009 audit is going. Vogt commented on the status of management letter suggestions made by his office from a prior year. The audit will likely be finished in August.

 

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