By Aberdeen Insider - December 19, 2024 in BROWN COUNTY COMMISSION
December 10, 2024 – GENERAL MEETING
Meeting called to order by Chairman Sutton at 8:45 A.M. in the Commission Chambers, Courthouse Annex, Brown County, SD. Present were Commissioners Dennert, Fjeldheim, Gage, Sutton and Wiese. Commissioner Fjeldheim led the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
Moved by Commissioner Wiese to approve the agenda, seconded by Gage. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: None
INVENERGY PRESENTATION:
Michael Lacopetti, Project Developer with Invenergy, LLC gave a presentation to the Commission regarding their Wind Energy Project they are working on in the Frederick Area. Plan to be operational in 2028 with up to 250 MW with over 29 thousand acres of privately-owned, voluntarily leased land across the project.
FUTURE EXPANSION OF DACOTAH PRAIRIE MUSEUM:
Patricia Kendall, Dacotah Prairie Museum (DPM) Director met with the Commission to discuss the future expansion of the DPM with a Capital Campaign in the amount of 9.5 million dollars. They are needing the additional space for storage, collections, programs, etc. Patricia shared they currently only have 4-5% of their collections/items on display at this time. The expansion would include a full basement and 3 stories. In order to do the expansion, they would need all of the parking lot to the North of Museum. After further discussion, this was deferred for a week, so that a Resolution may be written up and presented to the Board to move forward with this.
COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY CONTRACT:
A proposal was sent to the Brown County Commission for a budget of $800,000.00 for 1-year with 5 attorneys on the contract: Tom Cogley, Cogley Law Office; Christopher Dohrer, Dohrer Law Office; Scott Kuck, Kuck Law Office; Christy Griffin-Serr, Serr Law Office; and Brandon Taliaferro, Taliaferro Law Firm. After some discussion Commissioner Wiese moved to approve contract with potential to negotiate some needed changes, seconded by Gage. Commissioners Sutton and Dennert will be the liaisons to negotiate the contract. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
REQUEST FOR OPIOID FUNDS:
Jon Lemke, Chief Deputy Sheriff and Josh Lee, Deputy Sheriff/K9 Handler met with the Commission to request authorization to use some of the Opioid Funds to purchase DetectaChem Opioid Assessment Kit and MobileDetect Field Test Kits for $32,925.00. After some discussion, Commissioner Gage moved to approve using the Opioid Funds to purchase the DetectaChem Opioid Assessment Kit and MobileDetect Field Test Kits, seconded by Wiese. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
MINUTES:
Moved by Commissioner Dennert, seconded by Wiese to approve the General Meeting Minutes of December 3 2024. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
CLAIMS:
Moved by Commissioner Gage, seconded by Dennert to approve the following claims: Insurance: SDACC $11,139.00. Professional Fees: Aberdeen ED $116.48; Aberdeen Imaging $13.28; Acute Care Aberdeen $79.94; Avera Aberdeen Family Physicians $263.13; Avera Medical Group Radiology $555.03; Brown County Treatment Court Assn. $25,000.00; CGI, LLC $529.02; Faulk Co. Sherrif’s Office $6,300.00; Fox Law Firm, PLLC $220.00; IAAO $480.00; Lucy Lewno $90.00; Mark Katterhagen $33.00; Network Center $3,002.57; Sanford Health Occupational Medicine $526.00; Satellite Tracking of People $1,420.25; SD Association of Weed & Pest Supervisors $75.00; SD Department of Transportation $3,543.17; SD Secretary of State $30.00; Valerie Larson $33.00; Yankton County Sheriff’s Office $50.00. Publishing: McQuillen Creative Group $129.92; TDS Media Direct, Inc $630.00. Rentals: Dakota Electronics $75.00; Linde Gas & Equip. $51.19. Repairs & Maintenance: A-1 Locksmithing $350.00; Ace Refrigeration $447.78; B & B Contracting $4,930.92; Dakota Supply Group $266.20; EcoLab Pest Elimination Division $118.47; Graham Tire $652.00; Hoven Auto Repair $314.92; Lawson Products $29.07; Pierson Ford $966.44; Pomp’s Tire $142.50; US Records Midwest $4,656.00; Schwan Welding $51.00; Steven Lust Automotive $394.72; Transource Truck & Equipment, Inc $6,731.19. Supplies: Advanced Drainage Systems $20,512.00; AgTegra $54,165.63; Amazon Capital Services $585.53; Auto Value $31.68; Bimbo Foods $786.85; Bob Barker Co. $371.25; Burdette Security & Technologies $606.00; Butler Machinery $67.69; Century Business Products $264.55; Ready Maid Cleaning $1,000.00; Crawford Trucks & Equip. $1,962.62; Dakota 1 Automotive $1,538.66; East Side Jersey Dairy $1,935.19; Farm Power Mfg. $35.22; Farm Tire Service $6,035.00; Fox Law Firm, PLLC $2.47; GovConnection $896.74; Great Western Tire $4,594.88; Hoven Auto Repair $112.00; Ideal Construction Steven F. Kobliska & Sons LLC $4,000.00; Ken’s SuperFair Foods $9.41; Kessler’s $333.48; Lawson Products $324.85; Leidholdt Tool Sales $8.39; Linde Gas & Equip. $232.77; Lucy Lewno $1.75; M & T Fire & Safety $532.00; Menards $350.03; Patriot Fire & Safety $717.29; Pierson Ford $84.70; Pomp’s Tire $23.68; Quality Welding $43.00; RDO Equip. $1,302.42; Sander’s Sew ‘n’ Vac $132.96; Stan Houston Equipment Company, Inc $266.65; Steven Lust Automotive $44.95; Thomson Reuters – West Payment Center $107.20; Town & Country Building Supply $9.98; Transource Truck & Equipment, Inc $1,820.93; Tri State Water $35.00; US Foods $9,661.51; Warner Fire Department $1,336.12; WEB Water Bottling Company $44.25. Travel & Conference: Clubhouse Hotel & Suites Pierre $195.32; John Florey $28.00; Ken’s SuperFair Foods $17.87. Utilities: AT&T Mobility $143.57; CenturyLink $366.39; Midcontinent Communications $327.44; Northwestern Energy $11,180.64; Town of Frederick $77.00; WEB Water Development Association, Inc $114.00. Other: SD Association of County Officials $782.00; SD Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources $4,340.75. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
HR REPORT:
Moved by Commissioner Dennert, seconded by Fjeldheim to acknowledge and approve the following Human Resource Report submitted by Human Resources Director, Allison Tunheim:
- Adding work-study program student, Isabel Grueneich, to the approved list for work-comp purposes.
- List of Holidays for 2025:
- New Year’s Day January 1st
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day Third Monday in January
- President’s Day Third Monday in February
- Memorial Day Last Monday in May
- Juneteenth June 19th
- Independence Day July 4th
- Labor Day First Monday in September
- Native Americans’ Day Second Monday in October
- Veterans’ Day November 11th
- Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November
- Day after Thanksgiving Fourth Friday in November
- Christmas Eve December 24th
- Christmas Day December 25th
- Plus, any other day that is proclaimed as a holiday by the Governor of South Dakota or the President of the United States.
- If a holiday falls on a Saturday, it is observed on the preceding Friday. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, it is observed on the following Monday. (Sheriff’s Deputies, Correctional Officers: Jail, JDC/HD, 24-7 and Dispatchers, who are required to work, are paid for the actual Holiday Day).
All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
TRAVEL REQUESTS:
Moved by Commissioner Wiese, seconded by Gage to approve the following travel requests: John Florey & Josh Mathews, Highway Dept. to travel to Staples, MN to evaluate and pick-up a shouldering machine on December 4, 2024; Lynn Heupel, Auditor to travel to Pierre, SD on December 11-12, 2024 for the SDACO Executive Board Meeting. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
FAIR CONTRACTS:
Moved by Commissioner Fjeldheim, seconded by Wiese to approve and authorize Chairman Sutton to sign the Fair Contracts that are Confidential until released. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
BUDGET SUPPLEMENT HEARING:
Moved by Commission Wiese, seconded by Dennert to authorize advertising for the Budget Supplement Hearing to be held on Tuesday, December 31st. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
LANDFILL TONNAGE REPORT:
Moved by Commissioner Gage, seconded by Wiese to acknowledge the Landfill Tonnage Report for November 2024. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
TEMPORARY SPECIAL EVENT ALCOHOL LICENSE PERMIT HEARING:
Moved by Commissioner Dennert, seconded by Wiese to authorize advertising public hearing for the following Special Alcohol License Permit: Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce, Aberdeen, SD for Business After Hours to be held at AgTegra – Lt 2 SDWG Bath – Grebner Terminal Add (Lt A 1st Repl SDWG Add S2 14-123-63) (39278 133rd St., Aberdeen) Brown County, SD on December 31, 2024. (Special License effective January 9, 2025). All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
OTHER BUSINESS: None
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Moved by Commissioner Wiese, seconded by Fjeldheim to go into Executive Session for Legal per SDCL 1-25-2. All members present voting aye. Motion carried. The chair declared the Executive Session closed with No Action Taken.
ADJOURNMENT:
Moved by Commissioner Dennert, seconded by Fjeldheim to adjourn the Brown County Commission at 10:58 a.m. All members present voting aye. Motion carried.
Lynn Heupel, Brown County Auditor
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