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Commission Meeting
Brookings City & County Government Center
520 3rd Street
Chambers, Suite 310 (3rd floor)

1.
8:30 AM Call to Order on Tuesday, October 21, 2014
2.
Pledge of Allegiance
3.
Invitation for a Citizen to schedule time on the Commission Agenda for an item not listed.
Action items will be scheduled for a future meeting date.
4.
Approval of Agenda
5.
Consent Agenda Items
A.
Approval of minutes.
Documents: 10-07-14 Minutes.pdf
B.
Approval of travel & education requests.
Documents: Travel Requests.pdf
C.
Approval of personnel action notices.
Documents: Personnel Action Notice Report.pdf, Outside Employment Request.pdf
D.
Approval of cellular allowances.
Documents: Cellular Authorizaton Form.pdf
E.
Approval of the Human Services report.
Documents: HHS Report.pdf
6.
Routine Business
A.
Approval of claims.
  • Court-appointed attorney claim for $592.25 to Elle Vandenburg was approved for $5.00 too much on 10/07/2014. Check was voided and reissued on 10/07/2014 in the correct amount of $587.25.
Documents: Claims Pd 10 21 14.pdf, BMU Claim Pd 10 21 14.pdf
B.
Department Head reports.
Documents: Community Health 3rd Quarter Report.pdf
C.
Finance Officer's report.
  • Action item: fourth quarter general fund transfers to highway and emergency management.
  • Be it noted, Auditor's Account with the Treasurer was included in the packet.
  • Be it noted, Payroll and Additive Totals were included in the packet.
  • Be it noted, Highway expenditure adjustments were included in the packet.
  • Be it noted, Register of Deed's Statement of Fees Collected was included in the packet.
Documents: Finance Officers Report.pdf
7.
Scheduled Agenda Items
A.
8:45 AM Audit Closing Conference with State Auditor Brenda Colombe with Legislative Audit.
  • Action to approve the Letter of Representation for FY2013 audit.
Documents: Audit Closing Letter.pdf, Q5- Closing-Management Letter-REVISED.pdf
B.
9:00 AM Les Rowland with Historic Preservation Commission to discuss Sheriff's Office parking lot.
Documents: Harvest Church Letter.pdf
C.
9:30 AM Heidi Gullickson to give a United Way update.
D.
9:45 AM Jay Nelson, Mayor of Hendricks, Minnesota, to discuss concerns with the Planning & Zoning Commission's decision to permit a dairy.
8.
Regular Business
A.
Action to appoint a member to the Planning & Zoning Board.
Documents: Citizen Interest App.pdf
B.
Action to authorize the chairperson to sign the state and local agreement quarterly report, for 4th Quarter FY2014.
Documents: SLA Quarterly Report 4.pdf
C.
Action to approve Resolution 14-47: Final Plat of Ribstein Addition, N half of the NE quarter, Section 21 T110N R50W of the 5th P.M., Brookings, SD.
Final Plat of Ribstein Addition, N half of the NE quarter, Section 21 T110N R50W of
the 5th P.M., Brookings, SD. Property is zoned Agricultural. Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval unanimously. 
Documents: Plat.pdf
D.
Action to approve Resolution 14-48: a resolution to participate in the Community of Opportunity initiative.
Documents: Community of Opportunity.pdf
9.
Commission Department Director Report
Documents: Commission Dept Report.pdf
10.
Deputy States Attorney's Report
11.
Commissioner Reports and Discussion Items
A.
Correspondence received.
Documents: 211 Information.pdf, Domestic Abuse Shelter Letter.pdf, DENR Letter - Linde Dairy.pdf, Eastside Commons Invite.pdf
12.
Adjournment
13.
Work Session
Documents: County Work Session Topics.pdf

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