The Chippewa County Board of
Commissioners met in regular session on
Present: Commissioners Ted Postula, Don Cooper, Scott Shackleton,
Richard Timmer, Bernard LaJoie, Jim Moore and Chairman Earl Kay
Also Present: Scott Brand, Evening News, Don and Chris
McLean, Kelly Beaune Assistant to the
Controller, Marilyn McDonald,
Moran,
Sheriff, Will Karr, Cathy Edgerly, Jaclyn Goetz, Paul Pozal, Jane Duffield,
Michael Hinds, Sharon Smith, Heather Smith, Anthony Irwin,
Kathy Albon, Kristan
Hartman, Chris Edgerly and Diane
It was moved by Commissioner
LaJoie, supported by Commissioner Postula, to acknowledge the correspondence
received in the Clerk’s Office and if necessary, forward to the appropriate
committee. On a voice vote, the motion
carried unanimously.
It was moved by Commissioner
LaJoie, supported by Commissioner Timmer, to approve the
On discussion: Commissioner Cooper would like to have a
comment he made at the meeting of
With the addition of
Commissioner Cooper’s comments added to the February 21 meeting minutes, on a
voice vote the motion to approve the above meeting minutes carried unanimously.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Cathy Edgerly addressed the
Don McLean addressed the
CONTROLLER’S REPORT- Informational Purposes Only
OLD BUSINESS:
TAX ALLOCATION BOARD
APPOINTMENT: A letter of interest was
received from William Karr to serve on the Tax Allocation Board.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Postula, to appoint William Karr as a member
of the Tax Allocation Board to fill the position as a member not officially
connected with or employed by a local or county unit. After calling for nominations three times and
hearing no further nominations, on a voice vote, the motion carried
unanimously.
HIAWATHA BEHAVORIAL HEALTH
BOARD APPOINTMENTS:
It was moved by Commissioner Shackleton,
supported by Commissioner Postula, to reappoint Earl Kay and James Moore to the
Hiawatha Behavioral Health Board. On a
voice vote, the motion carried unanimously. Term to expire
E.D.C. BOARD
APPOINTMENT: (Board Chair
Appointment)
It was moved by Commissioner
Moore, supported by Commissioner Postula, to concur with the Board Chairman’s recommendation
of appointing Aaron Hopper to the E.D.C. Board.
On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously. Term to expire
.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Personnel – Bernard LaJoie –
No meeting
Equalization &
Apportionment – Jim Moore – No meeting
Health & Social Services
– Ted Postula – No meeting
Building, Grounds & Jail
– Earl Kay – 3-6-06
Annex repairs/maintenance
Prosecuting Attorney Peppler
submitted a memo regarding repairs that have not been completed in his
office. A contractor with a remedial
certificate has been difficult to locate.
It was moved by Commissioner
Postula, supported by Commissioner Timmer, to forward a copy of the report from
Mackinac Environmental and have the contractor work with Mackinac Environmental
directly to complete the job. On a voice
vote, the motion carried unanimously.
An estimate of $8,400 was
received to remove and replace all defective brick and mortar joints on the
west side of the Courthouse Annex.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to seek bids for the removal and
replacement of all defective bricks on the west side of the Courthouse
Annex. On a voice vote, the motion
carried unanimously.
Bid/Quotes
Bids for carpet cleaning were
received from two companies with a low bid from Atlas Cleaners of $.12 per
square foot and $.15 per square foot from Chippewa Service & Supply,
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Postula, to set up a schedule for carpet
cleaning with Atlas Cleaning and proceed.
On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.
Quotes for preparation and
painting of offices were requested from two contractors, with only one
response. Keith Bumstead estimated
$850.00 for the Register of Deeds office and the two Controller’s offices. These offices were used for estimation
purposes only.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Postula, to establish a schedule for offices
to be re-painted and to proceed. On a
voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.
Estimation to clean, sand and
varnish the wood flooring on the 2nd and 3rd floor were
also requested with an estimate of $350.00 from Keith Bumstead.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to schedule the floor refinishing
with Keith Bumstead. On voice vote, the
motion carried unanimously.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Postula, to accept the report of the
Building, Grounds & Jail Committee as presented. On a voice vote, the motion carried
unanimously.
Legislative & Natural
Resources – Richard Timmer – 2-28-06
Soil and Sedimentation
Program
The Soil and Sedimentation
Permit process has become a problem area in the Building Inspection
Office. At this time the Conservation
District is ready to set up and work a plan and a fee chart to start processing
the Soil and Sedimentation permit.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Shackleton, to proceed with the transferring
of the Soil and Sedimentation permit process to the Conservation District with
a three year review. On a voice vote,
the motion carried unanimously.
Building Inspection
Department – fee Schedule
The Committee discussed the
proposed building fee permit increases.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Shackleton, to approve the changes to the
Chippewa County Building Inspection fee schedule as presented. On a voice vote, the motion carried with
Commissioner LaJoie voting no.
Animal Control Shelter –
Fee Schedule
The proposed additional and
increased fees for the Chippewa County Animal Control Shelter were discussed.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to approve the changes to the
Chippewa County Animal Control Shelter as presented. On a voice vote, the motion carried
unanimously.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to accept the report of the Legislative
& Natural Resources Committee as presented.
On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.
Computer Committee – Don
Cooper – No meeting
Finance, Claims &
Accounts – Richard Timmer – 3-9-06
Earl Kay was asked to be a
voting member due to the absence of Ted Postula
10 Desktop Computers
The Committee received and
reviewed bids received from three vendors.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to approve the bid from National
Office Products at a cost of $8,900.00.
On a voice vote, the motion carried with Commissioner Cooper voting no.
Vehicle Bid
The Committee received and
reviewed the bid summary for the purchase and/or lease of up to three (3)
vehicles. The BOC previously approved
$38,400 in the FY06 budget vehicle line item.
The low bid from Sadler Motors for three 2006 Chevy Impala’s is
$62,055. In addition, $3,500 is needed
to transfer equipment to the new vehicles for a total line item amount of
$65,555. A total of $27,155 would need
to be transferred from the general fund balance to the vehicle line item for
the purchase.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Moore, to approve the low bid from Sadler
Motors, Inc, of $62,055 to purchase three vehicles and to adjust the FY06 budget. On a voice vote, the motion carried
unanimously.
Annex Elevator
The Committee reviewed the
Courthouse Annex Elevator contract, as requested the Committee received a
proposal from Otis Elevator to service and maintain the Courthouse Annex
elevator.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Moore, to approve the service contract with
Otis Elevator and to cancel the contract with Schindler elevator at an
approximate cost of $525.00. On a voice
vote, the motion carried unanimously.
Membership Dues
The Committee reviewed the
Chippewa County Multi-Purpose Collaborative Body dues invoice for $100.00.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Moore, to approve the payment of $100.00 for
the Chippewa County Multi-Purpose Body.
On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.
Conservation District
The Committee was asked to
submit a letter of support to the Conservation District to receive a grant to
establish a Watershed Assessment Plan.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to approve a letter of support to be
sent to the Conservation district to establish a grant for a Watershed
Assessment Plan. On a voice vote, the
motion carried unanimously.
2% Fund Request
The Committee received two 2%
funding requests: one from the Boys and Girls Club and another from the Soo
Theatre Project.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Cooper, to approve the requests from the Boys
and Girls Club and Soo Theatre Project to be the pass through agent for these
funds. On a voice vote, the motion
carried unanimously.
FY06 Community Corrections
The Community Corrections
contract for fiscal year beginning October 1, 2005 was submitted for approval
and signature.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Moore, to approve the contract as submitted
and authorize the Chairman to sign. On a
voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.
2006 Survey &
Remonumentation
County Surveyor Bill Karr
addressed the Committee regarding the revised Remonumentation Grant
applications. The County will be
receiving $149,324 in grant monies for the project.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to concur with the changes of the
revised FY06 Remonumentation grant and to approve the service contracts for
Meridian Consultants and Northwoods and to have the documents signed by BOC
Chairman. On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.
Juvenile Accountability
Block Grant
A work service contract was
received to review and approve. The
grant covers the funding for the Community Services Supervisor at $9.00 per
hour plus social security. Grant amount
not to exceed $4,875.00.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Postula, to approve the Juvenile
Accountability Incentive Block Grant as presented. On a voice vote, the motion carried
unanimously.
S.A.N.E.
The Committee was asked to
approve for signature the Byrne Memorial Formula Grant Program subcontract.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Moore, to approve the subcontract for
signature. On a voice vote, the motion
carried unanimously.
Out-of-State Travel
The Committee reviewed a
request from the Chippewa County Health Department seeking approval for travel
to Minneapolis, Minnesota for Nancy Mongene to attend a wound and ostomy
conference.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to approve the travel request as
presented. On a voice vote, the motion
carried unanimously.
Friend of the Court
The Committee received notice
from the Friend of the Court office requesting temporary 40 hours per week from
March 16-March 31, 2006 for employees to cover the workload for the Office
Manager while on STD . The increase in
wages will be off-set by IV-D contract and the reduction of pay due to the STD
leave.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Postula, to approve the request as
presented. On a voice vote, the motion
carried unanimously.
Finance – FY06
Appropriation
A request from the East
Mackinac Conservation District was received by the Committee.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Moore, to approve and pay the full FY06
appropriation to the Chippewa East Mackinac Conservation District in the
budgeted amount of $22,000. On a voice
vote the motion carried unanimously.
Establish Special Fund
The Chippewa County Sheriff’s
Department has been awarded from the Office of Highway Safety Planning a grant
in the amount of $26,495 plus an additional $5,000 for equipment. The grant monies will be used for Safety Belt
and Impaired Driving Enforcement.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Moore, to establish a special fund for Grant
“Safety Belt and Impaired Driving Enforcement” per grant specifications. On a voice vote, the motion carried
unanimously.
Snowmobile Grant Find
During the FY2006 budgeting process,
the general fund, department 342 – snowmobile patrol budget did not have
completed figures. The County has now
received the State grant information with corrections needing to be made as
follows:
101-342-704.000 increase 5,667
101-342-707.100 increase 196
101-342-707.200 increase 29
101-342-707.310 increase 88
101-342-715.000 increase 3,453
101-342-742.000 increase 5,927
101-342-979.000 increase 7,750
TOTAL Change 23,110
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Moore, to approve the FY2006 Budget
adjustment as presented. On a voice
vote, the motion carried unanimously.
Claims and Accounts
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to recommend approval of general fund
claims totaling $269,493.15, other fund claims of $313,383.93, payroll of
$395,452.95 and health department claims of $537,395.93, total claims of
$1,479,725.96, vouchers 39990 through 40255 and B-1 through B-127. On a voice vote, the motion carried
unanimously.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner Postula, to amend the previous motion to pay
the bills that the County has incurred for the defense of the law suit brought
upon the County by Prosecuting Attorney Peppler and to charge those bills to
the Prosecutor’s budget. (The bills being specific to Attorney Steven
Cannello) On a voice vote, the motion
carried unanimously.
It was moved by Commissioner
Timmer, supported by Commissioner LaJoie, to accept the report of the Finance,
Claims and Accounts Committee as presented.
On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS:
VETERAN’S AFFAIRS
APPOINTMENT:
It is the recommendation of
the Veteran’s Affairs Board to reappoint Brooks Partridge for a four year term
to expire 3-31-2010.
It was moved by Commissioner
Cooper, supported by Commissioner Postula, to concur with the Veteran’s Affairs
Committee recommendation to reappoint Brooks Partridge as a member of the
board. On a voice vote, the motion
carried unanimously.
Commissioner Moore gave the
Commission an update on the MAC Conference that he recently attended re: revenue sharing
Commissioner Shackleton talked
about the direction the County Board is taking in regard to the County
Controller position. To establish the
appropriate both authority and responsibility that it would be appropriate for
the County Board to name Kelly Beaune the Acting Controller until such time
that the Board does something different.
It was moved by Commissioner
Shackleton, supported by Commissioner Moore, to name Kelly Beaune the Acting
County Controller until such time the Board does something different. On a voice vote, the motion carried with
Commissioner Cooper voting no.
It was moved by Commissioner
LaJoie, supported by Commissioner Timmer to adjourn. On a voice vote, the motion carried
unanimously. Thereupon the Board did
adjourn at 7:59 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane S. Cork, Clerk
Earl Kay, Chairman
A complete recorded tape for
the above meeting can be obtained from the Chippewa County Clerk