Todd County Board of Commissioners
New year begins with short meeting
by Karin L. Nauber
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| The passing of the torch, or in this case, the gavel. Former Chairman of the Board Mark Blessing handed over the chair seat to Commissioner Randy Neumann during their January 3 meeting. |
The first meeting of the new year for the commissioners was short-approximately 45 minutes.
The first order of business was to elect the new chair and vice chair. Randy Neumann was nominated and elected chair. Mark Nelson was nominated and elected vice chair. Both were by unanimous votes.
The next item was from the Community Correction Department. Department Administrator Katherine Langer presented two resolutions to appoint commissioners to the executive committee and to the community corrections advisory board. The board approved commissioners Blessing and Nelson for those committees.
Further, the board approved a resolution authorizing submission of the grant application for the youth intervention program, specifically the Todd and Wadena Community Concern for Youth program. The resolution also authorized Todd County to act as a fiscal agent for the projects.
The remainder of the meeting was to set committee appointments.
The following committees include all the commissioners: Association of Minnesota Counties Delegates; Government Task Force; County Road Inspection; Negotiations; Social Services Board; Three County Morrison, Todd & Wadena Board of Health.
The following are monthly committees and the member(s) assigned:
Fair Board-Gary Kneisl, Nelson
County Parks & Trails-David Kircher, Neumann
Airport Commission-Long Prairie-Nelson, Neumann
Central MN Council on Aging-Neumann
DAC Group Home-Suspended for now-Kircher will continue to get minutes from meetings
Department Head Committee-Neumann
Freshwater Collaberative-Kneisl, Nelson
Great River Regional Library-Nelson with Kneisl as alternate
Hands of Hope-Kneisl
MIS-Kircher, Neumann
Northern Pines-Blessing, Nelson
Personnel-Nelson, Neumann
Planning and Zoning-Kircher with Nelson as alternate
Region 5 Development-Blessing with Kneisl as alternate
Soil and Water Liaison-Neumann with Kneisl as alternate
Solid Waste Joint Powers-Kneisl with Neumann as alternate
Tri-Cap-Nelson, Kircher
Todd-Wadena Community Corrections Executive Committee-Blessing, Nelson
Victims Resource Center-Nelson with Neumann as alternate
The following are quarterly or as needed committee assignments:
Airport Commission-Staples-Blessing, Kneisl
AMC District 4 Policy Committee-Nelson, Kircher
West Central Juvenile Detention Center-Blessing, Nelson
Community Health Service for County Public Health Advisory-Neumann
Community Health Service Region 3 County Community Health Executive Board-Blessing, Kircher
Economic Development-Kneisl, Kircher
EMS County 14 Board-Blessing with Nelson as alternate
EMS Task Force-Blessing with Nelson as alternate
E-911 Committee-Kneisl, Neumann
Extension-Nelson, Neumann
GIS-Neumann
Insurance-Neumann
Joint Ditch 2-Kneisl, Neumann and ditch inspector
Joint Ditch 5 & 8-Blessing, Kneisl and ditch inspector
Law Enforcement Liaison-Kneisl, Neumann
Law Library-Kircher
Ordinance Review-Kneisl, Kircher
Recycling-Kneisl
Safety/OSHA-Blessing
Expo Building Review-Nelson, Neumann
Tri-Cap Economic Development-Nelson, Kircher
Water Plan-Neumann
Wellness-Kircher
Preservation of the Old Courthouse-Nelson, Neumann
South Country Health Alliance-Kneisl with Nelson as alternate
The following are other committees and assignments:
Todd County Official Newspapers-Staples World, Long Prairie Leader, Browerville Blade, Independent News Herald
Todd County Official Newspaper-Extra Publications-Long Prairie Leader
Central MN Emergency Services Council-Blessing
Todd Wadena Community Corrections Advisory Board-Blessing, Nelson
Todd County Affirmative Action Plan Officer-Jane Gustafson
Wesmin RCD Association-Neumann
Todd County Ag Inspector-P&Z Tech
Todd County Fairgrounds Caretaker-Cliff Meier
Minnesota Viewers Association-Nelson
Compliance Fund-Kircher
Transit Advisory Committee-Blessing, Nelson
Central Minnesota Regional Radio Board-Kneisl
West Central Regional Treatment Center-Neuman with Nelson as alternate