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COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING COURT HOUSE, GRAND MARAIS, MN JULY 27, 2010
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8:30 a.m. 1. Call regular meeting to order
Pledge of Allegiance
Make adjustment to agenda

8:35 a.m. 2. CLOSED SESSION - client/attorney privilege regarding a real property issue.

9:05 a.m. 3. Bill Lane, Planning & Zoning Administrator
A. MN Power Conditional Use Permit request to construct a maintenance building adjacent to Cramer Road.

9:10 a.m. 4. David Betts, County Engineer
A. Overhead utility relocate for S.P. 16-608-10

B. Capital purchase request for a rotary laser, distance measuring instrument, and aggregate washer and sieve

9:20 a.m. 5. Russell, Klegstad, Maintenance Supervisor
A. Approval of striping quote

B. Approval of event permit application for Sawtooth Mountain Bike Challenge

C. Update on gravel crushing

D. Update on equipment purchases

E. Update on ATV signs

F. Update on summer maintenance operations

9:40 a.m. B R E A K

9:55 a.m. 6. Brian Silence, Maintenance Director, and
Tristan Beaster, Conservation Technician

A. Approval of rain garden modification

10:10 a.m. 7. Braidy Powers, Auditor-Treasurer
A. Claims

B. RS & H Airport consulting agreement

C. Indirect cost services agreement

D. State in-lieu of Taxes

10:25 a.m. 8. Employee Concerns
Commissioner Concerns
A. 1% local option sales tax updates

B. Meetings to note

C. ARMER Community Presentation notice

10:35 a.m. 9. Correspondence-Memos
A. MN Transportation Alliance News Review, 7/16/10. Information.

B. MN Rural Counties Caucus Update, 7/16/10, re: PILT Task Force. Information.

C. Materials for 7/22/10 Cook County Hospital Board meeting. Information.

D. Materials from 7/20/10 meeting of Univ. of MN Cook County Extension Committee. Information.

E. Materials from 7/20/10 meeting of Cook County Community Center Board. Information.

F. 2009 Cook County Population and Household estimates. Information.

A D J O U R N

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NOTE: On Tuesday, 7/27/10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Cook County Courthouse, MN Dept. of Public Safety representative Bill Bernjhelm will give a public community presentation regarding the Public Safety Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER) System. Though this is not an official meeting of the Cook County Board, a quorum of Commissioners may be in attendance at the meeting.

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