COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING COURT HOUSE, GRAND MARAIS, MN DECEMBER 20, 2011
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10:15 a.m. 2. Call regular meeting to order
Pledge of Allegiance
Make adjustment to agenda

10:20 a.m. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT: Opportunity for citizens to appear before the County Board.

10:25 a.m. 4. Mary Black, Assessor/Land Commissioner
A. Abatement application

B. Draft agreement to initiate County/Forest Service BWCAW Land Exchange

C. BWCAW title commitment

10:45 a.m. 5. David Betts, County Engineer
A. Final payment to Edwin E Thoreson, Inc. for CR 62 West (storm repair work in Creechville

10:50 a.m. 6. Braidy Powers, Auditor-Treasurer
A. Claims

B. 2012 County Board Per Diem and Salary

C. Legal Newspaper

D. Emergency Management Performance Grant approval

E. MN County Fund Balance comparisons

11:05 a.m. 7. Janet Simonen, Personnel Director/Safety Committee Member
A. Safety Committee update

B. Capital purchase request for additional AED device

11:10 a.m. 8. Employee Concerns
Commissioner Concerns
A. Meetings to note

B. 1% project updates

C. Other meeting updates

D. State/Federal Land Exchange re: School Trust Land

E. Request for rezoning property from FAR 1 to R1 in Township 59N, Range 5W, Section 29, NE ¼ of NE ¼ (north of Birch Grove Center in Tofte)

F. WTIP interview for 12/21/11: Commissioner Jan Hall

G. Cook County Emergency Operations Plan revision - County Board signature

11:40 a.m. 9. Correspondence - Memos:
A. The Transportation Alliance News Review, 12/9/11. Information.

B. MN Rural Counties Caucus email update, 12/12/11. Information.

C. MN Counties Intergovernmental Trust memo, 12/12/11, re: MCIT Board vacancy. Information.

D. Materials for 12/16/11 meeting of Arrowhead regional Corrections. Information.

E. Materials for 12/8/11 meeting of NE MN Office of Job Training Elected Official Board. Information.

F. Materials from HOME Consortium Advisory Committee, 12/12/11, re: committee appointments. Information.

G. MN Housing Partnership flyer re: housing affordability in Cook County. Information.

H. Cook County/Grand Marais Economic Development Authority meeting materials for 12/13/11. Information.

I. Cook County Hospital District meeting materials for 12/15/11. Information.
J. Cook County Firewise Committee meeting materials for 12/8/11. Information.

K. Cook County 1% Local Option Sales Tax Report through Oct. 2011. Information.

L. Cook County and Ely Area Lodging Tax reports through Oct. 2011. Information.

L U N C H

1:30 p.m. 11. HUMAN SERVICES BOARD

A D J O U R N

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Note: The Cook County Board of Commissioner meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 27, 2011 has been cancelled.