Minutes June 15, 2009
ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING
MINUTES
JUNE 15, 2009
The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 15th day of June 2009 at the Ellsworth County Courthouse.
Members Present:
Albert W. Oller, 1st District Commissioner
Kermit Rush, 2nd District Commissioner
Terry L. Kueser, 3rd District Commissioner
1. OPENING BUSINESS:
Chairman Oller called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
Commissioner Rush moved to approve the Agenda as printed. Commissioner Kueser seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
No one was present for the Public Forum.
2. APPOINTMENTS:
Brent Goss, Troy Soukup, Jamie Rathbun and Dan Johnson, representing the Extension Service, requested $105,500 for their 2010 budget. This was an increase of $2,016 or approximately 2%. Mr. Goss brought up the subject of regional extension districts and they discussed the pros and cons of combining counties into different districts.
The Ellsworth County Soil Conservation District, represented by Pam Hays, Glenn Walker, Brad Kratzer, Bernard Habiger and Phil Chegwidden, did not ask for an increase for their 2010 budget. This year they received $29,000 and they feel that will be sufficient for next year.
Janet Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk, presented her 2010 Clerk and Election budgets. The Clerk's budget was $99,136 and increase of $1,200 or 1.2% and the Election budget was $51,530 and increase of $1,280 or 2.5% from the 2008 budget. The comparison is made to the 2008 budget as that is the last year for both a primary and general election and 2010 will have the same elections.
Upon the request of County Attorney, Joe Shepack, Commissioner Kueser moved to go into executive session to discuss pending litigation and attorney client privilege from 10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Commissioner Rush seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. The Commissioners returned to open session at 11:00 a.m. No action was taken. Commissioner Kueser moved to go into executive session to discuss non-elected personnel from 11:01 a.m. until 11:11 a.m. Commissioner Rush seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. Joe Shepack and Jan Andrews were included in the executive session. The Commissioners returned to open session at 11:11 a.m. No action was taken.
Michelle Maze, EMS Director, and Rick Soukup, Paramedic, showed the Commissioners the new cardiac monitor that was received and purchased through a grant funded by the State Board of EMS. Mrs. Maze presented financial report through May, 2009 showing the receipts thus far for 2009 totals $147,456.12. A pie chart showing how the receipts were generated was also presented. An Ellsworth County EMS Shift Proposal was presented showing the cost of eliminating the seven hour sleep time and paying for the whole 24 hour shift. In that proposal the personnel agreed to lower their per hour time but would received the same total wages for the year. The Commissioners will take the proposal under consideration in the next couple of weeks as Mrs. Maze would like to implement the new system with the July pay period. The open house on June 6th went well with approximately 300 attending.
3. OLD BUSINESS:
There were no old business items.
4. NEW BUSINESS:
There were no new business items.
5. OTHER BUSINESS:
Commissioner Kueser moved to propose to the ECMC Board of Directors funding of $4 million for their building projects with a General Obligation bond and sales tax election to be held in August 2010. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
6. ADJOURNMENT:
Chairman Oller adjourned the meeting at 11:57 a.m.
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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk
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