PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 9:20 a.m.
Members Present: Eric Johnson, Teresa Walter, Jack Miller, Robert Burns, Greg Myhre
*All Members participated via computer/conference call due to declared peacetime emergency. Conference call information was shared for public participation
Board Workgroup Session
Call to order.
The Highway Building Committee provided an update to the Board on ongoing discussions with Weiser Brothers General Contractors, LLC on design changes and other open project scoping decisions pending. The committee also presented an initial overall program budget estimate and discussed the areas of high estimate variance, such as site soil work and the sand/salt storage facility. The committee felt better estimates would be available after a follow-up meeting with Wieser Brothers scheduled for August 28th.
Administrator Babinski briefly discussed CARES Act funding with the board and shared that the business grant applications were coming in and all was on track for a review by the EDA committee on September, 2.
The Board reviewed portions of the 2021 budget for the general fund and identified several questions for the finance committee to review before the next budget review with the board.
The Board discussed revising and reinitiating the RFP for help with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on efforts to update the plan with the desired levels of community-wide input.
The workgroup session adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HOUSTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
By: Eric Johnson, Chairperson
Attest:Jeffrey Babinski, County Administrator
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