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Daniel Sliwa, liquor-license coordinator in the county customer service department, told the board all application requirements had been met and that Spring Lake Township recommended approval. Sliwa said the public notice for the hearing was published in the Minnesota Star Tribune on June 19 and that the county had received no written comments before the hearing.

Owner Jordan Hague appeared at the meeting and provided his name and address for the record. No residents spoke during the public‑comment portion, and the board closed the hearing without comment.

A motion to adopt Resolution 2025‑176 passed in open session; county staff said the license will be processed and signed after the meeting and will cover the remainder of 2025.

The board took no additional action on the matter beyond adopting the resolution.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Scott County Board of Commissioners July 8 2025","oneSentenceSummary","After a public hearing with no public comment, the Scott County Board adopted Resolution 2025‑176 to grant a combined on/off‑sale intoxicating liquor license for Prime Time Ventures LLC d/b/a Country Prime Time for the remainder of 2025.","taxTitle","Scott County , Minnesota","taxId",52800,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6177976,"Scott County commissioners warn federal SNAP and Medicaid changes could shift costs to county taxpayers",174,3076000,3250000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5330578-47680a04228fa105e77566e5ab7800fc&start=3076&end=3250","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5330578-47680a04228fa105e77566e5ab7800fc/thumbnail_3076000.jpg","/articles/6177976/Scott-County/Minnesota/Scott-County-commissioners-warn-federal-SNAP-and-Medicaid-changes-could-shift-costs-to-county-taxpayers","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6177976-7d9a3b5d875784d604ec651df8205864/orig.mp4?Expires=1770447191&Signature=ZK-wpYAYuW3ExQTvw9k4IAuyFelDnPCUBG4p7KnmXhV-aHhn7bEkU~UfvW33TrOLlUZvKxYLWlNVy-JpUN7W3aeN-vEschyRUa0yL7NfMbqnT9Jxn9XsrY5LT2Hd7Fjd7OZexwlvL1MjBAQHuNztYCJ0zGdQWBFRanQpCRPbaNxKFp7suBuvx1htVHrnDS6P0e2vdfef0M2yxUdALsxDWPF8IUeQKyRksBGg0NMvbLWpVn0o8sAfvA~h3WmDZ5ZjwWiXRgMui9iykiMLTYFiLzUneN7iwJ73m0BAT8FK9h8ELeDX3pWJFhah4qFRNlfIZ3~i007IjQ8Om-La7oA8SA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the July 8, 2025 Scott County Board meeting, Commissioner Wechman Brecky reported that recent federal legislation affecting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid will require some county payments and additional administrative work, creating a projected local funding shortfall the county must address.

\"A federal program called SNAP ... will now some portion of those benefits now will be mandated to be paid by Scott County,\" Commissioner Wechman Brecky told fellow commissioners, describing the change as a historic shift in who pays for portions of a federal program. Brecky said the county is tracking what she described as a roughly $177,000,000 problem that will require attention over the next two years to avoid state cost shifts.

Brecky said county leaders met with the Minnesota congressional delegation and with the Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC) and the National Association of Counties (NACO) to explain local consequences and to advocate for adjustments. She credited AMC staff and Senator Amy Klobuchar's office for working on language that reduced the county share relative to an earlier U.S. House proposal.

\"Getting the other states involved was really good,\" she said. \"Julie Ring and Derek ... were on the phone many times ... trying to make these changes and get others to accept it.\" Brecky emphasized the county's message was about fiscal impact on Scott County property taxpayers.

The commissioner said the final federal bill was less damaging than an earlier House version but still includes requirements that will increase county administrative staffing and could result in property‑tax pressure. She asked the board to remain engaged with AMC, NACO and state leaders as the county develops budget responses and implementation plans.

Brecky also said she will represent the county at upcoming NACO meetings and is carrying local priorities to the national level, including a separate proposal to change tax treatment for volunteer drivers and a recommendation to reduce assessment frequency for certain home and community‑based programs.

No board action was taken at the meeting; commissioners discussed coordination with statewide and federal partner organizations and planned follow‑up work to quantify county budget impacts and identify potential mitigation steps.","Commissioner reported recent federal legislation will require counties to share a portion of SNAP benefit costs and increase county administrative responsibilities; county leaders engaged federal delegation and associations to mitigate fiscal impact.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6177981,"Scott County reviews election administration, pushes statutory fixes for absentee voting and results reporting",3323,287000,3610000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5330578-47680a04228fa105e77566e5ab7800fc&start=287&end=3610","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5330578-47680a04228fa105e77566e5ab7800fc/thumbnail_287000.jpg","/articles/6177981/Scott-County/Minnesota/Scott-County-reviews-election-administration-pushes-statutory-fixes-for-absentee-voting-and-results-reporting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6177981-a655e61d8d1cc98212633b9faa9bc5e7/orig.mp4?Expires=1770447191&Signature=fbOUdKEfOM5ieEqVLlhsOgbel27JNB1kmRVsFlASiJ7tIjSmGjWTjzlNoDyLJ59L5RhhFx8CMGyBZEHcHJLEflkgn3H8QJlSTpo3QYIrGwgMXfRps9y7XTLkbgemGrOO4plNin1ALkL~5wy6As5Fo3v6qNrVTfeS7ALSTUDC~raGvR6bvy-2mHv0NHon94wTtR7AxwZBMtBAHiLzu0sry-k7StO3tCYVfMawrIGQC5IVxDMxT8lpXsGv457l2Bd2OTWxsHPoYhmq51igMJpHaaEsH~cM0axErjyBrYMyiUxLSuCbyj9XGmzSeey0VHBIif9orUK3IQPYYInxDY2FuA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","On July 8, 2025, the Scott County Board of Commissioners heard a detailed briefing on local election administration from county staff, municipal clerks and the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, focusing on absentee ballot procedures, staffing and election-night results reporting.

The panel—led by Julie Hansen, Property and Customer Service Manager for Scott County; Heidi Simon, City Clerk of Prior Lake; and Paul Linnell, Director of Elections at the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State—said recent legislative changes codified several procedural safeguards but did not add punitive enforcement for errors, and outlined additional changes they would seek next session.

County officials said the statute now codifies routine reconciliation steps—matching absentee applications, ballots and system records—but that lawmakers removed proposed punitive measures before the bill passed. \"Procedure wise, it's in there, but no, nothing more punitive,\" Hansen said, summarizing the final bill.

Officials listed several priority changes they plan to advocate to reduce rejected ballots and staff strain. Those include: establishing a firm deadline for absentee ballot applications (panelists discussed a 7-day cutoff before Election Day as one option); shortening the absentee-voting window from 46 days to 28 days to reduce prolonged staffing demands; clarifying that secrecy envelopes returned with ballots must be returned to election officials; and requiring online absentee applicants to submit both a Minnesota drivers-license number and the last four digits of their Social Security number to reduce ID-number mismatches.

\"If we could shorten that time period ... that would give us a little bit more time on the front end to ensure that all of the testing, the programming, the filing, everything that has to be done ... could actually get done,\" Hansen said, describing long \"80‑hundred‑hour\" stretches for staff during the last cycle. Heidi Simon said her deputy clerk logged more than 300 overtime hours during three election cycles last year.

The panel also described operational changes made in recent years. Counties have experimented with staffed ballot drop-off locations and added weekend hours; Scott County added a second Saturday and a Sunday 9 a.m.–3 p.m. window before the most recent election. Officials suggested ending in-person absentee hours earlier on the Monday before Election Day—recommending a 3 p.m. cutoff for administrative processing even while allowing voters in line to cast ballots.

Recruitment of student election judges received positive attention. \"We made it part of their curriculum,\" Simon said of a Prior Lake–Savage high school partnership; the city reported about 65 student participants between the two cities in the fall cycle and said seniors performed well on technology and voter interaction.

Panelists described continuing difficulty staffing party‑balanced absentee ballot boards. A recent Minnesota Supreme Court case clarified that some ballot-board functions require party-balanced judges and raised questions about what it means to \"exhaust\" a party list when appointing judges. \"We can reach out to all of these folks ... and we're very clear in our email ... but it's really hard to find folks that have that kind of availability,\" Hansen said, noting party-list returns to counties can be lopsided.

Results reporting on election night also drew sustained discussion. Officials said partial uploads incorrectly displayed as \"complete\" results in at least one jurisdiction during the last cycle. Paul Linnell said the state is exploring requirements and best practices for counties to validate uploads before public release and for more uniform expectations across counties while preserving needed flexibility. \"The priority always being accuracy over speed,\" Linnell said.

Panelists urged more standardized training, more robust pre-election testing of results‑reporting systems, and continued collaboration between the Secretary of State's office, counties and municipalities to reduce errors that drive late reporting and ballot rejections.

The county indicated several next steps: continue collaboration with municipal clerks and the Secretary of State on statutory clarifications, pursue targeted outreach and partnerships with high schools for student judges, and participate in statewide work on results‑reporting testing and best practices. Officials said they will continue to present legislative recommendations to county leadership and partner cities ahead of the 2026 session.

The presentation followed a written narrative and data packet county staff provided to the board; commissioners asked staff to keep partners and the public informed about any proposed statutory changes and about election‑administration timelines and testing plans going into the next election cycle.","County and municipal election officials briefed the Scott County Board on lessons from the 2024 cycle, urging statutory clarifications on absentee procedures, earlier deadlines, more consistent results reporting and expanded recruitment for election judges.","actionData","errors"]

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