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Wabasha County commissioners approve agenda with deletion, pass consent items and set parking-ordinance hearing
Summary
The Wabasha County Board of Commissioners approved its agenda with the removal of a sheriff-related federal boating grant item, approved the consent agenda and set a public hearing for a proposed county parking ordinance on May 20. The board recessed at the end of the meeting.
Wabasha County Board of Commissioners members approved the meeting agenda with the deletion of a consent item tied to a federal boating-safety grant, approved the consent agenda and voted to set a public hearing on a proposed county parking ordinance for May 20 at 9:15 a.m.
The agenda change removed “item P” from the consent agenda after staff said federal funding for the 2025 federal boating safety supplemental patrol grant is currently on pause. Administrator said, “If we could remove item P from the consent agenda… it’s my understanding that that might…the funding associated with that is on pause.” Commissioner Wabbe moved to approve the agenda with that deletion; Commissioner Powers seconded and the motion carried.
The board then approved the consent agenda—covering minutes, claims, per diems, donations to the sheriff’s office, snowmobile-trail sponsorships and several procurement and IT items—on a motion by Commissioner Springer, seconded by Commissioner Walker. The board also approved setting a public hearing on the county parking ordinance for May 20 at 9:15 a.m.; the motion to set the hearing was moved and seconded by commissioners on the floor and carried.
At the end of the meeting the board voted to recess (a procedural motion), and the motion carried. Meeting minutes list other routine items handled under the consent agenda, including a 2025 state annual county boat and water safety grant approval and a Guardian RFID contract for the sheriff’s office; the earlier deletion of item P pertained specifically to the federal supplemental boat-safety grant that staff said is on pause.
Votes at a glance: - Agenda approval with deletion of consent item P (federal boating safety supplemental patrol grant): mover Commissioner Wabbe; second Commissioner Powers; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Consent agenda approval (minutes, claims, donations, contracts, IT purchases, sheriff equipment disposals, 2025 state annual county boat and water safety grant, Guardian RFID contract): mover Commissioner Springer; second Commissioner Walker; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Set public hearing for Wabasha County parking ordinance for May 20 at 9:15 a.m.: mover and seconder recorded on the floor; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Motion to recess: mover and seconder recorded on the floor; outcome: approved (voice vote).
The board recorded votes by voice; individual roll-call tallies were not read into the record. No ordinance numbers or further regulatory citations were provided during the motions.
Details about the paused federal grant and the scheduling of the parking ordinance hearing were discussed on the record; the board handled other routine procurement and grant approvals through the consent agenda.
