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Votes at a glance: McLeod County board approves joint powers, appointments, contracts and repair bids
Summary
The board approved a range of consent items and contracts: authorized a joint powers agreement for the sheriff’s office, confirmed an assistant county attorney appointment, approved bids and repair quotes for county facilities, accepted a detox contract, and approved personnel and committee appointments.
At its meeting, the McLeod County Board recorded votes on multiple consent and departmental items. Key outcomes:
• Sheriff's office: The board approved the sheriff’s request to enter a joint powers agreement with the State of Minnesota Financial Crimes Task Force. County staff said there is no direct cost beyond staff time and equipment, and the agreement could provide access to investigative software and reimbursement for expanded investigations. The motion carried on a recorded voice vote.
• Attorney’s office: The board adopted resolution 25 CB 18 consenting to a full-time appointment of Charles Drapo as an assistant McLeod County Attorney, effective Feb. 3, 2025. County staff said Drapo comes from the Clay County Attorney’s Office with roughly five years of criminal prosecution experience.
• Building and facilities: The board authorized publishing a public notice and soliciting sealed bids for a mechanical air-conditioning project at the jail and sheriff’s office (project estimated just under $200,000). The board also approved a $9,350 repair quote from B & R Home and Business Repair LLC for damage at the McLeod County Fairgrounds commercial building (insurance claim funds), and approved an $8,262.74 Servpro restoration quote for water removal at the fairgrounds.
• Health & Human Services: County approval was given for a purchase-of-service agreement with Brown County Evaluation Center, Inc., to provide detox and evaluation services for 2025. The contract rate is $475 per patient per 24-hour period (a 1% increase from 2024); transportation billed at $1.34 per mile when county-arranged.
• Employee relations and human services staffing: The board approved a personnel-committee recommendation to extend two part-time temporary child protection positions through Dec. 31, 2025, citing transitional staffing needs and limited weekly hours that do not trigger benefits. The board also approved a grade assignment for a new bilingual Spanish community health worker position and authorized posting for that position.
• Administration and committees: The board appointed Danielle Becker to the county economic development committee (resolution 25 CB 16). The board also received notice of an upcoming public hearing by the High Island Creek Watershed District Board on Feb. 26, 2025, regarding a petition improvement for Judicial Ditch 11 Lateral G, and set a workshop for March 4, 2025.
All items summarized here were presented as consent or routine contract items and were approved by motions and seconds recorded on the transcript. Where staff provided additional context — for example, insurance claims or prior hearings that set interest rates — that context is noted with the item.
