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Votes at a glance: Clay County Board approves calendar, publications, purchases and appointments
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting the Clay County Board approved the 2025 meeting calendar (with flexibility for a fair‑week event), designated official newspapers, approved purchases and hires, sponsored a Safe Routes to School grant application for Dilworth, and confirmed officer and board appointments.
The Clay County Board of Commissioners carried a series of routine and substantive motions Jan. 7, approving the 2025 meeting calendar, designating official county newspapers, authorizing equipment purchases and staffing changes, and confirming appointments.
Votes at a glance
- Establish 2025 Board meeting calendar (motion approved): The board approved a weekly Tuesday 8:30 a.m. schedule for 2025 with two planned exceptions (June 17 meeting at 5 p.m. and Dec. 2 meeting at 5 p.m.) and gave staff flexibility to investigate holding an event during the county fair or an alternate public work session in July. (Motion carried by voice vote.)
- Approve resolutions 2025‑1 through 2025‑4 (motions approved): The board designated four local newspapers for official county publications and associated memoranda of understanding as part of the annual rotation: Resolution 2025‑1 (official county newspaper), 2025‑2 (printing notice of real property taxes and penalties), 2025‑3 (first printing of Clay County financial statement), and 2025‑4 (second printing of Clay County financial statement). (All motions carried by voice votes.)
- Approve purchase of two tractors (motion approved): The board authorized purchase of two John Deere tractors through RDO Equipment (pricing based on trade‑ins and internal service funds). The purchase follows a revised replacement schedule and was recommended by the highway tracking committee. (Motion carried by voice vote.)
- Approve purchase of pickup for highway department (motion approved): The board approved purchase of a pickup from Nelson Auto Center for $42,168.71, citing a financial advantage over a three‑year lease. (Motion carried by voice vote.)
- Approve hiring of an additional maintenance worker in the highway/facilities divisions (motion approved): The position was included in the 2025 budget and will improve coverage during events such as snowstorms. (Motion carried by voice vote.)
- Sponsor Safe Routes to School grant for the City of Dilworth (resolution 2025‑05; motion approved): Clay County agreed to act as sponsoring agency for a MnDOT Safe Routes to School grant application from the City of Dilworth (grant maximum up to $1,000,000). Financial responsibility for any local match or ongoing maintenance was confirmed as Dilworth’s responsibility. (Motion carried by voice vote.)
- Appoint chair and vice chair for 2025 (motions approved): The board appointed Commissioner Campbell as chair and Commissioner Mojo as vice chair for 2025. (Motions carried by voice votes.)
- Appoint Noelle Harden to Lakeland Mental Health Center Board (motion approved): The board approved a three‑year appointment of Noelle Harden to the Lakeland Mental Health Center Board of Directors to fill a vacancy. (Motion carried by voice vote.)
- Approve committee assignments for 2025 (motion approved): The board adopted its committee assignments and per diem schedule for 2025, deleting a defunct Infrastructure Resilience Advisory Task Force as discussed. (Motion carried by voice vote.)
Other procedural motions included approval of the agenda (which added the Lakeland Mental Health Center appointment) and payment of bills and vouchers; both motions carried.
The board used voice votes for these items; no roll‑call tallies were taken at the meeting. Several items were recommended to the board by staff committees (for example, highway equipment purchases and the SRTS sponsorship).
