McLeod County board approves snow-removal contracts, IT promotion, solid-waste software upgrade, final road payment and bridge-prioritization resolution

The McLeod County Board of Commissioners approved several routine contracts and actions in a single session, including two snow-removal agreements, an internal promotion in IT, a solid-waste software upgrade, a final payment adjustment to a highway contractor and a county resolution prioritizing bridges for state aid.

Snow-removal contracts: The board approved two separate contracts with New Barth Landscapes of Glencoe for the 2025–spring 2027 snow seasons. One contract covers the courthouse, law enforcement center, government center and the Glencoe area transportation services facility; Neubarth’s (transcribed as New Barth) bid listed $620 per clearing for light snow, $855 for heavy-snow clearing, $355 per salt application and $430 per sidewalk clearing. The second contract covers the environmental services facility with bid rates of $445 (light snow), $550 (heavy snow), $125 (salt) and $65 (sidewalks). The agenda materials say three vendors were solicited and New Barth was the only bidder for both items. Both motions passed on voice vote.

IT promotion: The board approved an internal promotion for Matt Trozka from IT manager to IT director. County staff said the promotion was included in the draft 2026 budget; board discussion clarified that while Trozka’s wages will change going forward, there was no impact to the 2025 budget because of understaffing and other personnel coverage in the current year. The motion carried on unanimous voice vote.

Solid-waste database upgrade: The board approved a quote from AWS (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) to upgrade the solid-waste recycling and household-hazardous-waste databases to Interact 7 at a cost of $10,395, funded from the solid-waste budget (fund code referenced in the packet). The agreement requires payment of $6,535 upon project approval; staff said the software runs the scale and billing for the solid-waste operation. The motion passed unanimously.

Final payment to Ramsey Companies: The board approved final acceptance and an adjusted payment of $69,266.09 to Ramsey Companies, Minneapolis, for state project 043070023 (the county state Highway 115/County State Highway 25 Airport Road/Jefferson Road roundabout). Staff explained an error was found in a bituminous density-incentive calculation after an earlier final-payment approval (the board had approved a smaller final payment on Aug. 19, 2025); correcting the calculation increased the final payment by about $8,600. Staff reported turf establishment is complete and the county closed the erosion-control permit with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The motion passed on voice vote.

Bridge-prioritization resolution: The board adopted resolution 25 CB 23, which updates McLeod County’s prioritized list of bridges for state aid and bridge-bonding requests through the Minnesota Department of Transportation State Aid Division. Staff said the county submits an updated resolution every few years to make bridges eligible for state bridge-bonding and TON (Township Bridge) funds. The motion carried on voice vote.

Votes and movers: Where motion details were provided in the transcript, they were recorded as follows: the snow-removal contract for courthouse facilities was moved by Commissioner Krueger and seconded by Commissioner Wright; the environmental services facility contract was moved by Commissioner Crewer and seconded by Commissioner Schmoll; the IT promotion second was Commissioner Krueger (mover not specifically named in the transcript); the Interact upgrade motion was moved by Commissioner Wright and seconded by Commissioner Krueger; the final payment to Ramsey was moved by Commissioner Krueger and seconded by Commissioner Wright; the bridge-resolution motion was moved by Commissioner Krueger and seconded by Commissioner Schmoll. Each item passed on a voice vote during the meeting.