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Votes at a glance: Todd County Board actions, July 1, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and roll‑call outcomes recorded at the Todd County Board meeting on July 1, 2025: warrants and payment authorizations, one emergency declaration, planning and zoning decisions, solid‑waste change order, and opioid settlement funding approvals.
This roundup lists formal actions taken by the Todd County Board of Commissioners on July 1, 2025, as recorded in the meeting transcript. Where the transcript did not supply a monetary amount or a referenced document number, the entry notes that the item was “not specified.”
- Commissioner warrants (agenda item 6): Approved commissioner warrants with ACH and manual payments totaling $241,298.90. Motion made and seconded; roll call recorded five yes votes.
- Health & Human Services warrants (agenda item 6.2): Approved HHS commissioner warrants with ACH and manual payments totaling $82,283.13 (transcript contains a close variant $82,002.83 in one reading). Motion and second; roll call recorded unanimous approval.
- Health & Human Services SSIS warrants (agenda item 6.3): Approved SSIS warrants totaling $114,896.05. Motion and unanimous roll call approval.
- Resolution — declaration of state of emergency (agenda item 7.1): Adopted a resolution declaring Todd County in a state of emergency for the June 20, 2025 wind event. Motion by Commissioner Newman; second by Commissioner Nasca. Outcome: approved by voice vote/roll call.
- Final payment authorization for 2024 bridge construction contract (agenda item 8.1): Approved final payment to Redstone Construction. Staff certified total final work at $1,728,627.35 and recommended a remaining payment of $87,250.74. Motion carried.
- County Ditch 18 hold‑harmless acknowledgment (agenda item 9.1): The board, acting as ditch authority, acknowledged receipt of a hold‑harmless agreement application to install a private crossing in Lateral 6 of County Ditch 18 in Section 15, Iona Township. Motion carried.
- Rezoning request (Shamaya & Weiner, agenda item 11.1): The board tabled the rezoning request (R2 to Ag‑1) to obtain additional review, including airport‑commission input, after commissioners raised airport proximity and safety concerns. Motion to table passed.
- Conditional Use Permit — feedlot expansion (agenda item 11.2): Granted CUP to expand existing feedlot from 960 to 992 animal units on parcels in Burchell Township with multiple conditions (interim permit and correction of noncompliance inspected by county prior to stocking, 12 months manure storage for new storage, notification of spills to county and Minnesota Duty Officer, and others). Motion to approve carried.
- Conditional Use Permit — Yoder woodworking business (agenda item 11.3): Granted CUP for a woodworking business on parcel 010011100 in Bartlett Township with conditions on outdoor storage, loading/unloading and compliance with applicable standards. Motion to approve carried.
- Solid Waste — CAP grant change order number 3 (agenda item 12): Authorized signature of change order number 3 to High‑Tech in the amount of $51,119.14 and signed consultant release; staff said the project is budgeted and 90% complete by spend. Motion carried.
- Health & Human Services — Opioid settlement funding requests (agenda item 13): Approved two requests recommended by the opioid settlement advisory committee: Staples Police Department request (for drug‑disposal costs; amount not specified in the transcript) and Fairy Lily Long Lake Association request (to install two AED stations at Fairy Lake Park and boat launch; amount not specified). Both motions carried.
- Consent items (personnel): The board approved consent items including meeting minutes (06/17/2025), resignations (Resource Navigator/Interpreter Kimberly Santana, resignation date 06/24/25; eligibility worker Stacy Ilgens resignation 06/20/25), and hire of Chris Manners as a correctional officer (start date to be determined). Motion carried.
Notes: This roundup captures outcomes recorded in the July 1 meeting transcript. For votes where the transcript provided a roll call, the board recorded unanimous "yes" votes in the instances listed above. Where the transcript gave partial or variant numeric figures (for example, a small discrepancy in the HHS warrants figure), the draft notes that discrepancy. The board did not take action on the Paycom HR/payroll proposal; the meeting record shows staff and vendor will return with a cost‑savings comparison and possible revised vendor pricing.
