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Goodhue County board approves minutes, agenda and claims; hears Mississippi cleanup and AMC updates
Summary
At its June 3 meeting the Goodhue County Board approved routine items including May 20 meeting minutes, the agenda, the consent agenda and county claims by voice votes. Commissioners also heard committee reports on the Mississippi River cleanup and an AMC district meeting and discussed being listed among ‘sanctuary jurisdictions.’
The Goodhue County Board of Commissioners on June 3 approved routine business by voice vote, including the May 20 meeting minutes, the meeting agenda, the consent agenda (three items) and payment of county claims. The approvals were moved and seconded and carried by voice vote; the transcript records “aye” responses and does not record roll-call tallies.
In committee reports, a commissioner said Goodhue County participated in this year’s Mississippi River cleanup alongside Beltrami County, Dakota County, Hennepin County, the City of Red Wing, Prairie Island and other partners. County presenters reported the effort included over 3,000 volunteers across the region and collected more than 22,000 pounds of trash; smaller participants such as Goodhue County collected trash in bags and did not weigh their individual totals. The presenter thanked volunteers and noted further information would be circulated to participants later.
Another commissioner and staff discussed takeaways from an Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC) district meeting. The board heard that AMC staff work with the legislature on county matters and that county staff and department heads had multiple local engagements. One commissioner said the county had been included on a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” circulated nationally over the prior weekend; that federal list was removed over the weekend and the commissioner said they had contacted their congressional representative and “they have been in contact, but I’ve also not heard why we were on the list.” The county said it had reached out to AMC and NACO contacts to get more information.
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn, which was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
