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Benton County board names 2025 leadership, adopts policy manual and routine housekeeping items
Summary
At the boardorganizational meeting commissioners selected Commissioner Popp as board chair and Commissioner Heineken as vice chair for 2025, designated the Benton County News and Sauk Rapids Herald as official newspapers, set per diems at $70, adopted the 2025 meeting schedule, and approved the county board policy manual with clarified remote participation rules.
Benton County commissioners used the first regular meeting of the year to complete organizational business and adopt routine administrative policies.
Commissioner Popp was nominated and approved as 2025 board chair; Commissioner Heineken was elected vice chair. The board adopted its regular meeting calendar (first and third Tuesdays at 9 a.m. with a single evening meeting in December to accommodate truth‑in‑taxation) and reaffirmed a $70 per‑diem rate for boards and commissions.
On communications, the board accepted a Star Publications bid and designated the Benton County News and Sauk Rapids Herald as the countyofficial newspapers for legal notices and minutes. County staff noted Star Publications offered a discount for publishing across its weekly titles.
The board also adopted the county board policy manual for 2025. Staff gave a refresher on remote participation: a member may participate remotely from a non‑public location up to three times per year for health reasons, and from a public location up to four times per year with at least three days' published notice of the location. The board approved the manual with the remote participation clarifications.
Votes were carried by voice; specific roll‑call tallies were not read into the record.
