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Waseca County board approves 2026 ditch assessments, local road grant application and routine resolutions
Summary
At the meeting commissioners approved 2026 ditch assessments for certification, set a 2026 interest rate for drainage loans, accepted a road contract final payment, and passed resolutions supporting a local road improvement grant application, Operation Green Light for Veterans and urging repeal of Minnesota's nuclear‑energy moratorium.
The Waseca County Board moved through a slate of routine and policy items and approved several formal actions affecting county finance, roads and policy positions.
On drainage and finance, after a work session discussion the board approved Resolution 2025‑44 certifying the proposed 2026 ditch assessments for certification; staff noted the 2026 assessment list excludes systems without assessments this year and that County Ditch 27 would be handled separately with bonding support if the reconstruction proceeds. The board also set its annual interest‑rate policy for loans from the general fund to drainage systems at 4% for 2026 in accordance with the county policy (the statutory fallback rate is 6% if the board had not set a rate).
On transportation and contracts, the board accepted completion of a concrete pavement reconstruction contract (PCI Roads) on County Road 3 and authorized final payment; the original contract was about $3.7 million, final costs were near $3.5 million after change orders, and a retainage of $57,641.47 was noted.
The board approved Resolution 2025‑41 to apply for Minnesota’s Local Road Improvement Program (maximum grant $1.5 million) as a candidate match for a proposed 2027 County Road 5 concrete rehab project and signaled willingness to fund ineligible costs if the grant does not cover them.
On proclamation and policy positions the board approved a proclamation for Operation Greenlight to recognize veterans (lighting the courthouse green in November) and also passed a resolution urging repeal of Minnesota’s long‑standing moratorium on new nuclear energy production, a request largely intended to support broader state policy options for reaching carbon‑free goals.
The meeting included multiple other administrative policy updates and routine agenda approvals; motions to approve the agenda, consent agenda and minutes were all carried as presented.
