Nelson County commissioners approve mileage increase, create highway shop foreman post and set up Bell Bank savings account

Nelson County commissioners on Jan. 2 approved a series of routine administrative actions, including a raise to the county mileage reimbursement rate and the creation of a Shop Foreman position in the Highway Department.

Chairman Cody Johnson called the meeting to order and roll call showed Commissioners Aaron Mork, Cameron Swenson and Steve Forde present. Nathan Parks, Nelson County auditor, told the board the North Dakota Association of Counties recommended raising the personal-vehicle mileage reimbursement from $0.655 to $0.67 per mile; the commission approved the increase on a roll-call vote (moved by Commissioner Steve Forde, seconded by Commissioner Cameron Swenson; vote 4-0).

Parks also relayed a request from the City of Pekin to remove special assessments added to parcel 26-0003-57612-000 because the assessment was paid directly to the city; the commission voted to remove the special assessments (moved by Commissioner Steve Forde, seconded by Commissioner Aaron Mork; vote 4-0).

Paul Bjornson of KLJ Engineering joined the meeting to discuss use of DocuSign for a Historic Bridge Memorandum of…