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Commission approves $1.09 million in bills, personnel hires, holiday and meeting schedule changes
Summary
At its Dec. 1 meeting the Minnehaha County Commission approved $1,094,301.23 in bills and November payroll listings, multiple personnel hires and step increases, a four‑hour Christmas Eve morning administrative holiday, several meeting date eliminations for early 2021, and a liquor license renewal for The Riviera By Roccos; all motions passed 5‑0.
The Minnehaha County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 1 approved vouchers totaling $1,094,301.23 and recorded November salaries for county departments. Commissioners also approved multiple personnel actions, a liquor license renewal, and administrative calendar adjustments in votes that were recorded as unanimous 5‑0 roll call results.
Olivia Larson presented the vouchers and payroll listings. The minutes itemized payments across departments; notable entries include Armor Correctional ($220,162.29), Avera McKennan payments (hospital and medical services totaling more than $30,000 in separate line items), Election Systems equipment ($98,500.00) and services, General Election worker payments ($101,072.25), and Summit Food Service payments ($22,625.43). The Commission approved the bills by motion of Heiberger, seconded by Barth; the roll call vote was 5 ayes. The minutes list detailed line items for record and audit purposes.
The Commission approved multiple personnel actions: hiring variable‑hour correctional officers (effective 11/30/2020 and 12/1/2020), several step increases for existing staff, recognition of employee anniversaries, and recording volunteers for county departments. Those personnel motions passed on a 5‑0 vote.
On licensing, Olivia Larson presented the 2021 Retail On‑Off Sale Wine & Cider renewal for MAS LLC dba The Riviera By Roccos; county review found no violations or objections and the Commission approved the renewal 5‑0 (motion by Karsky; seconded by Heiberger).
The Commission also declared the four hours of Christmas Eve morning (Dec. 24, 2020) an administrative holiday for county employees in recognition of the challenges of 2020 and staff efforts during the COVID‑19 pandemic (motion by Heiberger; seconded by Beninga; 5 ayes). The board voted to eliminate five regularly scheduled commission meeting dates between January and April 2021 (Jan. 12; Feb. 9; Mar. 9; Mar. 30; Apr. 13) as a pandemic‑risk mitigation measure (motion by Heiberger; seconded by Beninga; 5 ayes).
Commissioner liaison reports included Heiberger’s summary of a Nov. 30 call with the National Association of Counties about criminal justice resources, Karsky’s announcement of a planned Dec. 3 announcement regarding the Link triage center, and Bender’s report on a morning call with local legislators about legislative priorities. The Commission adjourned until Dec. 8, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.
