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Daniels County commissioners approve routine resolutions, equipment purchases and personnel actions
Summary
At meetings Jan. 5, 6 and 20, 2026, the Daniels County Board of County Commissioners approved several routine resolutions (including incarceration rates, meeting dates and travel/per diem), signed interlocal agreements, authorized equipment purchases for county services and adopted the MACo personnel policy.
The Daniels County Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on Jan. 5, 6 and 20, 2026, and approved a series of routine administrative resolutions, personnel measures and equipment purchases.
Commissioners voted to approve the agenda and December 2025 minutes on Jan. 5. The board elected Commissioner Thievin as chair for 2026 (Thievin abstained from that vote) and Commissioner Fladager as vice-chair. The board approved December payroll (dated Jan. 2, 2026), JV#8751-8752 and officer reports for December 2025.
The board passed Resolution 2026-3 setting Daniels County incarceration rates for 2026 and Resolution 2026-1 establishing the commissioners' 2026 meeting schedule (first and third working Mondays, with meetings moved to Tuesday if a holiday falls on a Monday). The board also reviewed travel and per diem rates for 2026 and voted to adopt the schedule recorded in the minutes; the minutes contain typographical errors in the per diem figures and those amounts are not independently verified in the record.
On Jan. 20 the board approved claims (IVS #8753-8756) and treasury securities. The board approved MACo's personnel policy on advice of the county attorney and held a public hearing on elected-official office hours, adopting the related resolution as recorded in the minutes.
The board made a number of administrative appointments and procurement approvals. The board appointed Kourtney Benson to the airport commission, authorized an FAA grant-portal contact update, and approved professional services to replace PAPI lights, guidance signs and install threshold lights at the county airport. The county approved purchase of a used 2013 John Deere 130 excavator from L&L Construction and authorized purchase of a Quantar radio using 911 funds after reviewing a vendor quote.
County staff and outside presenters provided updates and requests. The county attorney recommended creating dedicated county email addresses and using MACo's retention schedules for correspondence. The public-safety and emergency-services discussions covered paging and radio outages, a possible 50/50 grant for new radios, and concerns about sheriff fee reporting and borrowing related to Motorola equipment. Public Health Director Teilor Plante discussed an influenza A/H5N1 task order that includes a virtual tabletop exercise and cold-storage equipment, and the board approved an amended task order for chronic disease services (Dec. 1, 2025–June 30, 2026) to be signed via DocuSign.
The board also reviewed personnel matters, including the resignation of a Board of Health member effective March 2026 and a request from the treasurer to reclassify a quarter-time position to half time to accommodate training for the CARS program.
Votes at a glance - Approve agenda (Jan. 5): motion passed (moved by Commissioner Fladager; seconded by Commissioner Thievin). - Approve Dec. 2025 minutes: motion passed (moved by Commissioner Fladager; seconded by Commissioner Linder). - Nominate chair (Thievin): motion passed (moved by Commissioner Linder; seconded by Commissioner Fladager); Thievin abstained. - Nominate vice-chair (Fladager): motion passed (moved by Commissioner Linder; seconded by Commissioner Thievin). - Pass Resolution 2026-3 (incarceration rates): motion passed (moved by Commissioner Fladager; seconded by Commissioner Linder). - Pass Resolution 2026-1 (meeting dates): motion passed (moved by Commissioner Fladager; seconded by Commissioner Linder). - Adopt travel/per diem rates (recorded in minutes with typographical errors): motion passed. - Approve Quantar radio purchase (quoted in minutes as '541,235.00'): motion passed (moved by Commissioner Fladager; seconded by Commissioner Linder). - Approve PAPI replacement professional services and purchase of 2013 John Deere 130 excavator: motions passed. - Approve MACo personnel policy: motion passed.
What it means The actions taken were largely routine administrative and operational decisions: setting internal policies and schedules, addressing equipment and grants for public safety and airport infrastructure, and making personnel appointments. Several operational issues will require follow-up, including coordination on radio and paging problems, the scope of public-safety equipment purchases, and the treasurer's staffing request.
Sources and next steps These items are recorded in the board minutes for Jan. 5, 6 and 20, 2026. The board directed follow-up on radio/pager reliability through the Public Safety Commission and flagged several procurement tasks for county staff to execute.
