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Murray County commissioners approve set of routine motions, contracts and purchases
Summary
The board voted unanimously on a slate of routine items: reconstituting the Judicial Ditch 20 joint board, paying digital and ditch bills, approving ditch repairs, authorizing a Des Moines River Watershed planning contract, allowing park improvements, approving a Sunrise Terrace pergola, accepting a resignation agreement, and approving a highway excavator purchase.
The Murray County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine administrative and capital actions during its meeting, carrying multiple motions by voice vote.
Among the formal actions, the board approved a resolution to reconstitute the joint board for Judicial Ditch 20 (referred to in the packet as judicial ditch 20) and appointed county members to the joint board. The resolution was listed in the record as "20 25 1 0 0 7 0 1." Staff presented invoices for ditch‑related engineering and cross‑county repairs and the board moved to pay the presented digital bills.
The commissioners also voted to approve three ditch repair petitions and authorized the county to proceed with repairs and associated excavation work described in staff reports. Highway/engineering staff noted ongoing litigation in a separate County Ditch 11 matter and reported a final settlement received from MnDOT related to earlier work.
The board authorized the county to enter a contract with a planner for the Des Moines River Watershed to reimburse county staff hours for watershed planning; the contract was amended to remove a fixed end date and to cap compensation at the previously discussed maximum ($75,000). Vice Chair Meyer was authorized to sign that contract in the absence of the chair.
Other approvals included allowing the Palace Club to refurbish the East Lake Sarah Park entrance at no cost to the county, approving a contractor‑built wooden pergola for Sunrise Terrace (quote $6,355.64, within a project budget of $40,000), accepting a resignation agreement between Carolyn McDonald and the county, and authorizing Commissioner Meyer to sign an associated education agreement.
On highway business the board rescinded and re‑entered a motion concerning participation in the county road safety plan to clean up paperwork and then approved entering the agency agreement with the Department of Transportation; signatures on the agreement will include the vice chair and the auditor‑treasurer as listed on the paperwork. The board also approved purchasing a 2025 John Deere excavator from RDO with a trade‑in price of $227,497.25 on the county unit.
All motions reported in the meeting were passed by voice vote with aye responses noted during roll calls or unanimous voice vote where recorded. The board recessed mid‑meeting to contact an absent member and later reconvened to complete the highway items.
