Chair Randy Dahl opens Fillmore County special session for AFSCME social worker negotiations

The Fillmore County Board of Commissioners convened a special bargaining session with AFSCME-represented social workers on May 28, 2026, opening the public meeting at 9:18 a.m. with Chair Randy Dahl presiding. Commissioners Randy Dahl, Mitch Lentz, Larry Hindt, Duane Bakke and Marc Prestby were recorded present alongside Administrator Bobbie Hillery, Human Resources Officer Lindsi Engle and counsel Ann Goering.

Discussion between the Board and AFSCME social worker representatives, including Ryan Hanson and social workers Shelby Antoff, Elizabeth Fugelstad and Andrea DuCharme, occupied the session. The clerk’s draft minutes record substantive bargaining discussion but do not include verbal proposals or dollar figures in the public minutes. At 10:45 a.m. the Board moved into a closed session citing Minn. Stat. 13D.03 for labor negotiations and later resumed bargaining in public after the closed session concluded.

The parties agreed to meet again on Monday, June 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. for continued negotiations. On a motion by Commissioner Marc Prestby, seconded by Commissioner Larry Hindt, Chair Dahl adjourned the meeting at 1:58 p.m.

The minutes provided are a preliminary draft prepared by the Clerk of the Board and note that there may be corrections or additions before final approval at a later public meeting.