PUBLIC NOTICEBarnes County Commission

June 16, 2020Valley City, ND 58072

The Barnes County Commission metin regular session on Tuesday, June16, 2020 with Cindy Schwehr, VickyLovell, Bill Carlblom, John Froelich,and Shawn Olauson present. Chair-man Carlblom called the meeting toorder at 8:00 a.m., the Pledge of Alle-giance was recited, and the Agendawas reviewed.

US Fish & Wildlife ServicePotential Land Acquisition

Kurt Tompkins, US Fish & WildlifeService District Manager, presentedinformation about a 160-acre prop-erty in Thordenskjold Township (4-137-57) that has been offered for saleas a potential US Fish & Wildlife Ser-vice land acquisition. Cindy Schwehrmoved to allow US Fish & WildlifeService to pursue the purchase, aslong as there is adequate fencing, ifpastured; Shawn Olauson secondedthe motion. Motion carried upon roll-call vote, with all members voting“yes”.

Planning & Zoning – Variances &Replat of Subdivision

Jessica Jenrich, Planning & ZoningCoordinator, presented an applica-tion for a Variance – Setback 115’from center of road from Kerry DOlson (Oriska Township, SE ¼ 17-140-56). Cindy Schwehr moved to ap-prove the application; Vicky Lovellseconded the motion. Motion carriedupon roll-call vote, with all membersvoting “yes”. Ms. Jenrich presentedan appl icat ion for a Replat ofVeteran’s Subdivision from MikeHeinze (Sibley Trail Township, NE ¼13-143-58). Cindy Schwehr moved toapprove the application; John Froe-lich seconded the motion. Motion car-ried upon roll-call vote, with all mem-bers voting “yes”. Ms. Jenrich presen-ted an application for a Variance –Tile crossing in road right-of-way fromJohn H Triebold (Hobart Township,Sections 3, 4 & 9 – 140-59). CindySchwehr moved to table a decisionuntil after it is acted upon by the Wa-ter Board; Vicky Lovell seconded themotion. Motion carried upon roll-callvote, with all members voting “yes”.Ms. Jenrich presented an applicationfor a Variance – Tile outlet crossingfrom Fred Schroeder (Weimer Town-ship, 31-141-56). Cindy Schwehrmoved to table a decision until after itis acted upon by the Water Board;Shawn Olauson seconded the mo-tion. Motion carried upon roll-callvote, with all members voting “yes”.Ms. Jenrich presented an applicationfor a Variance – Setback 15’ fromNorth property line from Bob Eichten(Marsh Township, NE ¼ 9-139-58).Vicky Lovell moved to approve thea p p l i c a t i o n ; S h a w n O l a u s o nseconded the motion. Motion carriedupon roll-call vote, with all membersvoting “yes”.

Highway Department – DitchCleaning & Approach Applications

/ Accident (Equipment Loss)Kerry Johnson, Road Superintendent,presented a Drainage/Ditch CleaningPermit Application from VaughnZacharias for a ditch located at 14-137-57. Shawn Olauson moved todeny the Application; Cindy Schwehrseconded the motion. Motion carriedupon roll-call vote, with all membersvoting “yes”. Mr. Johnson presentedan Approach Application from DanielLund for an approach located at SW¼ 14-137-57 for approval. CindySchwehr moved to approve the Ap-plication; Bill Carlblom seconded themotion. Motion carried upon roll-callvote, with all members voting “yes”.Mr. Johnson apprised the Commis-sion on the status of the recent truckaccident/equipment loss. CountyRoad #21 (Kathryn) culverts havebeen delivered to the constructionsite. Work will begin soon; CountyRoad 22 safety project (Hobart Lake)is moving forward, taking out the ex-isting riprap; Meadow Lake erosioncontrol project is completed. MattLang, Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson,provided project updates on theemergency grade raise on CountyRoad #11 south of Sanborn nearLitchville: Scherbenske INC. was thelow bid at $337,141. Installation of abypass lane on County Road #21near the Sheyenne River erosion sitewill be complete next week.

Sheriff – Portable RadiosRandy McClaflin, Sheriff, requestedapproval to purchase seven portableradios and programming from Mid-States Wireless at a total cost of$44,743.23, which was included inthe budget. Cindy Schwehr moved toapprove the request; John Froelichseconded the motion. Motion carriedupon roll-call vote, with all membersvoting “yes”. Grant funds of $1,500per radio will be coming as a partialreimbursement.

Auditor – MinutesShawn Olauson moved to approvethe June 2, 2020 minutes; John Froe-lich seconded the motion. Motion car-ried.

Commission DiscussionWomen’s Suffrage marker has beeninstalled and will be dedicated laterthis summer. The Pre-bid conferencefor the jail project went well; bids willbe coming in for opening after 2 pmon the 25th, with the Commission tovote on the 7th. Sidewalks are beingrepaired. Other discussion includedfuture bills for the Hobart Lake Drain,the 10-mile Lake project, Little Dam,Kathryn Dam, South Central DakotaRegional Council, Library and SocialServices. Cindy Schwehr made a mo-tion that Barnes County take posses-sion of the Social Service vehicles, asthe newly formed Zone does not payfor the vehicle expenses; CindySchwehr retracted the motion. Theconsensus of the board was to holdoff on public meetings, other than therequired meetings, for the time being.With no further business, ShawnOlauson made a motion, seconded byJohn Froelich, to adjourn the meeting.Motion carried unanimously, and themeeting was adjourned at 9:47 a.m.Bill Carlblom, ChairmanBarnes County CommissionBeth M DidierBarnes County Auditor

(July 16, 2020)

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSNotice is hereby given that sealed

bids for a Barnes County HighwayChip Seal Project will be received byBarnes County at the Barnes CountyHighway Department Office until 8:00AM (CST) July 21, 2020 at which timethe bids will be publicly opened andconsidered. The scope and generalnature of the work consists of furnish-ing all labor, equipment, materialsand performing all work necessary forperforming a maintenance chip sealon 14 miles of county highway. Thechip seal shall be performed with theapproximate following quantities:83,000 Gallons of CRS-2P Emulsified2,464 tons Cover Coat Material-Sup-plied by Barnes County 5 miles fromthe East end of project.Bid Alternate of 19,700 Gallons ofCSS-l H -Fog Seal.Questions related to the project maybe directed to Mr. Kerry Johnson,H i g h w a y S u p e r i n t e n d e n t , a t( 7 0 1 ) 8 4 5 - 8 5 0 8 .BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OFBARNES COUNTY COMMISSION-ERSKerry Johnson, Barnes County High-way Superintendent

(July 9 & 16, 2020)

Barnes County CommissionJune 18, 2020

Valley City, ND 58072The Barnes County Commission metin Specia l Budget sess ion onThursday, June 18, 2020 with CindySchwehr, Vicky Lovell, Bill Carlblom,John Froelich, and Shawn Olausonpresent to meet with DepartmentHeads to discuss their budget re-quests.Jennifer Feist – Valley City-BarnesCounty Development CorporationJamen Windish – Weed ControlKerry Johnson - Highway DepartmentRandy Grueneich – NDSU ExtensionServiceTonya Duffy – State’s AttorneySue Lloyd – Emergency ManagementJerry Hieb, Bruce Anderson & Heath-er Manson – Water ResourcesVicki Zinck Metcalf – TreasurerHolly Neuberger – DispatchStan Horst – Building & GroundsRandy McClaflin, Pat Sand & KallieGruman – SheriffRandy McClaflin & Jeremy Wolff -CorrectionsWith no further business, John Froe-lich made a motion, seconded byShawn Olauson, to adjourn the meet-ing. Motion carried unanimously, andthe meeting was adjourned at 11:30a.m.Bill Carlblom, ChairmanBarnes County CommissionBeth M DidierBarnes County Auditor

(July 16, 2020)

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