AGENDAS

Meets 7 p.m. Monday

Washington Educational Services Building

804 Oak St., Brainerd

1. Roll call

2. Delegations, petitions, communications

3. Approval of minutes

Regular school board, Aug. 10

4. Consent calendar

New certified staff employees

Danielle Bartz, 8th Grade Teacher, FV, BS 0/Step 0, effective 09-10 school year

Kate Bjornson, FACS, BHS, BS 0/Step 1, effective 09-10 school year

Phillip Dewey, Special Ed Teacher, BHS, MS 0/Step 0, effective 09-10 school year

Amy Haag, Special Ed. Teacher, Harrison, BS 0/Step 2, effective 09-10 school year

Sarah Nelson, 5th Grade Teacher, FV, BS 0/Step 1, effective 09-10 school year

Ahnna Wing, Reading Recovery, Garfield, BS 0/Step 0, effective 09-10 school year

Non-teaching employee resignations

Danette Badger, EA, Garfield, effective Aug. 11

Sally Blomster, EA, Riverside, effective Aug. 12

Jerry Dahl, EA, BHS, effective Aug. 12

Marci Eide, EA, BHS, effective Aug. 20

Christina High-Olson, EA, Garfield, effective Aug. 6

Ruth Jansen, EA, Garfield, effective Aug. 11

New non-teaching employees

Landy DeRosier, EA, Riverside, 3.8 hours/day @ 8.97/hour, effective Sept. 8

Heather Friemann, EA, Baxter, 2.25 hours/day @ 8.97/hour, effective Sept. 1

Heather Friemann, Noon Aide, Baxter, 1.5 hours/day @ 10.25/hour, effective Sept. 1

Kelli Forsythe, EA, Baxter, 7 hours/day @ $8.97/hour, effective Sept. 1

Gary Gunderson, District Family Resource Specialist, effective 09-10 school year

Margaret Labana, LPN, ALC- ECFE, 8 hours/week @ $13.02/hour, effective Sept. 10

New non-teaching employees

Trisha Loisel, EA. Lowell, 3 hours/day @ $ 9.02/hour, effective Sept. 1

Trisha Loisel, EA, Lowell, 2 hours/day @ $ 8.33/hour, effective Sept. 1

Cindy Stark, EA, Baxter, 6 hours/day @ $ 8.97/hour, effective Sept. 1

Debbie Toth, LPN, BHS, 19 hours/week @ $13.02/hour, effective Sept. 1

Rachel Zetah, EA, Lowell, 3 hours/day @ $ 8.97/hour, effective Sept. 1

6. New business

For action:

1. Riverside Elementary/PORT Access

2. Resolution for School Board Election

Informational:

1. Site Reports/Communications

AEC Summer Session Report - Marlee Larson

H1N1 Update - Todd Lyscio

LRP Update - Technology

Global Citizenship

Finance

2. School board member reports - General

3. Schools for Equity in Education (SEE) - Lew Hudson

4. Business Services report - Steve Lund

5. Superintendent's report - Steve Razidlo

6. Gifts and Grants - Steve Razidlo

Brainerd Public Schools Foundation received a donation from the Sargent Family Joint Trust for $61,742.51, to be used for student scholarships for post secondary education.

Brainerd Public Schools Foundation received a donation from Sertoma for $500.

The School District received a $ 1,000 donation from the graduating class of 1969, to be used for the purchase of school supplies.

Section B - Committee reports

Facilities Committee - Lew Hudson

Met on Aug. 27

Curriculum/Student Activities Committee - Ruth Nelson

Finance/Insurance Committee - Molly Kurtzman

Met on Sept. 1

Legislative Committee - Bob Nystrom

Long Range Planning Committee - Kent Montgomery

Personnel Committee - Reed Campbell

Future committee meetings -

Finance Committee - Sept. 29

Facility Committee - Oct. 8

Regular School Board Meeting - Oct. 12.

Cass County Board of Commissioners

Meets 6 p.m. Tuesday

Wilkinson Town Hall

6789 140th St. NW, Cass Lake

1. 6 p.m. Call to order.

a. Pledge of Allegiance.

b. Approval of agenda. (Any requests to be heard not on the proposed agenda are considered for inclusion at this time).

2. 6:05 p.m. Robert Yochum - Administrator.

a. Consent agenda.

b. Authorize budget amendment - AGC Reuse Project regulated material removal.

c. Nominate John Sumption - Lessard -Sams Outdoor Heritage Council.

3. 6:15 p.m. Public Hearing - County road status revocation - Wilkinson Township.

a. CR 141 - East of No. 371 turnback.

b. CR 141 - Steamboat Lake Access.

4. 6:30 p.m. Robert Goggleye - Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

a. Update on road projects funded by stimulus grants.

5. 6:45 p.m. Randy Fisher - Sheriff.

a. Discuss PSIC funding and authorize purchase of add'l 800 Mhz radio and equipment.

b. Accept award of the 2009 NOAA weather alarm grant in the amount of $234,802 from the MN Department of Public Safety to Cass County and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

c. Accept award of Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)(No. 2009-EMPF-00394) in the amount of $21,176 from the MN Department of Public Safety-Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

6. 7 p.m. Josh Stevenson - Land Commissioner.

a. Shingobee Township request to utilize Fund No. 73 Conservation Funds and table additional requests to utilize Fund No. 73 Conservation Funds.

b. Authorize use of funds from the solid waste assessment account on tax forfeit lands.

c. Update on Area of Limitation Designation under Land Department's proposed policy.

7. 7:15 p.m. Tim Richardson - Central Services Director.

a. Authorize various courthouse campus building repairs.

8. 7:30 p.m. Upcoming meeting schedule.

a. Special meeting for Department Head Evaluations, Sept. 29 beginning at 9 a.m., at Cass County Land Department Meeting Room, Backus.

b. Cass County Association of Townships Meeting, Oct. 8, beginning at 8 a.m., Bear Pause Theatre, Hackensack.

c. House Capital Investment Committee site visit - AGC, Thursday, Oct. 8.

d. Approve attendance for Annual AMC Conference, Dec. 7-9, 2009, Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis.

9. 7:35 p.m. Adjourn.

Consent agenda

1. Approve regular board minutes of Sept. 1.

2. Approve - Auditor (Batch No. 1) manual warrants dated Aug. 31 in the amount of $1,064,522.40.

3. Approve HHVS Auditor Warrants dated Aug. 31 in the amount of $124.

4. Approve Auditor Warrants dated Sept. 3 in the amount of $222,910.38.

5. Approve HHVS Auditor Warrants dated Sept. 4 in the amount of $29,860.53.

6. Approve HHVS Commissioner Warrants dated Sept. 4 in the amount of $83,072.62.

7. Approve auditor warrants dated Sept. 10 in the amount of $771,574.05.

8. Receive and file monthly Budget Reports.

9. Approve Landecker and Assoc. professional service budget amendment not to exceed $9,000.

10. Approve pay request Invoices No. 8645 and No. 8683-AGC Re-Use Project to Landecker and Assoc. totaling $4,902.50 and $2,820 (capital fund).

11. Approve Resolution No. 55-09 accepting 2009 Off-Highway vehicle Enforcement Grant (No. B32717) in the amount of $18,316.

12. Refer Hodder Family easement request to Crooked Lake Township (Section 3) and the Natural Resource Advisory Committee.

13. Approve pay request No. 5 for AGC Re-Use Project to Young Excavating, Inc. in the amount of $41,875.83. (capital fund).

14. Receive and file Cass County Auction results of Aug. 22 in the amount of $30,946.88.

15. Receive and file notice of Chippewa National Forest plan to sell Cass Lake Ranger District Office.

16. Amend DNR grant No. B18878 adding $10,000 to complete a shoreline re-vegetation project on Gull Lake in Fairview Township.

17. Receive and file City of Walker's Wellhead Protection Plan dated Aug. 25.

18. Approve location change for Cass County Board Meeting of Tuesday, Dec. 15 for the final adoption of 2010 Cass County budget to Commissioners Board Room, Courthouse, Walker.

19. Receive and file - Auditor -Treasurer's Interest Income Report for August 2009.

20. Accept $300 donation for the Veteran's Transportation Program, from the American Legion Auxiliary, Hackensack Unit 202.

21. Approve Resolution No. 56.09 repurchase of parcel 29-028-1100 to Dennis and Carol Newstrand in the amount of $8,294.67.

22. Approve final pay request No. 10 for AGC Re-Use Project to VCI Environmental Inc. in the amount of $10,137 (capital fund).

23. Report back on Jan. 6 board action to refer Section 5 G. 2. - Extended Leave - Injury/Disability policy to Personnel Rules Committee.

24. Decline offer to purchase private property from Curt Collison in Section 18 of Moose Lake Township.

25. Approve Assessor's Office Abatements.

26. Accept donation of $50 from Herbert and Jane Olson to go towards safety equipment for Sheriff's Recreational Division.

27. Approve licenses - Tobacco, 3.2 Beer, Liquor, Gambling, etc.

28. Approve Resolution No. 57-09 designating the ESD Director to be the MN Wetland Conservation Act Official representing Cass County.

29. Approve - Pay request No. 2 for Deep Portage Biomass Gasification Project to Kuepers, Inc. in the amount of $47,387.49. (capital fund-33-651).