‘Eagles Healing Nest’ coming to Clearbrook is ‘Good News!’
Tue, 01/23/2018 - 9:44am
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By:
Karen Edelbach
The Clearwater County Board of Commissioners met on January 16, 2018. Opening of the printing bids by County Auditor-Treasurer Allen Paulson to designate the legal paper for 2018 was one of the first items of business to be covered.
Farmers Independent in Bagley submitted the low bid for first publication of the Clearwater County Financial Statement from the Auditor-Treasurer, thus securing the designation as Legal Paper for 2018. Richards Publishing (Leader-Record) in Gonvick will do the second publication. That had been the legal publication last year. The bids were accepted by the Commissioners.
Publications of the County Board proceedings, legal notices of the county and all other publishing requests or needs of the county during 2018; and publications of the list of delinquent taxes will be done by the Farmers Independent. The County Engineer is authorized to advertise for County Highway projects on the County Website.
These publications are all within the requirements of Minnesota Statutes.
CVSO Hutch Hutchens reported to the Commissioners that a third Eagle's Healing Nest in the state of Minnesota is coming to the former site of the Good Samaritan Center in Clearbrook. The other two are located in Sauk Centre and Anoka.
It is a private, non-profit organization, and not affiliated with the Federal Veterans Administration or the State of Minnesota.
The Eagle's Healing Nest website makes it clear that they have been handed the keys.
This is considered to be “Good News” for the area in general.
(See separate article for more information.)
He attended the Northwest Minnesota Region Safety Council Meeting Oct. 10, 2017 in Bemidji and Facilitated the Clearwater County Safety Committee metting for November of 2017, as well as regular office and home visits, calls and other business.
Environmental Services Director, Dan Hecht reported that the department has received a Letter of Compliance from Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) regarding adoption of the Buffer Ordinance.
The Solid Waste Management Plan for 2018-2028 is in final review by MPCA at this time, after which it will go into a 60-day public notice, then it's due for final adoption in April.
“I have let them know of some of the things we might be able to do, but did not say (exactly) what we will do,” Director Hecht stated.
The State expectation is to recycle 35% by 2030, and he said that it is difficult to determine how this can be achieved.
“What hurts us most is that TEAM recycles tons of metal in the category of auto salvage, so it is not counted as recycling. Schools, TEAM, and businesses need more bins or containers,” he added.
Food to animals is another category where it is not counted as recycling but he says this is not going on here. Homes in rural areas may be doing some recycling, but the County can't afford to go and collect it he said.
Some do bring their recylables to the bins provided in town, but it hasn't worked to supply bins in the country.
Polk County brought their waste grinder to Clearwater County's Landfill last month to demonstrate its capabilities and potential for helping to conserve landfill space and possibly recycling certain materials. Mr. Hecht said the machine did an excellent job on things such as shingles and mixed demolition, but not so well on tires, which are still shipped away for recycling.
He said that some recycling efforts elsewhere have been shut down as conflicts have occurred with the EPA.
“One area encourages us to do something with this waste, and another is shutting down!”
Sheriff Darin Halverson was authorized by the County Commissioners to purchase a 2018 Ford Interceptor Utility AWD from Midway Ford for $28,376 and have it equipped, with a total cost not to exceed $48,000. A portion of the funds, about $10,000, will come out of the vehicle forfeiture/drug and alcohol account, with the balance from the budget.
“This will include a new camera, as the cameras are getting older in the squad cars,” the Sheriff said.
Joel Stenseng brought a motion for approval of the Highway Department bills to be paid, which was approved by the Commissioners in the amount of $29,774.
Public Health Agreement was to be signed after approval of the Commissioners agreeing to pay the administrators for the North Country Community Health Services organization from received grant funds as described in the agreement.
County Auditor Allen Paulson received authorization to pay the submitted invoices of $107,280 for the County Revenue Fund and $6,564 for the Nursing Service Fund.
Commissioners were all present at the meeting: Daniel Stenseng, Dean Newland, John Nelson, Neal Illies and Arlen Syverson.