Dan Stenseng to retire after 43 years of service to Clearwater County
Wed, 12/26/2018 - 12:50pm
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By:
Karen Edelbach
After 43 years working at various positions in Clearwater County, Dan Stenseng will be retiring from his current position on the Board of Commissioners at the end of 2018. He has served in that capacity for the past six years, being elected in November of 2010. He was Board Chairman during the last year.
Prior to that, he was the County Auditor, and County Treasurer.
One of the highlights during his career as Commissioner that Dan says he is most proud is the selling of the hospital operation out of the County to Sanford in 2012. The County still owns the campus.
“Everyone kept their jobs during the transition. I am very proud of that,” he said. “There were about 85 full time equivalent employees at that time.”
Another thing that Dan is proud the County is doing is the process of remonumentation of the original land survey that is being done. He says with the marking of corners now, and GPS to identify the locations, there should be no reason for error in the future. The locations are recorded and can be seen on line with the relevant information. Bob Murray, County Surveyor, is overseeing that project.
“I am impressed that Clearwater County has no debt. There are very few counties in Minnesota that can say that,” Dan says. “I used to keep track of that in detail when I was Auditor. It is a result of very good planning here.”
Peer Commissioner Neal Illies says, “Dan did a good job, and is very dedicated to the County.”
“I respected his advice, and went to him for advice on many occasions,” Neal said.
Asking Dan what he most looks forward to in his upcoming retirement, he said, “Farming with my son. We have 100 head of Black Angus cattle on our farm in Holst Township. We plan to expand the herd.”
Best wishes, congratulations, and thank you, Dan.