April 7, 2026, Commissioners Wells County Part 4 of 4

4-7-2026

2 pm Addition:  Ditch by Lils needs to be cleaned up

Minutes Approved

Special Meeting Minutes Approved

Bills:

• Kneiters – bill for lifts on vehicles
• Software innovations – tax software
• Elevator corp – they need to add a key to stop the elevator on court days, also an annual service fee.

Balance Sheet Approved

23 townships paid for roads – Road Dept.

Wells County CD & Money Market

No homestead grant money yet

Bridge money will come out of here

Note: always points out the interest pay for salaries

Correspondence from Oskosh  townships about road fees

Portfolios

Brian M. – Sheriff & deputy been deployed; ward is working a little; clerk of courts is busy with court.

Stan B. – Janna if busy with equalization; Hurdsfield equalization meeting

Boone – Nothing recorder office (Sept. open possibility)

Doc – Road Department

Bryan – Librarian at Harvey Library

Scott & Kip – Garrison diversion

Red river Valley water project; 50 million & 100 million; Hoven money found; will bid this fall; start at Chaseley & move back to McClusky dam; asking for permits for the project at Chaseley; Chaseley highway as have road mile through; Project will take about 3 years for this stretch; if money from job falls through won’t start till 2028; they have all easements; $7 mill per mile (125miles); will feed Lake Ashtebula; Carrington, Jamestown & Cooperstown are signed up to get off the pipeline.

Brent Keller – Road Dept.

1 blade guy will be out 4 to 6  weeks; blades may start running next week; brent will run the blade for guy whol will be out on leave; Summer hours started this week; 4 – 10 hrs per day; Bridge project North of town open on Friday, 4-10-26, blades are all ready for spring; drainage by Lil’s, County road 6th, 19th street; 66’ drain, 66’ of right of away; Culvert needs to be lowered & drain field cleaned; get estimate on drain & culvert.

$94,000/acre Mil ligation  acres.

Jason Mayfield & Bryan Tykwenski

Bridge on county road 1 is bid this Friday; Box culverts are dependent on federal funds to complete; 19 & 47th Street; 49th Avenue – Teas crossing; they will interview construction engineers; Flex fund discussion; 12312.0 bridge removal added to roadproject; They will be re-aligning the road; Bremen road – total dollar value; wants all total cost of projects done by Wolld & KLJ; Still trying to figure out road projects; typo needs to be changed on road sheet for state; question was asked about mitigation acres; has become difficult because of fereal programs; Duck unlimited & US Fish & Wild Life.

Lydia Gessele: Education of County Public servants

Elections Ballot discussion

Monday June 15th; June 22nd canvassing; needs one judge for Dem for Fessenden

Gaming Permit

Golf Tournament; pull tabs

G & R Controls

Setting the controls so people will not mess with; basement has no controls; $54,000 for the project; controls for all of basement.

Not sure what is being discussed because it is not on the agenda at all and there is no shared document with the public.  They are trying to discuss it without giving it away to the public.

It sounds like they are talking about the ballot; may be information for how the ballot issue would work; information on how it is broken down for the public; Stutlien is cutting people down during the discussion.

The 14 to 25 Mills for the road department discussion for explanation; Stan says they won’t have to go all the way to the 25;; Dan says they have to go to 25 miles; 3 legislators did not even know what was in the bills they voted on; HB 1176 3% Cap; cities share 20% of the Mill of those over 14 Mills;  20% of the 11 miles to the cities; paper they were talking about should go out in the public PLEASE REQUEST IT IN ORDER TO STAY INFORMED!

April 7, 2026, Commissioners Wells County Part 3 of 4

4-7-2026

2 pm Addition:  Ditch by Lils needs to be cleaned up

Minutes Approved

Special Meeting Minutes Approved

Bills:

• Kneiters – bill for lifts on vehicles
• Software innovations – tax software
• Elevator corp – they need to add a key to stop the elevator on court days, also an annual service fee.

Balance Sheet Approved

23 townships paid for roads – Road Dept.

Wells County CD & Money Market

No homestead grant money yet

Bridge money will come out of here

Note: always points out the interest pay for salaries

Correspondence from Oskosh  townships about road fees

Portfolios

Brian M. – Sheriff & deputy been deployed; ward is working a little; clerk of courts is busy with court.

Stan B. – Janna if busy with equalization; Hurdsfield equalization meeting

Boone – Nothing recorder office (Sept. open possibility)

Doc – Road Department

Bryan – Librarian at Harvey Library

Scott & Kip – Garrison diversion

Red river Valley water project; 50 million & 100 million; Hoven money found; will bid this fall; start at Chaseley & move back to McClusky dam; asking for permits for the project at Chaseley; Chaseley highway as have road mile through; Project will take about 3 years for this stretch; if money from job falls through won’t start till 2028; they have all easements; $7 mill per mile (125miles); will feed Lake Ashtebula; Carrington, Jamestown & Cooperstown are signed up to get off the pipeline.

Brent Keller – Road Dept.

1 blade guy will be out 4 to 6  weeks; blades may start running next week; brent will run the blade for guy whol will be out on leave; Summer hours started this week; 4 – 10 hrs per day; Bridge project North of town open on Friday, 4-10-26, blades are all ready for spring; drainage by Lil’s, County road 6th, 19th street; 66’ drain, 66’ of right of away; Culvert needs to be lowered & drain field cleaned; get estimate on drain & culvert.

$94,000/acre Mil ligation  acres.

Jason Mayfield & Bryan Tykwenski

Bridge on county road 1 is bid this Friday; Box culverts are dependent on federal funds to complete; 19 & 47th Street; 49th Avenue – Teas crossing; they will interview construction engineers; Flex fund discussion; 12312.0 bridge removal added to roadproject; They will be re-aligning the road; Bremen road – total dollar value; wants all total cost of projects done by Wolld & KLJ; Still trying to figure out road projects; typo needs to be changed on road sheet for state; question was asked about mitigation acres; has become difficult because of fereal programs; Duck unlimited & US Fish & Wild Life.

Lydia Gessele: Education of County Public servants

Elections Ballot discussion

Monday June 15th; June 22nd canvassing; needs one judge for Dem for Fessenden

Gaming Permit

Golf Tournament; pull tabs

G & R Controls

Setting the controls so people will not mess with; basement has no controls; $54,000 for the project; controls for all of basement.

Not sure what is being discussed because it is not on the agenda at all and there is no shared document with the public.  They are trying to discuss it without giving it away to the public.

It sounds like they are talking about the ballot; may be information for how the ballot issue would work; information on how it is broken down for the public; Stutlien is cutting people down during the discussion.

The 14 to 25 Mills for the road department discussion for explanation; Stan says they won’t have to go all the way to the 25;; Dan says they have to go to 25 miles; 3 legislators did not even know what was in the bills they voted on; HB 1176 3% Cap; cities share 20% of the Mill of those over 14 Mills;  20% of the 11 miles to the cities; paper they were talking about should go out in the public PLEASE REQUEST IT IN ORDER TO STAY INFORMED!

April 7, 2026, Commissioners Wells County Part 2 of 4

4-7-2026

2 pm Addition:  Ditch by Lils needs to be cleaned up

Minutes Approved

Special Meeting Minutes Approved

Bills:

• Kneiters – bill for lifts on vehicles
• Software innovations – tax software
• Elevator corp – they need to add a key to stop the elevator on court days, also an annual service fee.

Balance Sheet Approved

23 townships paid for roads – Road Dept.

Wells County CD & Money Market

No homestead grant money yet

Bridge money will come out of here

Note: always points out the interest pay for salaries

Correspondence from Oskosh  townships about road fees

Portfolios

Brian M. – Sheriff & deputy been deployed; ward is working a little; clerk of courts is busy with court.

Stan B. – Janna if busy with equalization; Hurdsfield equalization meeting

Boone – Nothing recorder office (Sept. open possibility)

Doc – Road Department

Bryan – Librarian at Harvey Library

Scott & Kip – Garrison diversion

Red river Valley water project; 50 million & 100 million; Hoven money found; will bid this fall; start at Chaseley & move back to McClusky dam; asking for permits for the project at Chaseley; Chaseley highway as have road mile through; Project will take about 3 years for this stretch; if money from job falls through won’t start till 2028; they have all easements; $7 mill per mile (125miles); will feed Lake Ashtebula; Carrington, Jamestown & Cooperstown are signed up to get off the pipeline.

Brent Keller – Road Dept.

1 blade guy will be out 4 to 6  weeks; blades may start running next week; brent will run the blade for guy whol will be out on leave; Summer hours started this week; 4 – 10 hrs per day; Bridge project North of town open on Friday, 4-10-26, blades are all ready for spring; drainage by Lil’s, County road 6th, 19th street; 66’ drain, 66’ of right of away; Culvert needs to be lowered & drain field cleaned; get estimate on drain & culvert.

$94,000/acre Mil ligation  acres.

Jason Mayfield & Bryan Tykwenski

Bridge on county road 1 is bid this Friday; Box culverts are dependent on federal funds to complete; 19 & 47th Street; 49th Avenue – Teas crossing; they will interview construction engineers; Flex fund discussion; 12312.0 bridge removal added to roadproject; They will be re-aligning the road; Bremen road – total dollar value; wants all total cost of projects done by Wolld & KLJ; Still trying to figure out road projects; typo needs to be changed on road sheet for state; question was asked about mitigation acres; has become difficult because of fereal programs; Duck unlimited & US Fish & Wild Life.

Lydia Gessele: Education of County Public servants

Elections Ballot discussion

Monday June 15th; June 22nd canvassing; needs one judge for Dem for Fessenden

Gaming Permit

Golf Tournament; pull tabs

G & R Controls

Setting the controls so people will not mess with; basement has no controls; $54,000 for the project; controls for all of basement.

Not sure what is being discussed because it is not on the agenda at all and there is no shared document with the public.  They are trying to discuss it without giving it away to the public.

It sounds like they are talking about the ballot; may be information for how the ballot issue would work; information on how it is broken down for the public; Stutlien is cutting people down during the discussion.

The 14 to 25 Mills for the road department discussion for explanation; Stan says they won’t have to go all the way to the 25;; Dan says they have to go to 25 miles; 3 legislators did not even know what was in the bills they voted on; HB 1176 3% Cap; cities share 20% of the Mill of those over 14 Mills;  20% of the 11 miles to the cities; paper they were talking about should go out in the public PLEASE REQUEST IT IN ORDER TO STAY INFORMED!

April 7, 2026, Commissioners Wells County Part 1 of 4

4-7-2026

2 pm Addition:  Ditch by Lils needs to be cleaned up

Minutes Approved

Special Meeting Minutes Approved

Bills:

• Kneiters – bill for lifts on vehicles
• Software innovations – tax software
• Elevator corp – they need to add a key to stop the elevator on court days, also an annual service fee.

Balance Sheet Approved

23 townships paid for roads – Road Dept.

Wells County CD & Money Market

No homestead grant money yet

Bridge money will come out of here

Note: always points out the interest pay for salaries

Correspondence from Oskosh  townships about road fees

Portfolios

Brian M. – Sheriff & deputy been deployed; ward is working a little; clerk of courts is busy with court.

Stan B. – Janna if busy with equalization; Hurdsfield equalization meeting

Boone – Nothing recorder office (Sept. open possibility)

Doc – Road Department

Bryan – Librarian at Harvey Library

Scott & Kip – Garrison diversion

Red river Valley water project; 50 million & 100 million; Hoven money found; will bid this fall; start at Chaseley & move back to McClusky dam; asking for permits for the project at Chaseley; Chaseley highway as have road mile through; Project will take about 3 years for this stretch; if money from job falls through won’t start till 2028; they have all easements; $7 mill per mile (125miles); will feed Lake Ashtebula; Carrington, Jamestown & Cooperstown are signed up to get off the pipeline.

Brent Keller – Road Dept.

1 blade guy will be out 4 to 6  weeks; blades may start running next week; brent will run the blade for guy whol will be out on leave; Summer hours started this week; 4 – 10 hrs per day; Bridge project North of town open on Friday, 4-10-26, blades are all ready for spring; drainage by Lil’s, County road 6th, 19th street; 66’ drain, 66’ of right of away; Culvert needs to be lowered & drain field cleaned; get estimate on drain & culvert.

$94,000/acre Mil ligation  acres.

Jason Mayfield & Bryan Tykwenski

Bridge on county road 1 is bid this Friday; Box culverts are dependent on federal funds to complete; 19 & 47th Street; 49th Avenue – Teas crossing; they will interview construction engineers; Flex fund discussion; 12312.0 bridge removal added to roadproject; They will be re-aligning the road; Bremen road – total dollar value; wants all total cost of projects done by Wolld & KLJ; Still trying to figure out road projects; typo needs to be changed on road sheet for state; question was asked about mitigation acres; has become difficult because of fereal programs; Duck unlimited & US Fish & Wild Life.

Lydia Gessele: Education of County Public servants

Elections Ballot discussion

Monday June 15th; June 22nd canvassing; needs one judge for Dem for Fessenden

Gaming Permit

Golf Tournament; pull tabs

G & R Controls

Setting the controls so people will not mess with; basement has no controls; $54,000 for the project; controls for all of basement.

Not sure what is being discussed because it is not on the agenda at all and there is no shared document with the public.  They are trying to discuss it without giving it away to the public.

It sounds like they are talking about the ballot; may be information for how the ballot issue would work; information on how it is broken down for the public; Stutlien is cutting people down during the discussion.

The 14 to 25 Mills for the road department discussion for explanation; Stan says they won’t have to go all the way to the 25;; Dan says they have to go to 25 miles; 3 legislators did not even know what was in the bills they voted on; HB 1176 3% Cap; cities share 20% of the Mill of those over 14 Mills;  20% of the 11 miles to the cities; paper they were talking about should go out in the public PLEASE REQUEST IT IN ORDER TO STAY INFORMED!

March 30, 2026 Wells Co. Commissioners Special Meeting, Re Bromke/McHenry Co. Share

Phone conference concerning State's Attorney Share with McHenry County. He asked to be on their ballot. It passed unanimously. Call participators were Boone M., Brian M, Bryan L., Stan B., and Dan S.

2026 03 18 School Board Meeting

Discussion on Credit cards

Moved bills out of consent agenda

Discussion on bills about long distance learning; questions on food services bills.

Reports:

Superintendent Loff:  Boiler was discussed; the company did not file on time; fountain in High School his quit & done with installation; boiler replacement; phone service for elementary; tech coordinator; March 24th board retreat; staffing was brought up; infinite campus.

Principle Report 7-12:  Need to check online report; sickness has subsided.

Elementary Principle:  184 enrollments; special needs kids are high (13); high absences; sickness is still an issue; robotics team presented to Kiwanis club; teacher evaluations will be done on time; spelling bee; parent teachers 91.3% parents showed up; 6th grade class project; Fargo Moorehead Community theater came; MT85 team will meet again.

Activities Report: Written because he was gone.

Business Manager:  audit report is getting uploaded

Items for discussion:

1. Edutech - will cost $10k/yr & 15,000 for each 50; data migration from Infinite Campus to Power School.
2. Peer Tutoring - MN Haas; Misty Galvin was talked to about high school kids helping tutor; grades 9-12, grades will be important for who can do the program; Tutors would get credits for their work.
3. Senior alternate graduation approval: a student does not meet the Harvey School requirements; meets the state requirements.
4. Certified Resignation: Mrs. Kathy Walsh -FCCLA
5. FIBT Staff Credit Cards: Chad; five cards used by school only $5000.00 total Credit; issues with the card; recommending raising limits; can do individual limits on cards; motion to increase to $15,000. total on 5 cards; they will break it down between cards.

March 24th Retreat.