Rice County Commissioners Meeting January 7, 2025
Present: Malecha, Hoisington, Underdahl, Purfeerst, Peters
Election of Officers: 2025 Chairperson- Commissioner Hoisington
Election of Officers: 2025 Vice Chair- Commissioner Peters
Commissioner Committee Appointments:
- Airport Zoning- meets as needed, Underdahl and Hoisington
- Age Friendly Northfield – meets once a month, Malecha
- Budget- Hoisington and Peters
- Building Security- as needed- Hoisington
- Commissioners Park advisory – Underdahl and Malecha
- Community Corrections Advisory- Malecha and Underdahl
- Community Health Advisory- Malecha
- 911 Board- meets monthly- Underdahl and Malecha
- Economic – as needed, Malecha
- Employee Safety-
- Equity and Inclusion- meets monthly- Malecha
- Extension and Advisory- meets monthly- Purfeerst
- Facilities- Hoisington and Underdahl
- Family Services Collaborative – meets monthly- Malecha
- Health Insurance- Purfeerst and Hoisington
- Historical Society- meets monthly- Hosington and Underdahl
- Intergovernmental Committee- all commissioners
- Jail Task Force Committee- work will be completed in few months
- Labor Relations – active-
- Law Library Board- Underdahl
- Lower MN Watershed- active- Peters
- Mental Health Advisory – Purfeerst
- Milltown Joint Powers meets quarterly- Malecha
- Multicounty Solid waste- Purfeerst
- North Alexander Park- as needed- Underdahl, Hoisington
- Northfield Well and Protection Committee- by statute- Malecha
- Planning and Zoning Solid Waste committee- Purfeerst
- Planning Commission- Peters and Underdahl
- Regional Planning- as needed- Malecha and Peters
- Regional SE EMS- Underdahl
- Regional Passenger Rail Committee- north to south communities- Malecha
- Regional Radio Joint Powers- Purfeerst
- Rice County Ag- Fair Board- Hoisington, Purfeerst
- Rice County Emergency Preparedness- Hoisington and Peters
- Rice County Soil and Conservation- Peters and Purfeerst
- Roberts Lake- as needed- Underdahl
- SELCO- Hoisington
- SEMREX- communications/radio/law enforcement/11 counties- Purfeerst
- Social Services and Public Health- as needed – Malecha
- SE MN Regional Trails- quarterly- 11 SE counties- Malecha
- SE MN Tourism- active- Purfeerst
- State and Legislative activities- all
- Public Health, Legislative issues- Malecha
- Sustainability committee- environmental issues- Malecha
- Three Rivers Action- monthly- Malecha
- Transportation and Ditch- active- Purfeerst and Peters
- Workforce Development, several counties- Underdahl and Malecha
- Zumbro Rivershed- Purfeerst
Meeting Dates and Times for 2025
Rice County Commissioner Jeff Docken’s Retirement Presentation
Social Services: South Central Region/Rice County Children’s Mental Health Respite Grant, through June, 2027. Approved.
Highway: Award of Wall Street Road Improvements contract. Approved
Finance: Adoption of Resolution #25-004/Granting Annual Authority to the chief Financial Officer to Designate Depositories and Authorize other to conduct Banking Transactions. Approved.
Incidental Fund Appropriations- Approved
Administration: Sara Folsted. #25-001 Official Newspaper for the publication of official proceedings in summary form and public notices-Faribault Daily News- approved
#25-002 Designating the Rice County Website as the 2025 Official publication for Transportation Projects- approved
Adjourn
