Category: Rice County Commission

Called to order by Malecha. Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call—only Malecha, Purfeerst and Docken present. Retirement of Marilee DeGroot was recognized. Denise Anderson (Property Tax and Elections) presented nine applications for liquor or gambling permits, all approved unanimously. Representative for Matt Verdick (Parks and Facilities) asked to purchase two 2024 Chrysler Pacifica vans totaling $88,932 … Continue reading Rice County Observer Report: Commissioner Meeting, 2.27.24 →

Public comment, 8:00 am  These are notes on the comments in the half-hour session before the second Tuesday of February. First commenter doesn’t want voting machine testing demonstration to be at same time as the board meeting. Second commenter objected to media coverage of public comments last week. The county should record meetings and make … Continue reading Observer Report: RICe County Commissioner Meeting, 2.13.24 →

Commissioner-requested discussion regarding the proposed new state flag and official state seal Bill Liske, state senator: Lots of constituents reaching out. He’s a Republican and fiscal conservative. It will cost $2.5 million to change the flag and seal for his senate district. Possible answer to this problem: Instead of changing all the flags on May … Continue reading Rice County Observer Report: Work Session, 2.6.24 →

Jan 23 Rice County Commissioners Meeting, notes by Orick Peterson, LWV NCF observer All commissioners are present. The usual call to order by Commissioner Malecha, then pledge of allegiance, roll call, and approval of today’s agenda and minutes of Jan 9 meeting. FINANCE Local option sales tax (LOST) Paula O'Connell offered for approval the next … Continue reading Rice County Observer Report: Commissioner Meeting, 1.23.24 →

Present: Purfeerst, Malecha, Docken, Hoisington, Underdahl   Open Forum (8:00)  Kathleen Hagen: Re: Election security – why were “obsolete” computers used in previous election? Voices concern about vulnerability of the systems. Voices concern about privacy and security of votes. Concerned  that tampering happened or could happen– public records exist (not stated where). Asked Commissioners to follow … Continue reading Rice County Commissioner Observer Report: Meeting, 1.9.24 →