Category: Rice County Commission

No residents came forward during the 8:00 am open comment session. At 8:30 am Commissioner Malecha called the meeting to order. Roll was called and all commissioners were present. The agenda for this meeting and the minutes of  the February 27 meeting were unanimously approved                                                                                       II.         PUBLIC HEALTH/NURSING: Deb Purfeerst             … Continue reading Rice County Observer REport: Board of Commissioners Meeting, 3.12.24 →

Nort Johnson, Cradle to Career Request In light of the massive financial cuts underway at the Faribault Public Schools, this initiative provides a shared funding model to help keep up with the basics. It supports kids, businesses. It’s data driven with four core benchmark areas and evidence based, a national model. Examples of purchases so … Continue reading Rice County Observer Report: Commissioner Working Meeting, 3.5.24 →

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 →