Minutes, July 21, 2008

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES

JULY 21, 2008

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 21^st day of July 2008 at the Ellsworth County Courthouse.

Members Present:

Albert W. Oller, 1^st District Commissioner

Terry L. Kueser, 3^rd District Commissioner

1. OPENING BUSINESS:

Chairman Kueser called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the Agenda as printed. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-0.

Commissioner Oller moved to approve the Minutes of July 14 & July 15, 2008. Commissioner Kueser seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

No one was present for the Public Forum.

2. APPOINTMENTS:

Roberta Waymaster, Technology Committee, brought the Commissioners up-to-date on the county website. The quarterly reports show that the website is still getting new visitors and they are staying longer. After meeting with Globalink, our Internet Service Provider, Mrs. Waymaster shared with the Commissioners some of their suggestions on updating our site and make it more relevant. Those suggestions were to add blogger pages for the department heads, adding links to township maps or county maps, adding a favicon to the web page and to again advertise the availability of the website to the general public. The Commissioners agreed with all the suggestions. Mrs. Waymaster also reported that Bob Fitzgerald, our Webmaster, has worked on several county computers that had viruses and is presently making sure that the new antivirus is installed on all county computers.

3. OLD BUSINESS ITEMS:

There were no old business items.

4. NEW BUSINESS:

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the Regional Solid Waste Plan Update. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

5. ADJOURNMENT:

Chairman Kueser recessed the meeting until Friday, July 25, 2008 to meet with the auditor to formulate the 2009 budget.

 

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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk