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Flood Sales Tax Committee—December 5, 2022 1 <br /> <br />FLOOD SALES TAX COMMITTEE <br />DECEMBER 5, 2022—2:00 PM <br />1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER <br />Commissioner Mary Scherling called a meeting of the Flood Sales Tax Committee to order on <br />Monday, December 5, 2022, at 2:00 PM in the Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse. The <br />following members were present: Commissioner Rick Steen; Commissioner Mary Scherling, County <br />Engineer, Jason Benson; Water Resource District Representative, Rodger Olson, and County <br />Administrator, Robert Wilson; via Microsoft Teams. County Finance Director, Brandy Madrigga was <br />absent. Also present was Assistant County Engineer, Tom Soucy; Commissioner Duane Breitling; <br />Commissioner Jim Kapitan; and Senior Accountant, Sarah Heinle. <br /> <br />2. MINUTES APPROVED <br />MOTION, passed <br />Mr. Olson moved and Mr. Steen seconded that the minutes of the previous <br />meeting held on September 6, 2022 be approved as written. Motion carried. <br /> <br />3. FLOOD SALES TAX FUND UPDATE <br />Ms. Heinle said the Flood Sales Tax Fund has $11.01 million in approved projects with $5.62 million <br />left to pay and an unencumbered balance of $5.03 million. <br /> <br />4. STATUS OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROJECTS <br />2022 Lilleberg Buyout <br />Mr. Benson gave an update on the 2022 Lilleberg Buyout. The Flood Sales Tax Committee approved <br />90% cost share funding for the buyout on April 18, 2022. Mr. Benson said the Lilleberg’s garage is <br />falling into the Red River due to riverbank slumping. He said the buyout has been delayed as the <br />Lilleberg’s are going through the subdivision process to place a new home on the same parcel as the <br />buyout. Mr. Benson said the subdivision will be discussed at the Planning Commission meeting later <br />this week and the next steps are for the Lilleberg’s to have a geo technical study completed as required <br />by the County’s Subdivision Ordinance. <br /> <br />Mrs. Scherling said the Flood Sales Tax funds should be utilized for permanent fixes and not cause <br />additional issues. Mr. Benson said if the property is deed restricted and a house can be placed on the <br />property, there would be a contingency that no County funding or future buyouts would be provided. <br />Mr. Olson said if the Flood Sales Tax Committee wants to put restrictions on use of funds, in this case, <br />restricting where the buyout can relocate, the restrictions should be included in the Flood Sales Tax <br />policy. <br /> <br />2022 Durbin Township Slide Repair <br />Mr. Soucy said at the Flood Sales Tax Meeting held on April 18, 2022, the Committee approved <br />funding for Durbin Township to complete a slide repair project on 46th Street Southeast along the <br />Maple River at a cost share of 75% of $50,000. He said a waterline was discovered prior to the <br />constriction that needed to be moved at the township’s cost. The new request is 75% of $55,930. <br /> <br />Durbin Township Supervisor, Keith Gohdes was present and the project was completed this fall and <br />was essential to allow access to a nearby home. He said he is confident the work done will fix the <br />sliding problem. <br />MOTION, passed Mr. Steen moved and Mr. Olson seconded to approve the 2022 Durbin Township Slide Repair at a cost share of 75% of the total project cost of $55,930. On roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.