June 5 - Bottineau County

BOTTINEAU COUNTY
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
JUNE 5TH, 2012
7:30 A.M.
The Commissioner Meeting was called to order at 7:30 am. by Chairman Verdean Kveum. A
meeting of the Board of Bottineau County Commissioners was held in the Commissioner Room
at the Courthouse with the following members present: Chairman Verdean Kveum,
Commissioners Jeff Beyer, Todd Streich, Dan Marquardt, Assistant States Attorney, Swain
Benson Jr. and County Auditor, Lisa Herbel. Commissioner Rude was absent from the meeting.
Ritchie Gimbel and Rachael Condit gave a report on the progress on the FEMA and ER
paperwork. All 2011 PW’s have been received. Swingen Construction has started working on
the Larson bridge. Ritchie feels in order to do the bridges properly there may be some
improvements that need to be made that won’t be covered by FEMA. Ritchie has spent some
time with Swingen Construction looking at other bridges in the county that need some minor
repairs. A letter has been wrote to FEMA asking for additional monies to help pay for the
shortfalls on the Newburg Bridge. Rick Hummel’s involvement in the FEMA paperwork was also
discussed.
Use of county equipment on the weekends was discussed as two phone calls had been received
in the Auditor’s Office.
A letter was received from Paul Schroeder on replatting an outlot. Discussion was held and it
was the consensus of the Board that Mr. Schroeder follow the Bottineau County Policy that is
used consistently in this circumstance.
Mowing the ditches was discussed and it was decided that a notice be placed in paper that the
ditches need to be hayed by the first of July.
There was a complaint that the road off the section line down the Butte St. Paul road was in
poor condition. Rob will talk to Joe Boguslawski and see if the County Road Department is able
to access the road.
Al Wondrasek presented the idea that the area in front of the Veteran’s Memorial be built up
and asked if the County would donate the culverts. It was the consensus of the Board that
there needs to be an overall plan to work with the elevator and have an engineer involved. An
invitation needs to be extended to all entities involved and discussion was tabled to the July
Commissioner meeting.
Brad Robertson, Wold Engineering, gave an update on the projects in the County. It was
requested that Brad help prepare a bid for a large FEMA project to be bid at the August
meeting. The Westhope County Road 6 Oil impact project will start stripping the first week in

June with the dirt work to follow. The mill work will begin in June on the Townline Project, and
the paving will possibly start the first week of July. Brad reported that the FEMA bridge projects
are going really well with Swingen Construction.
Dean Milbrath requested that the Bridge north and east of Gardena be removed and replaced
by a road. A quote from Mikkelsen Aggregates was received for $25,000.00 for the road work.
It would affect both Mary Knoepfle and Danny Bullinger and permission would need to be
obtained from them.
Additional power is required at the Antler Memorial Park and a quote from North Central
Electric was received for $1839.00. A motion was made to install the additional power by
Marquardt, seconded by Streich. Motion carried unanimously.
Lisa Peterson, Tax Director, presented an abatement from James Dignan ETAL for Outlot 6 of
the SW1/4 11-163-75. The recommendation from township and Lisa is to deny the abatement.
A motion was made to follow Lisa’s recommendation to deny the abatement to James Dignan
ETAL by Streich, seconded by Beyer. Motion carried unanimously.
Lisa Peterson also presented a request for an AT&T conditional use permit for a cellular tower.
A motion was made to approve the conditional use permit as requested by AT&T by Beyer,
seconded by Marquardt. Motion carried unanimously.
10:00 am. – The Bottineau County Equalization meeting was called to order. Lisa Peterson,
reported the State has changed the tolerance levels to 90-100%. Lisa reviewed the values for
the Agricultural, Commercial and Residential values for 2012. A motion was made to follow the
Tax Director’s recommendation and increase the valuations to reach the State tolerance levels
by Streich, seconded by Beyer. Motion carried unanimously.
Edward Kirkelie was in to protest his valuation on his property located in Roland Township.
Roland Township Board deemed the property value fair and equitable at their Equalization
meeting. The Board left the value as is, and advised Mr. Kirkelie that he is able to apply for an
abatement.
The regular meeting reconvened at 10:30 am.
Diane Olson, EDC, informed the Board that the ND Sow Center requested that their loans be
renewed after their balloon payment was due. A motion was made to renew the loans at 5%
for 5 years by Beyer, seconded by Marquardt. Motion carried unanimously. The second
request was from Premise Investments who bought the Ace Hardware building with plans to
renovate the upstairs into three apartments and make the main floor retail. A motion was
made to approve the loan for $12,300.00 to Premise Investments by Streich, seconded by
Beyer. Motion carried unanimously.

Two Raffle permits were presented from Mohall Country Club and Sheperd’s Hill at the
Crossroads and a motion was made to accept both permits by Streich, seconded by Marquardt.
Motion carried unanimously.
The Vision West Consortium Agreement was discussed and a motion was made to sign the
agreement by Streich, seconded by Beyer. Motion carried unanimously.
The reports in the Consent Agenda were reviewed and a motion was made to accept the
reports by Beyer, seconded by Streich. Motion carried unanimously.
The minutes from May 1st, 2012 were reviewed and a motion was made to accept the minutes
by Marquardt, seconded by Streich. Motion carried unanimously.
The bills from May, 2012; 13528 Anderson Welding $691.32 (4/16), 13529 Bergman Agency $114.03,
13530 Bottineau Hometown Market $411.83, 13531 C&R Supply $179.15, 13532 Custom Critters &
Taxidermy Co. Variety $235.54, 13533 D&B Body Shop Inc. $3,293.50, 13534 Digital Ally $282.00, 13535
Ebel Integrators $3,126.88, 13536 Farmers Union Oil Mohall $95.69, 13537 VOID, 13538 First District
Health Unit $111,943.07, 13539 GE Capital $406.66, 13540 Insight $5,959.50, 13541 Information Tech
Department $447.00, 13543 Kelly Inn $158.60, 13545 Rhonda Langehaug $50.00, 13546 Nadine Little
$200.00, 13547 L-Tron Corporation $241.02, 13548 Marlin Leasing $762.41, 13550 Modern Marketing
$236.53, 13551 Karla Monson $504.50, 13552 ND Dept. of Human Services $13,885.29, 13553 ND
Telephone Co. $291.38, 13554 Newman Traffic Signs $145.69, 13555 Northland Financial $185.00,
13556 O’Keefee Oil $2,863.75, 13557 Ottertail Power Co. $3,525.70, 13558 Pride Dairy $31.50, 13559
RBAIA $1,194.30, 13560 Renville County $297.15, 13561 Tim Semler $103.40, 13562 Souris River Coop.
$234.68, 13563 State Bank of Bottineau Ins. Agency $100.00, 13564 Streicher’s $1,349.00, 13566
Tennyson Garage $1,049.86, 13567 Tesoro Credit Card $751.27, 13568 Westhope Airport $1,112.84,
13569 Baker & Taylor $221.00 (4/17), 13570 Cenage Learning $46.79, 13571 Demco $68.41, 13572
Information Tech. Dept. $30.00, 13573 Learning Opportunities Inc. $65.42, 13574 Moum’s Tesoro
$72.00, 13575 NDACo Resource Group $14.00, 13576 Pamida $12.49, 13577 Real Simple $43.00, 13578
Beth Reitan $289.35, 13579 Conrad Schuster $15.00, 13580 Spectrum $397.19, 13581 TEI Landmark
Audio $1,152.00, 13582 Theel Inc. $71.23, 13583 Time Magazine $34.75, 13584 Turtle Mtn.
Communications $88.64, 900475 Pitney Bowes $2,500.00 (4/23), 900476 Internal Revenue Service
$19,676.03 (4/27), 900477 Internal Revenue Service $26,684.20, 13591 American Family Insurance
$194.08 (4/30), 13592 Benson Law Office $1,649.70, 13593 Brokers National Assurance Co. $1,249.00,
13596 Farden Construction $18,558.10, 13597 Farden Construction $1,235.00, 13598 Farden
Construction $1,360.00, 13599 Farden Construction $3,717.30, 13601 Vernetta Kirk $525.00, 13602
Lincoln Mutual Life Ins. $258.45, 13604 Mikkelsen Aggregates $3,383.50, 13605 Mikkelsen Aggregates
$4,579.50, 13606 Mikkelsen Aggregates $6,951.60, 13607 Ann Monson, Co. Treasurer $2,741.36, 13607
Ann Monson, Co. Treasurer $3,516.23, 13609 NDPERS $1,441.74, 13610 NDPERS Dakota Plan
$41,846.24, 13611 ND Public Employee Retirement $22,992.35, 13612 NDPEA $206.30, 13613 New York
Life Insurance $142.89, 13614 O’Keefee Oil $571.35, 13615 Sawmill Corner Stop $481.58, 13616 United
Oil & Gas $7,119.72, 13617 Wayne Township $13,093.83, 13618 Tanya Wieler $1,000.00, 13619 Acme
Tools $19.99 (5/4), 13620 Anderson Welding $600.00, 13621 Lisa Atkinson $385.55, 13622 AT&T
Mobility $103.11, 13623 AT&T Mobility $52.91, 13624 Auto Value $656.29, 13625 B&M Laundry

$238.41, 13626 Amanda Backman $45.00, 13627 Bentinck Township $576.00, 13628 Addie Berg
$396.00, 13629 Best Western Plus $69.00, 13630 Bottineau Hometown Market $512.13, 13631
Bottineau Farmers Elevator $6,756.02, 13632 Bottineau Lumber $108.71, 13633 Bottineau Plumbing &
Heating $985.68, 13634 Bottineau Tech Center $300.00, 13635 Bottineau FFA $250.00, 13636 Butler
$3,109.80, 13637 Cenex Credit Card $3,514.66, 13638 CHS Inc. $25,649.17, 13639 Circle Sanitation
$52.00, 13640 City of Bottineau $524.71, 13641 City of Newburg $32.50, 13642 Clute Office Equipment
$349.95, 13643 Clute Office Equipment $120.43, 13644 Comfort Inn $219.00, 13645 Rachael Condit
$44.00, 13646 Barb Cote $237.90, 13647 Courant $1,742.70, 13648 Custom Critters & Taxidermy Co.
Variety $70.00, 13649 Dakota Communications $30.00, 13650 Election Systems & Software $1,814.01,
13651 Electric Solutions $17,193.74, 13652 Family Bakery $3,007.40, 13653 Farden Construction
$4,215.00, 13654 Farden Construction $600.00, 13655 Farden Construction $4,196.50, 13656 Farden
Construction $5,574.80, 13657 Farden Construction $2,169.00, 13658 Farden Construction $5,325.90,
13659 Farden Construction $200.00, 13660 Farden Construction $12,480.00, 13661 Farden Construction
$5,099.60, 13662 Farden Construction $310.20, 13663 Fargo Glass & Paint $410.00, 13664 First District
Health Unit $100,000.00, 13665 Gard Specialties $1,074.37, 13666 GE Capital $610.00, 13667
Gooseneck Implement $231.98, 13668 Gustafson Oil $156.03, 13669 Gustafson Oil $854.82, 13670 Linda
Heidbreder $25.00, 13671 Heisler Auto $225.00, 13672 Eric Herbel $150.00, 13674 Job Service of ND
$854.00, 13675 Johnston Motor Co. $5.94, 13677 Lake Metigoshe Improvements $25.00, 13678 Lake
Region Law Enforcement Center $300.00, 13679 Lake MEtigoshe Mirror $36.75, 13681 Magic City
Garage Door & Awning $111.00, 13682 Magic City Imp. $2,554.00, 13683 Marlin Leasing $762.41, 13684
MidContinent $51.23, 13685 Minot Daily News $189.80, 13686 MK Electric $412.11, 13687 MoJo Roast
$72.45, 13688 Ann Monson $88.00, 13689 Moums Tesoro $608.50, 13690 NDACo Resource Group
$92.00, 13691 ND County Treasurers Assoc. $50.00, 13692 ND Dept. of Transportation $82.75, 13963
NDSU $15.00, 13694 Nodak Store $1,755.78, 13695 Northern Fuel Partners $5,439.80, 13696 North
Central Electric $445.16, 13697 O’Keefee Oil $4,627.94, 13698 Diane Olson $25.00, 13699 Ottertail
Power Co. $116.52, 13700 Rodney Ovitt $35.00, 13701 Pamida $142.71, 13702 Pioneer Products
$977.37, 13703 Pitney Bowes $648.18, 13704 Century Link $496.64, 13705 Ken Radtke $50.00, 13706
RDO Trust $6,113.07, 13707 Romfo Auto $112.95, 13708 Sawmill Corner Stop $931.56, 13709 Souris
River Comm. $1,235.13, 13710 Spectrum $70.18, 13711 Spectrum $4,615.98, 13712 State Bank of
Bottineau Ins. Agency $72.00, 13713 The Standard $480.11, 13714 St. Andrew’s Clinic $76.00, 13715
Take 5 $240.00, 13716 TBA Supply $759.80, 13717 Theels $364.77, 13718 Thomas & Thomas $50.00,
13719 3D Specialties $11,150.25, 13720 Thyssenkrupp Elevator Copr. $721.37, 13721 Tooke Enterprises
$3,300.00, 13722 Trimble $740.60, 13723 Trinity Health $10.00, 13724 Turtle Mtn. Comm. $1,514.00,
13725 Turtle Mtn. Floral $21.97, 13726 Tweed Co. Ag. $1,300.73, 13727 United Oil & Gas $5,241.74,
13728 Zee Medical $157.70, 37324-37406 Payroll $163,952.48 (4/26), Grand Total $611,714.62 and
June, 2012; 13748 Anderson Welding $592.96 (5/14), 13749 David Berge $78.70, 13750 Bottineau Co.
Fair $45.00, 13751 Bottineau Clinic Pharmacy $15.00, 13752 CHS Inc. $26,835.93, 13753 Clute Office
Equipment $28.11, 13754 John Cook $82.80, 13755 Crop Production Services $20,138.50, 13756 Ebel
Integrators $2,537.50, 13757 Farmers Union Oil-M $2.92, 13758 Farden Construction $4,045.80, 13759
GCR Tires $4,526.74, 13761 Lyle Gravseth $93.00, 13762 Great Plains Towers $1,015.00, 13763
Gustafson Oil $514.84, 13764 Gustafson Oil $464.60, 13765 Handy Hitch Mfg Inc. $303.75, 13766 Rod
Hiatt $25.00, 13767 Holiday Inn $415.80, 13768 Information Tech Dept. $427.00, 13769 Paul Johnson
$66.60, 13770 Steve Keller $25.00, 13771 Keller’s Briteway $320.00, 13372 Kessler GIS $120.00, 13773

Kenetic Leasing $30,263.76, 13774 Lexis Nexis $337.46, 13775 Douglas Marsden $25.00, 13776 Ronald
McKay $60.20, 13777 ND Assoc. of Oil & Gas $20.00, 13778 NDAPCO EMD Class $600.00, 13779 ND
County Recorders Assoc. $100.00, 13780 ND Dept. of Human Services $6,309.41, 13781 ND Telephone
Co. $291.38, 13782 Northland Financial $185.00, 13783 O’Keeffe Oil $2,883.43, 13784 Ottertail Power
Co. $3,572.69, 13785 Reliance Telephone Inc. $2,000.00, 13786 Simple Grinnell $318.00, 13787
Streichers $1,503.99, 13788 Systems & Services $61.19, 13789 Team Electronics $7,980.00, 13790
Tesoro $319.62. 13791 Turtle Mtn. Glass $747.68, 13792 United Laboratories $738.88, 13793 Uniform
Center $308.48, 13794 US Food Service $561.78, 13795 Visa $646.21, 13796 Visa $700.66, 13798 Action
Carpet Care $442.00 (5/22), 13799 Baker & Taylor $311.83, 13800 Book Systems Inc. $700.00, 13801
Broad Reach Books $164.41, 13802 Info. Tech Dept. $30.00, 13803 Keller’s Briteway $80.00, 13804
Learning Opportunities $546.81, 13804 Learning Opportunities $56.99, 13805 Lookout Books $239.35,
13806 Moum’s Tesoro $66.00, 13807 NDACo Resource Group $14.00, 13808 Glenda Nordmark $82.50,
13809 Online Dakota Info. Network $707.19, 13810 Pamida $24.07, 13811 JoAnn Schepp $99.00, 13812
Souris River Co-op $91.50, 13813 Spectrum $93.83, 13814 Tim Syvertson $14.30, 13815 Take 5 $60.00,
13816 Tera Tofteland $112.50, 13817 Turtle Mtn. Glass $88.64, 13818 Turtle Mtn. Times $34.00, 13819
Upstart $213.85, 13820 American Family Insurance $194.08 (5/30), 13821 Antler Outlaws $32,510.22,
13823 Benson Law Office $1,649.70, 13824 Brokers National Assurance Co. $1,249.00, 13825 Cenex
Credit Card $7,313.42, 13826 Colonial Life & Accident $1,425.96, 13828 Farmers Union Oil-W $1,379.31,
13829 Farden Construction $11,959.75, 13830 Farden Construction $160.00, 13831 Farden Construction
$1,645.00, 13832 Farden Construction $1,495.00, 13833 Farden Construction $7,714.70, 13834 Farden
Construction $6,219.90, 13835 Farden Construction $2,204.00, 13836 Farden Construction $1011.00,
13837 Farden Construction $120.00, 13838 Farden Construction $2,260.00, 13839 Farden Construction
$12,666.20, 13840 Farden Construction $7,410.70, 13841 Farden Construction $3,903.90, 13845
Howard Hug $1,000.00, 13847 Vernetta Kirk $567.70, 13848 Mikkelsen Aggregates $228.60, 13849
Mikkelsen Aggregates $1,123.60, 13850 Mikkelsen Aggregates $1,771.00, 13851 Ann Monson, Co.
Treasurer $3,516.23, 13851 Ann Monson, Co. Treasurer $2,873.12 13852 ND APCO Assoc. $400.00,
13853 NDPERS $1,503.06, 13854 ND Public Employee Retirement $23,081.57, 13855 NDPERS Dakota
Plan $42,302.40, 13856 NDPEA $206.30, 13859 ND State Surplus Property $8,000.00, 13858 New York
Life Ins. $142.89, 13859 Oil Patch Support $240.00, 13860 O’Keefee Oil $2,799.80, 13861 Ottertail
Power Co. $99.87, 13862 Souris River Co-op $442.80, 13863 United Oil & Gas $6,905.91, 13864 UNUM
$213.88, 13865 Waste Management $480.80, 900479 IRS $20,323.20, 900480 IRS $27,212.30, 900481
Pitney Bowes $2,500.00 (5/31), 13866 Agronomy Center $72.50 (6/6), 138697 Anderson Welding
$135.00, 13868 City of Antler $76.70, 13869 A. Rifkin Co. $373.98, 13870 Lisa Atkinson $514.95, 13871
AT&T $52.91, 13872 AT&T Mobility $102.66, 13873 The Attic $843.00, 13874 B&M Laundry $238.41,
13875 Bergman Agency $74.95, 13876 Best Western Plus $69.00, 13877 Bottineau Hometown Market
$344.36, 13878 Donald Boardman $75.00, 13879 Bob Barker $16.20, 13880 Bottineau Farmers Elevator
$8,179.50, 13881 Bottineau Plumbing & Heating $310.94, 13882 Bottineau Tech Center $300.00, 13883
Bottineau Ambulance $1,318.90, 13884 Bottineau County $5,783.35, 13885 Butler Machinery
$14,864.92, 13886 Cass Co. Sheriff Dept. $51.00, 13887 Circle Sanitation $52.00, 13888 City of Bottineau
$481.24, 13889 City of Newburg $32.50, 13890 Clute Office Equipment $76.20, 13891 Clute Office
Equipment $243.20, 13892 Courant $1,530.10, 13893 DS Solutions Inc. $100.00, 13894 Ebel Integrators
$2,324.70, 13895 ESRI $700.00, 13896 Family Bakery $2,177.20, 13897 Farmers Union Oil WC $3,345.09,
13898 GE Capital $610.00, 13899 Gooseneck Implement $1,420.00, 13900 Handy Hitch $44.68, 13901

Linda Heidbreder $25.00, 13902 Eric Herbel $255.00, 13903 Richard Hummel $160.00, 13904 Insight
$1,189.82, 13906 KBTO FM $465.00, 13907 Lake Metigoshe Mirror $26.00, 13908 Rhonda Langehaugh
$91.75, 13909 Lawson Products $1,271.13, 13910 Galen Mack $150.00, 13911 Marlin Leasing $762.41,
13912 MidContinent $53.29, 13913 Mikkelsen Aggregates $240.00, 13914 MK Electric $570.05, 13915
Modern Marketing $266.30, 13916 MoJo Roast $82.80, 13917 Ann Monson Co. Treasurer $11.50, 13919
Moum’s Tesoro $1,019.60, 13920 ND Assoc. of Counties $3,446.49, 13921 NDACo Resource Group
$92.00, 13922 ND Secretary of State $3,927.02, 13923 NDSU Extension Admin $4.20, 13924 Nodak
$1,803.17, 13925 Northern Fuel Partners $7,113.12, 13926 North Central Electric $393.61, 13927
Northern Exposure Sign Co. $606.00, 13928 O’Keefee Oil $1,534.66, 13929 Pamida $30.94, 13930 Judy
Peterson $120.00, 13931 Pitney Bowes $120.68, 13932 Praxair $402.30, 13933 Century Link $496.94,
13934 RDO Trust $1,688.92, 13935 Renville Co. Sheriff $25.00, 13936 Souris River Comm. $1,276.43,
13937 Spectrum $4,012.27, 13938 Spectrum $53.67, 13939 State Bank of Bottineau Ins. Agency
$538.00, 13940 The Standard $162.12, 13941 Tennyson Garage $450.68, 13942 Theels $956.61, 13943
Thomas & Thomas $130.00, 13944 3D Specialties Inc. $1,741.50, 13945 Trimble $740.60, 13946 T’s
Team Yamaha $330.00, 13947 Turtle Mountain Communications $1,672.09, 13948 Turtle Mountain
Floral $132.99, 13949 Tweed Co. Ag $1,687.09, 13950 United Laboratories $256.71, 13951 Uniform
Center $125.64, 13952 Visa $259.64, 13953 Visa $616.02, 13954 Terry Volk $185.00, 13955 Warne
Chemical & Eg. Co. $27.72, 13956 Waste Management $242.62, 13857 Cole Watson $40.00, 13958
Zimmerman Contracting Inc. $21,575.00, 13969 ND Dept. of Human Services $6,822.50 (6/7), 37407-
37486 Payroll $167,054.64 (5/29). Total $666,424.20 were reviewed and a motion was made to
approve the bills by Beyer, seconded Marquardt. Motion carried unanimously.
Department Head Meeting – The department heads each gave an update on their office
activity. A review of the meeting was given.
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
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Verdean Kveum, Chairman
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Lisa Herbel, Auditor