June 10, 2021 at 1:12 p.m.
Cass board elects new chairman
The commissioners will hold their first meeting each month on the first Tuesday, beginning at 9 a.m. All meetings will be held at the courthouse in Walker with the exception of election days, Aug. 2 (primary) and Nov. 1 (general), which will be held at the land department building in Backus. Second meetings each month will begin at 9 a.m. the third Tuesday from January through April and October through December at the land department building in Backus. Meetings in May through September will be held at 6 p.m. in town or city halls throughout the county. Exact locations will be scheduled before May. The board has held summer night meetings at locations throughout the county since 2003.
In other business Tuesday, the board set the 2016 IRS mileage rate of 54 cents per mile for employees and others eligible to receive county mileage payments. Any employee who has a county car available, but chooses to use their own vehicle instead will be paid only 27 cents per mile.
County employees may not receive any meal and incidental expense payments for costs incurred within the county. Employees who present an itemized receipt may claim reimbursement up to $20 per day for expenses incurred outside the county when no overnight travel is involved. With receipts, they may claim up to $46 per day for meals and incidental expenses when traveling outside the county overnight in Minnesota. Higher rates are allowed up to a maximum for St. Louis County of $56, Hennepin and Ramsey Counties of $71 or Olmstead County of $51. Meals and incidental expense claims are subject to employment withholding taxes.
Rates for travel outside Minnesota are posted online at www.co.cass.mn.us on the auditor-treasurer section of the county website.
Cass commissioners selected the majority of their committee appointments Tuesday.
They are still seeking applicants for the following committee vacancies: Bi-County Community Action Program; County Budget Committee (from Commissioner District 3); and Health, Human and Veterans Services Advisory Committee.
Walker Pilot Independent was the successful bidder to continue as the county's primary legal newspaper. Cass Lake Times will make second publications of legal county documents requiring two publications.
The commissioners made no changes to the meeting rules of business this year.
They authorized Central Services Director Tim Richardson to spend up to $50,500 to run new phone and data cable lines on the Health, Human and Veterans Services building second floor, to rent a storage unit for two months to hold cubicle partitions, to run new electric lines and to re-carpet that floor.
They approved paying the $14,039 Association of Minnesota Counties membership fee for 2016.
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