CASS COUNTY NEWS

Commissioners approve digitizing complex OSHA requirements

WALKER-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires counties to maintain a material safety data sheet on each product a county department uses in the course of its operation.

Commissioners update on county economic development efforts

WALKER - Mike Paulus gave the county board a report Tuesday on what Cass County Economic Development has accomplished in the last year since he took over as director of the nonprofit corporation.

County could qualify for emergency assistance for storm damage

WALKER-Preliminary reports indicate Cass County will exceed the $51,420 minimum required to qualify for state emergency assistance from the Sept. 20 windstorm that blew through Cass and Crow Wing counties.

Employee health insurance rates to stay the same

WALKER-Cass County commissioners voted Tuesday to keep the county's major medical charges to the county and employees the same in 2018 as in 2017.

Cass to advertise for vacant county attorney position

BACKUS-Cass County will publicly advertise for applicants from Oct. 20 to Nov. 3 to fill Cass's vacant county attorney position. Interviews will be Nov. 15 or 16. A committee consisting of commissioners Dick Downham and Bob Kangas; Health, Human and Veterans Services Director Michelle Piprude; Probation Director Jim Schneider; and …

Cass Board takes first steps toward buffer ordinance

BACKUS-Cass County Board took first steps Tuesday toward adopting a local Buffer Law Ordinance to manage vegetative buffers along the edge of farm fields, which abut waterways.

Medical assistance tops social service costs

BACKUS-Sarah Smythe, income maintenance supervisor, reported to the Cass County Board Tuesday on client use of social services financial support programs.

Grant sought for county's first roundabout

BACKUS-Cass County could install its first county road roundabout east of Pine River if the county's grant application to the Minnesota Department of Transportation is successful.

Cass County Auditor-Treasurer Anderson to switch to new position

BACKUS - Auditor-Treasurer Sharon Anderson will step away from her current multi-assignment duties in that office to use her over 30 years of experience to become the county's new election administrator.

Cass existing home sales up about 6 percent county-wide from 2016

BACKUS-Assessor Mark Peterson reported Tuesday to the county board sales of existing houses in the county are up about 6 percent this year over 2016.

Cass nets over 87k from online auction

BACKUS-Cass County Highway Department reported the county had $87,188.59 net receipts from the county's online auction of excess equipment this fall after $1,062.92 in advertising expenses were deducted. In other action:

Cass Commissioners decline to abandon Ditch 9

BACKUS-Drainage Ditch 9 could be put back to sleep for another 100 years.

Veterans service officer to seek grants for equipment storage

WALKER-Veterans Services Officer Jeff Woodford obtained Cass County Board approval Thursday to apply for a $10,000 National Joint Powers Alliance grant in 2018 to purchase a storage shed, which would be located on the county highway garage property at Hackensack.

County garage cost comes in below estimates

WALKER-County Engineer Darrick Anderson reported Thursday to the county board the county's cost for the new highway garage at Remer looks like it will finalize at below $825,000.

Jail administrator cites tighter scrutiny in jail inspection concerns

WALKER-Lt. Chris Thompson told the Cass County Board Tuesday some of the criticism the county received in its recent jail inspection reflect tighter scrutiny by a new Minnesota Department of Corrections inspector.
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