Meeker County Board Meeting

The Meeker County Board of Commissioners listened to a presentation by members of the Dassel-Cokato FFA Ag Issues Forum Team. The five girls spoke about the loss of agricultural land.

The students will be making their presentation in a state competition in mid-December and need to make five public performances before that time and get feedback from their audiences. They used Wright County as an example as it has lost 16,000-acres to urban sprawl since 2017, and ag land is needed to produce food, but yet, landowners have a right to do what they want with their land and not be restricted by government regulations.

The Meeker County Board also listened to an annual report from Woodland Centers Director Dr. Ashley Kjos.

The Board approved of a request by Finance Director Heather Lemieux to use Ehlers as Meeker County’s investment advisor. The Commissioners also approved of a resolution presented by Public Works Director Phil Schmalz to apply for a local road improvement program for County-State-Aid-Highway 14. A resolution was also approved to support Darwin Township for a local road improvement program grant application. Schmalz says the Darwin Township project would be for improvements to 260th Street where Johnson Drive recently connected – behind Walmart – which has generated more traffic. He says the street is in tough shape.