Problems at Department of Motor Vehicles boil over at Becker County Board meeting
“The test has shown, and it’s a multi-year test, we need full-time employees there. The turnover has been horrendous,” one commissioner said.
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A Becker County Board meeting earlier this month. (Nathan Bowe/Tribune April 22, 2021)
Becker County commissioners handled some thorny personnel issues Tuesday involving turnover at the county Department of Motor Vehicles office.
Commissioner Larry Knutson, in particular, was upset with how Becker County Auditor-Treasurer Mary Hendrickson has been overseeing the DMV office.
“This has been an ongoing, long-term situation,” Knutson said. “Absolutely, something needs to be done.” Two county DMV employees one of them a close relative of Knutson’s recently resigned their positions, citing ongoing management problems, he said. An angry Knutson pushed strongly to end auditor-treasurer control over the
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County hears jail security system updates
By Sue Sitter - | Jan 16, 2021
Work on a security system upgrade began Jan. 12 at Heart of America Correctional and Treatment Center, according to information presented to Pierce County commissioners by Mike Graner, administrator of the facility.
Graner told the commissioners at their regular meeting Jan. 5 the improvements would bring the jail’s camera and door system up to date.
The jail has hired Fargo firm ECI Systems to upgrade the Wonderware and VideoXpert security software currently in use.
Graner told the Tribune the contractor would also replace 20 cameras in the facility with new high-definition models. More camera system additions and upgrades would be made incrementally in the future.
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Nobles County authorizes study of public library needs
Library Strategies, a consulting group of the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, will lead the $14,000 study and examine what community residents want and need from their public library system. 12:00 am, Dec. 22, 2020 ×
WORTHINGTON Nobles County commissioners on Tuesday approved the hiring of Library Strategies, a consulting group of the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, to lead a study on what community members want and need from its public library system.
Both the library in Worthington and the Adrian Branch Library will be included in the study.
The approval was granted on recommendation from the county’s library board after Library Strategies was determined the lowest of three bidders for the study. The cost of the study is $14,000, with additional costs possible for translator services, focus groups or interviews, not to exceed $3,000.