(Spirit Lake)– The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this (Tues.) morning to purchase two electronic filtration systems, one for each air handler in the courthouse, for a total cost of $71,198 as part of a COVID-19 mitigation effort for the facility. County officials say the system will also provide benefits for other than COVID, by also killing other air borne viruses, such as influenza.
Also today (Tues.), the supervisors denied a proposal from the Kelly’s Beach, Twin Hills, Moore Lake Association regarding an electronic speed sign that would be installed in the area of 241st Avenue and 182nd Street. The agreement would have the association purchase the signs, with the county installing and maintaining them. That drew concern from Supervisor Kim Wermersen…
“I certainly don’t think we should be maintaining these. Again, I think it’s all about enforcement. You’ve got more than an adequate number of signs out there and to have one more electric sign isn’t going to change those speeders. It’s enforcement.”
In other business, the supervisors heard a proposal from a developer interested in purchasing some land at a county owned gravel pit, known as the Neppl pit. Lee Seeman told the board he’s would like to build a clay sporting facility at the site, which would be adjacent to a nearby trap range that’s being planned for development…
“The trap ranges are mostly for the high school kids and stuff like that. What draws people to the area is a good sporting clays course. And it does take the extra ground but it pays you back by a lot of corporate people come in and do shoots, and then you have national shoots. It can turn into a real deal.”
County Engineer Dan Eckert said while most of the gravel at the site has been depleted, the road department is still using the pit on somewhat of a limited basis. The supervisors voted five to nothing to get appraisals on two parcels at the site and to have Seeman come back with an offer.
