Dakota County  
Board of Commissioners  
Agenda  
Tuesday, August 26, 2025  
9:00 AM  
Boardroom, Administration Center,  
Hastings, MN  
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1.  
Call to Order and Roll Call  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Audience  
2.  
3.  
Anyone wishing to address the County Board on an item not on the agenda, or an item on the  
consent agenda may notify the Clerk to the Board and instructions will be given to participate  
during the meeting. Comments can be sent to CountyAdmin@co.dakota.mn.us  
Verbal Comments are limited to five minutes.  
4.  
Agenda  
4.1 Approval of Agenda (Additions/Corrections/Deletions)  
CONSENT AGENDA  
County Administration - Approval of Minutes  
5.  
6.  
5.1  
Approval of Minutes of Meeting Held on August 12, 2025  
Items Recommended by Board Committee*  
6.1  
6.2  
Environmental Resources - Authorization To Submit Second Solid Waste  
Capital Assistance Program Application for Recycling Zone Plus  
Facilities Management - Authorization For Approval Of Schematic Design And  
Authorization To Amend Professional Services Contract With Hammel, Green  
and Abrahamson, Inc. And Amendment Of 2025 Facilities Capital Improvement  
Program For Burnhaven Library Renovation Project  
7.  
Central Operations  
7.1  
Information Technology - Authorization To Execute Contract With Now Micro  
Inc. For Purchase Of 2025 Computer Hardware Replacement Equipment  
7.2  
Finance - Report On Invoices Paid In July 2025  
8.  
9.  
County Board/County Administration  
8.1  
County Board - Appointments To Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board  
Physical Development  
9.1  
9.2  
Physical Development Administration - Scheduling Of Public Hearing For  
Program Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Performance And Evaluation Report  
Physical Development Administration - Authorization To Execute Fourth  
Contract Amendment With Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. For Grant Writing For  
Active Living 2020-2025  
9.3  
9.4  
Environmental Resources - Authorization To Amend Joint Powers Agreement  
With Scott And Washington Counties For South Metro Private Well Pesticide  
Mitigation Program  
Facilities Management - Authorization To Execute Second Contract Amendment  
With Ebert Inc. For Law Enforcement Center Locker Room Expansion Project  
And Amend 2025 Facilities Capital Improvement Program Budget  
9.5  
9.6  
Parks - Authorization To Award Proposal And Execute Contract With Landbridge  
Ecological, Inc., For Spring Lake Park Reserve Vegetation Management  
Parks - Authorization To Award Bid And Execute Contract With RES Great  
Lakes, LLC For Restoration And Enhancement Of County Conservation  
Easement On Benjamin Property  
9.7  
9.8  
9.9  
Parks - Authorization To Execute Contract Amendment With WSB & Associates,  
Inc. For Construction Management Services For Minnesota River Greenway Fort  
Snelling Segment In Burnsville And Eagan  
Parks - Authorization To Submit Grant Applications To Minnesota Department  
Of Natural Resources And Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 3M PFAS  
Settlement Priority 2 Grant Program  
Transportation - Authorization To Execute Contract Amendment With Alliant  
Engineering, Inc., For Professional Engineering Services For County Road  
Retaining Wall Assessments And Final Design of County State Aid Highway 38  
(McAndrews Road) Retaining Walls, County Project 97-218  
9.10 Transportation - Authorization To Execute Contract With Stonebrooke  
Engineering, Inc., For Americans With Disabilities Act-Compliant Pedestrian  
Ramp Design Services For County Wide 2026 Preservation Of Paved Highway  
Surfaces Projects  
9.11 Transportation - Authorization To Submit An Application For Grant Funds For  
2025 Transportation Economic Development Opportunity For The County State  
Aid Highway 46 Improvement Project, County Project 99-013  
9.12 Transportation - Authorization To Initiate Quick-Take Condemnation For County  
State Aid Highway 31 (Pilot Knob Road) And Upper 147th Street In City Of  
Apple Valley, County Project 31-118  
9.13 Transportation - Authorization To Initiate Quick-Take Condemnation For County  
State Aid Highway 42 (150th Street W) Signal Replacements At Garrett Avenue  
And Pilot Knob Road, And Garrett Avenue Roadway Improvements In City Of  
Apple Valley, County Project 42-177  
9.14 Transportation - Authorization To Submit Applications For 2025 Minnesota  
Highway Freight Program For County State Aid Highway 46 From Trunk  
Highway 3 To US 52, County Project 99-13, And For County State Aid Highway  
50/County State Aid Highway 5 and Interstate 35 Interchange, County Project  
50-33  
9.15 Transportation - Authorization To Amend Contract With Valley Paving, Inc., And  
Amend 2025 Capital Improvement Program Budget For 2025 Preservation Of  
Paved Highway Surface Project  
10.  
11.  
Public Services and Revenue  
10.1 Library - Acceptance Of Gifts To Dakota County Library  
REGULAR AGENDA  
Community Services  
11.1 Community Services Administration - Proclamation Of Child Support Awareness  
Month In Dakota County  
11.2 Public Health - Update On Opioid Settlement Funds And Proclamation Of  
August As Overdose Awareness Month In Dakota County  
12.  
Closed Executive Session  
12.1 Office Of The County Manager - Closed Executive Session: Legal Strategy For  
Participation In Purdue Pharma, L.P. Bankruptcy And Sackler Parties  
Settlement And National Opioid Settlements With Generic Opioid Manufacturers  
In Multi-District Litigation - MDL 2804  
13.  
Interagency Reports/Commissioner Updates  
Association of Minnesota Counties (AMC)  
Metropolitan Emergency Services Board  
Minnesota Inter-County Association (MICA)  
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District Commission  
National Association of Counties (NACo)  
Transportation Advisory Board (TAB)  
Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Board  
Workforce Development Board  
Others  
14.  
15.  
County Manager's Report  
Information  
15.1 Information  
See Attachment for future Board meetings and other activities.  
16.  
Adjournment  
16.1 Adjournment  
* Designates items discussed in Board Committee(s)  
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